I am committed to doing all within my power to ensure that any information I hold on you is kept as secure as possible. I do not share information with anyone who does not have a legal right or reason to see it. From the point of view of my shop, that effectively means Etsy.com and HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) for the purposes of tax. Your information will only be seen by HMRC if they request to see my tax records and by law, I must retain your records for five years after 31st January following the year of the sale.

I do not and would not pass your details on to another company of any description for any reason and I will not contact you without a direct request and permission from you to do so - apart from what may be required to fulfil your order and for reasons of customer service. I will not spam you or send you unsolicited emails regarding shop sales and offers or other reasons from within Etsy or via external email or by phone or mail.

The legal bit is boring, but very necessary for your safety and mine and so below is my Privacy Policy for Alan Cordiner - Polymer Clay Creations ...

This Privacy Policy describes how and when I collect, use, and share information when you purchase an item from me, contact me, or otherwise use my services through Etsy.com or its related sites and services.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that I do not own or control, including Etsy or any third party services you access through Etsy. You can reference the Etsy Privacy Policy to learn more about its privacy practices here ...

https://www.etsy.com/uk/legal/privacy

Information I Collect

To fulfil your order, you must provide me with certain information (which you authorised Etsy to provide to me), such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering. You may also choose to provide me with additional personal information (for a custom order of jewellery, for example), if you contact me directly.

I rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:

(1) as needed to provide my services, such as when I use your information to fulfil your order, to settle disputes, or to provide customer support;
(2) when you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for my mailing list;
(3) if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order or in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law; and
(4) as necessary for the purpose of my legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as 1) providing and improving my services. I use your information to provide the services you requested and in my legitimate interest to improve my services; and 2) Compliance with the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use. I use your information as necessary to comply with my obligations under the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Information about my customers is important to my business. I share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows:

(1) Etsy. I share information with Etsy as necessary to provide you my services and comply with my obligations under both the Etsy Seller Policy and Etsy Terms of Use.
(2) Service providers. I engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to my shop, such as delivery companies. I will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.
(3) Business transfers. If I sell or merge my business, I may disclose your information as part of that transaction, only to the extent permitted by law.
(4) Compliance with laws. I may collect, use, retain, and share your information if I have a good faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to: (a) respond to legal process or to government requests; (b) enforce my agreements, terms and policies; (c) prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of my customers, or others.

Data Retention

I retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with my services and as described in my Privacy Policy. However, I may also be required to retain this information to comply with my legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce my agreements. I generally keep data pertaining to sales for 6 years to comply with U.K. HMRC tax rules.

Transfers of Personal Information Outside the EU

I may store and process your information through third-party hosting services in the US and other jurisdictions. As a result, I may transfer your personal information to a jurisdiction with different data protection and government surveillance laws than your jurisdiction. If I am deemed to transfer information about you outside of the EU, I will rely on Privacy Shield as the legal basis for the transfer, as I would use Google Cloud, which is Privacy Shield certified. However, I can see no situation where I would expect to transfer any information I hold about you to anyone within or outside of the E.U. unless legally obliged to do so.

Your Rights

If you reside in certain territories, including the EU, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. I describe these rights below:

(1) Access. You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information I hold about you by contacting me using the contact information below.
(2) Change, restrict, delete. You may also have rights to change, restrict my use of, or delete your personal information. Absent exceptional circumstances (like where I am required to store data for legal reasons) I will generally delete your personal information upon request.
(3) Object. You can object to (i) my processing of some of your information based on my legitimate interests and (ii) receiving marketing messages from me after providing your express consent to receive them. In such cases, I will delete your personal information unless I have compelling and legitimate grounds to continue using that information or if it is needed for legal reasons.
(4) Complain. If you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about my use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority.

How to Contact Me

For purposes of EU data protection law, I, Alan Dobson Cordiner, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me via Etsy Convo. or at alan_cordiner@yahoo.com Alternately, you may mail me at:

Alan Cordiner
84, Lapstone Road,
Millom,
Cumbria,
England,
LA18 4BZ