Privacy Policy

                                                  Last updated 23/08/2023

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Young’s Sweet Scented Candles (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us youngssweetcandles@outlook.com

This privacy notice describes how we might use your information if you:

· Visit our website: http://youngssweetscentedcandles.com

· Engage with us in other related ways – including any sales, marketing or events

In this privacy notice if we refer to:

· “Website” – we are referring to any website of ours that references or links to this policy

· “Services” – we are referring to our Website, and other related services, including any sales, marketing or events

The purpose of this privacy notice is to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.

Please read this privacy notice carefully, as it will help you understand what we do with the information we collect

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:

· The personal data we will collect;

· Use of collected data;

· Who has access to the data; and

· The rights of Site users

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the Terms and Conditions of our Site.

GDPR

For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

We have not appointed a Data Protection Office as we do not fall with the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to:

· The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw consent by contacting:

Youngssweetcandles@outlook.com

How We Use Personal Data

Data collected on our site will only be used for the purposes specified in the Privacy Policy. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

Who we Share Personal Data with

Employees:- we may disclose user data to any member of our organisation who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy 

Other Disclosure

We will not share or sell your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

· If the Law requires it;

· If it is required for any legal processing;

· To prove or protect our legal right; and

· To a buyer or potential buyer of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site and another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How long we Store Personal Data

User data will be stored for 30 days.

You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

How we Protect your Personal Data

In order to protect your security, we use the strongest available browser encryption.

While we make all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

Your Rights as a User

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

· Right to be informed;

· Right to access;

· Right to rectification;

· Right to erasure;

· Right to restrict processing; and 

· Right to object

Children

The minimum age to use our website is 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. 

How to Access, Modify, Delete or Challenge the Data Collected

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we have disclosed your personal data to, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in anyway, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact our Privacy office.

Carolynne Young

youngssweetcandles@outlook.com

Modifications

This privacy policy may be amended from time to time, in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy for any updates.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact method listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a compliant to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a compliant with a supervisory authority by contacting the Information Commissioner of the United Kingdom. Data Protection Commission in Ireland.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you may contact our Privacy Officer Carolynne Young on the details below.

youngssweetcandles@outlook.com

07999 509 665