Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

TEA'S ME is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and to abide by any and all data protection legislation currently in place within the United Kingdom.

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act ), the data controller is TEA'S ME. Our nominated representative for the purpose of the Act is SIMON DOLLEY .

INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU

We may collect and process the following data about you:

•  Information that you provide to us by filling in forms on our

    sites WWW.TEASMETEA.CO.UK orWWW.TEASME.CO.UK ( Our Sites ).

•  information provided at the time of requesting goods, services or information from us.

•  Information that you provide to us when you write to us (including by email).

•  Information that you provide to us when we speak to you by telephone. We may make and keep a

    record of the information you share with us.

•  Information that you provide to us by completing surveys.

•  Details of transactions you carry out through Our Sites and of the fulfilment of your orders.

•  Details of your visits to Our Sites including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and 

    other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and 

    the resources that you access.

•  Information obtained by us from third parties in accordance with the Act.

IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration. This is statistical data about our user's browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.  For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve Our Sites and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:

•  To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.

•  To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise Our Sites according to

    your individual interests.

•  To speed up your searches.

•  To recognise you when you return to Our Sites.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of Our Sites. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system may issue cookies when you log on to Our Sites.

WHERE WE STORE AND PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination inside or outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating inside or outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your orders, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing and/or processing. We will take such steps as we consider reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of Our Sites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to Our Sites; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION

We use information held about you in the following ways:

•  To ensure that content from Our Sites is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your 

    computer.

•  To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us, where you have 

    consented to be contacted for such purposes.

•  To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.

•  To notify you about changes to our goods and services.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

•  In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal 

   data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.

•  If TEA'S ME or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data 

   held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

•  If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal 

   obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions of Website Use and other 

   agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our customers, or others. This includes 

   exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection 

   and credit risk reduction.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes, or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by contacting us at any time at Tea's Me, 49 Upper Longlands, Dawlish, EX7 9DD or sales@teasme.co.uk .

Our Sites may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our suppliers, partner networks, advertisers, affiliates and other third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites should have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or the content or operation of these websites. Please check these policies and the terms of the websites before you submit any personal data to these websites.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

The Act gives you the right to access certain information held by us about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page, and, where appropriate, may be notified to you by e-mail.

CONTACT

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Tea's Me,  49 Upper Longlands, Dawlish, EX7 9DD or sales@teasme.co.uk