Privacy policy

about us, our target audience and this privacy note

this notice sets out how making history processes your personal data if you are a customer or a user of making history’s website or mobile applications. making history's services are neither aimed at nor intended for children. If you are a child, then you must inform your parent or guardian of this notice. making history is the trading name of making history private limited (collectively referred to as "making history.", "we", "us" or "our" in this notice). We are the data controller of your personal data. Our data protection officer (DPO) is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this notice. If you have any questions about this notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, then please contact our DPO at chi@makinghistor.eco.

changes to this notice and your personal data

we may update this notice from time to time and will notify you of changes where we are required to do so by law. it is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

the personal data we collect about you

personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). we may collect, use, store, transfer and otherwise process different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • identity data includes name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.
  • contact data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
  • financial data includes bank account and payment card details.
  • transaction data includes information collected when you access our website or mobile applications, your internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website or mobile applications.
  • profile data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
  • usage data includes information about how you use our website, mobile applications, Wi-Fi and similar electronic services.
  • marketing and communications data includes your marketing and communication preferences. CCTV Data includes footage from CCTV and other similar equipment which we operate in our stores.

failure to provide personal data

where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (e.g., to provide you with products/services). in this case, we may have to cancel a product/service but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

how we collect your personal data

we use different methods to collect data from and about you including as set out below:

  • direct interactions. You may give us your personal data in your direct interactions with us (e.g., identity data, contact data and financial data) by filling in forms, through our mobile applications or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. this includes personal data you provide when you: (i) enquire about, apply for or order our products/services; (ii) create an account; (iii) subscribe to our communications; (iv) request marketing to be sent to you; (v) enter a competition, promotion, raffle or survey; or (vi) give us feedback or contact us.
  • website, mobile applications and cookies. ss you interact with our website and mobile applications, we will automatically collect technical data about your device, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. we may also receive technical cata about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies. please see our cookie notice for further details.
  • technical data from third party analytics providers, advertising networks and search information providers.
  • contact data, financial data and transaction data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services.

how we process your personal data

we will only process your personal data when the law allows us to do so. Most commonly, we will process your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • performance of a contract: Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
  • legitimate interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
  • legal or regulatory obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to.
  • consent: Where you have given us consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose.

with limited exceptions (e.g., some of our electronic marketing), we do not rely on consent as a lawful basis for processing your personal data. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.

purposes and lawful bases for processing your personal data

we have set out below a description of all the ways we plan to process your personal data, and which of the lawful bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

purpose/activity: to register you as a new customer

  • type of personal data: (a) identity data, (b) contact data
  • lawful basis of processing:performance of a contract

purpose/activity: To process and deliver your order (including managing payments, fees and charges, and collecting and recovering money owed to us)

  • type of personal data: (a) identity data, (b) contact data, (c) financial data, (d) transaction data, (e) marketing and communications data
  • lawful basis of processing: (a) performance of a contract, (b) legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)

purpose/activity: To process and deliver your order (including managing payments, fees and charges, and collecting and recovering money owed to us)

  • type of personal data: (a) identity data, (b) contact data, (c) financial data, (d) transaction data, (e) marketing and communications data
  • lawful basis of processing: (a) performance of a contract, (b) legal or regulatory obligation, (c) legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and understand how customers use our products/services)

purpose/activity: to enable you to take part in a prize draw, competition, raffle or complete a survey

  • type of personal data: (a) identity Data, (b) contact Data, (c) profile Data, (d) usage Data, (e) marketing and communications data
  • lawful basis of processing: (a) performance of a contract, (b) legitimate interests (to understand how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business)

purpose/activity: to deliver relevant content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness our advertising

  • type of personal data: (a) identity data, (b) contact data, (c) profile data, (d) usage data, (e) marketing and communications Data, (f) technical data
  • lawful basis of processing: legitimate interests (to understand how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)

purpose/activity: to make suggestions and recommendations to you about products/services that may be of interest to you

  • type of personal data: (a) identity Data, (b) contact data, (c) technical data, (d) usage data, (e) profile Data, (f) marketing and communications data
  • lawful basis of processing: Legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business)

purpose/activity: to keep our stores safe and secure

  • type of personal data: CCTV Data
  • lawful basis of processing: legitimate interests (to keep our stores secure and those within them safe)

cookies

you can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, then some parts of our websites or mobile applications may become inaccessible or not function properly. for more information about the cookies we use, please see our cookie notice.

disclosures of your personal data

we may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes that we collected the personal data.

  • service providers who provide IT and system administration services.
  • professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
  • regulators and other authorities.
  • third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may process your personal data in the same way as set out in this notice.

we require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to process your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

data security

we have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. in addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.