Policies
The Crafty Badger is a trading name of KayGeeTea Enterprises Limited. This privacy policy explains how we use the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
What data do we collect?
We collect the following data:
- Personal identification information (your name and contact details).
- Information about how you interact with this website.
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide us with most of the data we collect. We collect and process data when you:
- Sign up for our newsletter.
- Register as a user on The Crafty Badger website.
- Place an order for any of our products or services.
- Contact us by email or a form on this website.
- Use the comments feature on the website.
We may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:
- When you use our website (via your browser’s cookies).
Why do we collect your personal data?
Our grounds for processing your personal information are as follows:
- Consent – you have consented to us processing your personal information (e.g. when you sign up for our newsletter).
- Contract – the processing is necessary for a contract we have with you (e.g. when you make a purchase from us).
- Legal obligation – the processing is necessary for us to comply with the law (e.g. when required for legal, tax or regulatory purposes).
- Legitimate Interests – we have sensible and legitimate business grounds for doing so. Our legitimate interests for processing your personal information are:
- to enable you to access and use this website
- to improve this website – we may use your personal information to generate profiling information to help us understand what you might be interested in and for market research.
You have a right to object to our use of your personal information for these legitimate interests.
How will we use your data?
We collect your data so that we can:
- Process your orders and manage your account.
- Email you with craft ideas and information on products, services and special offers we think may interest you.
- Optimise the operation of the website.
- Display comments you have made on the website.
Except where necessary to provide a product or service that you have requested (or when required by law enforcement agencies), we will never share your data with other organisations without your explicit permission.
How do we store your data?
Unless required by law, we will only hold your personal information for long enough to fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or until you ask for it to be deleted. When you have purchased products or services, we will retain information for a period of seven years for accounting purposes. If you use the comment feature of the website, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. Even if you delete, or ask us to delete your personal information it may persist in our archives for legal, tax or regulatory purposes.
Marketing
If you opt in to receive our newsletter we will send you information about products and services that we think may interest you. You may opt out of receiving this information at any time using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every email and we will remove your information from our database.
Use of children’s personal information
We do not knowingly collect or store any personal information about children under the age of 16. If you are aged under 16 please get your parent or guardian’s permission before you provide any personal information to us.
What are your data protection rights?
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to be informed – You have the right to be informed about how your data are being used.
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of the personal data that we hold about you. We may charge a small fee to cover our costs in providing this service.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete any information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. Further information about how we use cookies is in our Cookies policy.
Privacy policies of other websites
This website contains links to other websites (‘external links’). Our privacy policy applies only to this website, so if you click on external links, you should read their privacy policy. All external links are indicated with this icon:
Changes to our privacy policy
We keep this privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 20 October 2019.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please contact us.
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office via their website.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. Further information about how we use cookies is in our Cookies policy.
For further information, visit the Wikipedia cookie page.
How do we use cookies?
We may use cookies in three ways:
- to provide the core functionality of the website (e.g. to keep you signed in, remember your selected preferences, and operate the shopping facilities)
- understand how you use the website (via Google Analytics)
- to serve and monitor advertisements.
We do not currently use advertising cookies, but may do so in the future.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how users interact with this website. This helps us to optimise the site and evaluate the cost effectiveness of internet advertising. Google places cookies on your computer to provide these services. Google stores the information collected by the cookies on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Any information generated by these cookies will be used in accordance with Google’s privacy policy and cookie policy.
Information about how Google uses information from sites that use their services is available on their website. This link includes details of how you can control the information collected by Google.
We do not currently use Google advertising services.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, by following these browser-by-browser instructions from allaboutcookies.org.
You can stop Google Analytics cookies from collecting your information on all websites by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
You can delete cookies already on your computer using this information on removing cookies. However, some website features may not function as a result.
1. Introduction
1.1 This website is owned and operated by KayGeeTea Enterprises Limited.
1.2 This website is provided to you free of charge for your personal use, subject to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. By using this website you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy.
1.3 We may update these Terms at any time, and any changes will be posted on this page.
2. Purpose
2.1 The purpose of this website is to share information about craft activities for children that are suitable for organised craft clubs and for use at home.
3. Privacy
3.1 Your privacy is important to us. Please refer to our Privacy policy.
4. Links on our website
4.1 Our website contains links to other sites that we don’t control. We accept no responsibility for the content of other sites to which we link, and you are responsible for any transactions undertaken on them.
4.2 Some links on our website are affiliate links, and we may receive a commission on any purchase you subsequently make, at no additional cost to you. However, such links do not represent an endorsement of the product, service or supplier, and you are responsible for any transaction undertaken after following any link from our website.
5. Website content
5.1 The content of this website is owned by KayGeeTea Enterprises Limited and protected by English and international copyright laws.You are invited to use the content of the website within a home or club environment (including for-profit settings). Apart from that, none of our content may be republished, posted, transmitted, stored, sold, distributed or modified without our prior written consent.
5.2 “The Crafty Badger” name and “crafting inspiration” tagline are trademarks of KayGeeTea Enterprises Limited.
6. User content
6.1 When you post content on our website, you agree and represent that you have created that content. You still own any copyright in any content that you post on our website, but expressly grant us a perpetual, fully transferable, worldwide royalty-free licence to republish that content on any platform anywhere in the World.
6.2 We reserve the right to cut, crop, edit or refuse to publish your content at our sole discretion. We may remove your content at any time.
6.3 If you are aged under 16 you must have the permission of your parent or guardian to submit content to us.
6.4 Content submitted by users must me lawful and in accordance with these Terms. Users must not post content that contains extremist views, appears to incite or promote terrorist activities, is obscene, fraudulent, libellous, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful or embarrassing to any other person as determined by us in our sole discretion. You acknowledge and accept that user content posted on our website is the opinion of the person posting only and in no way reflects our opinions or attitudes. You further acknowledge and accept that we have no obligation to moderate any content posted by you and other users on the website.
7. Disclaimer of warranties & liability, indemnity, general & changes
7.1 We provide this website in good faith but we can’t and don’t warrant the completeness, truth or accuracy of the information or other content or postings found on our website, or their usefulness for any particular purpose.
7.2 We endeavour to highlight all risks and appropriate mitigation measures for activities promoted on the website. However, it is the responsibility to of the user to ensure that appropriate risk assessments are undertaken taking into account the age and capabilities of the participants.
7.3 You acknowledge and agree that: (i) your use of the website is at your own sole risk; and (ii) you bear full responsibility for your implementation of the activities highlighted on the website and that we shall not be liable for any action that you or others take or don’t take based on your use of or reliance on information provided by us or other users of our website.
7.4 We don’t promise that your access to our website, or its content will be delivered uninterrupted, timely or error-free, or that the website will be free from viruses or other harmful properties. It’s your responsibility to implement satisfactory safeguards and procedures to make sure any files you obtain through our website are free from such contaminations or other harmful properties.
7.5 THE EFFECT OF WHAT IS SET OUT HERE IS THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, OUR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, BE HELD LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR OTHER TYPE OF DAMAGE, LOSS, OR INJURY RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OR DOWNLOADING OF ANY CONTENT ON OUR SITE.
7.6 Indemnity. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us, our directors, officers, employees and licensers from and against any claim, liability, cost, damage or loss we may incur (including reasonable legal fees) as a result of any material that you post or transmit on our website, Social Media or via any other communications systems, any actions you take which disrupt access to and/or the functioning of our website or any breach by you of your obligations under these Terms.
7.7 General.
7.7.1 If any of these provisions is deemed invalid, void or unenforceable that provision will be deemed severable from the rest and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
7.7.2 Our failure or delay to exercise any provision of these Terms shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.
7.7.3 These Terms shall be governed by the laws of England and any dispute between us will be resolved exclusively in the Courts of England.
7.8 Changes. These Terms were published on 19 October 2019.