We at Joseph Joseph Ltd. take the privacy of all our visitors very seriously, and therefore have set out this policy to state our position regarding your data privacy and the use of cookies (snippets of data captured by your browsing on our website).
This policy covers all the data that is shared with us on www.josephjoseph.com and explanations on what happens to any personal data you provide to us, or that is obtained via this website or by email sent to us directly.
The policy covers any means to access the website, whether through a phone, computer or tablet and will provide information about:
We view personal data as the following:
Name, identification numbers, location data and online identifier(s); these relating to both automated and manually filed data, electronic and physical. There are many more data categories but we list these as they are the only ones currently captured by us,that pertain to you.
We use various pieces of your personal information in different ways, sometimes with two or more functions, see the below tables for our explanations on why we process that data.
Name & contact details
To verify that you are aged 18 or over to enable us to sell you an age restricted item online, such as a kitchen knife or scissors..
Date of birth
Payment
Purchase history & wishlist items
Your contact history with us
Your device type, IP address, location data and how you browse our website
Your response to surveys, competitions and promotions
You do not have to provide any personal information to us, and we will cover how you can opt in and out of certain specifics that may not be absolutely necessary to provide a service to you.
In some cases where you do not provide us with data you may not be able to order from the site and would be unlikely to receive our optimal customer experience.
We view a Guest User as someone who does not have a Joseph Joseph account and does not save any details during the checkout process on the website and thus we would not identify you to the same extent as a Registered User with an active Joseph Joseph account.
All the data provided by a Guest User in the context of an order will be anonymised once the order is fulfilled. Please bear in mind that we will keep the value of that order and keep only non-identifying location data such as County / State / Province and Country only.
Our Registered Users’ data provided in the context of an order will not only be used in fulfilling your order but also to carry out internal systems tests, including IT procedures, and research and data analysis to improve the Joseph Joseph website and app. To do so, the orders and data will be mirrored in a closed off test system.
We do not sell, and will not sell, any of your personal data to Third Parties. However, to be able to make some of our services available to you, we share your data with the following companies:
Order related companies, such as:
Professional service providers and analytics, such as;
Law enforcement and fraud prevention agencies
MARKETING
We will only send you marketing messages with your permission. If you wish to receive marketing messages from us, we will keep you updated by email, text or post.
It is important to note that Marketing messages do not include service messages or customer care communications. An example of each being:
However, if you do not wish to receive any further email messages from us, you can:
Or
Or
If you do not wish to receive any further posted mailings from us, you can contact our Customer Care team, include your full name and address
ONLINE ADVERTISING
We engage in online advertising to keep you aware of what we are up to and to help you see and find our products more easily, based on you.
We target our Joseph Joseph banners and ads to you when you are on other websites and apps, done through a variety of means and exercises, such as:
The banners and ads you see are based on information we hold about you, or your previous use of our website through means such as but not limited to; Joseph Joseph Search History, not to be confused with your own browser search history, and our banners or ads you have previously clicked on.
We are using a text messaging platform, which is subject to the following terms and conditions. By opting in for our text marketing and notifications, you agree to these terms and conditions.
By entering your phone number in the checkout and initialising a purchase, subscribing via our subscription form or a keyword, you agree that we may send you text notifications (for your order, including abandoned cart reminders) and text marketing offers. You acknowledge that consent is not a condition for any purchase.
Your phone number, name, and purchase information will be shared with our SMS platform "SMSBump Inc", an European Union company with an office in Sofia, Bulgaria, EU. This data will be used for sending you targeted marketing messages and notifications. Upon sending the text messages, your phone number will be passed to a text messages operator to fulfill their delivery.
If you wish to unsubscribe from receiving text marketing messages and notifications reply with STOP to any mobile message sent from us or use the unsubscribe link we provided you within any of our messages. You understand and agree that alternative methods of opting out, such as using alternative words or requests will not be accounted as a reasonable means of opting out. Message and data rates may apply.
For any questions please text "HELP" to the number you received the messages from. You can also contact us for more information. If you wish to opt out please follow the procedures above.
We will keep the following types of data for the stated lengths:
Financial Data:
Standard, 7 Years
Where Fraud and/or Enforcement is involved, up to 20 years
Online Account:
As long as the account is active
Or
As long as additional service(s) is agreed such as Intelligent Waste 10-year guarantee
Legal/Law Enforcement:
As long as ordered, in a bid to; resolve disputes, prevent fraud/abuse, enforce terms and conditions
According to GDPR you have all your rights to do any of the following to your personal information:
If you want to exercise your rights, have a complaint, or just have questions, please contact our Customer Care team.
As a retailer of kitchenware, we offer for sale a range of bladed items which are restricted for sale to persons over the age of 18. We take the responsibility of age verification very seriously and adhere to the following policy.
As part of the transactional process, we will attempt to verify the age of the person purchasing any bladed product. We use AgeChecked to conduct age verification during the order process using information you have given us. This system will seek to verify your details as stated above in order to clarify your age.
There are three possible outcomes when we perform this check.
1. Your age is verified, and confirmed as over the age of 18. In this case, the order will progress through our systems and be delivered as normal. An email will also be sent to you by AgeChecked as a GDPR Notice to confirm you have been successfully verified.
2. Your age cannot be verified and it is not possible to confirm whether you are over the age of 18 or not. Our Customer Services Team will then be in touch to give you the option to provide us with proof of age documentation for age verification purposes. We will ONLY use the documentation to check that you are aged 18 or over and the documentation, and any accompanying email, will be deleted once used for this purpose.
3. If the age verification was not successful the customer will be contacted by our Customer Services Team and a full refund will be offered.
Card details
Joseph Joseph will never ask you to confirm any bank account or credit card details via email or any other means such as Direct Messaging/Instant Messaging extending to that of Social Media Sites, over the phone or Web/Phone applications extending to that of instances like Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger.
If you receive an email claiming to be from Joseph Joseph asking you to do so, please do not respond then get in touch with our Customer Care team, as this will help us to protect everyone in the future.
Public computer or device
If you are using a computer/phone device in a public location and/or on a public Wi-Fi, we recommend that you always log out and close the website browser when you complete an online session.
Security measures
In addition, we recommend that you take the following security measures to enhance your online safety both in relation to Joseph Joseph and more generally:
Keep your account passwords private. Remember, anyone who knows your password has an increased chance to be able to access your account.
When creating a password:
Avoid using the same password for multiple online accounts.
We may change this page from time to time to reflect how we are processing your data, if we make significant changes we will make it clear on the Joseph Joseph website and any of our other services, or by some other means of contact to the best of our ability.
Our website uses cookies to collect information relating to; browsing and purchasing behaviour by people who access our websites, information about pages viewed, products purchased and the customer journey around our websites.
For more information, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
If you have any questions or feedback about this policy, would like us to stop using your information, want to exercise any of your rights as set out above, or have a criticism, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Care team, who will be happy to answer any questions you may have and are trained at dealing with any personal data matters.
If you would prefer to write to us then our contact address is:
Joseph Joseph,
100 Union Street,
London,
SE1 0NL,
United Kingdom
As we understand it is important to recognise physical information counts in our policy, we will shred any documents that contain personal data as well as providing the same rights to physical information as electronic.
Last update: 09/11/2021
