Privacy Policy
Your privacy matters:
This privacy policy sets out how Sophie Leather collects, uses and protects your personal information when you use this website. We take the protection of your privacy very seriously. Please be assured that the use of any and all data collected by Sophie Leather or provided by you will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
Sophie Leather is the owner and “data controller” responsible for your personal information. In this privacy policy “we”, “us” or “our” refers to Sophie Leather.
By accessing or using our services, you are agreeing to the terms of this privacy policy and to the use of cookies.
It is important that the data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during the period for which we hold it.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, our privacy practices, our use of cookies, or if you would like to request access to, or correction of your personal information, please contact us at enquiry@sophieleather.com.
This policy is effective from 3rd April, 2025.
Changes to this privacy policy:
Sophie Leather reserves the right to modify this policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the website following the alterations.
What information do we collect about you?
We collect data when it is provided by you to us and some data is collected automatically when you use our website.
Information we collect includes:
- Your name, email address, telephone number and any communication sent to us via the contact form on our website.
- Website usage information, including details of your internet protocol (IP) address, device type and identifier, operating system, browser version, cookie data, the content you viewed and details of your navigation around the website. This information helps us to make improvements to website content and navigation. Website usage information is collected via cookies.
How will we use this information?
We collect information about you for the purposes of communicating with you and providing you with our service, for record keeping and for legal reasons.
We collect website usage information for the purposes improving our services and website experience.
Your personal information will never be shared with any other companies or organisations.
Keeping data secure:
We comply with the requirements set out by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) that came into effect on the 25th May, 2018 and we are committed to protecting your personal data.
We will take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data and to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal data.
We will store all of your personal data on secure servers, personal computers and mobile devices, and in secure manual record-keeping systems.
Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach if we are legally required to.
Data Retention:
We will only retain your data for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it and for the purposes of satisfying legal, accounting and reporting requirements.
Your rights:
The personal data you provide us with will be handled in accordance with data protection laws including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We are committed to delivering the rights that individuals are entitled to under data protection laws in the UK.
In relation to your personal data your rights include: right of access, right to rectification, right to erasure, right to restrict processing, right to data portability, right to object, and rights related to automated decision making including profiling.
You can read about your rights here: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/individual-rights/individual-rights/
If you wish to exercise any of the rights above please contact us at enquiry@sophieleather.com.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) regulates how we process your personal information. The ICO is the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). If you are unhappy with any aspect of how we collect and use your data you have the right to lodge a complaint with the ICO. We would like to try to resolve any issues with you first so we would be grateful if you could contact us in the first instance.
Third party links:
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on these links or enabling these connections may permit third parties to gather or share information about you. As we do not control these third party websites or their privacy policies, we recommend that you read the privacy notices of the websites you visit on leaving our website.
Cookies:
Cookies are small text files placed on computers to collect information about how customers use websites. When cookie consent is given, cookies collect and track visitor information and compile statistical reports on website activity. If you want to learn more about cookies or how to control, disable, or delete them, please visit: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
We use cookies to track your use of our website as this helps us to understand how it is being used. This allows us to improve our website and the services we offer. Cookies do not give us access to your computer or any information about you other than the data you choose to share with us. On your first visit, our website will ask for your cookie preference. You may choose to opt out of non-essential cookies, however this may affect your browsing experience.
We use cookies for:
(a) Authentication – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website.
(b) Security – we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials and to protect our website and services generally.
(c) Analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services.
(d) Cookie consent – we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.
The cookies used by our service providers:
Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. For example, we use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Use of third-party logos
Sophie Leather displays company logos and artwork belonging to third-parties across the site in its service and sales descriptions. Sophie Leather does not claim to be part of these companies in any way and the images are supplementary to the services or products that Sophie Leather offers. For removal please contact enquiry@sophieleather.com.
If you wish to contact us about our privacy policy or any matter related to our handling of your information please email us at enquiry@sophieleather.com.
Thank you.