GDPR Policy

Sole of Discretion values your privacy and will always comply with data privacy and security legislation, namely the Data Protection Act (UK, 1998), and from 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). Sole of Discretion is the Data Controller for information we hold about you.

We will not sell, share or transfer personally identifiable information collected via this website, or by any other means, to a third-party unless we are required by law to do so. Sole of Discretion will only utilise personal information in a manner authorised by the provider and for internal administrative purposes. All personal information given to and held by Sole of Discretion is securely stored and access to it is password protected. 

If you have provided it, and it is relevant for us to retain it, then we will hold the following data about you: name; email address; your consent (or not) to receive direct marketing by email. If you purchase fish directly through our website, transactions are made through Open Food Network and details of how they protect your date is here:

Sole of Discretion Data Sharing and Retention Policy

This policy outlines how we collect and manage your personal data. We use these terms in this policy:

  • Sole of Discretion: soleofdiscretion.seafoodplymouth.co.uk
  • Users: anyone who registers with Sole of Discretion or places an order on soleofdiscretion.seafoodplymouth.co.uk
  • Shopfront: any user who opens the online shopfront on soleofdiscretion.seafoodplymouth.co.uk

Collection and processing of data

Sole of Discretion collects the following details from newsletter subscribers:

  • Name
  • Email

These subscribers include all shopfronts and other people have subscribed to a monthly mailing of a Mailchimp newsletter.  They have the option to unsubscribe at any time by clicking this ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of the newsletter.

These data are used by Sole of Discretion to send a monthly Mailchimp Newsletter. These data are never shared with any third party.

Sole of Discretion collects the following details from users:

  • Name
  • Postal address
  • Email
  • Telephone number
  • Details of the products ordered and the price paid for those orders
  • The last four digits on any credit cards stored (full credit card details are retained securely within Stripe)

These data are not routinely used by Sole of Discretion for any marketing purposes. 

Sole of Discretion has access to its own customers’ data and might use them for marketing purposes. Sole of Discretion conform to the General Data Protection Regulation

Sole of Discretion is able to give users a copy of any data that we hold about them, request Sole of Discretion to make changes to their data and to request Sole of Discretion to delete that data. To make these requests please email [Data Controllers Email]

Cookies 
A cookie is a small file text deposited on your computer by the Sole of Discretion server. Its purpose is to collect information about your visits to optimise your navigation around the Sole of Discretion site and to improve the level of service to our users and shopfronts. Cookies keep statistics relative to the volume of traffic and use of the various elements of the Sole of Discretion site.

You can delete these cookies at any time and/or configure your internet browser to limit their use.

Sole of Discretion reserves the right to modify this Data Sharing and Retention Policy at any time.

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