The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. Privacy Policy
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. is the owner of this website and of all the data we collect from you. This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website and register for our mailing lists, our events, or become a Member of The Watch Collectors’ Club.
Topics:
- What data do we collect?
- How do we collect your data?
- How will we use your data?
- How do we store your data?
- Marketing
- What are your data protection rights?
- What are cookies?
- How do we use cookies?
- What types of cookies do we use?
- How to manage your cookies
- Privacy policies of other websites
- Changes to our privacy policy
- How to contact us
- How to contact the appropriate authorities
What data do we collect?
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. collects the following data:
- For our Mailing lists: Name, email address, City of Residence.
- For our Memberships: Name, Email Address, Residential Address, Date of Birth, Payment Method details (via Stripe), Watch Collection Details, Other Interests, Social Media Handles
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
- Register online or place an order for any of our products or services.
- Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
- Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
- Join our Membership Tiers.
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:
- We use aggregate data from sites companies such as Google, Facebook Twitter and associated analytics software to manage our business. Your data from your activity on these platforms may be included within this data.
How will we use your data?
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. collects your data so that we can:
- Inform you of upcoming events we are holding, and our Membership products and services.
- Email you with special offers on other products and services we think you might like.
- Optimise the best events for our members depending on their preferences.
If you agree, The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. will share your data with our partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services.
- Any retailer who’s event you register for will be given your name ahead of the event.
- In some cases we will also give them your email address, but we will make this clear in the event registration details.
When The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. processes your order, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.
How do we store your data?
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. securely stores your data using widely available professional software, supported and updated regularly.
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. will keep your personal data for the time you remain on our mailing lists, until you unsubscribe or we delete inactive members, which occurs twice per year.
Members’ data will be held until they inform us of cancellation or non-renewal of their membership. Then we will delete past members, and only retain their information on our mailing lists is permission is given.
Marketing
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like, as well as those of our partner companies.
If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.
You have the right at any time to stop The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. from contacting you for marketing purposes.
If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please click here.
What are your data protection rights?
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. 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 access – You have the right to request The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd.’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Our Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, 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 at our email:
Write to us: join@thewatchcollectorsclub.com
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.
For further information, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
How do we use cookies?
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
- Keeping you signed in
- Understanding how you use our website
What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
- Functionality – The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could
- include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
- Advertising – The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 16th August 2023.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about Our Company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: members@thewatchcollectorsclub.com
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that The Watch Collectors’ Club Ltd. has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/