Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Green & Home Retail is committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website, https://www.greenandhome.co.uk/retail.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.greenandhome.co.uk/retail.
Company Name: Green & Home Ltd
Company Number: 04204020
VAT Number: 770654321
Contact Information:

2. Information We Collect

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors to the website may download and extract location data from images.

Cookies

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter details on subsequent comments. These cookies last for one year.
  • Login: When visiting our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded once you close your browser.
    • If you log in, we set up cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, while screen options cookies last one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will extend login persistence for two weeks. Upon logging out, login cookies are removed.
  • Editing or Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article just edited, expiring after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you’ve visited those websites directly, which may collect data, use cookies, and monitor interactions.

3. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not share your personal data with third parties except for essential service providers and as detailed below:

  • Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
  • Automated Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.

4. How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely, allowing us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically.
  • User Profiles: For registered users, we store personal information provided in user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete personal information anytime (username changes are restricted). Website administrators can also view and edit user data.

5. Your Rights Over Your Data

You have the following rights regarding your data:

  • Access: Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Erasure: Request that we delete your personal data, except data retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

6. How We Protect Your Data

We implement technical and organisational measures to protect personal data from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, and unauthorised access.

7. Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services that may process data outside of the EU. We ensure that data transfers comply with GDPR standards.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page, and significant updates will be communicated to you via email or website notification.

Contact Us

For any privacy-related questions or concerns, please contact us: