Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Kair collects, uses, maintains, and protects information collected from users (each, a "User") of the https://www.kair.care website ("Site"). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by Kair.

Who We Are

We are Kair, a Brand of Furniture Clinic, Unit 46 Werdohl Way, Number One Industrial Estate,  Consett, DH8 6SZ. We are the Controller of the data you provide. We are also a Processor of data provided by our business clients; warranty and insurance companies, which may contain personal data.

We are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our customers. We do not sell, rent or trade email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes.

We use your information for the purpose of supplying you with goods and services.

What We Collect

The data we collect includes name; address; post code; telephone numbers and e mail addresses. For payment details (from you to us and us to you), we collect bank account and/or payment card details for processing via one of our payment partners.

When you purchase products or services via our website, your name; address; email address and contact number will be stored in our Administration System.

The data we collect would be regarded as non-sensitive meaning that you could be identified indirectly through your address; phone number; or email address. We do not retain bank account or payment card details.

The data we collect is not transferred outside the European Union.

How We Collect Personal Data

We collect personal data in a number of ways:

• You may have provided it via our web site enquiry forms.
• You may have contacted us directly to provide the data by telephone or e mail or text.
• You may have placed an order with us.
• You may have subscribed to our newsletters.
• Our website use cookies to collect information. This includes information about browsing and purchasing behaviour by people who access our websites and comprises information about pages viewed, products purchased and the customer journey around our websites.

When someone visits our website, we utilise third party analytics software, including Google Analytics, Facebook, BingAds and Hotjar, to collect standard internet log information. We do this to track data such as user volume and behaviour when visitors are on-site. This data is anonymous and grouped-together. We do not collect or process any personally identifiable information from our users beyond that which is given voluntarily to us during the process of making a purchase. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website or collect sensitive data beyond that which is given.

If you choose not to give us your personal data, this may delay or prevent us from meeting our obligations or providing you with goods or services.

Who We Share Personal Data With

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to any party outside of our own network of companies or associated service providers.

The data we collect may be shared with organisations working on our behalf, including:

The Legal Basis On Which We Hold Your Personal Data

The primary legal basis on which we hold and process your data is consent where you have supplied us with it.

We also need it to fulfil our contractual commitments to you, support our legitimate interests and to meet our statutory obligations.

The Ways In Which We Use Your Personal Data

The ways we use your personal data may include:

• to fulfil our obligations to you:

• Where we have legitimate interest:

• Where we use your personal data for our legitimate interests, it will be kept to a minimum; will not be overly intrusive and will be proportionate to meet our legitimate interest.
• We use reputable third-party providers, (Klavio and Shopify) to deliver our newsletter. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see Klavio’s privacy notices. You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time of the day or night by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails or by emailing our data protection officer at dataprotectionofficer@kair.care or writing to us at Kair; Unit 46 Werdohl Way; Number One Industrial Estate; Consett; DH8 6SZ.

• Where you have provided consent:

• Where we have a legal obligation:

Automated Decision Making

• Kair has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

How Long We Keep Your Personal Data

• We retain your basic data (name; address and contact details) for 6 years for statutory UK tax law obligations. After this time, it will be destroyed. Any information you consent to provide us for marketing purposes will be kept until you notify us that you no longer wish to receive this information.
• As part of the registration process for our marketing communications, we collect personal information. We use that information to tell you about the products and services you have asked us to tell you about; to contact you if we need to obtain or provide additional information; to check our records are correct and to occasionally check that you are satisfied.

Your Rights

Under data protection law, you have the following rights:

• Right to erasure (right to be forgotten) – to request the deletion of your personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing by us.
• Right to restrict processing – to request that we block or supress processing of your personal information.
• Right to object – to the processing of your personal information by us where the processing is based on our legitimate interests, is processed for direct marketing purposes or for the purposes of statistics.
• Where we process personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, and we rely on it to use your personal information, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. Please contact us if you want to do this.
• If, at any time, you believe the data we process on you is incorrect, you can request to see this information and have it corrected or deleted. If you wish to raise a complaint about how we have handled your personal data, you can contact us to have the matter investigated at dataprotectionofficer@kair.care or write to us at Kair; Unit 46 Werdohl Way; Number One Industrial Estate; Consett; DH8 6SZ. If you are not satisfied with our response or believe that we are not processing your data in accordance with the law, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office – http://ico.org.uk/

Security Of Your Personal Data

• Online security: We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site. Whenever you input your details on to our website, you do so via our secure servers. These use Secure Socket Layer Encryption which is a leading secure standard in the e commerce industry. The padlock symbol is there for your peace of mind. All personal information that we store is encrypted using industry standard technology.
• We train our staff to protect your personal details and check your identity whenever you contact us.