Privacy and Cookies

Privacy and Cookies - WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND WHY?

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We ask for your name, telephone number, home address and email address, this is purely when you make a purchase on our site, in addition to the above, we also ask for delivery address, and payment method details. We do NOT collect, see or store your credit card details as these are handled directly by Paypal. Should you choose to sign up for our Newsletter then we will retain your name, email address and will ask you how you heard about Sanibel Home Interiors. If you leave a Guestbook Comment then in addition to the above you may choose to enter a web address. The actual information displayed within the Guestbook comment area though is just your name as you enter it and should you enter a website address then this will also be displayed but no other personal information.

HOW WILL THE DATA BE USED?

The data we obtain from you is essential for us to complete your purchase and process and dispatch your products, without this we would not be able to fulfil your order. The data in relation to the Newsletter Subscription will enable us to email you a newsletter and any promotional offers. You can unsubscribe from this service at any time.

A COOKIE is a small data file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive, a cookie cannot harm your computer. They are helpful because they help to make a website work better for a user. Many websites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to report on website traffic. Your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other websites.

Analytic Cookies like Google Analytics store information about what pages visit our site, how long they are on the site, how they got here and what they clicked on during the visit. This information gathered by cookies and when processed by Google Analytics provides Sanibel Home Interiors with important information about site performance, demographics as to where potential customers come from i.e. which country and also a very important piece of information which is the bounce rate, this means the page at which potential customers leave the site, obviously we would like customers to leave after making a purchase but recognise not all will so it is important for us to know what causes a bounce so that we can continue to improve our site and improve the product selection and service for customers.

Sanibel Home Interiors does not allow Google Analytics to use or share the analytic data it collects via the cookies. In addition our website carries embedded 'share' buttons to enable users of our site to easily share and recommend the site or a product to a friend or family member.

Should you choose to explore one of the links to either a linked site or recommended Affiliate Partner site then you should be aware that those sites may utilise cookies to obtain data relating to your visit. Those sites are responsible for explaining their policies relating to the use of the data obtained by cookies.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies via a modification to your web browser, there is a facility for you to set your web browser to 'decline cookies' if you prefer. Please be aware that this may affect the way in which you are able to view our website or other websites.

For more information about tracking cookies visit www.allaboutcookies.org

Sanibel Home Interiors regard their customers privacy as one of our most important values, we do not ask you to create an account or register to place an order. We do not store your data on the website nor share information provided by you with any third party organisations. We believe our privacy policy should give your total confidence in Sanibel Home Interiors.