Security and privacy This privacy policy sets out how My Bridesmaid uses and protects any information that you give My Bridesmaid when you use this website. My Bridesmaid is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. My Bridesmaid may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. What we collect We may collect the following information: name contact information including email address demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers What we do with the information we gather We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons: Internal record keeping. We may use the information to improve our products and services. We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail, unless you express a preference for us not to do this. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests. Security My Bridesmaid takes the security of your personal details very seriously and has used industry standard precautions to safeguard your personal and payment details. Every time you enter an area of the website that holds or uses sensitive information such as your credit card details, you will see an icon resembling a padlock appear at the bottom of your browser window. This indicates that the site is secure. When you place an order all your credit card and personal details are passed to out secure server using 128-bit encryption via GeoTrust™ Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). This technology ensures that any data that you provide is fully encrypted as it travels through the Internet, so that it cannot be read by any other third party. Your online payments are taken securely and your credit card details are not stored by My Bridesmaid. Click here to verify our GeoTrust™ security certificate. How we use cookies A cookie is a small text file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. Links to other websites Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our website, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such websites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question. Controlling your personal information You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways: whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by emailing us at customerservice@mybridesmaid.com We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen. You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small administration fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to My Bridesmaid, Unit 295, 56 Gloucester Road, Kensington, London, SW7 4UB. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to us or email us as soon as possible . We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect. My Bridesmaid LLP is registered under the Data Protection Act.