📅 Last Updated: 17th February 2025
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://oddlyenough.co.uk.
At Oddly Enough, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, make a purchase, or interact with us.
By using our website, you agree to the terms of this policy.
2. What Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
📌 Personal Information
- Name
- Email address
- Billing & shipping address
📌 Payment Information
- Payment details are securely processed by third-party providers (e.g., PayPal, Stripe). We do not store your full payment details.
📌 Order & Account Information
- Purchase history
- Wishlist or saved items
- Account details (if you create one)
📌 Technical & Usage Data
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device information
- Website interaction (pages visited, time spent)
📌 Marketing Preferences
- Email subscriptions (if opted in)
- Communication preferences
3. 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 detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be publicly visible in the context of your comment.
4. Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the website.
5. Cookies
🍪 We use cookies to improve your experience. If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
📌 Login Cookies:
- When you log in, we set cookies to save your login details and screen display choices.
- Login cookies last two days; screen options cookies last one year.
- If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks.
- If you log out, the login cookies are removed.
📌 Editing & Publishing Cookies:
- If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser.
- This cookie includes no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article.
- It expires after one day.
You can manage or disable cookies in your browser settings.
For more details, see our Cookie Policy [link to cookie policy if separate].
6. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if you visited the external website.
These third-party websites may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies
- Embed additional third-party tracking
- Monitor your interaction with embedded content, including tracking if you have an account and are logged into that website
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any external websites you visit.
7. Who We Share Your Data With
We only share your data with:
📦 Trusted third parties (e.g., couriers, payment providers) to fulfil your orders
💳 Payment processors (e.g., PayPal, Stripe) for secure transactions
📊 Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics) to improve our website
⚖️ Legal or regulatory authorities if required by law
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We ensure that all third parties comply with data protection laws.
8. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile.
- All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username).
- Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
We retain customer purchase data for legal, tax, and operational purposes.
9. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:
🔍 Access your data – Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
📝 Correct your data – Ask us to update inaccurate or incomplete data.
🗑️ Delete your data – Request that we erase any personal data we hold (except data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons).
🚫 Object to marketing – Opt out of marketing emails at any time.
🔄 Transfer your data – Request to move your data to another service.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@oddlyenough.co.uk.
10. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
We use analytics tools to track website usage, but all data is anonymised where possible.
11. Marketing & Communications
📧 We only send marketing emails if you have opted in.
📧 You can unsubscribe anytime by clicking “Unsubscribe” in our emails or contacting us.
We will never spam or bombard you with irrelevant offers!
12. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party sites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices, so please review their policies before providing personal data.
13. How We Store & Protect Your Data
🔒 We take security seriously and use industry-standard measures to protect your data.
🔒 Your information is stored on secure servers, and transactions are encrypted.
🔒 We do not sell or rent your data to third parties.
We keep your data for as long as necessary for legal, tax, or operational reasons. After this period, it will be securely deleted.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and significant updates will be communicated via email if applicable.
15. Contact Us
For any privacy-related questions, you can reach us at:
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 17th February 2025.