Privacy Policy
PRIVACY NOTICE & COOKIES
Like everywhere you shop online, The Sewing Studio collects your personal information. It means your orders are processed more efficiently and we can send offers and discounts tailored to you and for things we think you will actually want. If there’s a problem with your order, it also means we can deal resolve quickly.
When it comes to the information we have collected about you, we’re committed to protecting your privacy and the security of your personal information. The following policy sets out how we do that.
The Sewing Studio Ltd is a company incorporated in England and our company number is 08934219. We are the data controller registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
What data we collect
When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone and some of the cookies that are installed on your device.
In order to process the orders that you place, send you email confirmations of your order, send orders direct to your door, verify your payment details or to process returns and refunds, we may use your name, address, email address and payment card information. We ask for your mobile number so that we can call about your orders and our delivery partners can contact you when they are trying to deliver
We use your name, address, email address and telephone number in order to respond to your queries and occasional complaints (nobody’s perfect) (contractual performance; legitimate interests). We may also keep a record of these to inform any future communication with us, to demonstrate how we communicated with you throughout, to ensure that we provide you with the best possible service.
In order to improve the products and services that we provide, we may use your personal data to invite you to participate in market research (legitimate interests).
We always need to confirm that you’re over 18 so that we can legally enter into a contract with you (legal obligation).
We keep records of the live chats, telephone calls, emails and postal correspondence from you so we can provide you with the great customer service and support we’re known for (contractual performance). We may also use this data when training our staff, to make sure we continuously improve that customer service (we set our goal at ‘incredible’) (legitimate interests).
To protect our customers, premises, assets and partners from crime, we operate CCTV systems in our Redruth shop and car park that record images for security and crime prevention (legitimate interests).
Every now and then, we love to surprise and delight our customers by sending unexpected presents or treats. We may use your name, address or email address to do this (legitimate interests).
You may elect to receive SMS text message marketing from us. When you sign up to receive text messages, we will send you information about promotional offers and more. These messages may use information automatically collected based on your actions while on our sites and may prompt messaging such as an cart abandon message. We receive and store the information you provide, including your telephone number or when you read a text message. You may opt out of receiving text messages at any time by texting “STOP” to our text messages. For more information about SMS text message marketing, see our Terms and Conditions.
If you’ve signed up to receive text messages from us either via our website or by sending a text message indicating your consent, you are providing your prior express written consent to receive recurring marketing or promotional text messages from us. We will send you information about promotional offers and more.
We use information about your device and how you use our website (including your IP address, device type) to continuously improve our website, to set default options for you and to show you the correct content (for example language and currency). We may also use it to develop, test and improve the systems, services and products we provide to you by recording your browser’s Session ID to help us understand more when you leave us online feedback about any problems you’re having. This data is also used to prevent and detect fraud. We collect your IP address to learn more about how you use our website. IP address data allows us to analyse site usage and visitor numbers and see how our advertising performs (so we can understand what you like). We also use this information to improve our website, which makes our marketing more relevant to give you the best experience we can (legitimate interests).
Moreover, if you accept cookies on your initial visit and continue navigating our website, we may use the collected personal information to provide you with a customised browsing experience. This includes remembering your past activities, such as viewed pages or products and your preferences. We also use this data to deliver re-targeted advertising on some third-party websites.
For instance, through the Facebook (Meta) pixel integrated into our websites, Facebook identifies users who have visited our site, forming a 'Custom Audience.' This enables us to display our ads to Meta users who have shown an interest in our offerings or share similarities with our existing customers. We are able to do this based on our legitimate interest and Facebook's handling of personal data which is governed by its Data Usage Policy, which you can review at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy. Should you wish to opt out of Facebook's "Custom Audiences" remarketing feature while logged into Facebook, you can do so at any time through https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_=_.
Additionally, as you browse and shop our site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to us and information about how you interact. We refer to this automatically-collected information as Device Information.
We also use your name, address, email address and payment card information for fraud prevention purposes, to verify you are really a customer shopping for sewing machines and fabrics, rather than someone up to no good (legitimate interests)
How we collect data
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
- Cookies are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. Cookies make the interaction between users and websites faster and easier. Without them, it would be very difficult for a website to allow a visitor to fill up a shopping basket or to remember the user's preferences or registration details for a future visit. Our website uses cookies to allow customers to move from one part of the site to another and to add items to the shopping basket without having to log in repeatedly.
- Log files track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- Web beacons, tags, and pixels are electronic files used to record information about how you browse our website.
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number). We refer to this information as Order Information.
When we talk about Personal Information in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
How can I change my marketing preferences?
Please contact us with your request. Don’t forget to include your full name, postal address and email address so that we can help you.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by:
- FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
- GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
- BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
Sharing your data with others
There are circumstances where we may share some of your data with others:
1. Delivery Companies / Couriers (contractual performance) so that your shiny new purchases can be delivered to you and so that you can return any items as required. After your purchases have been delivered, the delivery company / courier may contact you by email you to check that you are happy with the service that you have received from them.
2. Payment and Credit Agencies (contractual performance) - Think credit card reference agencies and credit card clearing agencies. We use these very reliable, very trustworthy companies to process the orders you place with us or help us in the services we provide to you. We couldn’t do what we do without them but, even so, we only give them the data they need to get the job done.
3. Fraud prevention partner – We use a trusted service provider in order to help us prevent online fraud and to assist with 3D-secure services. This service provider may use and process your personal information in accordance with privacy and data protection laws.
4. Marketing Agencies (legitimate interests) - We also share your name, address, IP addresses, email address and transaction history with data selection analysts and email marketing agencies. It sounds very complicated but these organisations help us to analyse our customer base and to identify potential new customers, to target our marketing in a way that is most relevant for you, and show you the content that is relevant to you (based on your location). In all instances, we provide them with only the data they need to perform their function.
5. Google: To help personalise your journey through The Sewing Studio we use Google, who will process your personal data as one of our advertising partners. Cookies are used to allow for media optimisation and reporting. These are optional for the user and allow us to assess the likelihood of conversion across Google properties or ecosystems. You can manage your cookie setting via the link at the bottom of this Privacy Notice. For further information about how Google use your personal data, please see the following link: Google Policies
6. Upon sale of business assets (legal obligation) - In the unlikely event that our business assets are sold or purchased by another company, our data records will be sold too as part of our business.
7. Email and SMS providers (consent) – if you sign up to receive a discount and our marketing emails or marketing SMS, we may share your data with a company called Klaviyo who help to administer your discount and the emails / SMS messages that you will receive.
8. Product Reviews (consent) – We work with a company called Reviews.io that helps us to publish your product reviews on our website. When you submit your product review through our website, the nickname, age and email address that you enter (along with your review) will be collected by Reviews.io
How long will we keep your data for?
When you place an order through our website, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information. This record helps us answer any questions about your order history. We might also need to keep your data for important legal or audit purposes, to resolve disputes, and to prevent fraud and abuse. In these situations we may need to hold some of your data after you have closed your account.
Your rights
You have the right to be informed about how your personal data is being used. This is done, for example, through this privacy notice.
You have a right to access any personal data we hold about you and we’ll deal with any subject access request within 30 days. Please contact us using the details listed in our Contact Us section, marking your request ‘subject access request’ and giving us your name, address and email address.
You have the right to ask us to stop or pause processing your data, erase your data or amend your data. Please get in touch with us via any of the methods listed in our Contact Us section if you’d like us to do any of these things, and as far as we’re able to (when taking into account our own legal obligations) we’ll make it happen. You can also amend your own personal data by accessing ‘Your Account’ on our website.
You have the right to stop receiving direct marketing. Just ask us to take you off the list, via any of the methods in our Contact Us section.
You have the right of portability over your data (i.e. you can ask us to pass the data we hold on you to a third party in machine-readable format). Let us know if you want us to do this using the details in our Contact Us section.
If you have any complaints, you can contact us (see details below) and we’ll do our utmost to get to the bottom of things. If, after contacting us you feel your complaint has not been dealt with satisfactorily, you have the right to contact the supervisory authority. The supervisory authority for data protection in the UK is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) which you can contact on 0303 123 1113 or via their website at ico.org.uk
Changes to our privacy policy.
From time to time, we may make changes to this privacy notice in order to make sure that we are providing you with the most up-to-date information. Any changes to this privacy notice will apply to you and your data immediately.
Last change was June 2025 to reference SMS Marketing via Text Message.
How to contact us
You can write to us at:
10 Chapel Street
Redruth
Cornwall
TR15 2DB
sales@thesewingstudio.co.uk
01209 216 942 Mon-Sat: 9.30am - 5.00pm • Sun: Closed