At Scopitones, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our fans and customers. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our shop, participate in our auctions, or subscribe to our updates.

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1. Information We Collect

We collect information that allows us to process your orders and provide a personalized experience:

• Identity Data: Name, username, or similar identifier.

• Contact Data: Billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.

• Financial Data: Payment card details (processed securely via third-party providers like Stripe or PayPal; we do not store full card numbers on our servers).

• Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you and details of products you have purchased from us.

• Auction Data: If you participate in an auction, we collect your bidding history and account details to verify and fulfill the winning bid.

• Technical Data: IP address, login data, browser type, and time zone settings collected via cookies.

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2. How We Use Your Information

We only use your data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use it to:

Fulfill Orders: To process and deliver your purchases, manage payments, and collect money owed.

Auction Management: To manage bidding, notify winners, and arrange specialized shipping for high-value items.

Communication: To send you updates about your order or respond to customer service inquiries.

Marketing: If you have opted in, we will send you newsletters about The Wedding Present, Cinerama, and new Scopitones releases. You can opt out at any time.

 

3. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share your information only with trusted third parties necessary to run our business:

 

• Service Providers: Courier and shipping companies (e.g., Royal Mail, DHL) to deliver your items, third-party auction providers to manage auctions, web hosting providers (Wix).

• Payment Processors: Secure platforms that handle your financial transactions.

• Marketing Platforms: Services like Mailchimp (if you are subscribed to our newsletter).

• Legal Authorities: If required by law or to protect our rights and prevent fraud.

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4. Cookies

Our website uses "cookies" to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies help us remember items in your shopping basket and understand how visitors use the site. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, but this may prevent some parts of the website from functioning properly.

 

5. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. Access to your personal data is limited to employees and partners who have a business "need to know."

 

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements (usually 6 years for tax purposes in the UK).

 

7. Your Legal Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have rights including:

• Access: The right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

• Correction: The right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate.

• Erasure: The right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

• Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent (e.g., newsletters), you can withdraw it at any time via the "unsubscribe" link.

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8. Third-Party Links

Our website may include links to third-party websites (e.g., social media or band-related sites). Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

 

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: contact@scopitones.co.uk

Address: Scopitones, Post Office Box 3, Brighton BN1 6DU, U.K.