Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you visit the Picklemania™ website or interact with us as a customer. We are committed to complying with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

We act as the Data Controller for the personal data we process.

13.1 Personal Data we Collect

Identity

Name, date of birth, location, gender

Contact

Email address

Transaction

Purchases, order history

Technical

IP address, browser type, device identifiers, cookies

Usage

Pages visited, interactions, preferences

Marketing

Communication preferences

13.2 How we collect your data

  • Directly from you (forms, purchases, enquiries)
  • Automatically through cookies and analytics
  • From third-party providers (payment processors)

13.3 Legal bases for processing

ContractTo provide services
ConsentFor marketing or optional cookies
Legitimate interestsImproving our website, preventing fraud
Legal obligationTax, accounting, regulatory requirements

13.4 How we use your data

  • To provide and manage your services
  • To respond to enquiries
  • To personalise website content
  • To improve our services and website
  • To comply with legal obligations

13.5 Sharing your data

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share your data with:

  • Branded Partners
  • Payment processors
  • IT and hosting providers
  • Professional advisers (legal, accounting)
  • Regulators or law enforcement where required

13.6 Data retention

Account data is stored permanently. If a user requests deletion, all Personally Identifiable Information (PII) will be anonymised. See Subject Rights.

Media

Old avatars are instantly deleted if new ones are uploaded. We do not retain deleted avatars.

Chat

Retained according to TalkJS data retention policy.

* All data is provided explicitly by the user. We do not collect any data in any hidden manner.

13.7 Your rights

Access your data
Correct inaccurate data
Request deletion
Object to processing
Restrict processing
Data portability
Withdraw consent at any time

13.8 Complaints

You may complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe your data has been mishandled.

13.9 Updates

We may update this notice from time to time, and the latest version will always be available on our website.