Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how The Longbow Shop Ltd uses and protects any information that you give The Longbow Shop Ltd when you use this website.

The Longbow Shop Ltd 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, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

The Longbow Shop Ltd may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page periodically to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

The Longbow Shop Ltd
Unit 20 Price Street Business centre
Birkenhead CH41 4JQ, UK

What We Collect
We may collect the following information to complete your order:

  • Name
  • Contact information including email address
  • Demographic information such as postcode, 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 emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. You have the right to opt out at any time. The emails are sent out by MailChimp which also provides an unsubscribe.

From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you via email for market research purposes. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is safe and secure, The Longbow Shop Ltd is a secure https website and is hosted by Shopify and stored on their secure servers. All payment transactions are off site with either Shopify Payments or PayPal. We do not retain any card transaction details.

In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, passwords and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. If ever there was a breach of security we will inform you within 7 days.

How We Use Cookies
A cookie is a small 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 however prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

If you do not wish to proceed using cookies please adjust your settings using your browsers to anonymous. Incognito, Inprivate or private browsing.

Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, 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 sites 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. We do not however pass on any details to third party sites
  • You can ask us to provide the details we have on our website as a pdf. If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us using our contact page form
  • We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. 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 and General Data Protection Regulation 2018. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please use our contact page.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.