Privacy Policy

General

House of PLC is committed to protecting your privacy. The amount and type of information we collect from you depend on your activities and use of our Website. Certain services offered on or through the Website may require you to register and/or provide personally identifiable information ("personal and account information") for purposes of interacting with our Website. In this policy, "personal and account information" includes your name, company name, account number, address, telephone number, email address, along with any other information that personally identifies you, including your industry, purchase history, and IP address, or would permit us to contact you. This policy describes our practices regarding the collection of personal and account information through our Website.

Collection of Information

When you browse our Website, we may collect your IP address, referral website, your browser type, and monitor your movements throughout our Website. This information helps us provide you with a more personalised shopping experience.

When you register on our Website, we collect your username, password, email address, security question, and answer to your security question to protect your account. We use your security question and answer to identify you as the account user if you have forgotten your password. You can help us ensure your privacy by not sharing your username and/or password.

When you make purchases through our Website, we collect your name, address, and payment information to process your order. However, you may provide credit card and purchase order numbers by telephone. We also collect your IP address and information contained in "cookies," such as your purchases and log-in data, to personalise your shopping experience. Your browser must be set to accept cookies if you wish to add items to the shopping cart.

When you communicate with us through our Website, we collect your email address and other information you provide to respond to your communication.

Use of Information

We may use your personal and account information to provide products or services you have requested, respond to a communication from you, contact you, and as otherwise described in this policy. We may occasionally send you promotional or product information. You may opt out of future communications by following the instructions in the email communication or contacting us directly. If you become our customer, we may send you updates on important information about our company and services. We may also analyse and act upon your personal and account information as part of our standard business practices. We occasionally purchase commercial information from third parties, such as company size, number of employees, and annual sales of other companies. We may use this commercial information along with your personal and account information to customise our offerings to you, as well as for our internal use.

Disclosure of Information

We restrict access to your personal and account information to those who need access to use it as set forth in this policy. Only authorised personnel are permitted to see your House of PLC account password. Your other personal and account information may be disclosed to third parties in limited circumstances. For example, we may share your personal and account information with our service providers, strategic partners, suppliers, and other entities involved in transactions you have initiated. We may disclose your personal and account information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes, as required by law, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. Your personal and account information may also be disclosed in connection with a sale of some or all of our business or a merger with another company.

Security

Whenever sensitive information is sent to or from www.houseofplc.com, we receive such information from your browser or present it to you via a VeriSign-certified secure server using industry-standard SSL (secure socket layer) encryption. Our Website is certified by VeriSign, which verifies that our Website is authentic and that we use SSL security. To view our VeriSign certificate, click on the image of the closed lock or the solid key at the bottom of your browser window. Our Website security information will appear.

We have implemented security policies, rules, and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification, unlawful destruction, or accidental loss. All our employees and data processors who have access to, and are associated with processing of personal data, are obligated to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.