PRIVACY POLICY

Sammies Digi Depot is the data controller for the information collected through this website.

Website: sammiesdigidepot.com

Privacy and support email: hi@sammiesdigidepot.com

Correspondence address: Please contact hi@sammiesdigidepot.com for our correspondence address.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please email hi@sammiesdigidepot.com. You can also use our Contact page.

Contact enquiries: When you submit our contact form, we collect your name, email address, the category of your enquiry, your message, and the date and time of submission. We also collect technical information for security and spam prevention.

Purchases and orders: When you make a purchase, we collect your checkout email, the products purchased, the order amount, the Stripe Checkout Session reference, payment status, a customer-visible order reference, and download-access records.

Mailing list: When you sign up for the Freebies Vault or mailing list, we collect your name (optional) and email address.

Technical information: We may collect IP address, browser type, device information, and website security logs. Your shopping basket is stored in your browser's local storage.

We collect information to process your orders, deliver digital products, respond to your enquiries, provide purchase recovery, send mailing-list emails (only if you have signed up), maintain website security, and meet legal obligations.

Contract: We process your information to fulfil our contract with you when you place an order, process payment, deliver digital products, and provide purchase recovery.

Consent: We rely on your consent for MailerLite marketing emails and any optional cookies that require consent. You can withdraw consent at any time.

Legal obligation: We retain accounting and tax records as required by law.

Legitimate interests: We use legitimate interests for website security, preventing misuse, maintaining accurate records, and responding to genuine enquiries. We do not use legitimate interests as a blanket justification for marketing emails.

We share your information with the following service providers:

Base44: Website hosting, database, and application functionality.

Stripe: Checkout, payment processing, and payment receipts. Stripe processes your card details. We do not store complete card details.

MailerLite: Mailing-list registration, signup confirmation, Freebies Vault access emails, newsletters, product announcements, marketing emails, and unsubscribe management.

Namecheap: Domain registration and business email services.

We do not sell your personal data.

Records are reviewed and removed manually on a regular basis.

Orders and accounting records are kept for up to 7 years. Contact enquiries are kept for up to 2 years. Mailing-list data is managed by MailerLite and removed when you unsubscribe. Security logs are reviewed and removed manually.

If records are reviewed and removed manually, we state this honestly. We do not claim automatic deletion exists unless it has been implemented.

Your information may be processed outside the UK. Base44 processes data in Israel and the United States. Stripe processes data in the United States and European Union. MailerLite processes data in the European Union. Namecheap processes data in the United States. Appropriate safeguards are in place for international data transfers.

Under UK data protection law, you have the following rights:

Access to your personal data. Correction of inaccurate data. Deletion of your data where applicable. Restriction of processing. Objection to processing. Data portability where applicable. Withdrawal of consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please email hi@sammiesdigidepot.com.

If you are not satisfied with how we handle your personal data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

You can make a complaint at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint.

We only send marketing emails through MailerLite to people who have actively signed up for the Freebies Vault or mailing list. Purchasing a product or submitting a contact form does not subscribe you to marketing emails.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link included in every marketing email.

This website uses essential browser storage only. Your shopping basket is stored in your browser's local storage so you do not lose your items when navigating between pages. No advertising, analytics, or tracking cookies are used.

For full details, please read our Cookie Policy.

We take reasonable steps to protect your information. Payment processing is handled securely by Stripe. We do not store complete card details. Website access is protected through secure authentication and monitoring.

No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, but we work to protect your information using industry-standard practices.

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects on you.