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This Privacy Notice was last updated on 26 February 2023. 

 

Pet-Supermarket Privacy Notice 

 

Welcome to our privacy notice. This website is managed by Fetch! Retail Limited. 

We know that you care how information about you is used and shared and we appreciate your trust in us to do that carefully and sensibly. This notice will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.  

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.  

This website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.  

Please note that our website may include links to third-party websites and applications, clicking on those links or enabling those connections 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. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.  

 

1. Who We Are  

Pet-Supermarket is the trading name and brand licensed to Fetch! Retail Limited. 

Paramount Retail Group Holdings Limited, a company registered in England & Wales (company number: 02726368), whose registered office is at Unit 8, Pennine House 35a Business Park, Churchill Way, Sheffield, United Kingdom, S35 2PY, is a parent company of a group including Fetch! Retail Limited), all of whom adhere to this privacy policy: 

Fetch! Retail Limited, a company registered in England & Wales (company number: 07823197) whose registered office is at Unit 1, Paramount House Gelderd Road, Birstall, Batley, England, WF17 9QD 

“Pet Supermarket” logos, registered with trade mark registration numbers 2510510A and 2510510B 

Petmeds” logos, registered with trade mark registration numbers 909339789 and 910906949 

MedicAnimal”, registered with trade mark registration number 907604911  

MedicAnimal Care with a Conscience” logo, registered with trade mark registration number 907605009  

“Fetch! Retail Limited” logo, registered with trade mark registration numbers 3160017, 3160021, 3572026, 3572031, 3573050, 3572068, 3572073, 915414634 and 915420631  

We have appointed a data protection lead who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy notice and data protection on behalf of all of the Paramount Retail Group Holdings Limited Companies. You can contact them  via email or post as per the below: 

Email address: [email protected]  

Postal address: Unit 8, Pennine House 35a Business Park, Churchill Way, Sheffield, United Kingdom, S35 2PY  

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.  

 

2. The Data We Collect About You 

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data) or grouped with other data (aggregated data). We collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data.  Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data, so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data, which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice. 

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:  

  • Identity Data including your full name, title, date of birth and username or other customer identifier; 

  • Contact Data including billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers; 

  • Financial Data including your bank account and payment card details; 

  • Transactional Data including details about payments to and from you and other details of products or services you have purchased from us; 

  • Technical Data including internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone, setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, platform and other technology devices you use to access this website; 

  • Profile Data including your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, pet details, your preferences, feedback and survey responses; 

  • Usage Data including information about how you use our website, products and services; 

  • Marketing and Communications Data including your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties, and your communication preferences. 

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (including details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.  

If you fail to provide personal data 

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.  

 

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data 

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through: 

Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you: 

  • place an order for our products or services; 

  • create an account on our website; 

  • subscribe to our service or publications;  

  • request marketing to be sent to you; 

  • enter a competition, promotion or survey; 

  • or give us some feedback.  

Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies. Please see ourCookie Policy for further details. 

Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below: 

  • from other Paramount Retail Group Holdings Limited Companies; 

  • from third party service providers offering services through a Paramount Retail Group Holdings Limited Company, including (but not limited to) veterinary consultations or pet insurances; 

  • analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU; 

  • advertising networks such as Google AdWords based inside the EU; 

  • and search information providers such as Google based inside or outside the EU. 

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4. How We Use Your Personal Data 

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances: 

  • Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you. Performance of Contract means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.   

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. Legitimate Interest means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interest are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us.  

  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation. Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliant with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to.  

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Generally we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than if we are sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message and consent is required for us to do so. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing (from us or any third party) at any time by contacting us. 

Purposes for which we will use your personal data 

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate. 

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.    

 
 
 
 
 
 

Purpose/Activity 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Type of data 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest 

 
 
 
 
 

To register you as a new customer 

 
 
 
 

(a) Identity 

(b) Contact 

 
 
 
 

Performance of a contract with you 

 
 
 
 
 

To process and deliver your order including: 

(a) Manage payments, fees and charges 

(b) Collect and recover money owed to us 

(c) Deliver products to you ( using delivery service providers or by postal services or couriers) 

 
 
 
 

(a) Identity 

(b) Contact 

(c) Financial 

(d) Transaction 

(e) Marketing and Communications 

 
 
 
 

(a) Performance of a contract with you 

(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us or to pass your address to couriers or delivery service providers) 

 
 
 
 
 

To manage our relationship with you which will include: 

(a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy 

(b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey 

 
 
 
 

(a) Identity 

(b) Contact 

(c) Profile 

(d) Marketing and Communications 

 
 
 
 

(a) Performance of a contract with you 

(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation 

(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services) 

 
 
 
 
 

To enable you to partake in a prize draw, competition or complete a survey 

 
 
 
 

(a) Identity 

(b) Contact 

(c) Profile 

(d) Usage 

(e) Marketing and Communications 

 
 
 
 

(a) Performance of a contract with you 

(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business) 

 
 
 
 
 

To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data) 

 
 
 
 

(a) Identity 

(b) Contact 

(c) Technical 

 
 
 
 

(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise) 

(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation 

 
 
 
 
 

To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you 

 
 
 
 

(a) Identity 

(b) Contact 

(c) Profile 

(d) Usage 

(e) Marketing and Communications 

(f) Technical 

 
 
 
 

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy) 

 
 
 
 
 

To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences 

 
 
 
 

(a) Technical 

(b) Usage 

 
 
 
 

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy) 

 
 
 
 
 

To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you. 

 

 
 
 
 

(a) Identity 

(b) Contact 

(c) Technical 

(d) Usage 

(e) Profile 

 
 
 
 

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business) 

 

 
 
 
 
 

For the purposes of our own company or Group Companies' reorganisation, sale or acquisition, investment or other corporate restructuring 

 
 
 
 

(a) Identity 

(b) Contact 

(c) Technical 

(d) Usage 

(e) Profile 

(f) Marketing and Communications 

 
 
 
 

Necessary for our legitimate Interests (we need to inform you about any changes in our company or Group Companies; we may need to share your personal details with third parties who are committed to the reorganisation or restructuring, acquisition or investment in our company or the Group Companies) 

 
 
 
 
 

To enable you to receive services you have requested from third party service providers offering services through our Group Companies  

 
 
 
 

(a) Identity 

(b) Contact 

(c) Marketing and communications 

 
 
 
 

(a) Performance of a Contract (or pre-contractual enquiries) 

(b) Necessary for our legitimate Interests (to provide you with services from third parties through our Group Companies or their websites when you request them) 

 

Promotional offers from us  

We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).  

You will receive marketing communications from us if: 

  1. you have requested information from us (or one of the other Paramount Retail Group Holdings Limited Companies) and consented to marketing communication by signing up for our (or a Paramount Retail Group Holdings Limited Companys) newsletters or information and marketing; 

  1. you have enquired about or purchased goods or services from us, or a Paramount Retail Group Holdings Limited Company, and you have not opted out of marketing; or 

  1. you have opted in to receive marketing email communication following an email from us or another Paramount Retail Group Holdings Limited, where you signed up as a customer but had not previously purchased goods or services. 

Please note only the first and third options rely on your consent. Where the second option applies we will be marketing to you on the legal basis of our Legitimate Interests. 

Third-party marketing  

We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any company other than a Paramount Retail Group Holdings Limited Company for marketing purposes.  

Opting out 

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by logging into the website and checking or unchecking relevant boxes to adjust your marketing preferences or by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you or by contacting us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data at any time.  

Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase, product/service experience or other transactions. 

Cookies 

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see ourCookie Policy. 

Change of purpose  

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us. 

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. 

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law. 

 

5. Disclosures of Your Personal Data  

We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above. 

  • Paramount Retail Group Holdings Limited Companies. 

  • Other companies based in the UK provide us with legal and finance services, acting as joint controllers or processors. 

  • Service providers acting as processors based within the EU who provide IT, logistics, payment providers, marketing services and media strategy advisers and system administration services.  

  • Professional advisers acting as processors or joint controllers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers based within the EU who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.  

  • HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities acting as processors or joint controllers based in the United Kingdom who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.  

  • Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy notice. 

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We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. 

Please note that in respect of any payments processed by PayPal, PayPal is a separate and independent controller of your data and you are advised to review their privacy notice.

 

6. International Transfers 

Some of our external third parties are based outside the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA) so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the UK and the EEA. 

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK and the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:  

  • We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission.  

  • Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection it has in Europe.  

Please contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data out of the UK or the EEA.  

 

7. Data Security 

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so. 

 

8. Data Retention 

How long will you use my personal data for? 

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.  

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. 

By law we have to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for seven years after they cease being customers for tax and legal purposes. We audit our data on a quarterly basis to ascertain any data, which has reached the retention period and delete such data insofar as technically possible.  

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Request erasure below for further information. In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.  

 

9. Your Legal Rights 

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, these are set out here:  

Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a "data subject access request"). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it. 

Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us. 

Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request. 

Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms. 

Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data's accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it. 

Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you. 

Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.  

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please email [email protected]  

No fee usually required 

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances. 

What we may need from you 

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. 

Time limit to respond 

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.