Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

Effective date: [03/03/2026]

This Privacy Policy describes how Birdys n Bogeys (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from www.birdysnbogeys.com (the “Site”).

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:

Email: info@birdysnbogeys.com
Address:
Little Acre
Fontley Road
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 6QZ
United Kingdom

The Personal Information We Collect

1. Device Information

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device.

This may include:

  • IP address

  • Browser type and version

  • Time zone

  • Cookie identifiers

  • Pages viewed

  • Products viewed

  • Referring websites

  • Interaction data

Purpose of collection:

  • To operate and optimise the Site

  • To analyse performance

  • To improve user experience

  • To measure marketing effectiveness

This information is collected through cookies, log files, web beacons, tags and pixels.

2. Order Information

When you make or attempt to make a purchase, we collect:

  • Name

  • Billing address

  • Shipping address

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Payment information

Purpose of collection:

  • To process payments

  • To fulfil and ship orders

  • To provide order confirmations

  • To communicate with you

  • To screen orders for fraud

  • To comply with legal obligations

  • To provide marketing communications where permitted

3. Customer Support Information

If you contact us, we collect the information you provide in relation to your enquiry.

Purpose of collection:

  • To provide support

  • To resolve issues

  • To improve our services

How We Use Your Personal Information

We use your personal information to:

  • Provide products and services

  • Process transactions

  • Ship and fulfil orders

  • Communicate with you

  • Provide marketing communications

  • Improve our website

  • Prevent fraud

  • Comply with legal obligations

Sharing Your Personal Information

We share personal information with trusted third parties to operate our business, including:

  • Shopify to power our store

  • Payment processors

  • Shipping providers

  • Analytics providers

  • Advertising and marketing partners

We may also share information to comply with legal obligations or protect our rights.

Behavioural Advertising and Facebook Data Sharing

We use personal information to provide relevant advertising on platforms such as Google, Facebook and Instagram.

This includes sharing certain information with Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, which operates Facebook and Instagram.

We use technologies including:

  • Meta Pixel

  • Meta Conversion API

  • Custom Audiences

  • Google Analytics

  • Google Ads

The information shared may include:

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • IP address

  • Device identifiers

  • Website browsing activity

  • Purchase activity

This allows us to:

  • Deliver relevant advertising

  • Measure advertising performance

  • Build Custom Audiences

  • Retarget website visitors

Meta may match this information with data they already hold to show personalised advertisements.

You can learn more about how Meta uses personal data here:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy

You can control your ad preferences here:
https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/ad_settings

You can opt out of Google Analytics here:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

You can opt out of some targeted advertising here:
https://optout.aboutads.info/

Lawful Basis for Processing (UK GDPR)

If you are located in the UK or EEA, we process personal information under the following lawful bases:

  • Your consent

  • Performance of a contract

  • Compliance with legal obligations

  • Legitimate interests that do not override your rights

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to:

  • Fulfil your orders

  • Comply with legal requirements

  • Resolve disputes

  • Enforce agreements

You may request deletion of your personal data at any time, subject to legal obligations.

International Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred outside the UK or EEA, including to Canada and the United States.

Where this occurs, appropriate safeguards are implemented in accordance with UK GDPR requirements.

Automatic Decision-Making

We do not engage in fully automated decision-making that has a legal or similarly significant effect on individuals.

Shopify may use limited automated fraud detection systems, including temporary IP or payment method blacklisting.

Selling or Sharing Personal Information (CCPA)

For the purposes of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), sharing personal information with advertising partners may be considered “selling” or “sharing”.

California residents have the right to:

  • Know what personal information is collected

  • Request deletion

  • Request correction

  • Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information

  • Not be discriminated against for exercising these rights

To exercise your rights, contact us at info@birdysnbogeys.com.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit our Site. Cookies help the website function correctly, improve performance, analyse traffic and support advertising.

We use:

  • Essential cookies

  • Performance and analytics cookies

  • Advertising and marketing cookies

  • Social media cookies

Some cookies are set by us and others by third parties such as Shopify, Google and Meta.

You can manage cookies through our cookie banner or your browser settings.

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Name Function Duration
_ab Access to admin 2y
_secure_session_id Storefront navigation 24h
_shopify_country Checkout session
_shopify_m Privacy settings 1y
_shopify_tm Privacy settings 30min
_shopify_tw Privacy settings 2w
_storefront_u Update account info 1min
_tracking_consent Tracking preferences 1y
c Checkout 1y
cart Shopping cart 2w
cart_currency Shopping cart 2w
cart_sig Checkout 2w
cart_ts Checkout 2w
cart_ver Shopping cart 2w
checkout Checkout 4w
checkout_token Checkout 1y
dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart Checkout 30min
hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout Checkout session
keep_alive Buyer localisation 2w
master_device_id Merchant login 2y
previous_step Checkout 1y
remember_me Checkout 1y
secure_customer_sig Customer login 20y
shopify_pay Checkout 1y
shopify_pay_redirect Checkout 30min, 3w or 1y
storefront_digest Customer login 2y
tracked_start_checkout Checkout 1y
checkout_one_experiment Checkout session

Reporting and Analytics Cookies

Name Function Duration
_landing_page Track landing pages 2w
_orig_referrer Track landing pages 2w
_s Shopify analytics 30min
_shopify_d Shopify analytics session
_shopify_s Shopify analytics 30min
_shopify_sa_p Marketing analytics 30min
_shopify_sa_t Marketing analytics 30min
_shopify_y Shopify analytics 1y
_y Shopify analytics 1y
_shopify_evids Shopify analytics session
_shopify_ga Shopify and Google Analytics session

Advertising and Social Media Cookies

We use advertising technologies including the Meta Pixel and Google Ads tags to:

  • Deliver personalised ads

  • Measure campaign performance

  • Build Custom Audiences

  • Retarget visitors

Advertising cookies are only set where you have provided consent where required by law.

You can manage preferences here:

Meta: https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/ad_settings
Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads
Digital Advertising Alliance: https://optout.aboutads.info/

Cookie Duration

Cookies may be session cookies or persistent cookies. Persistent cookies typically expire between 30 minutes and two years.

Managing Cookies

You can control cookies:

  • Through our consent banner

  • Through browser settings

  • Through third-party opt-out tools

Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

Do Not Track

We do not currently respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals due to the lack of a consistent industry standard.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Complaints

If you are not satisfied with our response to a concern, you may lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office:

https://www.ico.org.uk