DP is operated by Debenhams Brands Ltd.
Here at Debenhams Brands Ltd (‘Debenhams’) we are committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of your personal data. This privacy notice explains how your data is collected, used, transferred and disclosed by Debenhams. It applies to data collected when you use our websites, iOS and android applications, when you interact with us through social media, email, or phone, or when you participate in our competitions or events. It also applies to the extent that someone has nominated you through our "refer a friend" function or purchased an e-gift card on your behalf. It covers:
• The personal data we collect
• How we collect your data
• How we use your data
• Marketing preferences, adverts and cookies
• Links to other websites and third parties
• How we share your data
• Your rights
• Changes to this privacy notice
• How to contact us
Here at Debenhams, we’re taking a fresh approach to the modern-day, online department store. Offering must-have collections and everyday essentials for Women, Men and Kids; there’s something for everyone to explore, own and love. With big name brands just waiting to be discovered, expect the best in Fashion, Beauty and Home, delivered to your door.
Debenhams operates the following brands:
• Warehouse
• Oasis
• Coast
• Dorothy Perkins (DP)
• Wallis
• Principles
• Maine
• Gorgeous
• Burton
In this privacy notice, such brands shall be referred to as the “affiliated group companies”, and references to an “affiliated group company” shall be to an individual brand.
Debenhams Brands Limited, of 49-51 Dale Street, Manchester M1 2HF (referred to as “Debenhams”, “we”, “us” and/or “our” in this privacy notice) is the controller and responsible for your personal data collected through the www.debenhams.com website (the “website”) and Debenhams app (the “app”). Details of our Data Protection Officer responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy notice, and our details are set out in the “How to Contact Us” section at the end of this notice.
On the website, we make available products that are sold to you by us or, alternatively, by a third party retailer (a “Concessionaire Brand”). In relation to products that are sold by a Concessionaire Brand, the relevant Concessionaire Brand will be responsible for your order. We will tell you on our website if a product is sold by a Concessionaire Brand and provide you with the name of the Concessionaire Brand. Our privacy notice explains what personal data we share with the Concessionaire Brands in order to ensure they are able to fulfil their obligations to you.
We take the protection of your personal data seriously and will process your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently. This privacy notice describes the personal data we are collecting about you and how it is used.
We will only collect and use your personal data for the following purposes, to:
• fulfil your order(s)
• fulfil orders made on your behalf (e.g. e-gift card orders)
• communicate with you following a "refer a friend" nomination
• keep you up to date with the latest offers and trends
• give you a better shopping experience
• help us to make our marketing more relevant to you and your interests
• improve our services
• meet our legal responsibilities ㅤ
We have appropriate organisational safeguards and security measures in place to protect your data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed.
The communication between your browser and our website uses a secure encrypted connection wherever your personal data is involved.
We require any third party who is contracted to process your personal data on our behalf to have security measures in place to protect your data and to treat such data in accordance with the law.
In the unfortunate event of a personal data breach, we will notify you and any applicable regulator when we are legally required to do so. ㅤ
Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include anonymised data, where the identity and identifying information has been removed.
While our website is designed for a general audience, we will not knowingly collect any data from children under the age of 13 or sell products to children. If you are under the age of 13, you are not permitted to use or submit your data to the website.
The following groups of personal data are collected:
• Identity Data includes information such as: first name, last name, title, date of birth (optional), occupation, personal description, photo and gender.
• Contact Data includes information such as: email address, billing address, delivery address, location, country, telephone number, loyalty programme membership number, and social media id (if you log in by social media).
• Financial Data includes information such as: payment card details and bank account.
• Transaction Data includes information such as: details of your purchases and the fulfilment of your orders (such as basket number, order number/reference, subtotal, title, currency, discounts, shipping (including tracking information, order status), number of items, product number, single item price, category, tax etc.); payments to and from you and details of other products and services you have obtained from us, information relating to returns, correspondence or communications with you in respect of your orders, and details of any rewards and bonuses awarded.
• Technical Data includes information such as: details of the device(s) you use to access our services, your internet protocol (IP) address, login data, your username and password, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
• Profile Data includes information such as: purchases or orders made by you, product and style interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses.
• Usage Dataincludes information such as: how and when you use our website/app, how you moved around it, what you searched for; website/app performance statistics, traffic, location, eblogs and other communication data; loyalty programme activities; and details of any other Debenhams products and services used by you.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes information such as: your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data 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. ㅤ We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes 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. ㅤ
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 products you have ordered from us). 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. ㅤ
We may collect personal data about you in the following ways:
• Direct interactions – you may give us your Identity, Contact, Financial, Transaction, Profile, and Marketing and Communications data (as described above) by filling in forms, entering information online or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, telephone or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide, for example, when you:
Create an account or purchase products on our website;
Subscribe to our newsletter, discussion boards, social media sites or create wish lists;
Enter a competition;
Join a Debenhams loyalty programme;
Complete a voluntary market research survey;
Contact us with an enquiry or to report a problem (by phone, email, social media, or messaging service);
Use the “refer a friend” function on our website; or
When you log in to our website via social media.
• Automated technologies or interactions – as you interact with our website, we may automatically collect the following types of data (all as described above): Technical Data about your equipment, Usage Data about your browsing actions and patterns, and Contact Data where tasks carried out via our website remain uncompleted, such as incomplete orders or abandoned baskets. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for further details.
• Third parties – we may receive personal data about you from various third parties, including:
Identity and Contact data from another individual when they purchase an e-gift card for you or use the "refer a friend" function on our website;
Technical Data from third parties, including analytics providers such as Google. Please see further information in the section entitled ‘Marketing preferences, adverts and cookies’.
Technical Data from affiliate networks through whom you have accessed our website;
Identity and Contact Data from social media platforms when you log in to our website using such social media platforms;
Identity and Contact data from third parties, including organisations (including law enforcement agencies), associations and groups, who share data for the purposes of fraud prevention and detection and credit risk reduction;
Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services; and
Identity, Contact and Transaction Data from Concessionaire Brands who will be responsible for your contract and fulfilling your order if you purchase a product from one or more of the Concessionaire Brands on our website (so that we can, for example, carry out invoice reconciliation, receive updates on the status of the order, and assist with dealing with any complaints or issues with the products purchased). ㅤ
The legal basis for processing your personal data
We will only collect and process your personal data where we have a legal basis to do so. As a data controller, the legal basis for our collection and use of your personal data varies depending on the manner and purpose for which we collected it.
We will only collect personal data from you when: