Privacy Policy

Chocolate Wishes customer privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

• Contact details

• What information we collect, use, and why

• Lawful bases and data protection rights

• Where we get personal information from

• How long we keep information

• How to complain

Contact details

Post

Spark House, Enterprise Building, Rope Walk, LINCOLN, Lincolnshire, LN6 7DQ,

Email

contact@chocolate-wishes.co.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery:

• Names and contact details

• Addresses

• Purchase or account history

• Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)*

• Account information

• Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)

• Information relating to compliments or complaints

We collect or use the following information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees:

• Names and contact details

• Addresses

• Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)*

• Purchase history

• Account information, including registration details

• Marketing preferences

We collect or use the following information for service updates or marketing purposes:

• Names and contact details

We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

• Name

• Contact information

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

• Names and contact details

• Address

• Payment details

• Account information

• Purchase or service history

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

• Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.

• Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.

• Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.

• Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.

• Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.

• Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.

• Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

• Public task – we have to collect or use your information to carry out a task laid down in law, which the law intends to be performed by an organisation such as ours. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure and the right to portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

• Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

• Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for legal requirements are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

• Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

• Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Where we get personal information from

• Directly from you

 

Children's Data

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• Under current UK legislation additional steps must be taken when dealing with information relating to minors, ie people under the age of majority. For this reason we do not intend this website to be used for purchases by anyone considered to be a minor or a child. Should it come to the attention of any parent or guardian that a child or minor has provided us with their personal information, they must contact us immediately at contact@chocolate-wishes.co.uk requesting their information to be deleted.

How long we keep information

We will retain your information until you close your account with us or request that we delete your information. This is to allow us to ensure that we provide you with the best level of service.

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How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated

23th January 2026

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*Online payments to us are processed by Wix. Wix is Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) compliant and is accredited as a Level 1 service provider and merchant. This is the highest level of security for organisations that handle credit card information. Wix’s PCI DSS compliance is assessed by an external company, and is audited on a yearly basis in order to align with PCI standards.

“Wix PCI applications are running in a dedicated environment - with segregation from other product flows and servers - suitable for the highest PCI standards.

WIX PCI environment maintains the highest standard of encryption and storage measures using a FIPS 140-2-certified HSM (Hardware Security Module). Our users’ data at rest encryption utilizes AES-256, the industry’s most broadly used encryption method.”