Privacy policy.

At The Botháns we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website currently and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

 

1.  Important Information and who we are

Purpose of this Privacy Policy

 This Privacy Policy aims to give you information on how The Botháns collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up to our newsletter, purchase a product or service or take part in a competition.

This website is for 18 year olds and over, it is not intended for children and we do not knowingly directly collect data from children under the age of 16 years old. 

It is important that you read this Privacy Policy together with any other Privacy Policy or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This Privacy Policy supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.

 

Controller – The Botháns is the data controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as The Botháns, “we”, “us” or “our” in this Privacy Policy).

We have appointed a Data Privacy Manager who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the Data Privacy Manager using the details set out below.

Contact Details:

  • Full name of legal entity: The Bothans Cabins NI

  • Name: Data Privacy Manager

  • Email address: privacy@thebothans.co.uk

  • Registered address: The Botháns, 11 Bratwell Road, Macosquin, Coleraine, County Londonderry. BT51 4LB.

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.

 

Changes to the privacy Policy and your duty to inform us of changes - This version was last updated on 07-07-2025. 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.

 

Third Party links - This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins 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 Policy of every website you visit. 

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). 

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

Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title, date of birth and nationality.

Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.

Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details via our third party providers Stripe who have their own privacy and data handling policies.

Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.

Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services via our third party Google Analytics https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=GB&hl=en.

Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties, your communications with us (for example chat/message room or via social media) or 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 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 Policy. 

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. 

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 is your personal data collected?

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:

  • apply for our products or services;

  • 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 (as defined below).

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

Technical Data from the following parties: 

(a)  analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU;
(b)  advertising networks based outside the EU; and
(c)  search information providers based outside the EU.

Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services such as PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-prev) based outside the EU and Stripe https://stripe.com/gb/privacy based inside the EU.

 

4. Your Rights 

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and Our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:

  • The right to be informed about Our collection and use of personal data;

  • The right of access to the personal data We hold about you;

  • The right to rectification if any personal data We hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete;

  • The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask Us to delete any personal data We hold about you (We only hold your personal data for a limited time, but if you would like Us to delete it sooner, please contact Us via the Data Protection Manager email address);

  • The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
    The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);

  • The right to object to Us using your personal data for particular purposes; and

  • Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.

If you have any cause for complaint about Our use of your personal data, please contact Us via the Data Protection Manager email address and We will do Our best to solve the problem for you. If We are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.