**Privacy Policy for [Rippa Diggers UK]**

Effective Date: [9/June/2025]

Welcome to [Ripper Diggers UK] (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website [www.rippadiggersuk.co.uk], and your rights under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

**1. Information We Collect**

We may collect and process the following data about you:

– **Personal Identification Information:** name, email address, phone number, postal address, payment details, and other contact details.

– **Technical Data:** IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

– **Usage Data:** information about how you use our website, products, and services.

– **Marketing and Communications Data:** your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

**2. How We Use Your Information**

We use your data to:

– Provide, operate, and maintain our website and services.

– Process transactions and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices.

– Improve, personalise, and expand our website and services.

– Understand and analyse how you use our website.

– Develop new products, services, and features.

– Communicate with you, including sending you updates, offers, and marketing materials.

– Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms and conditions.

**3. Legal Basis for Processing**

Our legal grounds for processing your personal data are:

– **Contractual Necessity:** To perform our contractual obligations to you.

– **Consent:** When you have given clear consent for specific processing activities.

– **Legitimate Interests:** For our legitimate interests in improving our website and services, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

– **Legal Obligation:** To comply with legal obligations.

**4. Sharing Your Information**

We do not sell or rent your personal data. We may share your data with:

– Service providers and vendors who perform services on our behalf (e.g., payment processors, hosting providers, marketing partners).

– Legal authorities, if required to do so by law or to protect our rights.

– Other parties with your prior consent or at your direction.

**5. Data Retention**

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

**6. Your Rights**

Under UK data protection laws, you have rights regarding your personal data, including:

– The right to access your data.

– The right to rectify inaccurate data.

– The right to erase data (“right to be forgotten”).

– The right to restrict or object to processing.

– The right to data portability.

– The right to withdraw consent at any time.

– The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Information Commissioner’s Office – ICO).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [contact email].

**7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies**

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.

**8. Security**

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

**9. Children’s Privacy**

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

**10. Changes to This Privacy Policy**

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Effective Date” at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

**11. Contact Us**

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data processing practices, please contact us at:

[Ripper Diggers UK]  

Email: [info@rippadiggersuk.co.uk]