This Privacy Policy explains how The Proud Baron collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our website and services.
1. What data do we collect?
We may collect the following personal information:
- Full name
- Billing and shipping address
- Email address
- Phone number
- Payment information (processed securely via third-party providers)
- Order details (products purchased, order history, notes)
- Abandoned cart information
- Account details (if you create an account with us)
- Device, browser type, and IP address
- Information provided through contact forms, reviews, or newsletter sign-ups
2. How do we collect your data?
You directly provide us with most of the data we collect. We collect and process data when you:
- Place an order or register for an account
- Sign up for our newsletter or marketing emails
- Submit a review or contact form
- Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies
- Interact with our social media pages or campaigns
3. How do we use your data?
We use your data to:
- Process and deliver your orders
- Communicate with you about your order or customer support requests
- Manage your account
- Send review requests and updates about your order
- Improve our website and services
- Send you marketing emails and special offers (if you opted in)
- Comply with legal and tax obligations
When processing your order, we may share your information with payment providers and shipping carriers to complete the transaction.
4. Marketing
If you sign up for our newsletter or marketing emails, we may send you updates about our products, promotions, or services we think you may like.
- You can opt in through our website or social media sign-up forms.
- You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the email or contacting us directly.
5. Cookies and tracking
The Proud Baron uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure the website functions properly, analyze usage, and personalize content or advertisements (if consented).
You can manage or disable cookies in your browser settings. More details can be found in our [Cookie Policy] (if applicable).
6. How long do we store your data?
We only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Examples:
- Order and invoice data: up to 7 years (tax law requirements)
- Newsletter data: until you unsubscribe
- Account data: as long as the account remains active
7. Sharing your data with third parties
We never sell your data. We only share your information with trusted service providers when necessary, such as:
- Payment processors (e.g., Mollie, Stripe, PayPal)
- Shipping companies (e.g., Bpost, PostNL, DHL)
- IT and hosting providers
- Marketing and analytics tools (if you consented)
All third parties are required to respect the confidentiality of your data and comply with applicable data protection laws.
8. Your data protection rights
You have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Correct or update inaccurate information
- Request deletion of your data (“right to be forgotten”)
- Restrict or object to processing of your data under certain conditions
- Request data portability (transfer of your data to you or another organisation)
- Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on your consent
To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@theproudbaron.com.
We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
9. Security of your data
We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or disclosure.
10. Privacy policies of other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to The Proud Baron. If you click on an external link, please read their own privacy policies.
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We review our Privacy Policy regularly and will update it when necessary. Updates will be published on this page with the “last updated” date.
Last updated: 17/08/2025
12. How to contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the data we hold about you, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at:
📧 info@theproudbaron.com
🌐 www.theproudbaron.com
If you are not satisfied with how we handle your data, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority.
