Introduction
This is the privacy and cookies policy for http://www.jwanderson.com, being the e-commerce website of J.W. Anderson Limited (we, us and our) for the sale and purchase of our products (Site). For the purposes of European data protection legislation (EU Regulation 2016/679) and U.S. legislation applicable in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia (CCPA and related regulations) - together, Data Protection Law), we are the data controller of personal data processed in accordance with this Privacy and Cookie Policy.
We are committed to protecting your privacy on-line when visiting the Site or communicating electronically with us. We appreciate that you do not want the personal information you provide to us distributed indiscriminately and here we explain how and why we collect and process personal data, what we do with it and what controls you have.
Our website, jwanderson.com is managed by our website providers, Global-e Online Limited, Shopify and Loop Returns. Information that you provide via our website will be viewed by Global-e Online Limited and Shopify and used for the purposes of managing our website. By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read the terms of this Privacy and Cookies Policy.
Cookies and similar tracking technologies operate on our website. For a full explanation of why and how we use this technology, please read our Cookies Policy below.
We will treat all your personal information as confidential (although we may disclose this information in the circumstances set out below). We will keep it on secure servers (as further detailed below) and we will fully comply with all applicable Data Protection Law and consumer legislation.
We do not sell customer information and do not share your information with any third parties for the purposes of marketing their goods and services to you without your consent.
Whose personal data do we process?
You provide us with your information directly when you interact with us through:
1. Visiting our store or our website
2. Making a purchase in person or online
3. Contacting us via phone, email, post or via social media
4. Registering for a service or event
5. Submitting your information to allow anti-money laundering checks to take place before a purchase
6. Cookies and similar technologies on our website and within our emails. To find out more about our cookie policy see below.
If you contact JW Anderson via any messaging or social media channels such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, your personal information will be handled in accordance with their Privacy Policies which can be found by visiting their websites.
Information we may collect from you When you make a purchase at any of our stores or online, we will collect necessary information about you to ensure we can fulfil your order or chosen service.
The types of personal information that we collect depends on how you choose to interact with us and can include the following:
- information (such as but not limited to your name, email address, billing address, delivery address, telephone number, date of birth, phone number, purchase history, product selections, payment type and card expiry number or log in and password details) that you provide by completing forms on the Site, including if you register as a user of the Site, purchase any products from the Site, upload or submit any material via the Site, request any information, or enter into any competition or promotion we may sponsor;
- Information provided to us when you communicate with us, for example by email or phone. This includes communications you send to us, for example to report a problem or to submit queries, concerns or comments regarding the Site or its content.
- information from surveys that we may, from time to time, run on the Site for research purposes, if you choose to respond to, or participate in, them.
- Information provided via cookies and similar technologies either on our website, or by interacting with our emails (please see our Cookie Policy to find out more).
You are under no obligation to provide any such information. However, if you should choose to withhold requested information (e.g. your address or payment details), we may not be able to provide you with certain services.
Uses made of your information
We will use the information you provide only for the following purposes:
Information you give to us
We will use this information:
- To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us;
- To provide you, with information about products or services we feel may interest you, if you have ticked the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data (the order form or registration form to create an account with the Site) indicating your consent to receiving marketing material from us;
- Verify and carry out financial transactions in relation to payments you make online
- To notify you about changes to our service provided by the Site;
- To ensure that content from our Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
Information we collect about you
We will use this information:
- To administer our Site and your account with us under our terms and for internal operations, including identifying visitors to the Site, troubleshooting, and, auditing the downloading of data, data analysis (demographic and sales data), testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
- To improve our Site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
- To identify visitors to the Site;
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Site, when you choose to do so;
- To keep our Site safe and secure;
- Measuring or understanding the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you;
- To make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our Site about products or services that may interest you or them
- Send you information we think you may find useful or which you have requested from us, including information about our products and services, provided you have indicated that you do not object to being contacted for these purposes.
You can manage how we use your personal data by contacting us at privacy@jwanderson.com in relation to any of the following:
- Access to your personal information (subject access request). You can ask to see a copy of the personal information that we hold about you.
- Deletion of your personal information
- Amendment of inaccurate or incomplete information that we hold about you
- Restriction of how we are using your personal information
- Transfer of your electronically held personal information to another organisation or directly to you (the right of portability)
- To ask us to stop using your personal information at any time
- Ask us to review any automatic decisions made using your personal information
- Where we have relied on your consent to use your personal information e.g. for marketing purposes, you can withdraw consent at any time
Managing marketing communications we send to you
You can tell us not to contact you with information regarding our products and services, either at the point such information is collected on the Site (by checking (as directed) the relevant box) or, where you do not wish us to continue to use your information in this way, by following the unsubscribe instructions on any communications sent to you.
It can take up to 48 hours for your preferences to be registered on our system, so you may still receive communications from us during this period.
Legal grounds for our processing of your personal data
The basis on which we process your personal data is as follows:
- Where it is necessary to obtain your prior consent to the processing concerned in order for us to be allowed to do it, we will obtain and rely on your consent in relation to the processing concerned.
- Otherwise, we will process your personal data only where the processing is necessary:
- For the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into such a contract;
- To comply with a legal obligation; or - for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or another person, provided that this will only be in circumstances in which those legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms which require protection of personal data.
Information sharing
We share your data with the following categories of companies as an essential part of being able to provide our services to you:
Companies we work with who enable us to get your purchases to you, such as payment service providers, warehouses, order packers, and delivery companies;
Our affiliates, agents or contractors who assist us in providing the services we offer through the Site, processing transactions, fulfilling requests for information, receiving and sending communications, updating marketing lists, analysing data, providing support services or in other tasks, from time to time.
· We may disclose aggregate information about visitors to the Site, customers and sales in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, sponsors and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will include no personally identifiable information;
We may share your information with other companies and organisations for identity verification and fraud protection purposes to the extent permitted by applicable laws;
In the event that we undergo re-organisation or are sold to a third party, you agree that any personal information we hold about you may be transferred to that re-organised entity or third party;
- Professional service providers, such as marketing agencies, advertising and financial partners and website hosts, who help us run our business; and
- Credit reference agencies, law enforcement and fraud prevention agencies so we can help tackle financial crime, including, but not limited to, fraud and sanctions.
We may provide third parties, such as our brand partners or marketing partners, with information about our customers and their purchases. Before we do so, we will make sure that this information does not identify you, for example by aggregating it, anonymising it or removing personal identifiers from it unless we have your consent to share your information for marketing purposes.
We have designated Global-e NL B.V (Global-e) as our sales facilitation and e-commerce partner for e-commerce. Global-e and JW Anderson act as independent data controllers, Services provided or procured by Global-E include, but are not limited to, payment processing, customer service and delivery logistics. Our agents and contractors will only use your information to the extent necessary to perform their functions, and always subject to appropriate security and contractual safeguards. Global-e has its own Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy (which is available on this link https://www.global-e.com/consumer-privacy-policy) and is separate from this Privacy and Cookies policy. As per our Terms of Sale, when you make a purchase on jwanderson.com, you’re agreeing to Global-E’s Privacy and Cookie policy.
If you would like to know more about the third-parties we may share personal data with, or how to find out more on how they will use your data, please contact us at the details in this Privacy Policy.
You should be aware that we may be under a duty to disclose or share your personal information and/or user information in order to comply with any legal obligation. We may also disclose your personal information if we believe that such action is necessary to prevent fraud or cyber crime or to protect the Site or the rights, property or personal safety of any person.
Public forums
The Site may, from time to time, make chat rooms, message boards, news groups and/or other public forums available to its users. Any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when using these and never disclose your personal information.
Child safety
Protecting the safety of children when they use the Internet is very important to us. We recommend that children receive permission from their parent or guardian before gaining access to the Site or sending personal information to us or anyone else online. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent, we will delete it.
External links
The site may, from time to time, contain links to external sites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and processes and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies and processes. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Payment processing
Payment details you provide will be encrypted using secure sockets layer (SSL) technology before they are submitted to us over the internet. Depending on where you are shipping from, payments made on the Site are made through our payment gateway provider from time to time, including Global-E, Klarna, AliPay and PayPal. You will be providing credit or debit card information directly to such payment provider which operates a secure server to process payment details, encrypting your credit/debit card information and authorising payment. Information which you supply to such payment providers is not within our control and will be subject to their own privacy policy and terms and conditions. For more information please contact us.
Security
We place great importance on the security of all personally identifiable information associated with our users. We use appropriate security measures to protect it against any loss, destruction or unauthorised use including the use of encryption and pseudonymisation techniques. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorised personnel have access to personal information. Whilst we cannot ensure or guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of information will never occur, we use all reasonable efforts to prevent it.
You should bear in mind that submission of information over the internet is never entirely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of information you submit via the Site whilst it is in transit over the internet and any such submission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
It is advisable to close your browser when you have finished your user session to help ensure others do not access your personal information if you use a shared computer or a computer in a public place.
Data Retention
We process personal data only for so long as it is necessary for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, after which it will be deleted or archived except to the extent that it is necessary for us to continue to process it for the purpose of compliance with legal obligations to which we are subject or for another legitimate and lawful purpose.
Storage of your information
Your personal information may be transferred to, and stored at a destination outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) including the US. The US and other non-EEA countries may not have similar data protection laws to the EEA.. Where we transfer your information we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is subject to appropriate safeguards, such as relying on EU approved standard contractual clauses relevant to transfers of personal information and that it is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
Information submitted by you may be transferred by us to our other offices and/or to the third parties mentioned in the circumstances described above (see Information sharing), which may be situated outside the and may be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for these third parties or for us or one of our suppliers. This includes staff engaged in, among other things, the processing of payment details and the provision of support services. The countries concerned may not have similar data protection laws to the EEA. Where we transfer your information we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is subject to appropriate safeguards, such as relying on EU approved standard contractual clauses relevant to transfers of personal information and that it is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
Your rights
You have the following rights in relation to personal data relating to you that we process:
- You may request access to the personal data concerned (please see the section on how to access to your personal data, below).
- You may request that any incorrect personal data about you that we are processing be rectified.
- In certain circumstances (normally where the personal data has been provided by you and it is no longer necessary for us to continue to process it), you may be entitled to request that we erase the personal data concerned.
- Where we are processing personal data relating to you on the basis of your prior consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time, after which we shall stop the processing concerned. If you do withdraw your consent here, please note that this may affect our ability to provide you with our products or services.
- If you have a complaint about any processing of your personal data being conducted by us, you can contact us or lodge a formal compliant with the Information Commissioner.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Rights
If you are a California resident, you have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regarding your personal information. This section describes your rights and how you can exercise them.
Your Rights Under CCPA
Under the CCPA, California consumers have the following rights:
1. Right to Know - You have the right to request details about the personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
2. Right to Delete - You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
3. Right to Opt-Out of Sale - We do not sell your personal information. However, if we ever change our practices, we will update this policy and provide you with the right to opt out.
4. Right to Non-Discrimination - We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.
You have the right to request a copy of the specific personal information we collected about you during the twelve (12) months before your request.
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal information:
Identifiers (e.g., name, email address, shipping address, phone number)
Commercial information (e.g., purchase history)
Internet activity (e.g., interactions with our website)
Geolocation data (to the extent you have configured your device to permit us to collect such information)
For a full list of the types of personal data we collect, please see above.
How we use your personal data
We collect your personal information for the business purposes described above in the section titled “How we use your information”. The CCPA defines a “business purpose” as the use of personal information for the business’s operational purposes, or other notified purposes, provided the use of personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve the operational purpose for which the personal information was collected or another operational purpose that is compatible with the context in which the personal information was collected.
We may disclose your personal information to an organisation for a business purpose. When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient organisation to keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract with us.
We disclose your personal information for a business purpose to the categories of third parties listed above in the section titled “Information Sharing”.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To submit a CCPA request, you can contact us using the contract details at the bottom of this Privacy and Cookies Policy.
We may ask you to verify your identity before processing your request.
If you use an authorised agent to submit a request on your behalf, we may require proof of authorisation, such as a signed permission form or verification of identity.
Cookie Policy
What are Cookies
Most websites you visit will use cookies to improve your user experience by enabling that website to remember you, either for the duration of your visit (using a 'session cookie') or for future visits (using a 'persistent cookie').
A cookie is a simple text file that is issued to your computer when you visit a website and which stores, and sometimes tracks, information about your use of a website. Each cookie is unique to your browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier, the website name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what's in your shopping basket.
Although they do identify a user's computer, cookies do not personally identify users, and passwords and credit card information are not stored in cookies.
Cookies are not programs and therefore cannot contain viruses or other malicious software.
How We Use Cookies
You can find a summary of the various types of cookies we use below. Our cookies are used for 5 types of purpose:
We use the following categories of cookies on our Site.
◾CATEGORY 1: STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Site and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have asked for such as remembering your login details or shopping basket items cannot be provided. These cookies are passed under HTTPS in an encrypted format. This provides the most security when identifying you as a user.
◾CATEGORY 2: PERFORMANCE COOKIES
These cookies collect anonymous information on how people use our Site. For example, we use Google Analytics cookies to help us understand how customers arrive at our Site, browse or use our Site and highlight areas where we can improve areas such as navigation, user experience, shopping experience and marketing campaigns. The data stored by these cookies never shows personal details from which your individual identity can be established.
Google Analytics is a system used by many websites to record information about who visits a website. Google sets five different cookies with expiry dates ranging from 1 day to 2 years. These cookies are used mainly to differentiate between first time visitors to a website and repeat visitors. They do not contain any personally identifiable information. You can find out more about how Google uses cookies at
◾CATEGORY 3: FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES
These cookies allow us to:
remember choices you make such as the region you visit our Site from, language and search parameters such as size, colour or product line. These can then be used to provide you with an experience more appropriate to your selections and to make the visits more tailored and pleasant. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
remember that you have visited us before; this means we can identify the number of unique visitors we receive. This allows us to make sure we have enough capacity for the number of users that we get.
◾CATEGORY 4: TARGETING COOKIES OR ADVERTISING COOKIES
These cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advert as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. The cookies are usually placed by third party advertising networks. They remember the websites you visit and that information is shared with other parties such as advertisers. For example, we use third party companies such as Criteo to provide you with more personalised adverts when visiting other websites.
◾CATEGORY 5: SOCIAL MEDIA COOKIES
These cookies allow you to share what you’ve been doing on the Site on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. These cookies are not within our control. Please refer to the respective privacy policies for how their cookies work.
Cookies on the Site
Some of the cookies on the Site are set by us and some are set by third parties who are delivering services on our behalf.
Our partners including Shopify, Global-E (and their payment partners), Loop Returns, Klaviyo, Zendesk and Google Analytics will also drop cookies on your device when you browse our site and make purchases. Details of the cookies they use, their purposes and further details are here:
https://www.shopify.co.uk/legal/cookies
https://www.global-e.com/consumer-privacy-policy
Privacy Notice | Klaviyo Legal
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362
Controlling or deleting cookies
Most web and mobile device browsers automatically accept cookies but, if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that or to notify you each time a cookie is set.
If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the help and support area on your internet browser for instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.
Information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org, which includes additional useful information on cookies and how to block cookies using different types of browser or mobile device.
Please note that by deleting or restricting cookies or by disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our Site or take full advantage of the Site.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
If you'd like to opt out of other third party cookies relating to behavioural advertising, please go to www.youronlinechoices.eu. Opting out does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It does mean that the company or companies from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns.
We (and other third parties acting on our behalf) may automatically track and collect information about the IP address, domain service, country/region location, time zone, language, the type of computer and web browser you are using and the pages you visit (including by using web beacons and other similar technology). If you access our Site via your mobile device, we may also collect information about your mobile provider and your mobile device. We use this information so that we can administer and improve our system, analyse trends, track users' movements, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use and detect suspicious or fraudulent transactions. If these automated processes reject your transaction on the basis that it is a suspicious or fraudulent, you may contact us and ask us to reconsider the decision within 21 days of receiving such notification. We are likely to use very similar criteria to review your transaction in person so there is no guarantee that the decision will be different.
How to withdraw your consent to processing
You can withdraw your consent to any relevant processing of personal data:
- By emailing us at privacy@jwanderson.com
- By writing to us at the address below.
How to exercise your right of access to your personal data
You can exercise your right of access to your personal data:
- By emailing us at privacy@jwanderson.com
- By writing to us at the address below.
Please note that we may be required to ask you for further information in order to confirm your identity before we provide the information requested.
Contacting us
Please submit any questions, concerns or comments you have about this privacy policy or any requests concerning your personal data by email toprivacy@jwanderson.com, by telephone on +44 20 3994 5262 between the hours of 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday] or write to us at JW Anderson 21 Parr Street London N1 7GW.
- The Information Commissioner
The Information Commissioner's Office is the supervisory authority of J.W. Anderson Limited. and can provide further information about your rights and our obligations in relation to your personal data, as well as deal with any complaints that you have about our processing of your personal data.
- Changes to this policy
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy and cookies policy.
- Date of this policy
This Privacy and Cookies policy was last updated on 26th February 2025