This page contains our Privacy Policy & Acceptable Use Policy.

Privacy Policy

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. By using this site, you are deemed to have agreed to this policy. This policy will advise you about how we protect your personal information, and about your choices concerning our use of your personal information. We may need to change this policy from time to time in order to address new issues and reflect changes on this site. We will post those changes here so please refer back to this policy regularly.

Information About Us

This site is operated by Ben Sherman Group Limited (the “Company”). The Company is registered in Northern Ireland, under company number NI27297 and our registered office is situated at 20 Portadown Road, Lurgan, Co. Armagh BT66 8RE. Our main trading address (and our contact address in relation to any queries about this site) is 2 Eyre Street Hill, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 5ET.

Our VAT registration number is GB 575 5627 06.

We are part of the Oxford Industries, Inc. group of companies (www.oxfordinc.com).

Information We May Collect From You

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on this site. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use this site, subscribing to our services, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you enter a competition or promotion, when we make requests for suggestions, when you report a problem with this site or in connection with other activities, services or resources we make available to you.
If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence or use your personal information to respond to your questions or comments.
We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
Details of transactions you carry out through this site and of the fulfillment of your orders.
Details of your visits to this site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access.
We may also use personal identification information for internal or external marketing and promotional purposes. On occasion, for example, we may send you e-mails to introduce a product or service that we think might be of interest to you. You may choose to "opt-out" of receiving information from us at any time, after you have provided personal identification information, by following the procedures described at the end of this Privacy Policy. Please note, however, that under certain circumstances, if you "opt-out," you may not be eligible for certain benefits for which a name, e-mail address, telephone number or other personal identification information is needed.

Please note that you must voluntarily give this information to us.

Personal Identification Information

We will collect personal identification information from you only if you voluntarily give it to us. Except as specified in this site, we will not intentionally disclose any personal identification information about you as an individual user (such as, your full name, street address, telephone number, credit card number or e-mail address) to any third party without your consent or permission. We may share your information with other affiliated companies (some or all of which may be outside the European Economic Area). Your information may be shared with our agents or contractors in connection with services that these individuals or entities perform for us.

Additionally, we may release specific information about you to any law enforcement agency or to comply with any applicable law, or any valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release specific information in special cases, such as if there is an attempted breach of the security of our (or our affiliated companies) websites, or a physical threat to you or others.

Uses Made of the Information You Give to Us

We use information held about you in the following ways:

To ensure that content from this site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
To notify you about changes to our service.
Where your use of this site breaches this privacy policy or our terms of use of acceptable use policy, we may disclose your personal information to relevant law enforcement agencies (including but not limited to internet service providers and top level domain bodies) or in the enforcement of our rights against you.
Where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes, we may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these by email, post or telephone.

If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data).

Non-Personal Information and the Use of “Cookie” Technology

We may collect non-personal information through the use of either "cookie" technology, IP address tracking or both. Non-personal information is information that does not identify you personally and might include the browser you use, the type of computer, the operating systems, the Internet service providers and other similar information. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on this site. Cookies allow us to personalise your experience at this site by automatically gathering information about the areas you visit on this site and about the links you may select from within this site to other areas of the World Wide Web or elsewhere online. Cookies also allow you to store your password (in the event one is necessary), without having to constantly re-enter it.

We use such information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on this site. In this way we know which areas of this site are favourites of our users, which areas need improvement, and what technologies are being used so that we may continually improve this site.

We may also share this aggregate statistical information with our partners, suppliers and other third parties. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, please note that some parts of this site may not work properly.

Links to Other Sites and Liability to Third Parties

Users may find advertising or other content on this site that provide links to the sites and services of our partners, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and we are not responsible for the information or links you may find there. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies, or no policy at all. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third party site or service before providing them with your personal information. The presence of these links on this website is not intended to imply our endorsement of that site or its goods or services, but to provide a convenient link to relevant sites managed by other organisations, companies or individuals.

Although we will use reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identification information, transmissions made by means of the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. The Company will have no liability for disclosure of information due to errors in transmission or unauthorised acts of third parties.

Security Policy

We will make reasonable efforts to keep secure the data you provide us and will take reasonable precautions in an effort to protect your personal identification information from loss, misuse or alteration.

Choice/Opt-Out

If at any time you would like to stop receiving information from us, you can let us know by:

writing to: Marketing Department, Ben Sherman Group Limited, 2 Eyre Street Hill, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 5ET or
sending an e-mail stating your preference to: marketing@bensherman.co.uk

We will then use reasonable efforts to remove your personal identification information from our current files, unless we are entitled to retain it pursuant to an agreement that you have entered into with the Company or your information has been archived by us.

Transfer of Business Assets

As we continue to develop our business, we may be acquired, merge with another business, acquire or buy other businesses or assets. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets. In such an event, both personal identification and non-personal information will be one of the transferred assets, and by using this site you agree to the transfer of your personal information in such circumstances.

Your Acceptance of These Terms

By using this site, you are deemed to have accepted this privacy policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this site. Your continued use of the site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes.

Acceptable Use Policy

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY CAREFULLY. This acceptable use policy sets out the terms under which you may access this site. By using this site, you are deemed to have agreed to this acceptable use policy, which supplements our terms of use. We reserve the right to modify this acceptable use policy at any time. You should check this acceptable use policy periodically for changes. By using this site after we post any changes to this acceptable use policy, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them. If at any time you choose not to accept this acceptable use policy, please do not use this site. This acceptable use policy applies to your use of this site or other sites that we may own or operate in the future. This acceptable use policy does not apply to your use of unaffiliated sites to which this site only provides links.

Prohibited Uses

You may use this site only for lawful purposes. You may not use this site:

In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.
To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of this site in contravention of the provisions of our terms and conditions of use.
Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
- any part of this site;
- any equipment or network on which this site is stored;
- any software used in the provision of this site; or
- any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Interactive Services

We may from time to time provide interactive services on this site, including, without limitation:

Chat rooms.
Bulletin boards.

Interactive services

Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is human or technical).

We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on this site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on this site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not.

The use of any of our interactive services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not foolproof. Minors who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.

Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.

Content Standards

These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to this site (“contributions”), and to any interactive services associated with it.

You must comply with the spirit of the following standards as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole.

Contributions must:

Be accurate (where they state facts).
Be genuinely held (where they state opinions).
Comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.

Contributions must not:

Contain any material which is defamatory of any person.
Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
Promote sexually explicit material.
Promote violence.
Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
Be likely to deceive any person.
Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
Promote any illegal activity.
Be threatening, abuse or invade anothers privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
Give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case.
Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

Suspension and Termination

We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of this site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.

Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the terms of use upon which you are permitted to use this site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions (at our complete discretion):

Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use this site.
Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to this site.
Issue of a warning to you.
Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
Further legal action against you.
Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.

We exclude liability for the consequences of, and actions taken in response to, breaches of this acceptable use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

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