Legal Disclaimer

Kingsdown Water Company is the trading name of CMB Water Ltd, Walmer Court Farm, 466 Dover Road, Upper Walmer, Kent CT14 7NA. Company No. 4208428.

Using This Website

By accessing this website you agree to be bound by the conditions contained in this legal message, and further, you agree that the Courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute arising from this legal message.

Returns & Refunds Policy

Online orders will be delivered during normal working hours by a third party courier. In the event that the courier tries to deliver to the address you have provided more than twice and is unable to complete the delivery because there is no-one at the address and the goods have to be returned to us we will refund the value of the order less the courier charge and a £20 re-stocking fee. You have 30 days if you wish to return products that are not defective, you will be responsible for the carriage cost to return the products to us and provided the products are delivered back to us in good condition we will reimburse you for the full value of the products less the original carriage cost for sending the products to you. This returns policy doesn’t affect your statutory rights.

Online Sales & Promotions

Online orders will be delivered during normal working hours by a third party courier. In the event that the courier tries to deliver to the address you have provided more than twice and is unable to complete the delivery because there is no-one at the address and the goods have to be returned to us we will refund the value of the order less the courier charge and a £20 re-stocking fee.

Promotions are available to UK residents over the age of 18 only; all specific promotional offers are available once per customer or household and while stocks last; customers or households are eligible to take advantage of no more than 2 different promotional offers during the calendar year; please allow 28 days for delivery.

Online Competitions

The promoter is CMB Water Ltd t/a Kingsdown Water whose registered office is at Walmer Court Farm, 466 Dover Road, Upper Walmer, Kent, CT14 7NA. Competitions are open to residents of the United Kingdom aged 16 years or over except employees of CMB Water Ltd and their close relatives and anyone otherwise connected with the organisation or judging of the competition.

There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter online competitions. By entering  competitions, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions. Route to entry for the competition and details of how to enter are via www.twitter.com, www.facebook.com and www.intagram.com. Only one entry will be accepted per person. Multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified. Closing date for entry will be 6pm 31/10/2020. After this date no further entries to the competition will be permitted. No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason. The rules of the competition and how to enter are as follows : Twitter – Follow @Kingsdownwater & Retweet the competition tweet. Facebook – Like page, like & share post, tag a friend. Instagram- Like page, Like post, tag a friend.

The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter. The promoter is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.

The prize is as stated and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice. Winners will be chosen at random by software from all entries received and verified by the promoter and or its agents. The winner will be notified by DM on Twitter within 28 days of the closing date. If the winner cannot be contacted or does not claim the prize within 14 days of notification we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner. The promoter will notify the winner when and where the prize can be delivered.

The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. By entering this competition an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions. The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England. The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material, as well as their entry. Any personal data relating to the winner or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the entrant’s prior consent. The winner’s name will be available 28 days after the closing date by emailing jennifer@kingsdownwater.co.uk

Entry into competitions will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions. Our promotions are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or any other Social Network. You are providing your information to CMB Water Ltd and not to any other party. All information you supply to us will be treated as confidential and will not be passed to any third party unless we are required to do so by law.

Copyright

The copyright in the material contained in this website belongs to CMB Water Ltd and third parties where indicated. All rights are reserved. No part of this website, including but not limited to logos, graphics, sounds, text, or images may be copied, performed in public, broadcast, or adapted without explicit prior written permission from us.

Third Party Links

Links contained in this website may lead to other websites not under our control. We are not responsible for the content of any linked website and cannot take responsibility for the consequences of your using the information or services on linked websites. The inclusion of any link on this website does not imply endorsement by us.

Disclaimer

While we have taken every effort to ensure that the information contained within the website is correct, you should be aware that the information may be incomplete, inaccurate, or may have become out of date. None of the information contained in this website should be relied upon as a statement or representation of fact.

Liability

To the extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of any information, services, goods or products contained in this website or any linked website.

Privacy

All information you supply to us will be treated as confidential and will not be passed to any third party unless we are required to do so by law. In handling your information:

  • We will ensure your data is protected and your privacy is respected.
  • We will only collect and process your data when necessary.
  • We will not sell, let, or in any way distribute or, make public your personal information.
  • We will never spam you.
  • CMB Water Ltd trading as Kingsdown Water Company processes Personal Data as a Controller, as defined in the Directive and the GDPR.
  • If you have any questions or concerns, you can email us at online@kingsdownwater.co.uk

Collecting Personal Information

CMB Water Ltd may collect and use the following kinds of personal information:

  • Personal details and contact information
  • Demographic Information, such as postcode, preferences and interests
  • Information about your use of this website (including cookies)
  • Your website interaction information, such as anonymous IP Address, geological location, device and operating system, internet browser type and version, URLs with regards to how you came to this website, your activity on this website and where you exit to
  • Information that you provide for completing a web form or mailing list subscription on the website
  • Information about transactions carried out over this website
  • “Cookies,” which enables the website to remember your information if you return to the site, such as to keep you logged in or to remember your login credentials if you return to the site
  • And any other information that you send to the company

Financial Information, such as Credit / Debit Card Numbers are collected and processed by external PCI compliant payment gateways. We never have access to this information. Information relating to electronic transactions entered into via this website is protected by encryption technology.

Using Personal Information

CMB Water Ltd may use your personal information:

  • To provide or supply the products/services that you purchase.
  • For internal record keeping and accounting.
  • For the improvement of our products/services.
  • For the transmission by email of promotional materials that may be of interest to you, if you have indicated you want to receive promotional materials.
  • To contact you for market research purposes which may be done using email, telephone, fax or mail. Such information may be used to customise or update the website.
  • To personalise the website for you.
  • To enable your access to and use of the website services.

Fathom Analytics

In line with our commitment to privacy and providing an improved user experience, we’ve transitioned from Google Analytics to Fathom Analytics, a privacy-centric analytics service.

Fathom Analytics offers us insights into user interactions with our site without using cookies or infringing on your privacy. This transition supports a more engaging user experience, aligns our practices with the latest privacy standards, and importantly, eliminates the need for cookie consent for analytics purposes on our site.

Software and Third-parties

CMB Water Ltd will use software and trusted third-parties to fulfil our contractual obligations to you in the performance of our services and completing transactions. By requesting information or delivery of a service and product, we process your data under the lawful basis of contract.

By registering with us, purchasing or requesting a service, you understand and agree that personal information you provide may be held on systems owned and managed by:

  • PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A
  • Stripe Payments Europe, Limited
  • Stripe Payments UK, Ltd
  • Third party delivery and courier services

CMB Water Ltd does not sell or rent your personal data to marketers or unaffiliated third parties.

CMB Water Ltd will ensure they have contracts with them that confirm your data will be processed following GDPR regulations.

CMB Water Ltd may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights.

In the future, we may sell, buy, merge, or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets, and we will notify you in advance of such transfer.

Securing your data

CMB Water Ltd has a GDPR Policy in operation and will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

CMB Water Ltd will store all the personal information you provide on its secure servers. We will never provide access to our databases to a non-trusted third party detailed in this policy.

Information relating to electronic transactions entered into via this website will be protected by encryption technology.

An external PCI compliant payment gateway handles all payment transactions.

Under the GDPR rulings, we would inform our users within 72 hours if any breach of security occurs that might compromise your data.

How you can restrict or access your Personal Data

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

  • Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can leave unchecked to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by:

  • writing to Kingsdown Water, Walmer Court Farm, 466 Dover Road, Upper Walmer, Kent, CT14 7NA, United Kingdom
  • emailing us at online@kingsdownwater.co.uk
  • unsubscribing via the unsubscribe link on a marketing email

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you, by applying in writing to Kingsdown Water, Walmer Court Farm, 466 Dover Road, Upper Walmer, Kent, CT14 7NA, United Kingdom or email us at online@kingsdownwater.co.uk.

We will supply this information within 30 days. If any data is incorrect we we will correct it as soon as we receive appropriate notice or evidence from you in writing.

The right to be forgotten

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary, whilst retaining legal requirements for maintaining financial records.

You have the right to instruct us to delete all the personal information held. Should you wish to instruct us to delete please do so in writing to Kingsdown Water, Walmer Court Farm, 466 Dover Road, Upper Walmer, Kent, CT14 7NA, United Kingdom or by email to online@kingsdownwater.co.uk

Any data no longer required will be deleted or destroyed securely and confidentially.

The right of rectification

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is current and accurate. If inaccurate or incomplete data is identified, we will takes steps to correct the data, or remove securely and confidentially.

You have the right to instruct us to remove incomplete personal data held. Should you wish to request incomplete data removal, please do so in writing to Kingsdown Water, Walmer Court Farm, 466 Dover Road, Upper Walmer, Kent, CT14 7NA, United Kingdom or by email to online@kingsdownwater.co.uk.

Cookies

What is a ‘cookie’? When you enter a site, your computer will automatically be issued with a cookie. Cookies are text files that identify your computer to our server. Cookies in themselves do not contain any personal identifying information about a visitor or their location. They just identify the computer used. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their site in order to track traffic flows and patterns of behaviour of site visitors.

All cookies used on this site collect anonymous, non-personally identifiable data. Their only purpose is to allow you to browse the website and to enable the services which you request while using the website, enabling shopping cart and checkout functionality, for example.

Changes to this policy

CMb Water Ltd may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes. This policy is effective from 2 October 2023.