Spartan Sheds
Spartan Sheds
Design Your Shed

Privacy Policy

How we collect, use and protect your personal data.

Last updated: April 2025

1. Who We Are

Spartan Sheds is a trading name operating from Station Rd, Coleshill, Birmingham B46 1HT.

VAT Registration No: GB 328 6912 77
Email: hello@spartansheds.co.uk

Spartan Sheds is the data controller for the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. What Data We Collect

When you use our configurator or place an order:

  • Your name, email address, and phone number
  • Your delivery address
  • Your shed configuration details (size, roof style, doors, windows)
  • Order and payment information

When you use our website:

  • IP address and browser information (via Google Analytics, with your consent only)
  • Pages visited and time spent on site (with your consent only)
  • Cookie data (with your consent only)

When you contact us:

  • Your name and email address
  • The contents of your message

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the data we collect to:

  • Process and fulfil your order
  • Contact you about your order before, during, and after delivery
  • Send order confirmation and delivery information
  • Respond to your enquiries
  • Improve our website and understand how visitors use it (analytics, with consent only)

We do not use your personal data for unsolicited marketing communications without your explicit consent.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

  • Contract performance — processing your order and communicating with you about it.
  • Legitimate interests — responding to enquiries and improving our service.
  • Consent — analytics cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

5. Who We Share Your Data With

We share your data only with the following third-party service providers:

  • Supabase — our database provider, used to store order data securely.
  • Resend — our email service provider, used to send order confirmation and enquiry emails.
  • Google Analytics — website analytics. Only used with your consent.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties and we do not share it with anyone beyond what is necessary to provide our service.

6. How Long We Keep Your Data

  • Order data: 7 years, to comply with accounting and tax obligations.
  • Enquiry data: 2 years from the date of your enquiry.
  • Analytics data: 26 months (Google Analytics default retention period).

7. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  • Right of access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate data.
  • Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to restrict processing — you can ask us to limit how we use your data.
  • Right to data portability — you can ask us to provide your data in a portable format.
  • Right to object — you can object to certain types of processing.
  • Right to withdraw consent — where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@spartansheds.co.uk. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Cookies

We use the following types of cookies on our website:

Essential cookies

Required for the website to function correctly. These cannot be disabled.

Analytics cookies (Google Analytics)

Used to understand how visitors use our site — pages visited, time on site, and traffic sources. These are only set with your explicit consent.

You can manage your cookie preferences using the cookie banner shown on your first visit. You can also clear your cookies at any time through your browser settings. Note that clearing your cookies will reset your preferences and the banner will reappear on your next visit.

9. Third Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over and accept no responsibility for the privacy practices of those websites. We recommend that you read the privacy policy of any website you visit.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law or our data practices. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised date. Please check this page periodically to stay informed.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us:

Spartan Sheds
Station Rd, Coleshill, Birmingham B46 1HT
hello@spartansheds.co.uk

12. Complaints

If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection:

ico.org.uk
ICO Helpline: 0303 123 1113