This privacy policy explains how Vintage Gems Reseller ("we", "us", or "our"), operating at vintagegemsreseller.com, collects, uses, and protects your personal information. We are committed to handling your data responsibly and in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Please read this policy carefully. By using this website or submitting your details through any form on this site, you confirm that you
have read and understood how we use your information.
1. Who We Are
Vintage Gems Reseller is a brand owned and operated by Cossie Creative Ltd, a UK-registered company. We publish reselling advice, guides, and resources at vintagegemsreseller.com for people building side hustle income through platforms including eBay, Vinted, Etsy, and Amazon.
Cossie Creative Ltd is registered in England and Wales, company number 15256676
For any privacy-related queries, you can contact us at:
If we are required to be registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), we will state it here.
2. What Personal Information We Collect
We only collect the personal information you actively provide to us. This may include:
– Your name
– Your email address
– Any information you choose to share when contacting us
We do not collect sensitive personal data such as financial information, health data, or government identification numbers. We do not collect information from children under the age of 13, and our content is not directed at children.
3. How We Collect Your Information
We collect your information in the following ways:
– When you submit an opt-in form on this website to request a free download (such as the Side Hustle Planning Kit)
– When you sign up to receive our email newsletter or updates
– When you contact us directly via email or a contact form
– Automatically via cookies and analytics tools when you browse this website (see Section 7)
4. How and Why We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes, each with a lawful basis under UK GDPR:
To deliver requested content. When you opt in to receive a free download, we use your name and email address to send that resource to you. Lawful basis: performance of a contract / legitimate interests.
Email marketing. With your explicit consent, we will send you our newsletter, blog updates, reselling tips, and occasional relevant product or resource recommendations. You can withdraw this consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email. Lawful basis: consent.
To respond to enquiries. If you contact us, we use the information you provide to respond to your message. Lawful basis: legitimate interests.
To improve this website. We use anonymised analytics data to understand how visitors use this site so we can make it more useful. Lawful basis: legitimate interests.
5. Affiliate Links and Compensation Disclosure
Some links on this website and within our free resources are affiliate links. This means that if you click a link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
We participate in the Amazon Associates Programme. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this site and in our downloadable resources.
We may also participate in other affiliate programmes from time to time, including but not limited to reselling supplies, packaging, and tools that we personally use and recommend.
Our affiliate relationships do not influence our recommendations. We only link to products and services we genuinely use or believe would be useful to our readers. Affiliate links are used to help support the running costs of this website and allow us to continue producing free content and resources.
Where content contains affiliate links, we will make this clear within the post or resource. You are under no obligation to purchase anything through our links.
6. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who help us operate this website and deliver our services. These include:
– Our email marketing and CRM platform (currently GoHighLevel / HighLevel), which stores and processes email subscriber data on our behalf. Their privacy policy is available at gohighlevel.com.
– Website hosting and content delivery services
– Analytics providers (such as Google Analytics), which process anonymised usage data
All third parties we work with are required to handle your data securely and in accordance with applicable data protection law. We do not authorise them to use your data for their own marketing purposes.
We may also disclose your information where required to do so by law, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Vintage Gems Reseller or others.
7. Cookies
This website uses cookies, small text files stored on your device — to help the site function correctly and to understand how visitors use it.
The types of cookies we may use include:
– Essential cookies — necessary for the website to function. These cannot be disabled.
– Analytics cookies — help us understand which pages are visited and how traffic reaches us. These are anonymised.
– Marketing cookies — may be set by third-party services such as advertising or affiliate tracking tools.
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this website.
8. How Long We Keep Your Information
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, or as required by law.
– Email subscriber data is retained for as long as you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, your data will be removed from our active mailing list within 30 days.
– Contact enquiry data is retained for up to 12 months after the enquiry is resolved.
– Analytics data is retained in anonymised form in accordance with our analytics provider's standard retention settings.
9. Your Rights Under UK GDPR
As a UK resident, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
– The right to access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
– The right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
– The right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
– The right to restrict processing — you can ask us to limit how we use your data.
– The right to data portability — you can ask for your data in a structured, commonly used format.
– The right to object — you can object to our processing of your data where we rely on legitimate interests as our lawful basis.
– The right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent (such as email marketing), you can withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk if you believe your data has been handled unlawfully.
10. External Links
This website contains links to external sites, including platforms such as eBay, Vinted, Amazon, and others. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and recommend you review their own privacy policies before submitting any personal information to them.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated date at the top. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of this website after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
12. Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, please get in touch:
