Cowshed Interiors Limited

(Cowshed Interiors is a trading name of Cowshed Interiors Limited.)

1. Important Information

You should carefully read the following Terms of Use. Your purchase or use of our products and/or services implies that you have read and accepted these Terms of Use.

2. The products and services we offer:

We (Cowshed Interiors Limited - CIL) are a company providing the facility to order and/or buy goods online. All descriptions are as accurate as possible and images are aimed to be reflective of the item, colour, material and style; on occasions some visual differences may occur - if you are unsure please enquire directly.

Many of our products are either handmade or hand finished. Because of this, there may be the occasional imperfection as they are not manufactured by a machine. We feel that these marks, features, points of interest etc will distinguish them from mass produced items and visualise them as the artisan produced products that they are. If the imperfection is such that it renders the item unusable we will of course replace the item but when the area in question is very small or the aspect of concern is part and parcel of the natural makeup of the product, we would not consider it to be faulty. Handmade items can have a size difference/tolerance of +/- 5%.

Such items maybe our handthrown lamp bases made from ceramic, cement or stone - pots, vases and ornaments made from similar materials or it could be twig hearts, wicker/willow hearts or kubu and rattan products. Blemishes can and do occur but we regard this as normal given the nature of the material the item is created from.

If you are in anyway unsure please feel free to ask our opinion directly.

Unless the option to 'Reserve' is shown at checkout, payment will be asked for and taken immediately.

On occasions we do promote 'offers' on both the Cowshed Interiors Limited website and third party social media/websites - these may be discounts, free delivery or similar, however all 'offers' are standalone and cannot be used in conjunction with any other single 'offer' that may currently be running  i.e. one order - use of one offer.

Cowshed Interiors Limited assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this site including prices of items. The information contained in this site is provided on an "as is" basis with no guarantees of completeness, accuracy, usefulness or timeliness.

This does not affect your statutory rights.

3. Our Delivery, Returns and Collection policy:

CIL operates a positive policy which does not affect your statutory rights. Please review the entire policy under the 'Delivery/Returns/Collections' link or click HERE for more details.

4. Warranty:

Our products are provided "as described" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, save manufacturing defect. In line with our Delivery & Returns policy, we expect any defect or discrepancy to be notified to us immediately on receipt of the goods. In no event shall our company or its agents be liable for any damages including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential, or other losses arising out of the use of or inability to use our products.

* Please note we will not accept or tolerate any abusive or threatening behaviour, including but not limited to the use of or threat of a bad review as leverage. Unsubstantiated negative reviews are defamatory. Malicious negative reviews are malicious falsehood and both can result in serious financial harm.

Bad review bullying is unacceptable and we reserve the right to handle any such threat with a legal response.

5. Third party services:

We may use third parties to provide certain services accessible through the website. CIL does not control these third parties or their services, and you agree that our company will not be liable to you in any way for your use of such services. These third parties may have their own terms of use and other policies. You agree to comply with such terms and policies as well as these. If any such terms or policies conflict with CIL terms, agreements or policies, you must comply with those of CIL.

6. Governing law and jurisdiction:

By accessing this website, you agree that all matters relating to your access to and use of this website and/or its products shall be governed by the statutes and laws of the United Kingdom, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. By purchasing our services and products, you irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United Kingdom.

CIL reserves the right to change or modify the Terms of Use without prior notice.

Privacy Policy 

Updated

Privacy Policy last updated: 01/08/23

Privacy Policy

At Cowshed Interiors Limited we are committed to our customers, and your privacy is a priority to us. To comply to new GDPR legislation, we want to ensure you have as much information as possible.

This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you, when you use our website, including

  • What information do we collect about you?
  • How we use the information about you?
  • Sharing data with third parties
  • Access to your information, correction, and how we ensure it is maintained

What information do we collect about you?

We collect information about you when you place an order with us for products or services. We also collect information when you voluntarily opt in for marketing preferences, complete customer surveys, provide feedback and participate in competitions. Website usage information is collected using cookies, please see below for more information.

We may collect personal identification information from users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when users visit our site, register on the site, place an order, subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our site.

In order to fulfil an order we will ask for, and collect, information relating to your name, email address, mailing address, phone number and card information where appropriate (although any payment information the user provides will not be stored). Users may, however, visit our site anonymously and we will collect personal identification information from users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain site related activities.

How will we use the information about you?

We collect information about you to process your order, and if you agree, to send you email, postal, and SMS marketing preferences to you about other products and services we think may be of interest to you. In processing your order, we may send your details to, and also use information, from fraud prevention agencies.

Data retention period

We are required under UK tax law to keep your basic personal data (name, address, contact details) for a minimum of 6 years. Under legitimate interests, we have the right to keep your details on record for our service and guarantee policies. Your personal information we use for marketing purposes will be kept until you notify us that you no longer wish to receive this information (This must be done in writing)

We use cookies to collect and keep track of non-personal identification information about users whenever they interact with our site, so that we might further improve and tailor our store to the users shopping preferences. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about the user’s means of connection to our site, such as the operating system and the internet service provider utilised and other similar information.

Cowshed Interiors Limited may collect and use user’s personal information for the following purposes;

to improve customer service (information you provide will help us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently);
to personalise user experiences (we may use information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our site);
to process payments (we may use the information users provide about themselves when placing an order only to provide service to that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to provide the service);
to run a promotion, contest, survey or other site feature (to send users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them);
to send periodic e-mails (we may use the email address to send user information and updates pertaining to their order. It may also be used to respond to enquiries, questions and/or other requests. If a user decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive e-mails from us including company new, updates, products and/or service information. If at any time the user would like to unsubscribe from receiving future e-mails, we include the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each e-mail. User may also contact the site to be removed from our mailing list.
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our site. Sensitive and private data exchange between the site and its users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.

Our legitimate interest policy

The normal legal basis for processing customer data, is that it is necessary for the legitimate interests of Cowshed Interiors Limited including:-

selling and supplying goods and services to our customers;
protecting customers, employees and other individuals and maintaining their safety, health and welfare;
promoting, marketing and advertising our products and services;
sending promotional communications which are relevant and tailored to individual customers;
understanding our customers’ behaviour, activities, preferences, and needs;
improving existing products and services and developing new products and services;
complying with our legal and regulatory obligations;
preventing, investigating and detecting crime, fraud or anti-social behaviour and prosecuting offenders, including working with law enforcement agencies;
handling customer contacts, queries, complaints or disputes;
managing insurance claims by customers;
protecting Cowshed Interiors Limited, its employees and customers, by taking appropriate legal action against third parties who have committed criminal acts or are in breach of legal obligations to 
effectively handling any legal claims or regulatory enforcement actions taken against Cowshed Interiors Limited.

More information can be found on the ICO website.

Marketing

We would like to send you information about products and services of Cowshed Interiors Limited which may be of interest to you. If you have consented to receive marketing, you may opt out at a later date. Cowshed Interiors Limited will not share your information for marketing purposes with companies outside Cowshed Interiors Limited.

Sharing data with third parties

We use a third-party provider, MailChimp, to deliver our email newsletter. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see MailChimp’s privacy notice. You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time of the day or night by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails.

Online advertising

We currently use a third party for retargeting and online marketing campaigns. More details can be requested at the below address

Google Analytics

When someone visits www.cowshedinteriors.com we use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make and do not allow Google to make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

Other websites

Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to the Cowshed Interiors Limited website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.

We do not sell, trade, or rent users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

Access to your information and correction

You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please contact us at the address below, stating which marketing preference you no longer wish to receive. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.

If you would like a copy of some, or all of your personal information we hold about you please contact us at the following address.

*Please note: we are unable to accept requests over the telephone*

Data Control, Cowshed Interiors Limited, Unit 1 Lower Barn Buildings, Haselor, Alcester, B49 6GB

Or email cows@cowshedinteriors.com  (please clearly mark the subject line)

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review please check back regularly to see any updates. This privacy policy was last updated August 2023.