We will always keep your data safe and secure. To give you full transparency here's why we need it and how we will use it. 

Our commitment:

1. We will only ever use your data to improve your experience
2. We’ll always ensure your data is safe and protected
3. You can choose how you want to hear from us
4. If we don’t need your info we will make sure it is deleted

Protecting Your Privacy

At The Real Flower Company, we are 100% committed to protecting the privacy and security of our customers and visitors to our website. This Privacy Policy explains the types of personal information we collect about you when you use this website. It explains why we gather this information plus how we store and handle it to make sure it stays safe. If you have any questions we are here to help. Please email us at [email protected]

For all our services, the data controller — the company that’s responsible for your privacy— is The Real Flower Company Limited.

What information do we collect about you?

You may give us your personal information when you register with us or place an order for products or services. Also, when you voluntarily complete customer surveys, provide feedback and participate in competitions.

We will also automatically collect information from you when you visit our website using cookies.

How will we use the information about you?

We want to give you the best possible customer service. To do this we gather information to better understand your customer needs so that we can offer you products, services and promotions that are most likely to interest you.

The information you give us is used to process your orders, manage your account and, if you agree, to email you about our other products and services we think may be of interest to you. We use information collected when you visit our website to personalise your repeat visits to our website.

The Real Flower Company do not, and will not, sell any of your personal data to any third party – including your name, address, email address or credit card information – because we want to earn and maintain your trust. In processing your order, we may send your details to companies that do things to get your orders to you, such as payment service providers, warehouses, order packers and delivery companies. We may also share your information with credit reference agencies, law enforcement and fraud prevention agencies, so we can help tackle fraud. If you approve we can also share your information with social media sites (if you choose to link your accounts to us).

It is your choice about what personal information you give us, but if you don’t, you may not be able to buy from our site, and you are unlikely to receive the best customer experience.

We also anonymise and group personal information from different customers (so that it does not identify you) and use it for different purposes including: testing our IT systems, research, data analysis, improving our site, and developing new products and services. We also share this information with third parties but, before we do so, we will make sure that it does not identify you.

Marketing Messages

We would like to send you information about products and services of ours, which may be of interest to you. If you have consented to receive marketing, you may opt from receiving this information at any time.

How to stop direct marketing messages from us

You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes.

You can do this:

  • By clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ link in any email from us.
  • If you have an account with us, then log into your account and visit 'My Account' and change your account preferences.
  • By emailing our customer services team at  [email protected].

Please note that it might take a few days for all our systems to be updated, so you might still get messages from us while we process your request.

Stopping marketing messages will not stop service communications (such as order updates or event information).

Keeping your information

We’ll hold on to your information for as long as you have your account, or as long as is needed to be able to provide the services to you, or where you have been in contact with our customer services team for as long as is necessary to provide the required support.

To meet legal or regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce our terms and conditions, we may also keep hold of some of your information as required, even after you have closed your account or it is no longer needed to provide the services to you.

At the end of that retention period, your data will either be deleted completely or anonymised, for example by aggregation with other data so that it can be used for statistical analysis and business planning.

Your rights

You have a lot of rights relating to your personal information. You have the right to request:

  • Access to the personal information we hold about you.
  • We correct your personal data when inaccurate, out of date or incomplete.
  • We delete your personal data if you ask us to do so. You do not have to give us a reason why.
  • We stop processing your data when you have withdrawn your consent. Whenever you have given us your consent to use your personal data, you have the right to change your mind at any time and withdraw that consent.
  • We stop using your personal data for direct marketing. You have the right to stop the use of your personal data for direct marketing activity and we must always comply with your request.
  • We will not take any decisions based on your personal information where the consequence of that decision has a legal bearing on you, or is based on automated processing.

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.

If you want to exercise your rights, have a complaint, or just have questions, please contact our privacy team by email at [email protected].

Or write to us at:

The Real Flower Company,

Flower Packing Shed, Joan's Acre Lane

Hinton Ampner, Alresford, HampshireSO24 0LF

You also have the right to complain to your data protection regulator — in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Website cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. Cookies simply allow our website to retrieve information in order to personalise and improve your experience (for example, about your interactions with our website, your browsing history and any banners or ads from The Real Flower Company that you have clicked on). Our cookies do not store financial information or information that can directly identify you (such as your name or address).

The Types Of Cookies We Use
(1) Site functionality cookies – these cookies allow you to navigate the site and use our features, such as “Add to Bag”.
(2) Site analytics cookies – these cookies allow us to measure and analyse how our customers use the site, to improve both its functionality and your shopping experience.
(3) Customer preference cookies – when you are browsing or shopping on The Real Flower Company, these cookies will remember your preferences, so we can make your shopping experience as seamless as possible, and more personal to you.
(4) Targeting or advertising cookies – these cookies are used to deliver ads relevant to you. They also limit the number of times that you see an ad and help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

By using our site, you agree to us placing these sorts of cookies on your device and accessing them when you visit the site in the future. If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, the “help” section in your browser should provide instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. Further information about cookies can be found here. Please note that by deleting or disabling future cookies, your user experience may be affected and you might not be able to take advantage of certain functions of our site and will mostly effect your user experience. 

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 24/05/2018

How to contact us

We always want to hear from our customers, especially if you feel we’ve let you down or could do better.

If you:

  • have any questions or feedback about how we protect your privacy
  • would like us to stop using your information
  • want to exercise any of your rights as set out above, or
  • have a complaint about privacy

Please don’t hesitate to contact our privacy team, who will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

You can contact us by email at [email protected].

Or write to us at:

The Real Flower Company,

Flower Packing Shed, Joan's Acre Lane

Hinton Ampner, Alresford, HampshireSO24 0LF