Privacy Policy

Last updated: 1st December 2025

1. Introduction

British Made Clothing ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect includes:

Account Information

When you create an account using Google OAuth authentication, we collect your email address, first name, and last name as provided by Google. This information is used to create and manage your account, enable you to upvote brands, and provide you with access to community features.

Contact Form Information

When you contact us through our contact form, we collect your first name, last name, email address, and message. This information is used to respond to your inquiries and improve our services.

Usage Data

When you use our service, we automatically collect certain information, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed. This information helps us understand how our service is used and improve user experience.

Community Activity Data

When you upvote brands on our platform, we store information about your voting activity, including which brands you have upvoted. This information is used to display community favorites and improve brand visibility on our platform.

Donation Information

If you choose to make a donation to support our platform, payment processing is handled by third-party payment processors. We do not directly collect or store your financial information such as credit card numbers. We may receive information about your donation (such as donation amount and date) from the payment processor to enable voting privileges and maintain donation records.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our services. Specifically, we use your information to:

  • Create and manage your account and authenticate you when you sign in
  • Enable you to upvote brands and participate in community features
  • Display community favorites and brand rankings based on user votes
  • Respond to your contact form submissions and inquiries
  • Process donations and enable voting privileges associated with donations
  • Monitor and analyse usage patterns to improve our website and services
  • Ensure the security and integrity of our platform
  • Comply with legal obligations and protect our rights
  • Send you important updates about our service (if you have opted in to receive communications)

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We do not use your information for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including:

  • Google OAuth: When you sign in with Google, your authentication is handled by Google. We receive your email address, name, and profile information from Google to create your account.
  • Payment Processors: When you make a donation, payment information is processed by third-party payment processors. We do not have access to your full payment details.
  • Hosting and Analytics Services: We may use third-party services for website hosting, analytics, and performance monitoring.

These third-party service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes we specify.

Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

5. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to maintain your authentication session, remember your preferences, and analyze how our service is used. Specifically, we use:

  • Authentication Cookies: To keep you signed in and maintain your session when you use our service
  • Analytics Cookies: To understand how visitors interact with our website and improve user experience
  • Preference Cookies: To remember your settings and preferences

Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies through your browser settings, but be aware that such action may affect the availability and functionality of the site, particularly authentication features.

7. Third-Party Websites and Brand Links

Our website contains links to brand websites and other third-party websites. When you click on these links, you will be directed to websites that are not operated by us. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit. Any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information once you leave our website.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our contact page.

9. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Specifically:

  • Account information is retained while your account is active
  • If you delete your account, we will delete your personal information, except where we are required to retain it for legal or regulatory purposes
  • Contact form submissions may be retained for record-keeping and customer service purposes
  • Usage and analytics data may be retained in anonymised or aggregated form

10. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our contact page.