Privacy Policy

1. About this Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is handled in connection with the My Starbucks Mugs website. For the purposes of UK data protection law, the controller is the operator of My Starbucks Mugs.

This website operates primarily as a collector website. It does not require account creation, public checkout, or marketing sign-up.

In some cases, the website operator may invite or receive private sale or trade enquiries relating to wanted mugs. Those discussions are handled privately, usually by email, and may involve a unique non-public page or link shared only with the relevant person.

2. Personal Data Processed

This website processes limited personal data connected with normal website use, including:

• technical request data such as IP address, browser type, device information, requested pages, timestamps and standard server log information;
• security and diagnostic data used to protect the website and investigate misuse; and
• where someone contacts the website operator about a possible sale or trade, contact details and message content such as name, email address and the details of the proposed item or offer.

This website does not use customer accounts, public checkout, newsletter sign-up, or user profiling as part of its normal operation.

3. How Personal Data Is Used

Personal data is used only to:

• deliver and host the website;
• keep the website secure and prevent abuse;
• diagnose technical issues and maintain performance; and
• review, reply to and manage private sale or trade enquiries, including sharing a unique non-public page or link where appropriate.

4. Lawful Bases

Where UK GDPR applies, the lawful bases relied on are:

• legitimate interests for running, securing and maintaining the website and preventing misuse; and
• legal obligation where processing is necessary to comply with applicable law.

5. Sharing of Personal Data

Personal data is not sold. It is shared only where necessary with service providers used to host, deliver, secure or support the website, and with professional advisers or public authorities where disclosure is legally required or necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

6. International Transfers

Some technical providers used to deliver website content or infrastructure may process limited technical request data outside the UK. Where UK transfer rules apply, appropriate safeguards are used as required by law.

7. Retention

Personal data is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. Server and security logs are retained for a limited period, and private correspondence or offer details may be retained for as long as reasonably needed to review, respond to, document or resolve a proposed sale or trade.

8. Cookies and Third-Party Resources

This website does not use advertising cookies or non-essential analytics as part of its normal operation.

Some pages load third-party resources used to display website content, such as fonts or images. When those resources load, the relevant provider receives standard technical request data such as your IP address, browser information and the time of the request.

If you click an external or affiliate link, the destination website may collect personal data, use cookies or track your visit under its own privacy and cookie policies. That processing is controlled by the third party, not by this website.

9. Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights to request access to personal data, correction of inaccurate data, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, and data portability in relevant cases.

10. Complaints

If you believe personal data has been handled unlawfully or unfairly, you may complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

11. Children

This website is intended for a general audience and is not designed to collect personal data from children.

12. Changes to this Policy

The version shown on this page is the current Privacy Policy for this website. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last updated.

13. Related Terms

Please also read the Terms & Conditions for the general rules governing use of the website.