Privacy Policy

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Last Updated: 16.02.2026

TDB COMPS ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our website tdbcomps.co.uk (the "Website") and participate in our competitions.

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Controller is THE DOLLS BOUTIQUE ESSEX LTD registered in England and Wales 

1. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

  • Identity Data: First name, last name, username, and Date of Birth (strictly required to verify you are 18+).
  • Contact Data: Billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
  • Financial Data: We do not store your full debit/credit card details. Payment transactions are processed by third-party payment providers Cashflows, but we may store transaction history and partial card details (e.g., last 4 digits) for reference.
  • Profile Data: Your username, password, competition entries, wins, and preferences.
  • Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, and platform.
  • Marketing Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us.

2. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Performance of Contract: To register you as a new customer, process your competition entries, process your payments, and deliver prizes if you win.
  • Legal Obligation: To verify your age (as gambling/competitions are 18+ only) and to keep financial records for tax purposes.
  • Legitimate Interests: To run our business, prevent fraud, and study how customers use our products to improve our website.
  • Winner Transparency: To comply with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) codes, we are required to demonstrate that a valid award took place. This involves publishing the Surname and County of major prize winners.

3. Winner Publicity

If you win a competition, we may publish your Name, County, on our Website and Social Media channels. This is vital for the transparency of our competitions (to prove to other entrants that real people are winning).

  • Note: By entering the competition, you acknowledge that your data may be used for this purpose. If you object to this, you must contact us immediately after winning, though we are still legally required to provide winner details to the Advertising Standards Authority if requested.

4. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

We may share your personal data with the following third parties:

  • Payment Processors: To facilitate secure payments.
  • Delivery Companies: (e.g., Royal Mail, DPD) To deliver your prizes.
  • Professional Advisers: Lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers.
  • Regulators: HM Revenue & Customs, the Advertising Standards Authority, and other authorities.
  • We do not sell your data to third-party marketing companies.

5. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way.

  • Our website is encrypted using SSL technology.
  • Access to your personal data is limited to employees and contractors who have a business need to know.

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

  • By law, we must keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, and Transaction Data) for six years after they cease being customers for tax purposes.

7. Your Legal Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have rights including:

  • Request access to your personal data (a "data subject access request").
  • Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
  • Request erasure of your personal data (the "right to be forgotten"), subject to our legal obligations to keep records.
  • Object to processing of your personal data (e.g., for direct marketing).
  • Request restriction of processing of your personal data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]

8. Third-Party Links

Our website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

9. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us: