Privacy Policy


Our Privacy and Data Policy

 Amphibian King LTD is a company registered in the Republic of Ireland (registration no. 419821), with its registered address at 29 Eden Wood, Delgany, Co Wicklow.  We have locations based at Unit 1, Ravenhall, Dargle Road, Bray, Co Wicklow and Unit 46a, Fashion City, Ballymount, Dublin 24.  This privacy policy was updated in May 2018 to reflect changes to the processing of personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  It explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use this website, or give permission to receive personalised, relevant communication by email and/ or post. 

We are fully committed to protecting your privacy and the personal data you have provided to us.   We will not sell or share the data held with any third parties. Your personal data will not be transferred abroad to countries that do not belong to the European Union, or which do not provide adequate levels of personal protection.

Amphibian King LTD may use your personal information as follows: 

  • To process your payments 
  • To fulfil your order and administer your account
  • To disclose information about you to any relevant regulator, if they require it or to anyone else if there is a legal duty to do so 
  • To run any prize draw or competition you may enter voluntarily
  • To send you brochures, leaflets, catalogs and other promotional material for our products and services that you have requested. We may also telephone or email you to discuss account / order details
  • Order fulfillment and related activities;
  • Management of payments, including anti-fraud control in case of payment by credit/debit card (in which case the data released during the purchase process will be sent to the person in charge of anti fraud control);
  • Management of your requests: technical, of a commercial nature, regarding the progress of your orders, as well as requests for information in the broader sense;
  • Making contact with our service professionals;
  • Request to be considered as a member of our staff, by sending a CV;

We endeavor to protect your information in the following ways:When you place an order, we offer the use of a secure server. A secure server encrypts all of the information you input before it is sent to us, thus protecting your confidential data from unauthorized use.  We will not request information which is excessive for our purposes.  We will, with your assistance, keep any information we hold about you up to date and accurate and protect your data against unauthorized usage.

 Data Controllers

At the present time, some of the data controllers who process your data are as follows:

  • An Post, which handles the processing of data needed to perform delivery, for purchases made via our web site
  • Shopify for processing data concerning management and server maintenance services for Amphibian King
  • BoI and Paypal regarding payments of goods

 Link to other web sites

Our site may contain links to other websites which may not have any connection to us. Amphibian King does not control nor does it perform monitoring operations on these web sites and their content.  Amphibian King may not be held liable for the content of these sites and for the rules adopted by them, including with regard to your privacy, and to the processing of your personal data during your navigation activity.  We ask that you thus pay attention, when you connect to these sites through the links on our site, and that you carefully read their conditions of use and privacy policies. Our Privacy & Cookie Policy does not apply to third party web sites. Our site provides links to these sites only to facilitate a user in his/her search and navigation, and to facilitate hypertext links to other sites.  Activating the links does not constitute any recommendation or suggestion by Amphibian King to access and navigate to these sites, nor does it provide any guarantee as to their content, services or the goods provided and sold by them to Internet users.

Shopify

Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.

Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Payment

If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.

All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.

PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

The cardholder shall remain responsible for notifying their issuing bank with any changes in details or fraudulent/not normal activities on their account.  Amphibian King LTD takes no responsibility regarding any fraudulent activity on any customers cards/accounts used on this website.  We have taken all necessary steps regarding upholding PCI compliance and remain objective in the case of cardholders bearing their own responsibility regarding jurisdiction laws.
You use of this site shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Republic of Ireland.  These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed by the accordance of the laws of the Republic of Ireland.  Disputes arising with the Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the Republic of Ireland.