Hippo Toys and Models are committed to protecting your privacy and security.
We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and according to the Which? Web Trader Code of Practice.
We have to collect personal information to process your order and provide you with the best possible service.
We do not disclose your information to any third parties, we may email you in the future unless you have not given us your consent.
We will give you the chance to refuse any marketing email from us.
The type of information we need to collect is your name, address, phone number, email address and credit/debit card details.
Hippo Toys may use technology to track the patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. This can include using a "cookie" which would be stored in your browser to help keep track of the contents of your shopping cart.
You can usually modify your browser to prevent this happening if you wish, but the operation of the website may be restricted, as our shopping requires cookies to be enabled.
The information collected in this way can also be used to identify you unless you modify your browser settings.
If you do not wish to give your credit or debit card information over the internet, you can pay for your purchases by cheque, postal order or by phone. We will never pass your credit card details to any other party.
The purchase area of our site is secure. This means that we utilise industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to enable the encryption of the information you've given us. We use 128-bit encryption throughout the site. When you enter your credit card details, they are sent to our system via encryption. All information you give us is held behind secure firewalls, designed to prevent unauthorised access to the servers and protect your privacy. Information passed between your computer and our website cannot be read in the event it is intercepted by someone else.
The risk of credit card fraud is 100 times greater when you hand your card to a waiter in a restaurant than when you shop on the Internet! Modern day encryption technology, used by many Internet stores similar to ourselves, virtually eliminates credit card fraud on the Internet.
If you have any questions or comments about security, please get in touch with us:
