Join the gang in our summer games this year! How about going for your own personal best in the egg and spoon race? Maybe you are in a summer games competition with your neighbours, can you beat them in the sack race? Will you throw in a three legged race as a deciding event?
Or are Interested in the tennis, the tournament this year includes two of our top players, who will come out on top? one thing is for sure it will make for an exciting event!
Did you know that in basketball two balls could fit side by side in the in the hoop at the same time! The diameter of a basketball is half the width of the hoop.
The oldest sports in the world are thought to be wrestling, javelin throwing, polo, running and hockey.
The longest tennis match was between USA and France and lasted eleven hours and 5 minutes.
Did you know that Badminton is said to have originated in the city of Pune,India and was initially called 'Poona'
The average golf ball has 336 dimples.
Arrows fired in competitions fly 2.5 times faster than a sprinting cheetah! The world’s fastest cheetah has a top running speed of around 60 mph.
Your privacy is our priority
Your data is important.
It’s important to us, and we understand that it’s important to you. We are committed to safeguarding your information in line with the latest data protection and privacy laws. We also want to be transparent about what information we collect about you, how we use it, and how you can control what we do with this information.
About this notice
This privacy notice applies when you enter a Staples.co.uk competition or prize draw. In this notice, references to "we", "us" and "our" includes both EvoGroup and staples.co.uk or each entity separately as the context dictates. Our general privacy notice also applies: https://www.staples.co.uk/Privacy
What information do we collect?
When you participate in our competitions or prize draws you may be asked to submit some basic information about yourself such as your name, address, email address and phone number and other personal data you provide as part of your entry.
How will we use your information?
When you participate in our competitions or prize draws we may process your data in a variety of ways, for several different reasons and with a range of legal justifications.
Purpose of processing
Data involved
Legal grounds for processing
Administering competitions and prize draws (including tokens competitions)
Data collected will depend on type of competition or prize draw, but typically may include: Name, landline phone number, mobile phone number and other personal data you provide as part of your entry
Fulfilment of contract (competition / prize draw Ts&Cs)
Winner contact
Data may depend on type of competition or prize draw, but typically may include: Name, landline phone number, mobile phone number
Fulfilment of contract (competition / prize draw Ts&Cs)
Queries and complaints handling
Name, phone number, email address, address, other personal data included in the query / complaint
Fulfilment of contract (competition / prize draw Ts&Cs)
Who might we share your information with?
There are circumstances where we disclose your personal data to third parties. This will only take place in accordance with the applicable law and for the purposes set out in this privacy notice. This may include disclosure:
International transfers of your information
In providing our services to you we may use third party companies based outside of the EEA to perform or enable us to provide some of the functions of our services described in this privacy policy. If we do this your personal information will continue to be subject to one or more appropriate safeguards set out in the law. These might be the use of model contracts in a form approved by regulators, or having our suppliers sign up to an independent privacy scheme approved by regulators (like the US ‘Privacy Shield’ scheme). For details on how we protect your data where this is the case, please see our general privacy notice at: https://www.staples.co.uk/Privacy
What are your rights?
Any personal information you supply will be treated in accordance with applicable data protection laws including the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR") and any other applicable or superseding legislation.
You have the right to access the personal information that we hold about you in many circumstances. This is sometimes called a ‘Subject Access Request’. If we agree that we are obliged to provide personal information to you (or someone else on your behalf), we will provide it to you or to them free of charge.
Before providing personal information to you or another person on your behalf, we may ask for proof of identity and sufficient information about your interactions with us that we can locate your personal information.
If any of the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or out of date, you may ask us to correct it.
You have the right to object to us processing your personal information if we are not entitled to use it any more, to have your information deleted if we are keeping it too long or have its processing restricted in certain circumstances.
If you have consented to receive marketing, you may opt out later. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes
If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us via one of the mechanisms set out below.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK regulator, the Information Commissioner. We suggest that you contact us about any questions or if you have a complaint in relation to how we process your personal information. However, you do have the right to contact the relevant supervisory authority directly. Details of how to contact the ICO can be found on their website at ico.org.uk.
How long do we keep your information for?
We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Security
We take security measures to protect against unauthorised access, improper use, alteration, destruction or accidental loss of your personal information. When we use third party organisations to process information on our behalf, we will select reliable third parties and processing will be subject to written agreements between ourselves and the third parties processing the data. These written agreements specify the rights and obligations of each party and will provide that the third party has adequate security measures in place and will only process information on specific written instructions from us. For details on how we protect your data, please see our general privacy notice at: https://www.staples.co.uk/Privacy
Contact Us
If you wish to contact us about our privacy notice, please contact our Customer Services Team at:
Newland House,
Tuscany Park,
Express Way,
Normanton,
WF6 2TZ.
GDPR@staples-online.co.uk
Policy change
We keep our privacy policy under regular review, and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was most recently updated in April 2021.