This data protection and privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets out how and why we collect, store, process and share your personal data, when you are using this website (“website”).
This website is part of the nobilia-Werke J. Stickling GmbH & Co. KG, Germany (“nobilia”) e-commerce platform solution, that nobilia provides to its business partners. We are a business partner of nobilia and an organisation for the sale of nobilia kitchens, appliances and accessories via own stores and franchise system partners.
We are solely responsible for compliance with all laws applicable to this website and we are solely responsible and liable with respect to any of the services which occur under this website and for any of its content.
A. About us
We are Kutchenhaus Ltd, Floor 4, Spotland Bridge Mill, Mellor St, Rochdale OL11 5BU, UK (“we” or “us”) and our contacts are:
Telephone: 0161 855 2740
E-mail: DPO@Kutchenhaus.co.uk
We are the “data controller” of any personal data this website may collect, process and hold about you, unless we inform you otherwise. Together with nobilia, we are joint data controllers of this website. For more information concerning the joint controllership please see below at I. You can contact our data protection officer at:
Data Protection Officer
Kutchenhaus Ltd.
Floor 4, Spotland Bridge Mill, Mellor St, Rochdale OL11 5BU, UK
E-mail: DPO@kutchenhaus.co.uk
We are wholly owned by:
nobilia-Werke J. Stickling GmbH & Co. KG
Waldstraße 53-57, 33415 Verl, Germany
Telephone: + 49 5246 508 0
E-mail: info@nobilia.de
B. What personal data do we collect and process and for how long?
I. General
Personal data is all information about an identified or identifiable individual. This includes information about your identity such as your name, your e-mail address, or your postal address. Any information that cannot be directly linked to your identity (e.g. statistical details such as the number of users of the website) is, however, not considered to be personal data.
As part of your use of our website, we will collect general information about your visit to our website and your computer. However, some of the services and kitchen planning tools offered require you to provide certain personal data. As a rule, we will process such personal data only for our own purposes connected with the use of this website, including without limitation for the provision of desired or presumably interesting information about our kitchens and other products, for advertising and marketing purposes and to get in contact with you. Whenever personal data is collected, you are only required to provide the personal data that is necessary to achieve the disclosed purposes. Also, you may be asked to provide additional details, which are optional information provided voluntarily. We let you know in each case whether the input fields are for mandatory or optional details. More specific details are provided in the relevant section of this Privacy Statement.
We store the information provided by you on protected dedicated servers located within the both the UK and European Union. Technical and organisational measures are taken to protect such servers against loss, destruction, access, modification, or dissemination of your personal data by unauthorised persons. Access to your personal data will be permitted only to a limited number of parties described below, who need to know it for the disclosed purposes.
II. Information relating to your computer
Every time you access our website, we will collect the following information relating to your computer, regardless of whether you have registered:
The IP address of your computer is stored only for the duration of your use of our website. Afterwards, it is deleted or anonymised. Other data is stored in an anonymised format to ensure reliability, functionality and accessibility of the website, as well as to assist in understanding how users use and access the information on the website.
III. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and store certain settings and data of your web browser for the exchange with our website. A cookie usually includes the name of the domain from which the cookie file has been sent as well as information about the age of the cookie and an alphanumeric identifier.
We use a range of cookie types on the website. This includes a range of cookies described as “session management” cookies, which incorporate user, device, and session ID information, “routing” cookies to assist us in providing you with a consistency of service, and “security management” cookies to assist in the security of your visit. These are deleted automatically after the end of the browser session. We also use persistent cookies, such as cookies for storing your personal consent preferences and cart selections, which may have a longer storage time.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. However, you can disable the storage of cookies or set up your web browser to inform you when you receive a cookie. It is also possible to manually delete stored cookies in the browser settings. Please note that your use of our website may be limited or restricted if you refuse to save cookies or delete necessary cookies.
We classify the cookies used into four categories:
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example those that enable you to log into secure areas of our website or book an appointment.
Name
Purpose
Type
Expiry
cookie-notification
is used for displaying cookie notifications header.
HTTP
SESSION
anonymous-consent
is used for enabling storing of personal preferences.
HTTP
SESSION
ROUTEID
is used in context with load balancing. This optimizes the response rate between the visitor and the site, by distributing the traffic load on multiple network links or servers.
HTTP
SESSION
JSESSIONID
is used to preserve user statesacross page requests.
HTTP
SESSION
acceleratorSecureGUID
is used to enable security mechanisms.
HTTP
SESSION
kutchenhaus-cart
is used for cart.
HTTP
SESSION
Analytical or performance cookies
They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
This data is stored anonymously, typically with partners such as Google Analytics.
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
Name
Purpose
Type
Expiry
_utma
is used by Google Analytics to distinguish users and sessions.
HTTP
2 years
_utmb
is used by Google Analytics to establish or continue a user session.
HTTP
30 mins
_utmz
is used by Google Analytics to store the type of referral used to reach our site.
HTTP
6 months
_utmx
is used by Google Website Optimizer to ensure you have a consistent experience.
HTTP
2 years
_ga
is used by Google Analytics to distinguish users.
HTTP
2 years
_gid
is used by Google Analytics to distinguish users.
HTTP
1 day
_gat
is used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
HTTP
1 min
Gac
is used by Google Analytics to store campaign related information for the user.
HTTP
90 days
Functional cookies - personalisation
These cookies are used to recognise you and store your preferences when you return to our website. They enable us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example your favorite kitchens, fronts, styles, appliances or handles).
Such cookies may be accessed by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages, such as the 3D Kitchen Planner.
If you do not allow these cookies then some or all these services may not function properly.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages thereof you have visited and the links therefrom you have followed.
We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant and meaningful to your presumed interests. We will also share this information with nobilia and our retailers for this purpose.
These cookies are usually activated in response to your actions, i.e. by setting your privacy preferences, by registering or logging in or by completing fill-in-forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you to these cookies, but some parts of the website will not work once those cookies are blocked.
IV. User registration and user account
You can register on our website and log-in for the use of certain services. To register, you must provide the following data:
In addition, we record the date and time of registration and the IP address. If you register via Google/FB/Linked-in authentication please refer to B.III. above for further information.
During the registration process, we ask for your consent to using your personal data.
Upon registration, a user account is created for you. Your personal data in the user account is stored by us for as long as a legitimate interest to hold the data exists. Examples include: for the duration of the period during which an active customer relationship exists, or if you have bought a kitchen or other product from us, your data may be stored until the warranty period ends. The duration of the retention period may vary according to nature of the customer relationship. Under GDPR, you have a series of rights associated with this data, which are outlined more fully in Section E. below.
V. Selecting your preferred retail store
Prior to providing certain services, we may ask you to select your nearest or for other reasons preferred retail store.
This selection will be stored as long as your user account is active.
VI. Preference settings and kitchen planning tools.
The website offers you kitchen a planning tool (3D Kitchen planner) and various preference setting options such as through wish lists, using the kitchen wizard tool or when browsing the kitchens and solutions sections of our website.
When you are using the aforementioned tools and/or are selecting preferences, the following information will be collected:
If you have registered and logged in, your preference selections will be linked to your user account. Your preference data is stored by us for as long as an active customer relationship with you exists.
VII. Appointment booking, home visits, contacts and requests for information
Through our website you may contact us, book an appointment, book a home visit or request marketing materials such as free kitchen brochures.
If you choose any of these requests, we will require you to fill out a form on our website and we will collect the personal data that you provide in the form, including
In addition, we record the IP address and the date and time of the enquiry.
We process any personal data transmitted through the contact or request form exclusively for the purpose of answering your enquiry or reacting to your request. Please note that we will use your contact information to contact you by mail, phone or WhatsApp to finalise the request. After the matter has been dealt with, the personal data is stored for some time in case you have any further questions. The personal data will be deleted once the matter has been conclusively dealt with.
VIII. Account Closing
You may request closure of your account at your discretion. If you close your account, your personal information may continue to be stored while a legitimate interest to hold the data exists. After the legitimate interest period has expired, it will be deleted and no longer be accessible.
C. How do we use your personal data and what are our legal justifications for doing so?
I. Information relating to your computer
We use the information relating to your computer to operate the website and to ensure its functionality, more specifically for troubleshooting, to assess its use and usability and to carry out adjustments or improvements thereof.
Such purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
II. Cookies
We use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, analyse site traffic, personalise content, and serve targeted advertisements. Cookies enable us to recognise your computer and to make any default settings immediately available. Cookies also help us to improve our website and to provide you with a better service customised to meet your requirements.
To the extent that cookies store personal data, this constitutes our legitimate interest in the processing of the data in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. In addition, if you accept cookies on our website, processing of personal data included in cookies, if any, is to the extent of your acceptance based on Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.
III. User registration and user account
We use your personal data given during registration (and together with your preference selections) to create a profile of you and to provide you with information, including marketing materials, and services that you may request or may find helpful in connection with a potential purchase of a kitchen, to communicate with you and to respond to your questions and comments.
We may also use your personal data to measure how satisfied our customers are and provide customer service (including troubleshooting in connection with purchases or your requests for services).
If you give your consent, processing of data provided for registration purposes is based on Article 6(1) (a) of the GDPR. If you register with us for the purposes of performance or initiation of a contract, the legal basis for processing of the data is additionally constituted by Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
IV. Selecting favourite retail store
Information about your preferred local retail kitchen store will be used to assign you to a specific kitchen retail store outlet. We will transmit your current and future personal data to the selected kitchen retail store outlet.
Your selection of a preferred retail store serves the initiation of a contract, hence, the legal basis for processing of the data is constituted by Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
To transfer your personal data to the preferred local kitchen store, we ask for your consent. The transfer of your personal data is thus based on Article 6(1) (a) of the GDPR.
V. Preference settings, customer profiling and kitchen planning tools.
We use your personal data to create a profile of your style preferences, to improve your customer experience and to improve our suggestions of recommended products to you, so that you primarily will be shown products of interest to you. This constitutes our legitimate interest in the processing of the data in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
The data collected during your use of the 3D Kitchen Planner allows you to design your favourite kitchen and enables us to facilitate the in-store or online purchase process. This constitutes our legitimate interest in the processing of the data in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
VI. Booking, contact and requests for information
We will use your data to answer your enquiry or to react to your request or to schedule an appointment with you. Please note that we will use your data to contact you by either mail, phone or WhatsApp to finalise your request.
By filling in the forms, your consent constitutes the legal basis for processing your data in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.
We will use your personal data to book and schedule an appointment or in-store visit for you. Processing of your data in this context is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
D. Who do we share your personal data with?
For us to provide our services and products to you and offer you the most convenient customer experience, we share your personal data with other members of the nobilia group, franchise partners and trusted third party service providers as detailed below.
Whenever we share your personal data, we put safeguards in place which require these organisations to keep your data safe.
I. Members of the nobilia group.
To assist in providing our services and products to you, we may share your data with other members of the nobilia group. This includes:
It is in our legitimate interests as a business to work with other members of the nobilia group, since we may not have the capabilities to provide these services ourselves. In each case, we ensure that our relationship with the service provider is governed by an appropriate Data Management contract and that each provider is only allowed to use your personal data to provide services to us and for no other purpose.
II. Franchise Partners
Kutchenhaus Limited operate as a Franchise business model. This means that some of our stores are owned by us directly, and others are owned by independent companies as franchise partners. To assist in providing our services and products to you, we may share your data with one or more of our Franchise partners.
It is in our legitimate interests as a business to work with franchise partners, since we may not have the capabilities to provide these services ourselves. In each case, we ensure that our relationship with these partners is governed by an appropriate Data Management contract and that each partner is only allowed to use your personal data to provide the services to us and for no other purpose.
III. Third party service providers
We work with several trusted service providers who carry out services on our behalf. They include:
It is in our legitimate interests as a business to work with these service providers since we may not have the capabilities to provide these services ourselves. In each case, we ensure that our relationship with the service provider is governed by an appropriate Data Management contract and that each provider is only allowed to use your personal data to provide the services to us and for no other purpose.
IV. Others we share personal information with
E. What are your rights?
You have several rights relating to your personal data and what happens to it. You are under GDPR entitled to:
You can read more about your rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, in the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public.
Please use the GDPR rights centre on our website to request the realisation of your rights.
You also have the right to complain about our use of personal data to the ICO. You can do these by contacting the ICO via their website https://ico.org.uk/concerns or by calling 0303 123 1113.
F. Can you withdraw your consent given to us for processing of your personal data?
For certain services on our website, we ask for your consent to us collecting, processing or transferring your personal data. You are under no obligation to give us your consent, however, some services or tools may not be able to work properly without such consent.
You have the right to withdraw your given consent at any time and for whatever reasons. If you would like to withdraw your consent, please contact us or use the relevant option in your user account to withdraw your consent.
G. How do you change your preferences?
If you no longer wish to be contacted by us about our products or services, or for other marketing purposes, you can amend your preferences or unsubscribe by contacting us. Alternatively, if you have a user account on our website, you can unsubscribe by logging into your user account and selecting that you do not wish to be contacted in the future or by deleting your user account.
We want to ensure that all the information we have about you is factually correct and up to date. If you find that the personal data we have about you is inaccurate or needs updating (for instance, you may have changed your name or address) then please contact us so that we can correct it. If you have created a user account on our website, you can change the details stored about you by logging into your user account.
H. How do we ensure security of your personal data?
We take the security of your personal data very seriously. We have implemented various strategies, controls, policies and measures to keep your data secure and keep these measures under close review. We protect your data by using encryption techniques and we use other safeguards such as firewalls and password protection. This means that your data is protected and only accessible by co-workers who need it to carry out their job responsibilities. We also ensure that there are strict physical controls in our buildings which restricts access to your personal data to keep it safe.
I. What about your joint data controllership with nobilia?
Together with nobilia, we determine the purposes and means of processing your personal data that we have collected on this website. We are, however, based on our agreement with nobilia primarily responsible to ensure, implement and administer your rights under the GDPR (see above at E.) Thus, we serve as your preferred point of contact for all GDPR related request, in particular concerning your rights under the GDPR. We will also provide the required information under the GDPR to you (in particular by way of this Privacy Policy).
Whilst we would like to serve as your point of contact if you would like to exercise any of your GDPR-related rights, you may also exercise your rights vis-à-vis nobilia. The relevant contacts are:
nobilia-Werke J. Stickling GmbH & Co. KG
Waldstraße 53-57, 33415 Verl, Germany
Telephone: + 49 5246 508 0
E-mail: info@nobilia.de
c/o nobilia-Werke J. Stickling GmbH & Co. KG
Waldstraße 53-57, 33415 Verl, Germany
E-mail: datenschutz@nobilia.de
The relevant data supervisory authority for nobilia is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
Postfach 20 04 44, 40102 Düsseldorf, Germany
Telephone: + 49 211 38424 0
E-mail: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
Further, you may also choose to exercise your GDPR-related rights vis-à-vis franchise partners. You should contact us, and we will provide you with details of the relevant franchise partners, if any.
J. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Please regularly check this policy to ensure you are aware of the most updated version.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 08 August 2025.