Privacy Policy

Books Publisher ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website https://bookspublisher.co.uk/ (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our publishing services.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Service includes:

• Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, which you voluntarily give to us when making a purchase or contacting us.
• Author & Manuscript Data: When you use our publishing services, we collect manuscripts, artwork, cover designs, and any other content you submit for publication.
• Payment Data: Financial information related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) is collected when you purchase our services. Note: We do not store complete credit card details on our servers; payments are processed securely by our third-party payment providers.
• Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Service, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Service.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you to:

• Process and fulfill your book publishing orders, including printing.
• Create and manage your author account.
• Communicate with you regarding your project status, updates, or customer support requests.
• Enable user-to-user communications (if applicable).
• Send you marketing and promotional communications (you may opt-out at any time).
• Respond to your comments, questions, and requests.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with our Service.
• Detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security threats.

3. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:

• Print Partners: To fulfill your book orders, we share your name, shipping address, and the manuscript/print files with our printing and distribution partners so they can print and ship your books.
• Legal Obligations: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
• Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale, or acquisition of all or a portion of our assets, your personal information may be transferred.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, codes, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Service to help customize the Service and improve your experience. When you access the Service, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Service.

5. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Manuscript and publishing files are retained to allow for reprints and account management but will be deleted upon an authorized request from the user.

7. Your Data Rights Under UK GDPR

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• The right to object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

8. Marketing Communications

With your consent, we may send you marketing and promotional communications via email. You may opt out of receiving these communications at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in our emails or by contacting us directly.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

10. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to the UK and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at:

• Books Publisher
• London, W1W 5PF, United Kingdom
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: https://bookspublisher.co.uk/