Privacy and Cookies Policy
We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.
This policy is divided into two parts:
- Part A provides information about our collection and use of personal information; and
- Part B provides information about the cookies used on this website.
By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
The data controller in respect of personal information collected through the website is Shola Lawrence. If you have any questions about the processing of your personal information, you can contact the data controller using the contact details set out in the website disclaimer.
PART A: YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
(1)What information do we collect?
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:
(a)information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths);
(b)information relating to any purchases you make of our ebooks and/or audiobooks (including your name, email address, postal address, telephone number and PayPal account details); and
(c)any other information that you choose to send to us.
(2)Using your personal information
Personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or in relevant parts of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
(a)administer the website;
(b)improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;
(c)enable your access to ebooks and audiobooks purchased through the website;
(d)send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;
(e)send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;
(f)send you marketing communications relating to our business or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties which we think may be of interest to you, by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (and you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);
(g)provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;
(h)deal with enquiries and complaints made by you relating to the website;
(i)keep the website secure and prevent fraud; and
(j)verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of the website and the use of our ebooks and audiobooks.
All our website financial transactions are handled through our payment services provider, PayPal. You can review the PayPal privacy policy at www.paypal.com. We will share information with PayPal only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing payments you make via our website, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds.
(3) Disclosures
We may disclose your personal information to any of our agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
In addition, we may disclose your personal information:
(a)to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b)in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
(c)in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); or
(d)to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.
Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.
(4)International data transfers
Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this policy.
Information which you provide may be transferred to countries (including the United States) which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area.
You expressly agree to such transfers of personal information.
(5)Security of your personal information
We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
We will store all the personal information you provide on secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.
All electronic transactions entered into via the website will be protected by encryption technology.
You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
You are responsible for keeping your password and other login details confidential. We will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to the website).
(6)Policy amendments
We may update this policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
(7)Your rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information will be subject to:
(a)the payment of a fee (currently fixed at GBP 10); and
(b)the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).
We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.
You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes, by sending an email to us. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
(8)Third party websites
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
(9)Updating information
Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
PART B: COOKIES
(10)About cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies can be used by web servers to identity and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies.
A persistent cookie consists of a text file sent by a web server to a web browser, which will be stored by the browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date (unless deleted by the user before the expiry date).
A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
(11)Our cookies
We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies on this website.
(12)Google Analytics cookies
In addition, we use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers, and can be identified by the prefix “_utm”. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
(13)Cookies and personal information
Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
(14)Blocking cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. For example:
(a)in Internet Explorer (version 9) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and then “Advanced”;
(b)in Firefox (version 16) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”; and
(c)in Chrome (version 23), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content settings”, and then selecting “Block sites from setting any data” under the “Cookies” heading.
Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
If you block cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on this website.
(15)Deleting cookies
You can also delete cookies already stored on your computer. For example:
(a)in Internet Explorer (version 9), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835);
(b)in Firefox (version 16), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy” and then “Show Cookies”, and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”; and
(c)in Chrome (version 23), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Clear browsing data”, and then selecting “Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data”.
Again, doing this may have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.