This privacy policy sets out how Spirituality Bookshop uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.
Spirituality Bookshop is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected at all times. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
This Privacy Policy explains our data processing practices and your options regarding the ways in which your personal data is used. If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to our processing please contact us via the Contact us page.
Spirituality Bookshop may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name and contact information including email address and telephone number
- demographic information such as postcode
- information about your purchases
Spirituality Bookshop collects the details provided by you when purchasing a book, together with information we learn about you from your use of our service and your visits to our web site and other sites accessible from them. We never collect information about the transactions you undertake when purchasing through Paypal including details of payment cards used.
We do monitor customer traffic patterns and site use which enables us to improve the service we provide, but no identifiable information is used in this process.
What we do with the information we do gather
All the personal information that we collect like, email address, physical address, name and telephone number is used solely for the purpose of delivering your purchased items.
Use of your information
We will use your information to provide and personalise our service. We will also use your contact details to communicate with you. We may use your information to send you offers and news about products and services and you will receive transactional emails from us.
Please note that there may be instances where it may be necessary for us to communicate with you, in any event, for administrative or operational reasons relating to our service.
For e-mail notifications of out of stock titles we will only use your e-mail address for this purpose and not for additional marketing.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Cookies and Web Beacons
www.spiritualitybookshop.com does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Spirituality Bookshop uses cookies to provide the mechanisms for online shopping and to enable traffic monitoring.
This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can find out more about the way cookies work on http://www.cookiecentral.com.
Log Files
Like many other Web sites, www.spiritualitybookshop.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www.spiritualitybookshop.com.
Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to www.spiritualitybookshop.com and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include ….
Google Adsense and Amazon
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Amazon.com
Amazon, the Amazon logo, are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Amazon.com, Amazon Services LLC or its affiliates in no way support, sponsor or endorse Spirituality Bookshop. Spirituality Bookshop is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
Your personal information
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information which we think you may find interesting.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please use to the Contact Form to request this.
