Privacy Policy

Last updated: [2/10/2025]

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use thebookmarketer.pro. It also tells you about your rights under UK data-protection law.

1. Who we are

The Bookmarketer (“we”, “our”, “us”) is the controller of your personal data.

Contact details:

Email Contact

Address: The Book Marketer, Bevendean Crescent, Brighton BN2 4RA

Phone: 07425 363171

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we use your data, please contact us using the details above.

2. What data we collect:

• We may collect the following categories of personal data:
• Identity and contact data: name, email address, postal address, phone number.
• Account details: login credentials (if applicable).
• Transaction data: billing details, payment records.
• Technical data: IP address, browser type, device, operating system.
• Usage data: how you use our website and services.
• Marketing and communications data: your preferences in receiving marketing from us.
• Cookies and tracking data: see Section 10.

3. How we use your data and our lawful basis

We only use your personal data where the law allows. The purposes and lawful bases are:

• To provide our services (e.g. account management, delivering resources, processing payments) – lawful basis: contract.
• To communicate with you (e.g. respond to queries, support requests) – lawful basis: legitimate interests (to run our business and provide customer service).
• To send marketing communications (where you have opted in) – lawful basis: consent.
• To improve our website and services (analytics, troubleshooting) – lawful basis: legitimate interests.
• To comply with legal obligations (record-keeping, tax) – lawful basis: legal obligation.
• Where we rely on legitimate interests, we balance our interests against your rights and freedoms.

4. Sharing your data

• We may share your personal data with:
• Service providers who help us deliver services (e.g. web hosting, payment processors, email marketing platforms).
• Professional advisers (e.g. legal, accounting).
• Regulators or authorities where required by law.
• We only allow third parties to process your personal data where they agree to keep it secure and use it only for specified purposes.

5. International transfers

Some of our service providers may be based outside the UK/EEA (for example, US-based cloud or analytics services). Where this happens, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as:

• Adequacy decisions by the UK Government, or
• Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved for international transfers.

6. Data retention

We keep your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes we collected it. This usually means:

• Customer account and transaction data: 7 years (for tax and legal obligations).
• Marketing data: until you withdraw consent or unsubscribe.
• Technical/usage data: typically 12–24 months.
• After that, we securely delete or anonymise your data.

7. Your rights

You have the following rights under UK GDPR:

• Access – to request a copy of your data.
• Rectification – to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erasure – to request deletion of your data (“right to be forgotten”).
• Restriction – to limit how we process your data.
• Data portability – to request transfer of your data to another service.
• Object – to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
• Withdraw consent – where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
• To exercise your rights, please contact us (see Section 1).

8. Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority:

Website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

We would appreciate the chance to resolve your concerns first, so please contact us before reaching out to the ICO.

9. Children

Our services are not intended for children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have collected data from a child, please contact us immediately.

10. Cookies & tracking

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Make our site work properly (necessary cookies).
• Improve performance and analytics (optional cookies).
• Personalise marketing (optional cookies).
• We will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.
• You can change your cookie settings anytime via your browser or our cookie banner.

11. Automated decision-making

We do not carry out automated decision-making or profiling that has legal or significant effects on you.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted here, with a new “Last updated” date. For significant changes, we may also notify you directly.