Privacy Policy
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the user across a site (or in some cases across different websites) to be
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Please read the following Privacy Policy carefully before
submitting any details via https://mbebooks.com
The Website is owned and operated by MBE Books, located on Caldicott
Drive, Gainsborough, DN21 1FJ. We are part of Scholastic Limited whose
registered office is at Westfield Road, Southam, Warwickshire, CV47 0RA.
The terms “we”, “our”, “us” when used in this Privacy Policy refer
to MBE Books.
The terms “you”, “your” and “yours” when used in this Privacy
Policy, means you as a user of the Website.
OVERVIEW
We respect the privacy and security of visitors to the Website
and we will protect your privacy. To safeguard your privacy we make amendments
to our privacy policy in relation to government regulation changes, new
technologies and other areas of data protection.
How
we collect and use personal information
1. We make it clear when we are collecting your
personal data. This could be through out guest checkout process or via our
managed account system. You will only be asked for information that we need to
complete a purchase; name, address, number, email. You will not be asked for
credit card information because we process orders via an invoice system.
2. We collect information for the specific purposes
outlined only. You may also volunteer to sign up for our newsletter through the
opt-in box. If you make an enquiry or choose to contact us via an online form
we will also store that data securely. You may have sent information via email,
fax or post or which you have provided by telephone or any other means which we
will also store securely.
3. By submitting that information voluntarily you agree
that we can obtain, hold and use the personal data for the purposes of
providing you with the products or services you have requested or were
explained to you. These may include but will not be limited to:
(a)
responding to any enquiries you
have made;
(b)
sending you materials and/or information you have requested or products which
you have purchased;
(c) performing our obligations in
relation to any agreement you have with us;
(d) conducting contests,
competitions or promotions;
(e) enabling you to submit
contributions to us and/or to the Website;
(f)
to customise and improve the content on the Website or any other websites which
are part of the Scholastic Group and/or to improve our products and services to
respond to your current and future needs and interests;
(g)
contacting you if we change our products or services or terms or if we need to
give you notice of them;
(h)
for the purpose of marketing our other products and services to you (by email
or post,) unless you indicate otherwise during the submission process (e.g. by
ticking the relevant boxes that are provided) or by subsequently notifying us
as set out in Clause 1.4 that you do not wish to receive such material;
(i) for accounting purposes and
internal administration and analysis;
(j) for the prevention of fraud;
and
(k) for any purpose required by law
or regulation.
4. If you wish to unsubscribe from emails and/or other communications sent by MBE Books, you may do so at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link that appears in all email messages or by contacting us at: books@mbebooks.com
5. The
processing of your personal information may involve its transfer to a country
or territory outside the European Economic Area, which may not provide the same
protection for your personal information, and you agree to such transfer.
2. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
2.1 Subject to clauses 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5, we do not share,
sell, rent or distribute personal data to or with third parties unless the
transfer of such information to third parties is strictly necessary for the
performance of the Purposes (e.g. for fulfilling your order for a magazine
subscription) and will not disclose personal information to third parties for
their own marketing purposes unless you have consented to this.
2.2 As defined in section 736 of the UK Companies Act 1985 We
may disclose personal information to service providers who manage aspects of
our operations. We may also disclose personal information to third parties when
we consider it necessary for the purpose of maintaining the safety and security
of the Website.
2.3 In the future, we may sell our business or assets. Personal
information is usually considered an asset in such transactions. We may
disclose, transfer, sell, assign or licence any of the information described
above, including personally identifiable information, to third parties as a
result of or in preparation for the sale, merger, consolidation, change in
control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganisation or liquidation of MBE
Books and you consent to such disclosure, transfer, sale, assignment or
licence.
2.4 We may share your personal information with other companies
where you have expressly consented to this.
2.5 We may disclose your personal
information if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in
order to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce our Website
terms and conditions, terms of sale or to protect the
rights, property or safety of MBE Books, our customers or others. This includes
exchanging information with our companies and organisations for the purposes of
fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
3. COOKIES AND IP ADDRESSES
3.1 In addition to asking you to submit personal information, we
may collect information about you automatically when you visit the Website.
This information is not normally personally identifiable. Such information
includes general information about your computer settings, your connection to
the internet (i.e. your Internet Service Provider), your IP address (this is
the number assigned to your computer by a web server when you are on the
internet), your geographical location, your operating system, your browsing
patterns, the pages you visit and documents downloaded. We analyse such
information in the aggregate and will not use it for the purpose of identifying
you (except that we may use such information to identify a visitor if we
consider that there are or may be safety or security issues or to comply with
relevant laws and regulations).
3.2 We may collect this information through the use of software
technology called “cookies”. Cookies are small bits of information which are
sent to your computer’s hard drive when you first visit the Website, and which
allow us to identify your computer (but not you) the next time you visit the
Website. We may use the information collected in this way to (i) identify what
technologies and internet services are being used by our visitors and (ii)
track usage of the Website so that we can adapt the Website to ensure that it
better suits your needs and interests.
3.3 Most internet browsers give you the option to reject all
cookies, accept all cookies, erase cookies stored on your computer or be
notified before a cookie is stored on your computer. Your ease of use of the
Website may be reduced if you reject all cookies. You will need to refer to
your internet browser instructions to find out more about these options and how
to use them.
4. SECURITY
4.1 We have implemented industry standard measures that aim to
safeguard the security of your personal information against loss, misuse and
unauthorised access or alteration. However, no data transmission over the
internet can ever be entirely secure. While we will always use reasonable
endeavours to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the
security of your personal information submitted via the Website and any
transmission is at your own risk.
4.2 We do not require you to register in order to access the
Website. However, certain parts of this Website are secure and only available
once you have registered and chosen a unique password. You will be responsible
for all use, access and communications to this Website utilising such password
whether or not such use, access or communications are authorised by you. As a
result, please keep your password safe.
5. MONITORING EMAILS
We may monitor and/or keep records of email communications which
you send us in the interests of our business and in accordance with this
policy.
6. ACCESS TO INFORMATION
6.1 You have the right to ask us not to process your personal
data for marketing purposes. We will inform you (before collecting your data)
if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose
your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your
right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use
to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting
us at books@mbebooks.com
6.2 You can ask to review the
personal information we hold about you and ask us to change or delete any of
this information. You can do this by contacting us by email on
6.3 We may charge a small administration fee in relation to any
requests for access to personal information.
6.4 Please also help us to keep your
personal information current and accurate by contacting us if your personal
information becomes out of date. Please contact us at books@mbebooks.com