Privacy Policy

Blue Magpie Books takes your privacy seriously, and we are committed to handling the information you provide to us securely and responsibly in accordance with GDPR legislation. This policy sets out how we handle your data. By submitting your personal information, you are consenting to Blue Magpie Books holding and using your data in accordance with this policy. Blue Magpie Books is the trading name of Blue Magpie Books Ltd (Company number: 11089643, Registered address: 80-83 Long Lane, London, EC1A 9ET, UK).

How do we collect your data?

We collect personal information about you when you register with us, or purchase a book from us and also when you use the Website. This may include, for example, contact details such as your name, postal and email addresses and a contact telephone number.. We also collect personal data to fulfil contracts with customers and suppliers, such as our authors. We also collect non-personal information such as IP addresses and pages accessed or files downloaded on our website. You must ensure that the personal information you provide is true, accurate and complete. It is also your responsibility to let us know about any changes to your personal information so that we can ensure our records are complete and up-to-date.

We also monitor user traffic patterns to enables us to improve the service we provide. We may use 'Cookies', which are small bits of electronic information that a website can transfer to your hard drive to help tailor and keep records of your visit to that website. If you visit the Website, cookies are used to allow us to customise your visit to your preferences, helping us provide you with the best possible service. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet. We use cookies to simplify the logging on process for registered users; help ensure the security and authenticity of registered users’; provide the mechanisms for online shopping; and enable traffic monitoring.

On visiting our Website you may be sent anonymous cookies to keep track of your browsing patterns and build up a demographic profile. Most browsers allow you to turn off the cookie function. If you want to know how to do this please look at the help menu on your browser.

Whilst you do not need to allow your browser to accept cookies, you must have cookies enabled in order to browse much of the Website and to access any areas reserved for registered users.

How do we use your data?

We use your data to provide you with the information you have requested when you sign up for our mailing list or purchase a book from us or enter into some other contractual arrangement with us. The partner we work with for email marketing is Mailchimp, and you can read their privacy policy here. We also use your data to process orders and respond to requests made on our website, which may require working with vetted partners to process, package, mail, and deliver purchases or requests. We only pass on your personal details for processing to partners who have confirmed they abide by the requirements of GDPR legislation. Blue Magpie Books never sells personal data.

Blue Magpie Books will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal data, however internet usage is not entirely secure. For this reason, we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data which is transferred from you or to you via the internet. We are committed to notifying the ICO promptly should we become aware of any data breach.

How do we store your data?

We store information securely on our computers and use secure methods when transferring data. Only authorised personnel access personal data via password protected systems.

How long will we keep your personal information?

We will hold your data until you request we remove it. This includes manuscript submissions, requests for material, purchases and mailing list subscriptions.

Social media

Please note that we operate a number of social media pages (including Facebook and Twitter). This policy covers how Blue Magpie Books will use any data collected from those pages, but it does not cover how those social media platforms use your personal information. Please ensure you read the privacy policy of the social media forum in question to control how your data is used.

What are your rights surrounding personal data?

* The right in certain circumstances to have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed;
* The right to prevent your data being used for direct marketing;
* The right of access to a copy of the information we hold about you (known as a subject access request).

If you wish to exercise any of these rights please contact publisher@bluemagpie.co

How can you withdraw your consent?

You can request that we delete your data and remove your name from our records at any time, by contacting publisher@bluemagpie.co.

How can you register a complaint?

If you have a complaint about how Blue Magpie Books has used your personal information, please email publisher@bluemagpie.co

If you wish, you can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office here: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/