Privacy Policy
(updated 10th May 2012)
Barter Books Ltd recognises the concern of our customers regarding privacy of information. All information you give to Barter Books Ltd is stored securely, and is not accessible to other users.
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully (in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998).
We collect information about you for 2 reasons: firstly, to process your order and second, to provide you with the best possible service.
We will e-mail you to keep you up to date with your orders.
The type of information we will collect about you includes:
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your name
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address
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phone number
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email address
We will never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent.
We will endeavour to keep the information we hold accurate and up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us. If you find any inaccuracies we will delete or correct it promptly.
The personal information which we hold will be held securely in accordance with our internal security policy and the law.
When you place an order with Barter Books Ltd the information provided allows us to fulfil your order and notify you of the status of your order. All online payments are fulfilled using a third party service provider, www.sagepay.com. The third party service provider has undertaken to us that they will protect that information, will not pass it on, nor use it for any other purpose than to receive payment from you for your ordered goods..
If we intend to transfer your information outside the EEA (European Economic Area) we will always obtain your consent first.
Barter Books Ltd relies on the use of cookies to process orders. Whilst you do not need to allow your browser to accept cookies in order to browse much of our website, you must have cookies enabled if you wish to shop on the Barter Books Ltd website.
If you are unhappy with this, we are always pleased to accept orders by email, telephone, fax or letter.
Barter Books Ltd website contains links to other web sites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. We do not accept responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.
Cookies are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which allows the server to uniquely identify the browser on each page. Barter Books Ltd use 'session cookies' which are automatically deleted from your computer when you close your browser. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to place an order on our website.
If you have any questions/comments about privacy, you should email us at bb@barterbooks.co.uk.