Privacy policy
When you use and register on acabininthebooks.com, some of your personal data is collected by the Website publisher, A Cabin in the Books.
Definition of Website users’ ‘personal data’:
Any information about an individual who is identified or is capable of being identified, either directly or indirectly, with reference to an identification number or one or more elements specific to that individual. To determine whether a person is identifiable, consideration should be given to all the means available or accessible to the data controller or any other person, which can be used to identify the individual’
Accordingly, all the information that can be used to identify you either directly or indirectly, such as your first name, surname, telephone number, e-mail address, IP address, etc., is personal data.
The purposes for which Website users’ personal data is collected
A cabin in the books collects your personal data to allow you to set up an account, which you will need to make purchases on the Website.
Your data may also be used to send you the Website newsletter, for statistical purposes in order to assess the number of visitors to the Website, or to send you any special offer.
The person responsible for collecting and processing Website users’ personal data
Only a limited number of people have access to your personal data. Primarily, the two people mentioned on the team and some people that carry out technical work relating to the operation of the Website may also have access to your personal data, such as the website hosting company, Digital Ocean.
When A cabin in the books forwards personal data concerning Website users to these companies, it only provides the required data and ensures that these companies duly protect and do not disclose such data.
The data we collect about you
When you use the Website, it automatically collects your IP address and information concerning your use of the Website (sections browsed, etc.).
The Website uses cookies to improve the quality of the Website and to fulfil users’ expectations, for example by facilitating your browsing experience.
Generally, cookies do not cause any harm to users’ computers, and you are free to accept or reject cookies by configuring your Internet browser accordingly.
Your rights
You may object to your personal data being processed by A cabin in the books provided you have a valid reason for doing so.
Furthermore, you may access the personal information held about you by us at any time and request that it be amended, corrected or deleted.
Accordingly, you may ask us whether the company has any personal data about you and, if it does, ask for the data to be sent to you.
By exercising this right of access, you can therefore control whether the data we have collected about you is accurate and, if necessary, ask A cabin in the Books to correct, complete, update or delete your personal data.
It is however essential that you exercise this right yourself, by providing your first name, surname and e-mail address, so that we can check that the personal data at issue indeed concerns you.
In order to exercise these rights, you can email us at [email protected]
Protecting your personal data
Shakespeare and Company takes appropriate steps to ensure that the personal data about you that is collected on the Website is not lost, corrupted, consulted, amended or disclosed by an unauthorised third party, unless the data must be disclosed pursuant to an applicable regulation, particularly at the request of a judicial authority, the police or any other authority authorised by law to do so.
Users are also responsible for protecting their personal data. Members agree not to share their account and to notify A cabin in the books immediately of any unauthorised use of their account.
How long do we keep your personal data?
The personal data you provide to us will be destroyed three years after you last logged onto the Website, and will therefore become anonymous. Accordingly, the following will be deleted after three years:
- your first name and surname;
- your postal address;
- your e-mail address; and
- the history of your IP connections.
To enable members to regain access to their account if they forget their password after not logging in for a long time, users’ e-mail addresses are retained for security purposes. Users may however choose to have their e-mail address deleted by changing the information included in their profile in ‘My account’ section of the Website.
Personal Data Charter Amendment
A cabin in the books reserves the right to amend this Personal Data Charter at any time and without notice, particularly if a law or regulation is amended or if the company introduces new services.
You are therefore invited to regularly consult the current version of the Charter, which is permanently available on the homepage of the Website.
Should you have any questions concerning the Personal Data Charter of the Website or wish to obtain any further information, please email us at [email protected]