Alma Books Privacy Policy and Legal Statement

ALMA BOOKS has made a commitment to protecting the privacy of our readers online. Below you will read how we do this.

Information collected by us

* We collect email addresses.
* From time to time we may ask you for further information, for example if you buy a book or enter one of our competitions.

How we use your information

The information you give us is used to help us record how our website is used by the public. This, in turn, helps us to improve our site, and to send you useful information about us and our products which we think may be of interest to you, both electronically or by post.

Sharing information:

We never sell or share your personal information with others.

There are a number of links to other websites on our site. If you go to their sites, they may register your information. Such sites are not covered by this privacy statement as they are not within our purview and control.

Should we decide that your use of our site is unlawful or damaging to others, we reserve the right to disclose the information we have obtained through the site about you to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in our opinion to prevent, remedy or take action in relation to such conduct.

Data Protection and Security:

For sales through the Alma website, Paypal – on behalf of Alma Books – will require personal information from you such as your name, billing address, email address, contact telephone number, payment card information for the purpose of processing and fulfilling your sales order. They will collect, hold and process that information including passing such elements of this information on to third parties or an agent acting on their behalf, as is necessary for that purpose. They will require that any such third party or agent must process your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Paypal will also retain information relating to your sales history so that you can check your own order history in the My Account section. By ordering books from this site, you are agreeing that Alma Books may use the information you provide and information about your account for marketing purposes, including marketing by email if you have indicated that you wish to receive email marketing from Alma Books.

Personal / credit card information is encoded using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology before being transmitted over the Internet. Furthermore, to protect your data your credit card information is always stored in encrypted form in a database that is separate from our website database, and is not connected to the Internet.

Legal Notice:

The following terms and conditions apply to your use of this website hosted by Alma Books Ltd and/or its various affiliates or subsidiaries:

Copyright and Trademarks:

All materials on this web site are the copyright of Alma Books Ltd or are reproduced with permission from other copyright owners. All rights are reserved. The materials on this web site may be retrieved and downloaded solely for personal use. No materials may otherwise be copied, modified, published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written permission of Alma Books Ltd.

For information on obtaining permission to reproduce or translate Alma Books' copyright material, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Disclaimer:

Alma Books makes no warranties or representations of any kind concerning the accuracy or suitability of the information contained on this website for any purpose. All such information is provided "as is" and with specific disclaimer of any warranties of merchantability, fitness for purpose, title and/or non-infringement. Alma Books makes no warranties or representations of any kind that the services provided by this web site will be uninterrupted , error-free or that the website or the server that hosts the web site are free from viruses or other forms of harmful computer code. In no event shall Alma Books, its employees or agents be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential damages resulting from the use of this website. This exclusion and limitation only applies to the extent permitted by law and is without prejudice to any express provisions to the contrary in any written licence or subscription agreement from Alma Books in respect of the use of any online service provided via this website.

Links:

Links to other web sites are provided by Alma Books in good faith and for information only. Alma Books disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any website linked to this site.

Interactive material:

Sections of this site may allow users to post their own material. Materials posted by users do not necessarily reflect the views of Alma Books. By posting materials on this site, you represent that you have all necessary rights in and to such materials and that such materials will not infringe any personal or proprietary rights of any third parties, nor will such materials be defamatory, unlawful, threatening, obscene or otherwise objectionable.

Alma Books reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to review, edit or delete any material posted by users which we deem defamatory, unlawful, threatening, obscene or otherwise objectionable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Alma Books expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for any material communicated by third parties through this website.

From time to time we may review this policy in the light of comments we receive so please always refer to the latest version of this document. If you have any questions specifically about Privacy please do not hesitate to contact us.