Our Policies

Last Updated: 25 May 2018

Our site uses cookies and other similar technologies to distinguish you from other users of our site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse and allows us to improve our site.

You can always change your preferences by changing your cookie usage settings. See Manage cookies for instructions.

Understanding cookies

Our cookies can be classified into the following 3 categories:

Essential cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our site, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

Performance cookies

These allow us to measure and improve performance providing you with a better user experience. Without these cookies the site may not perform or look as expected.

Advertising and Online marketing

These cookies record your visit to our site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties.

Manage cookies

Some cookies are essential in order to shop at thebookpeople.co.uk and in the event you do reject cookies this may impair the functionality of the website.

Most web browsers (such as Internet Explorer, FireFox and Safari) are set to automatically accept cookies as the by default setting. If you don’t want to receive cookies or other tracking technologies, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies or to prompt you before accepting such a cookie. You can also delete cookies that have already been set. The "Help" function within your browser should tell you how.

If you use your browser settings to block or refuse all cookies (including essential cookies), this will affect your use of our site and you will lose some of the functionality including the ability to login and checkout.

Please also visit www.allaboutcookies.org for more information about cookies and how to disable them.

About the cookies we use:

Essential cookies:

• The Book People

  These session cookies enable basic site behaviours such as navigation, session status, authentication, mini-basket information & affiliate conversion tracking.

• Rich Relevance

  Cookies from this tool drive our on-site marketing and promotional content. This tool uses anonymous personalisation for product recommendations.
  
  You can opt out of product personalisation here:  www.richrelevance.com/privacy/opt-out/

• Cookie Consent

  This tool enables us to gather and remember your consent for the use of cookies on our site. 

• CloudFlare

  These cookies allow us to efficiently serve images and resources to our site.

Performance cookies:

• Google Analytics

  These cookies enable us to analyse site usage enabling us to market to our customer more effectively, to estimate our audience size and to conduct research and diagnostics to improve our site.

• ContentSquare

  ContentSquare is a solution which aggregates usage and frequency data to allow us to analyse and improve user experience. Statistics created are anonymous.
  
  You may opt to be excluded from monitoring here:  http://optout.contentsquare.net/

• HotJar

  HotJar is a solution which aggregates usage and frequency data to allow us to analyse and improve user experience. Statistics created are anonymous.
  
  You may opt to be excluded from monitoring here:  https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out

• VWO

  VWO is a testing solution which aggregates usage and frequency data to allow us to test, analyse and improve user experience. Statistics created are anonymous.
  
  You may opt to be excluded from site tests and monitoring here:  https://vwo.com/opt-out/

Advertising & Online marketing cookies:

• Google Adwords ( doubleclick)

  These cookies enable us to track the effectiveness of our advertising spend with the search engine Google.

• Bing Ads

  These cookies enable us to track the effectiveness of our advertising spend with the search engine Bing.

• Facebook

  Allows you to share your views on our products via social media.

• Twitter

  Allows you to share your views on our products via social media.

• Pinterest

  Allows you to share your views on our products via social media.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Policy are welcomed and should be made in writing to the following address:

Data Supervisor,
The Book People,
Bryn Derwen,
Parc Menai,
LL57 4FB.

Alternatively, you can contact us directly at dataprotection@thebookpeople.co.uk