Your Local Bookshop respects your privacy and is committed to protecting any personal information you provide to us.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect your information when you use our website or contact us about our services.
1. Information We May Collect
We may collect basic personal information that you provide to us, such as:
Your name
Your address
Your email address
Your telephone number
Details about books, CDs or DVDs you would like us to collect
Any other information you choose to provide when contacting us
We only collect information that is reasonably necessary to provide our services and communicate with you.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use your information to:
Respond to enquiries
Arrange and carry out free local collections
Communicate with you about our services
Manage our business records
Meet any legal or accounting requirements
We will not use your personal information for unrelated purposes without your permission.
3. Sharing Your Information
We will not sell, rent or otherwise share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.
We may share information with service providers where this is necessary to operate our business, or where we are legally required to do so.
4. How We Protect Your Information
We take reasonable steps to keep your personal information secure and to prevent it from being lost, misused or accessed without permission.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
5. How Long We Keep Your Information
We will only keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including any legal, accounting or business record-keeping requirements.
When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete or dispose of it.
Our website may use cookies or similar technologies to help the website function and to understand how visitors use the site.
Where third-party services are used on our website, those services may also place cookies in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Under UK data protection law, you may have rights regarding the personal information we hold about you. These may include the right to:
Ask what personal information we hold about you
Ask us to correct inaccurate information
Ask us to delete information where there is no good reason for us to keep it
Object to certain uses of your information
Request a copy of the information we hold about you
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact: Your Local Bookshop
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our business, website or legal requirements.
The latest version will always be published on our website.
Last updated: October 2026