Privacy Policy

At bloomsburyonline.com we recognize and respect the importance of maintaining the privacy of our customers. We do not sell, trade, disclose or give-away any information we may have on any of customers or members. Our servers employ industry standard security procedures to protect all our information from unauthorised access. Why do we gather information? We collect information from you for the main purpose of processing and delivering your order, including calculating location specific sales taxes, shipping and delivery charges. We do not disclose or make available any of your personal information to any third parties under any circumstances. What information do we gather? To ensure bloomsburyonline.com is a secure, safe, personalised and user-friendly shopping environment we require you to create an account with our site to place an order. In the account creation process we request your name, telephone number, email address, postal address, and other information set forth in the Account Sign Up page. This information is then stored on our server allowing you on your return visits to bloomsburyonline.com to access your account, via entering your username & password, which enables you to process your orders faster, track your previous orders, save your shopping cart items to purchase at later date. Other information required in the Checkout procedure, such as billing address, payment and credit card information (if this is your chosen payment method). If the products purchased are a gift, we require the recipients name, address and contact phone number for delivery "Cookies" - What are they & how do we use them? Once you have created an account with bloomsburyonline.com and logged in to our site, a "cookie" is created in your temporary internet cache. A "cookie" is a small harmless file which gives you a numeric user ID and stores information required to log in to our website ( your username & password). We use cookies to allow bloomsburyonline.com to automatically recognise if you are a returning customer, this means you will always be logged in to your account when visiting bloomsburyonline.com. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but most allow you to instruct your browser to prevent the use of cookies. However, if you disable this feature, certain aspects of bloomsburyonline.com may not function properly. Security You can order with complete confidence at bloomsburyonline.com, our e-commerce system uses SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) the industry standard for encryption technology used to create a secure transaction environment, provided by GeoTrust Quick SSL 128 bit Digital Security Certificate. This technology encrypts all the information you have entered prior to transmission through our online payment transaction gateway. This technology works best when the site is viewed using Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Mailing List/Newsletter Our bloomsburyonline.com E-Newsletter is permission-based, and used to provide information and special promotions to our customers, if you elected to receive our newsletter you can unsubscribe at anytime by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of your latest or next newsletter from bloomsburyonline.com. Alternatively you can go to the Modify Profile page and uncheck the subscription box for the bloomsburyonline.com Newsletter. Changing Your Details You can make changes to your information provided to bloomsburyonline.com by clicking on "Modify Profile ". Your Consent and Changes to this Policy Subject to the above provisions, by using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of information by us and the terms of this Privacy Policy. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time and we will post those changes so that you are always aware of what information we collect, and how we use it. If you have any comments or questions regarding our privacy policy please email us at order@bloomsburyonline.com