Your personal information is being processed by Canongate Books Limited (“we”). We are committed to managing your personal information in accordance with current legislation and best practice. Our aim is to be responsible, relevant and secure when using your data.

Whenever you provide personal information we will treat that information in accordance with the consent that you have expressly given us. We endeavour at all times to keep your data accurate and secure, and to honour your data preferences with regard to receipt of direct marketing e.g. postal communications, email, mobile messaging and telephone calls. Should you wish at any time to stop receiving anything from us, please let us know and we will remove your details from our database.

We may use third party suppliers to provide part of our service to you. In some circumstances these providers may be based in countries outside the European Economic Area whose laws provide for a different standard of protection for your personal information than that provided under UK Law. In such circumstances we will have in place strict contractual arrangements that will require your information is processed securely, at least to a standard equivalent to the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and where relevant the supplier must be signed up to EU-US Privacy Shield July 2016.

Your personal data will not be disclosed to state institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation. Before we release data on this basis, we will ensure that the information is being provided to a genuine and properly authorised investigation. If we are not satisfied that there are valid grounds for releasing the information, the Data Protection Act does not oblige us to do so. If we refuse to release the information, law enforcement agencies may obtain a court order requiring us to provide it.

Cookies are small files stored on your device that help a website store information and operate correctly. We only use cookies that are necessary for the website to function, maintain security, and protect against misuse. We do not use cookies for advertising or behavioural tracking.

WordPress uses its own cookies for essential site functions, such as keeping you logged in if you have an account.

We use the Wordfence security plugin to help protect this website against hacking attempts, spam, and other malicious activity. As part of these security measures, Wordfence may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser details, and login-related events to detect and prevent threats.

Our analytics are provided by Plausible Analytics, a privacy-focused service that doesn’t use cookies. We use it to see how many people visit which pages and to spot general trends, without tracking individual visitors.

Security

Security logs are stored on our server for 30 days and are then automatically deleted.

You can read more about Wordfence cookies and privacy practices here.

Redirects

We use a redirect management plugin to identify broken links. It keeps basic technical logs (such as browser type) for one week, with no IP address collected.

Legitimate interests

We rely on our legitimate interests in maintaining the security, integrity, and proper operation of this website as the legal basis for using cookies and other technical measures, and for processing related technical information.

You will always be given a straightforward way to opt out from our direct marketing each time you receive a communication from us.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you have the right to access your personal information (subject to certain exemptions). If you wish to find out what information, if any, we hold that relates to you, you must make your request in writing. You can help us to process your request by providing us with information that will help us identify records we hold that relate to you. For example your name, address, email address, telephone number.

Please send your request to The Data Controller, Canongate Books Limited, 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE, or by email to
info@canongate.co.uk with the subject line ‘FAO The Data Controller’.

Canongate Books Limited security policies, rules and technical measures have been implemented to protect your personal information from unauthorised or improper use and from accidental loss.

All our employees and data processors that have access to, and are associated with, the processing of your personal information are legally obliged to respect the confidentiality of your data and are bound by contract to do so.

Note that some of our social media sites provide forums and commenting facilities where you can post information. When you do so, be aware that other visitors may collect any information you make public.

If you have an enquiry or concern about our Privacy Notice, please contact: The Data Controller, Canongate Books Limited, 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE, or by email at info@canongate.co.uk with the subject line ‘FAO The Data Controller’. If you are not satisfied with our response you may wish to contact the Information Commissioner via their website.

If we decide to change our Privacy Notice we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and in what circumstances we disclose it.