Our trading address and contact details can be found on our Contact Page.
Our website address is: https://bitternbooks.co.uk/.
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We will only use the collected data for our own business purposes. We will not share any data with third parties without your express permission, except in the event of the transfer of all or part of the business of Bittern Books in which case your data will be passed on to the new owners of the business.
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If you register on our website, we also store the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except you cannot change your username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
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Privacy is important to us and we do not share your details with any third parties.
We keep details of all customers who have accounts with us and also details of potential and past customers in our records. We keep names, business contact details including phone numbers, addresses and email addresses. We may also collect publicly available information relating to businesses.
We use this data in order to provide a good service to our customers. We may also send you emails, call you or visit you from time to time to inform you of new products that become available and provide other news of our services.
We will only use the collected data for our own business purposes. We will not share any data with third parties without your express permission, except in the event of the transfer of all or part of the business of Bittern Books in which case your data will be passed on to the new owners of the business.
We will store your data only as long as necessary. Basic data for customers who are no longer dealing with us may be kept for up to six years to satisfy accounting and tax regulations.
You may ask us to remove all but essential record keeping data about you at any time. You may unsubscribe to promotional emails by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email, or by request to our normal contact details.
You may contact us using the form on our contact page or by telephone or post to the address also shown on the contact page.
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