1. Hachette Partworks Limited ("Hachette") is committed to
protecting your privacy. This privacy policy explains how we use
the information we collect about you, how you can instruct us if
you prefer to limit the use of that information, and the procedures
that we have in place to safeguard your privacy.
2. We collect information about you when you subscribe to or
purchase any of our Partworks or when you register with us.
We also collect information about you when you answer surveys,
participate in competitions, provide feedback and through other
features available on the website.
3. We will use your information for the purposes of fulfilling
your subscription or order. In order to do this, we will pass your
details to our fulfillment house and from time to time to other
partners.. We will also use your information to manage your account
and, unless you have told us not to, to contact you about other
Hachette products. If you have agreed at the time of providing the
information, we will also provide your information to other
reputable companies so that they can inform you of their products
and services.
4. When you pay on our site, you will notice that payment may be
collected by Sagepay.com who will also hold your personal
information and have a privacy policy.
5. Cookies. We use cookies on this website. A cookie
is a small text file which is placed on your computer's hard drive,
allowing your computer to be recognized by our website when you
next access it. This may allow us to collect information about you,
but that information will be used in accordance with this privacy
policy. If you do not wish to allow our cookies, most
browsers have settings to allow you to refuse or to accept cookies
and you can alter these settings. If you do so, some features
of the site may be unavailable or less easy to use.
6. To process orders and payments, we utilize industry-standard
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to allow for the encryption
of potentially sensitive information during transmission.
7. It is important for you to protect against unauthorised
access to your account and to your computer and so please ensure
that you have signed off when using a shared computer.
9. If our business is sold or integrated with another business
your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective
purchasers and their advisers and will be passed on to the new
owners of the business.
By submitting your personal information, you
consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy.
If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this
page, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and
how we use it at all times. Continued use of the service will
signify that you agree to any such changes.