Privacy & Cookies

This privacy policy is for the website www.notthenormbooks.com and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. The data controller for this site is Heather Ogden.

The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.

We may change this privacy notice from time to time by updating this page in order to reflect changes in the law and/or our privacy practices. We encourage you to check this privacy notice for changes whenever you visit our website. Current version effective 12 March 2021.

By clicking on the contact form submit button you agree to Not The Norm Books sending you occasional information about new books, sales, giveaways, and give you advance previews of book covers and content from upcoming releases. Only your name and email address are collected. The information you provide when you join the mailing list will never be sold. It will also not be shared with anyone, except as permitted by applicable law. If at any point you do no longer wish to be on the mailing list, please use the unsubscribe link in the email or use the website contact form to state that you are no longer interested in receiving the newsletter.

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

You are not required to provide personally identifiable information (PII) to visit and browse Not The Norm Books' website. We do not track users after they visit the site or provide data to third party users.

Reasonable technical precautions will be taken to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your PII. Your email address or any other PII will not be provided to any other person, other than if required to be disclosed by law or in connection with any actual or threatened legal proceeding.

Please do not disclose the PII of any other person without that person’s consent.

The books on this site are intended for the readership of children, however we ask that minors do not submit any PII. Parents or Guardians are responsible for monitoring their child's use of the internet.
We do not knowingly or intentionally process the personal information of any individual under the age of 16.

We may use third party tools to store your personal data and keep your information safe, such as a CRM System, cloud storage or email marketing software, as well as our own hard drives and data storage systems.

Not The Norm Books website is currently only using cookies for analytics. This may change in future updates of the site, without warning, and you are uncouraged to check this policy for any changes on subsequent visits.

Cookies are small files that hold information; they are placed on your computer when you access websites or use apps on your device. The data contained in the cookie can be retrieved by the website or app that placed them there. They can also be accessed by websites or apps that have been authorised to use them by the site or app that first dropped them.

Some cookies only exist for a short period of time, and are then automatically deleted by your device. Others last for longer – called 'persistent cookies'. These can be used to analyse multiple site visits over time, or customise the content that's displayed.

Some cookies are set by the website or app you're visiting; these are called 'first party' cookies. Others may be set by a third party when you use a site or app – for example, by a tool built into the website, or by an advertising network that displays adverts on the site or in the app.

Read more about cookies on the site of the UK Information Commissioner's Office (who regulate data usage).

This website may include hyperlinks to other websites. By clicking on a link you may leave our website and go to theirs. In this case, the cookies policy set out on the third party's website will apply. As this won't be controlled by us, you should read their policy to find out what information is being collected and how it's used.

Under data protection laws you have rights in relation to your personal data that include the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, transfer, to object to processing, to portability of data and (where the lawful ground of processing is consent) to withdraw consent. You can find out more about these rights at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please email data@notthenormbooks.com

You can browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari). You can restrict, remove or block cookies through your browser settings at any time.

Guidance can be found at http://www.aboutcookies.org where you can find out more about Cookies, including how to control, opt-out and delete them.