Privacy Statement
Macmillan are committed to protecting your
privacy. Any information we collect from you is used to process orders and
requests and to provide you with more relevant products and services.
Collection and Use of Customer Information
We collect email addresses or other contact details together with any
comments provided to us voluntarily via this web site. We also collect
information on the pages that are visited. All the information you provide
is used to improve the content of our web site and to make contact for
marketing and commercial purposes.
- When you order online, we ask you for your name, email address,
delivery address, credit or debit card number and expiry date. Our
Customer Services department can then process and fulfil your order and
notify you of your order status.
- We also ask for your telephone number which enables us to contact
you urgently if there is a problem with your order or your email
address.
- When you enter a competition or other promotion, we may ask for your
name, address and email address so we can administer the competition and
notify winners.
- We use your comments, specified subject interests and any orders to
shape our recommendations about the books that might be of interest to
you. We also monitor customer traffic patterns and site usage to help us
develop the design and structure of our site.
- We may also use the information we collect to occasionally notify
you about important functionality changes to the web site, new Macmillan
services and special offers we think you will find valuable.
Protection of Customer Information
As required by the UK Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998, we follow
strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information
which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access.
Macmillan uses the industry standard, Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
encryption, to ensure our online ordering facility is fully secured for
credit card transactions. Your credit card details will be transmitted to
Macmillan securely ONLY if you are using a secure connection (SSL) aware
browser.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Macmillan will not sell, trade or rent your personal information to third
parties outside the Macmillan Group.
Your Consent
By using our web site, you consent to the collection and use of your
information by Macmillan Macmillan. Any changes to our privacy
policy will be posted on this page so that you are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we
disclose it.
We welcome comments and suggestions which will help us improve our web
site. Please contact us by email:
hostmaster@macmillan.com
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