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Privacy Notice
The website www.railbluebooks.co.uk is operated for the sole purpose of providing information about, and selling railway books.
The functionality of the website is provided by Squarespace (www.squarespace.com) and Richard Harper is the data controller for www.railbluebooks.co.uk. Where the pages link out to services provided by other organisations, their own privacy policies will apply. These are managed separately by each service provider.
The personal data collected from you includes:
questions, queries or feedback you leave, including your email address if you use a form on the website to contact rsh.rail@yahoo.co.uk
your email address if you confirm you wish to receive email alerts
your Internet Protocol (IP) address, and details of which version of web browser you used
information on how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques
Squarespace and Google Analytics software are used to collect information about how you use www.railbluebooks.co.uk.
Squarespace and Google Analytics store information about:
the pages you visit on www.railbluebooks.co.uk
how long you spend on each www.railbluebooks.co.uk page
how you got to the site
what you click on while you’re visiting the site
Your personal information is not collected or stored through Squarespace or Google Analytics (for example your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
Squarespace and Google Analytics collect information to monitor how you use the site. This is to help:
make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users
make improvements, for example improving site search
Data is also collected in order to send email alerts to users who request them.
The legal basis for processing personal data in relation to site security is our legitimate interests, and the legitimate interests of our users, in ensuring the security and integrity of www.railbluebooks.co.uk.
The legal basis for processing all other personal data is that it is necessary to perform a task.
The data collected is never shared with any other organisations. It may be shared with the technology suppliers, for example the hosting provider.
Your data will not:
be sold or rented to third parties
be shared with third parties for marketing purposes
Your data will be shared if it is required to do so by law – for example, by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime.
Your personal data will only be retained for as long as:
it is needed for the purposes set out in this document
the law requires it
Your email data will be kept until you unsubscribe. Your feedback data will be kept for up to 2 years.
The systems used to process your data are designed, built and run to make sure that your data is as safe as possible at all stages, both while it’s processed and when it’s stored.
All personal data is stored in the European Economic Area (EEA). Squarespace and Google Analytics data may be transferred outside the EEA, but this cannot be used to personally identify you.
Everything possible is done to keep your data secure. Systems and processes are used to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of your data – for example, your data is protected using varying levels of encryption.
You have the right to request:
information about how your personal data is processed
a copy of that personal data
that anything inaccurate in your personal data is corrected immediately
You can also:
raise an objection about how your personal data is processed
request that your personal data is erased if there is no longer a justification for it
ask that the processing of your personal data is restricted in certain circumstances
If you have any of these requests, please contact rsh.rail@yahoo.co.uk.
If you go to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.
This privacy policy may be changed. In that case, the ‘last updated’ date at the bottom of this page will also change. Any changes to this privacy policy will apply to you and your data immediately.
If these changes affect how your personal data is processed, reasonable steps will be taken to let you know.
Please get in contact if you:
have a question about anything in this privacy notice
think that your personal data has been misused or mishandled
Please email rsh.rail@yahoo.co.uk.
Last updated 7 October 2019