Last updated: 18/09/2026
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use personal information when you visit or use this website.
We aim to keep things simple and to respect your privacy.
1. Who we are
This website is operated by Mands Stewart Author.
If you have any questions about how we use your personal information, you can contact us at:
Email: info@mandsstewart.co.uk
2. What information we collect
We may collect the following information:
- your name;
- your email address;
- your postal and delivery address;
- your telephone number, if you provide it;
- details of books you order;
- payment and transaction information;
- any information you provide when you contact us; and
- basic technical information about your visit to the website, such as your IP address and browser type.
We only ask for information that is reasonably necessary for the purposes described below.
3. How we use your information
We may use your personal information to:
- process and deliver book orders;
- take or arrange payment for purchases;
- respond to enquiries;
- communicate with you about an order or enquiry;
- keep appropriate business and financial records;
- maintain and improve the website; and
- comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
We will not use your personal information for unrelated purposes without a lawful basis for doing so.
4. Payment information
Where you buy a book through the website, payments may be processed by a third-party payment provider, such as Stripe or PayPal.
We do not normally see or store your full payment-card details. Those details are handled by the relevant payment provider in accordance with its own privacy policy.
5. Sharing your information
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
We may share information with organisations that need it to provide services to us, for example:
- payment providers;
- postal and delivery services;
- website hosting and technical service providers; and
- professional advisers where reasonably necessary.
We will only share information where there is a lawful basis for doing so and, where appropriate, we will require service providers to keep it secure.
6. How long we keep your information
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
Some information relating to purchases must be retained for longer periods because of legal, accounting or tax requirements.
Information relating to enquiries will normally be deleted or securely disposed of when it is no longer reasonably required.
7. Cookies
This website may use cookies or similar technologies to make the website function properly and, where applicable, to understand how visitors use it.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings.
8. Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. Depending on the circumstances, these include the right to:
- ask what personal information we hold about you;
- ask us to correct inaccurate information;
- ask us to delete information where there is no good reason for us to keep it;
- ask us to restrict how we use your information;
- object to certain uses of your information; and
- receive certain information in a portable format.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe that your personal information has not been handled properly.
9. Keeping your information secure
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
10. Changes to this policy
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy, for example if the way we use personal information changes or if the law changes.
The latest version will always be published on this website.
11. Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or about how we handle your personal information, please contact:
MANDS STEWART
Email: info@mandsstewart.co.uk