Privacy Policy

BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD WEBSITE PRIVACY NOTICE (UK)

This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, and disclosed by the Barbara Taylor Bradford Trust (“Company”), and applies to the personal information collected when you use or access our site (“Site”). Our provisioning of the Site is referred to herein as the “Services”.

WHAT INFORMATION AND WHY

We collect and use the following information to provide, improve, and protect our Services as described below:

Newsletter. If you subscribe to our newsletter services, you will be required to provide us with personal information such as your name and email address. You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link or other instructions provided in the newsletter.

Form Submission for Copyright and Media Inquiries. If you apply for permission to reproduce material by Barbara Taylor Bradford or submit media inquiries through our Site, you will be required to provide us with personal information such as your name, company or organization name, phone number, and email address.

Usage, Device and Log Information. We collect information about you when you access and use the Site including your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, approximate geolocation, access times, browser type and language, Web pages you visit, device information, and other actions you take, in order to provide, maintain and improve our Services, as well as to develop new Services.

Cookies and other tracking technologies. We may use various technologies to collect information, which includes cookies. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us to improve the Services and your experience. You can set your browser to not accept cookies, but this may limit your ability to use the full functionality of this Site. We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. The cookies that are categorized as “Necessary” are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site, such as adjusting your consent preferences. We also use the following categories of third-party cookies that help us analyze how you use this website, store your preferences, and provide the content that is relevant to you. You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies, but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience.

• • • Functional. Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like collecting feedback and other third-party features.
    • Analytics. Analytics cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
    • Performance. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

Collection and Use of Aggregate Information. We may use aggregate information (not containing personal information) to analyze trends, administer the Site, track users’ movements, and gather broad demographic information on aggregate use.

WITH WHOM

Service Providers: Company uses certain trusted third parties to provide certain services for our business purposes including website hosting, data analysis, serving newsletters and IT services. These third parties will access your personal information only to provide the Services on our behalf.

We use Google Analytics, which is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms webpage: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Compliance with Laws: We may disclose your personal information to a third party (a) if we believe that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (b) to enforce our agreements or policies, (c) to protect the security or integrity of the Services from harm or illegal activities; (d) to respond to an emergency which we believe in good faith requires us to disclose information to assist in preventing the death or serious bodily injury of any person; or (e) with your prior written consent.

Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during the negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of the business to another Company.

External Websites: The Site may provide links to other websites over which Company does not have control, such as shopping sites that offer for sale Ms. Bradford’s books, films and other media (“External Websites”). Such links do not constitute an endorsement by Company of those External Websites. You acknowledge that Company is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and further agree that Company is not responsible for the content of such External Websites. Your use of External Websites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies located on the External Websites.

YOUR RIGHT TO CONTROL AND ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your Information: You may update, correct or delete information about you at any time by emailing us at office@barbarataylorbradfordtrust.com

Retention Policy: We will retain your Personal Information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy unless a longer period is required for legal or compliance purposes.

Do Not Track. Some browsers offer a “do not track” (“DNT”) option. We do not respond to DNT signals.

EU & UK Users. EU and UK users have several rights with respect to their personal data including the following: (i) the right to be informed (ii) the right of access; (iii) the right of rectification; (iv) the right of erasure; (v) the right to restrict processing; (vi) the right of data portability; (vii) the right to object to processing; and (viii) the rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling. EU users also have the right to lodge a complaint about the collection or use of their personal information by notifying their EU (or UK) supervisory authority. Company’s legal bases for collecting and processing EU or UK users’ personal data are performance of a contract and/or consent. Your personal data may be collected, transferred to and stored by us in the United States and in other countries. Therefore, your personal data may be processed outside your country or jurisdiction, including in places that may not provide the same level of protection. We have implemented safeguards to ensure an adequate level of protection where your personal data is transferred. Please feel free to contact us regarding this or any other EU or UK data subject right at office@barbarataylorbradfordtrust.com if you have any questions about these rights.

US Users. Depending on the state of residence of US users, US users have certain additional rights with respect to their personal data including the following: (i) the right to know; (ii) the right to delete; (iii) the right to opt out; (iv) the right to withdraw consent; (v) the right to rectification; and (vi) the right to access. We have implemented safeguards to ensure an adequate level of protection of these rights. Additional rights consumers have with respect to personal information that are required by certain U.S. State laws are described above in the US Privacy notice section.

SECURITY

We employ industry standard technological measures that are reasonably designed to help protect your personal information from loss, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. While we take reasonable efforts to guard personal information, no security system is impenetrable.

INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM CHILDREN

This Site and our Services are not directed at children under the age of 13. Company does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at office@barbarataylorbradfordtrust.com

CHANGES

Company may need to update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our Services and the laws applicable to our provision of the Services to you. If we do change this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by revising the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy on the Site. Company encourages you to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Your continued use of this Site or the Services and/or continued provision of personal information to us after the posting of such notice will be subject to the terms of the then-current Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any applicable change, you will need to stop using the Site and the Services.

CONTACT

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at office@barbarataylorbradfordtrust.com

Last Updated & Effective Date: 07.10.24

BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD WEBSITE (U.S. STATES PRIVACY NOTICE)

This U.S. States Privacy Notice (“Notice”) supplements the information in, and is part of, the Barbara Taylor Bradford Website Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”). This Notice discloses information related to our privacy practices required by certain U.S. State laws which include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.

This Notice is not intended to apply to Personal Information we collect about our employees, applicants for employment, or contractors in the employment context.

1. WHY WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Barbara Taylor Bradford Trust Privacy Policy describes the Personal Information we collect and our uses of Personal Information (see “What Information and Why” section of the Privacy Policy).

2. WITH WHOM WE SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Barbara Taylor Bradford Trust Privacy Policy provides information regarding the categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information (see ”With Whom” section of the Privacy Policy).

3. YOUR RIGHTS

Your state’s law may allow you to have certain rights, such as:

• Right to know. You may receive information regarding the categories of Personal Information we collected, the sources from which we collected Personal Information, the purposes for which we collected and shared Personal Information, the categories of Personal Information that we sold and the categories of third parties to whom the Personal Information was sold, and the categories of Personal Information that we disclosed for a business purpose in the 12 months preceding your request.
• Right to deletion. You may request that we delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your request, in compliance with applicable laws. Please note, however, that we may need to keep such information pursuant to applicable law.
• Opt out of sale or share of personal information. You have the right to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information, as those terms are defined under respective state privacy laws. See the CookieYes policy on the CookieYes plugin on the bottom left-side of the website.
• Right to Withdraw Consent. You may have the right to withdraw consent to the collection and sharing of information.
• Rectification. You have the right to correct inaccurate information.
• Right to data portability/access. You may be entitled to receive the specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected in the 12 months preceding your request, including, where applicable, in an electronic and readily-usable format.

4. HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Notice or would like to contact us, you can do so by emailing us at office@barbarataylorbradfordtrust.com

We are required to verify the requests we receive from you when you exercise certain rights listed above. We (or third parties we engage to assist us) may ask you to provide certain information to us in order for us to verify your request. You may also designate an authorized agent to exercise your rights on your behalf.

In addition to these rights, pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents who share personal information with us have the right to request and obtain from us once per year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their Personal Information (if any) for direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of Personal Information disclosed to those parties. If you would like to exercise this right, please use the contact information set forth above to contact us.

You may opt out and we honor certain technologies broadcasting an opt-out preference signal, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC) if you are a resident of certain states. This occurs, or you may enable GPC, on the browsers and/or browser extensions that support such a signal. This request will be linked to your browser identifier only. You have a right to appeal a decision made by Barbara Taylor Bradford Trust, as applicable in your state.

We make every effort to fulfill your request, however, we reserve the right to deny requests as allowed by applicable state law, such as where we have a reasonable belief that the request is fraudulent, where your identity cannot be confirmed, or where Barbara Taylor Bradford Trust must retain your information consistent with applicable law. If you would like to submit an appeal please email office@barbarataylorbradfordtrust.com, and please explain your concerns and provide the email associated with your account so we may properly review your data rights request history.

Our response to your appeal will inform you of decisions and actions in response to your appeal, including an explanation of the reasons for the decisions. You may freely exercise these rights without fear of discrimination or retaliation.

5. CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The information below reflects Barbara Taylor Bradford Trust’s current practices and practices during the past twelve months.

6. UPDATES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE

We may update our Privacy Notice from time to time. When we do, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. We will obtain your consent to any material Privacy Notice changes if and where this is required by applicable data protection laws. You can see when this Privacy Notice was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Notice.

Last Updated: 07.10.24

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