Privacy Policy

Last Updated: Wednesday, 15 January, 2025

Welcome to Essentialist Press (“we”, “us”, “our”), the operator of essentialistpress.com (the “Website”). We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our Website visitors, customers, and newsletter subscribers. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data, as well as your rights under UK data protection legislation.

1. Who We Are

  • Company Name: Essentialist Press
  • Website: essentialistpress.com
  • Contact Email: info@essentialistpress.com]
  • Registered Address 29 Chestnut Drive, Ashurst, Southampton, Hampshire. SO40 7DW United Kingdom.

We act as the “data controller” for personal data processed in connection with our Website and services.

2. Personal Data We Collect

2.1 Information Provided by You

  • Newsletter Sign-Up:
    • First Name and Last Name
    • Email Address
  • Purchases and Orders (if applicable):
    • Name
    • Billing and/or delivery address
    • Payment information (processed securely by third-party payment processors)
    • Contact details (such as phone number, if provided)
  • Contacting Us:
    If you contact us by email, contact form, or other means, we may collect the personal data you choose to provide (e.g., your name, email address, message details).

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Time zone setting
  • Operating system and platform
  • Information about how you interact with our Website (e.g., pages visited, links clicked)

We use cookies and similar technologies to collect some of this information. Please see our Cookie Policy for more details.

3. How We Use Your Personal Data

3.1 Newsletter

We use the details you provide (first name, last name, email address) to send you our newsletter and occasional updates, such as special offers, new publications, or relevant news about Essentialist Press. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any newsletter email or by contacting us.

3.2 Order Fulfilment and Customer Service

If you purchase products from us, we will use your personal data to:

  • Process and fulfil your order
  • Communicate with you about the status of your order
  • Provide customer support or address any queries you may have

3.3 Website Functionality and Analytics

We use automatically collected data to:

  • Operate, maintain, and improve our Website’s performance and user experience
  • Diagnose and fix technical issues
  • Analyse usage trends to optimise our services

3.4 Legal and Regulatory Compliance

We may process your personal data to comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal processes, or protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property (or those of third parties).

4. Lawful Basis for Processing

Under the UK GDPR, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases when processing your personal data:

  • Consent: Where you have expressly given your consent (e.g., when signing up for our newsletter).
  • Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract (e.g., fulfilling book orders).
  • Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
  • Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests (e.g., to maintain and improve our Website), and those interests are not overridden by your data protection rights.

5. How We Share Your Personal Data

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. However, we may share your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Service Providers: We may share personal data with trusted third-party service providers who perform functions on our behalf (e.g., payment processors, email marketing platforms, shipping companies). We ensure that these service providers only access and process your personal data as instructed by us and strictly for the purposes of providing their services.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of some or all of our assets, your personal data may be transferred to the acquiring organisation.

6. International Data Transfers

If we transfer your personal data outside of the UK or the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data, such as using the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or another valid transfer mechanism.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including any legal or reporting requirements. For example:

  • Newsletter Subscriptions: We will retain your name and email address for as long as you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, we will remove your data from our mailing list promptly.
  • Orders and Purchases: We retain order details to comply with our legal obligations (e.g., financial reporting) for a minimum period required by law.

8. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have certain rights regarding your personal data. These include:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of your personal data we hold.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You have the right to request that we delete your personal data under certain circumstances.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain situations.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we provide your personal data to you or another organisation in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing or other specific purposes.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on your consent (e.g., newsletter sign-up), you have the right to withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before such withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Your Contact Email]. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

9. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data against loss, theft, and unauthorised access. However, no Internet transmission or electronic storage method is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

10. Third-Party Links

Our Website contains links to other websites operated by third parties. Please note that we do have any control over these sites if listed.