Privacy & Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

At The Isis Press, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website or purchase our publications, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU 2016/679) and other applicable data protection laws.

2. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:

3. What Personal Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data about you:

• Identity Data: First name, last name.
• Contact Data: Shipping address, billing address, email address, and telephone numbers.
• Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you, and details of products and services you have purchased from us.
• Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system and platform.

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (e.g., delivering purchased books).
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. By law, we have to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial, and Transaction Data) for tax and accounting purposes for a minimum period of time required by local legislation.

6. Your Legal Rights Under GDPR

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Request access to your personal data.
• Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
• Request erasure (the "right to be forgotten") of your personal data.
• Object to processing of your personal data.
• Request restriction of processing of your personal data.
• Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party.
• Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email address above.

7. Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to navigate the website and log into secure areas.
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works.
• Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.