Boydell and Brewer Privacy Policy
Last updated: 18/03/26
1. Introduction
At Boydell & Brewer Limited, we take your privacy seriously. This policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit boydellandbrewer.com.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
Directly Provided: Name, email address, phone number, and any details you provide via contact forms or account registration.
Automatically Collected: IP address, browser type, operating system, and your interaction with our site (e.g., pages viewed).
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your data to:
Provide and maintain our services (e.g., fulfilling orders).
Respond to your enquiries or provide customer support.
Send marketing communications (only if you have opted in).
Improve our website through analytics.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your data under the following legal grounds:
Consent: Where you have given us clear permission.
Contract: To fulfill a service you requested.
Legitimate Interests: To improve our business and user experience.
5. Sharing Your Data
We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with trusted third parties to operate our site, such as
Technology and service provider (Glassboxx).
Hosting and cloud hosting service providers (Nexcess, Cloudflare).
Payment processors (e.g., PayPal, Stripe, G Pay).
Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics, Sourcebuster).
Governmental agencies or other companies assisting us in fraud prevention or investigation.
We may do so when:
permitted or required by law; or,
trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions; or,
investigating fraud which has already taken place.
Information is not provided to companies for marketing purposes.
6. E-newsletters
We use a third party provider, Mailchimp, to deliver our monthly e-newsletters. We gather statistics around email openings and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletters. We do not use or collect anyone’s data that has not given us permission by signing up to receive our newsletter. For more information, please see Mailchimp’s privacy notice.
You can unsubscribe from our mailing lists at any time by clicking ‘unsubscribe’ or ‘subscription preferences’ at the bottom of any marketing email that you receive from Boydell & Brewer. Alternatively, you can email us at [email protected] and request to see what your preferences are and/or if you wish to be removed.
7. WordPress
We use a third party service, WordPress, to publish our blog. This blog is run using the WordPress platform. We use a standard WordPress Plugin called Jetpack to collect anonymous information about users’ activity on the site, for example the number of users viewing pages on the site, to monitor and report on the effectiveness of the site and help us improve it.
If you wish to unsubscribe from our ‘new blog post’ emails, you can do so at anytime by clicking ‘unsubscribe’ or ‘manage subscriptions’ at the bottom of these marketing emails. Alternatively, you can email us at [email protected] and request to be removed.
8. Learned and Local History Societies
Boydell & Brewer represent a number of learned and local history societies. Any and all mailings of books and other material that the company undertakes on behalf of these societies will be handled by our international distributor, Wiley Distribution Ltd. Neither Boydell & Brewer nor Wiley will use the information given by these societies for any purpose other than the mailings or related activities commissioned by the societies.
9. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience. View our Cookie Policy.
10. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you have the right to:
Access: Request a copy of the data we hold about you.
Rectify: Ask us to correct inaccurate information.
Erase: Request that we delete your personal data.
Withdraw Consent: Opt-out of marketing at any time.
11. Data Security
Your personally identifiable information is kept secure. Only authorized employees, agents and contractors (who have agreed to keep information secure and confidential) have access to this information. All emails and newsletters from this site allow you to opt out of further mailings.
We use industry-standard security measures (such as SSL encryption) to protect your data from unauthorised access.
10. Email Confidentiality
Emails and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individuals to whom they are addressed.
If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or forward or store or copy the information in any medium.
Please then delete your copy from your system. Although emails and any attachments are believed to be free from any virus or other defect which might affect any system into which they are opened or received, it is the responsibility of the recipient to check that they are virus free and that they will in no way affect systems and data. No responsibility is accepted by Boydell & Brewer Limited for any loss or damage arising in any way from their receipt, opening or use.
Please also note that any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Boydell & Brewer Limited unless explicitly stated otherwise. The author of the email is not authorized to conclude any contract on behalf of Boydell & Brewer Limited by email.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer at:
Email: [email protected]
Registered Office:
Boydell & Brewer Limited
Bridge Farm Business Park,
Top Street,
Martlesham,
Suffolk
IP12 4RB
UK
Registered Number:
961446 (England)
