What is the Mare Nostrum Group Limited Privacy Policy?
Thank you for visiting mngbookshop.co.uk. This Privacy Policy will tell you:
• What information we collect
• How we may use your information
• How you can limit our sharing of information
Who we are
Mare Nostrum Group Limited (“we”, “our”, “us” in this privacy notice) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. If you have any questions about your personal information, please get in touch by emailing us at [email protected].
Mare Nostrum Group Limited and its subsidiaries (collectively MNG hereafter) recognize the importance of protecting the information gathered from users in the operation of this website and takes reasonable steps to maintain the security, integrity and privacy of any information collected. Although MNG employs reasonable measures in connection with the collection, storage, and disclosure of information through the website, you should be aware that the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from MNG through this website or by e-mail cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, MNG is not responsible for the security of information transmitted via the Internet. By submitting your information to MNG you consent to the practices described herein.
How is your personal data collected?
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
Direct interactions
You may give us your [Identity, Contact and Financial Data] by filling in online forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
• apply for our products or services;
• create an account on our website;
• subscribe to our service or publications;
• request marketing to be sent to you;
• enter a competition, promotion or survey; or
• give us some feedback.
MNG collects information about individuals as provided on a voluntary basis such as during the ordering process, website registration, online courses, certification tests, conference attendance, catalogue requests, surveys, or e-mail subscription requests.
What information we may hold about you
• Identity data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title.
• Contact data includes billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data includes [bank account and payment card details]
• Transaction data includes details of products and services you have purchased from us.
• Technical Data includes [internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website]
• Profile data includes purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses.
• Usage Data includes [information about how you use our website, products and services]
• Marketing and communications data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties, and your communication preferences.
How We Use Your Information
MNG reserves the right to contact a user regarding product orders, support issues and other matters relevant to the underlying service and/or the information collected.
Contact information such as name, address, and e-mail, may be used to send promotional and/or marketing information about products, services and offerings from MNG and/or its subsidiaries. This information will only be used when individuals specifically consent to allow us to do so by checking a permission box via our website or other official MNG communications. Instructions on how to unsubscribe are included in every promotional e-mail.
Contact information such as name, address, and e-mail, may be shared with subsidiaries of MNG, and may be used by such subsidiaries to send promotional and/or marketing information about other products, services and offerings from MNG and/or its subsidiaries. This information will only be used when individuals specifically consent to allow us to do so by checking a permission box via our website or other official MNG communications. Instructions on how to unsubscribe are included in every promotional e-mail.
Use of email addresses. MNG does not rent, sell, exchange, or share e-mail addresses with third parties (i.e., any entity besides Mare Nostrum Group and its subsidiaries) except when individuals specifically consent to allow us to do so by checking a permission box via our website or other official MNG communications.
Information or files e-mailed to software technical support or sent through the technical support request system integrated into the MNG site will not be used for internal marketing and sales purposes, or be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties.
Use of postal addresses. Postal address information will not be shared with third parties without your permission, or where expressly forbidden by local privacy acts or legislation. When MNG shares your postal address information with a third party, your personal information will become permanently subject to the information use and sharing practices of the third party, and the third party will not be restricted by this Privacy Policy with respect to its use and further sharing of your personal information.
MNG reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site; this analysis will sometimes be used to inform advertisers of site performance. MNG will provide only anonymous, aggregated data from these analyses to third parties.
We may release account information when we believe that such release is reasonably necessary to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions; to protect the rights, property, and safety of MNG’s e-commerce site, our users, or others; or to conform to the requirements of law or comply with governmental orders, court orders, or legal process served on us. If customers do not pay us for products ordered, we may submit their account information to a third-party collection agency.
Who we might share this information with
We may disclose your personal information to:
• Anyone who works for us.
• Our fulfilment centre and any couriers we use, so we can send you the items you buy from us.
• Our email service provider, so we can email you.
We will not share identifiable personal data with third parties for their direct marketing unless you give us permission.
Embedded content from other websites
Posts in the News section may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Cookies
In order to maintain a consistent user experience, our site uses cookies and monitors how the site is used / interacted with. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. The information stored in cookies makes it possible for us to identify your device during your next visit, or use website functionalities like the shopping basket. This is conducive to usability and will make the use of our website easier for you. Data processed by cookies are required for the above-mentioned purposes to protect our and third parties’ legitimate interests according to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
We use Google Analytics to monitor usage in order to improve the site. You can opt out of Google Analytics by following the instructions here. Opting out of Google Analytics will not affect features like the shopping basket.
The information collected by Google may be sent to a Google server in the U.S. and saved there. Google has been certified under the Privacy Shield Frameworks and thus guarantees to adhere to the European data privacy laws (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).
Google Analytics collects information such as:
• IP address of the computer accessing the data
• Date and time of access
• Name and URL of the data accessed
• Website used for access (referrer URL)
• Browser used and, if necessary, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider
We use this information for the following purposes:
• Guaranteeing a smooth connection and a consistent use of our website
• Evaluation of system security and stability
• For further administrative purposes
The legal basis for data processing is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is a consequence of the above-mentioned purposes.
For example, it is useful for us to know what browser or platform people typically view our site on as we then know that we need to test that the website works correctly on that particular browser. Or, if we send out a promotional email to subscribers to our newsletter, it is helpful for our marketing efforts to monitor the number of subscribers who follow the links in the email to our website.
Cookies are also used for features like the shopping basket, to keep track of what you have added. If you completely block cookies, you will not be able to add products to your shopping basket, and thus would be unable to purchase anything on mngbookshop.co.uk.
We will securely store the information that you give us depending on the type of transaction you enter into, including your name, address, telephone number, fax number, and email address. We use this information in order to process your order. This information is stored securely by our IT partners Stison and EBIND (both GDPR compliant). Information regarding your order is passed to our warehouse distributor Wiley Distribution (GDPR compliant). Payment is securely processed by PayPal (you can find their privacy policy here).
Third-party links
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
Third parties or publicly available sources.
We may receive personal data about you from various third parties [and public sources] as set out below:
• Technical Data from the following parties:
o analytics providers such as Google, based outside the EU;
o advertising networks such as Facebook, based inside OR outside the EU; and
o search information providers such as Google, based inside OR outside the EU.
• Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services such as Shopify, Foxycart, or Wiley, based inside OR outside the EU.
• Identity and Contact Data from data brokers or aggregators based inside OR outside the EU.
• Identity and Contact Data from publicly available sources such as Companies House and the Electoral Register based inside the EU.
Marketing
We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising. We have established a permissions centre where you can view and make certain decisions about your personal data.
Subject area email newsletters: If you have explicitly given consent to the use of your email according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, we will use it to provide you with our regular newsletters for the area of interests selected by you. In order to receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide us with an email address. The provision of further personal data is optional (i.e. your name); we will use them to personalize the newsletters. You can unsubscribe at any time by using the link provided at the bottom of every newsletter.
Publisher-specific email newsletters: If you have explicitly given consent to the use of your email according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, we will use it to provide you with our regular newsletters for the publishers selected by you. In order to receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide us with an email address. The provision of further personal data is optional (i.e. your name); we will use them to personalize the newsletters. You can unsubscribe at any time by using the link provided at the bottom of every newsletter.
Promotional offers from us
We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).
Opt Out Details
Upon request, MNG will allow any user to “opt out” of further promotional contacts at any time. Additionally, upon request, MNG will use reasonable efforts to allow users to update/correct personal information previously submitted which the user states is erroneous to the extent such activities will not compromise privacy or security interests.
Also, upon a user’s request, MNG will use commercially reasonable efforts to functionally delete the user and his or her personal information from its database. Please contact us with any opt-out requests.
Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase, warranty registration, product/service experience or other transactions.
When information is collected, the user will have the opportunity to indicate whether he or she would like to “opt in” to receiving promotional and/or marketing information about other products, services, and offerings from MNG and/or any third parties.
Any personal information provided to or gathered by MNG from users within UK, Europe and the Middle East is controlled by Mare Nostrum, a company registered in England and Wales (Company No. 2282338), with a registered office at 39 East Parade, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LQ. We are registered with the Information Commissioner in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and conform to the GDPR legislation, Data Protection Registration no. ZA295322, Data Protection Officer: Sam Thornton.
If you wish to update your interests or communication preferences please contact us at the above address, or call +44 (0) 1423 562232.
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
Change of purpose
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us: [email protected].
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
Disclosures of your personal data
We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above.
• Internal Third Parties as set out in the [Glossary].
• External Third Parties as set out in the [Glossary].
• Specific third parties such as Shopify, Foxycart, Wiley Distribution, MailChimp, Ingenta, Adestra and Atypon.
• Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy notice.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
Your Consent
By using our website, you consent to our use of information that is collected or submitted as described in this online Privacy Policy. We may change or add to this Privacy Policy so we encourage you to review it periodically.
Data security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
Your rights as the person affected by data processing
You have a right to access the personal data we hold about you or to obtain a copy of it. To do so please contact us by emailing us at [email protected] or writing to us at 39 East Parade, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HG1 5LQ.
You have the right to request from us:
• Access to your own personal information.
• That any inaccurate information we hold about you in corrected.
• That certain information is deleted from our database.
• That we stop using your personal information for certain purposes.
Where reasonably practicable to do so, we shall action such requests. Where we are not able to comply, you will be notified.
GDPR
You have the right:
• according to Article 15 GDPR to request full disclosure regarding your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request full disclosure regarding purposes of processing, category of personal data, categories of recipients who received or will receive your data, planned storage time, existence of a right to correct, delete, limit processing or withdrawal, the existence of a right to appeal, origin of your data if they were not collected by us, and regarding the existence of an automated decision process including profiling and meaningful information regarding their details, if necessary;
• according to Article 16 GDPR to request the immediate correction of incorrect data or completion of your personal data stored with us;
• according to Article 17 GDPR to request the deletion of your personal data stored with us if data processing is not required to exert the right of freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, to protect public interest or to assert, exert and defend legal claims;
• according to Article 18 GDPR to request limited processing of your personal data if the correctness of the data is being disputed by you, data processing is illegal, but you deny the deletion of the data, and if we do not need the data anymore, but require them for asserting, exerting and defending legal interests or if you filed an objection against data processing according to Article 21 GDPR;
• according to Article 20 GDPR to receive your personal data you provided us with in a structured, well-established and machine-readable format or to request the transmission to another responsible person;
• according to Article 7(3) GDPR withdraw your already given consent towards us at any time. As a consequence, we are not allowed to continue data processing based on that consent in future and
• according to Article 77 GDPR file a complaint with a supervisory authority. Normally you can contact the supervisory authority of your place of residence, of your workplace or of our publishing house headquarters.
Right of withdrawal
Provided that your personal data are processed based on legitimate interest according to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right of withdrawal against the processing of your personal data according to Article 21, in case there are reasons which result from your particular situation or if the withdrawal concerns direct marketing. In the latter case you have the general right of withdrawal which is accepted by us without the statement of a particular reason.
Should you exercise your right of withdrawal, it is sufficient that you send an email to: [email protected]
Changes to this privacy policy
The foregoing policies are effective as of 9 May 2025. Any changes to our privacy policy, whether for Mare Nostrum Group or any division thereof, will be posted on this page. We may change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Policy at any time, and any changes will become effective immediately upon posting. This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to, and do not create, any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.