PRIVACY POLICY

Socciones UK Privacy Policy
Last Updated: January 13, 2025
 
Introduction
Socciones respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share your personal information when you use our services for Amazon book publishing. By using our services, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
Information We Collect
  1. Personal Information Provided by You:
    • Registration Information: Your name, email address, contact details, and information about your book project.
    • Payment Information: Details needed for processing payments like credit/debit card information (though we use secure third-party payment processors where possible).
    • Author Profiles: Information you choose to provide for your author profile on our or Amazon’s platforms.
  2. Information We Automatically Collect:
    • Usage Data: Information about how you use our services, including IP addresses, browser type, operating system, device information, and page interaction data.
    • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to track usage patterns and preferences to improve our services.
 
How We Use Your Information
  • Service Provision: To provide, maintain, and improve our publishing services, including managing your account, processing payments, and facilitating publishing on Amazon.
  • Communication: To send you service-related communications, updates, promotional materials, and to respond to your inquiries.
  • Marketing: With your consent, we may use your data for marketing our services or those of our partners.
  • Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, and protect our rights.
 
Sharing Your Information
  • Service Providers: We may share your data with third parties who provide services like payment processing, marketing, or data analysis, ensuring they handle your data securely.
  • Amazon: Necessary information will be shared with Amazon to publish your book, manage royalties, and handle other publishing logistics.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose information if required by law, to protect our rights, or in response to legal processes.
 
Your Rights Under GDPR
You have rights regarding your personal data, including:
  • Access: Request access to your personal data.
  • Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
  • Erasure: Request deletion of your data under certain conditions.
  • Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your data.
  • Data Portability: Receive the personal data you’ve provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Object: Object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
  • Withdrawal of Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.
 
To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@socciones.co.uk.

Data Security
We implement security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
 
Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
 
International Transfers
Your data may be processed outside the UK, including in countries where data protection laws may differ. We ensure that any transfer of data is protected by appropriate safeguards.
 
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
 
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
  • Email: info@socciones.co.uk
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