['Privacy Policy\n\nWelcome to our online platform. Protecting your privacy is of utmost importance to The Reading Nook Ltd. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our services, including curated book selections, monthly discussion meetings, author events, membership management, book subscription services, and our online community forum.\n\nInformation We Collect\n\nPersonal Information \nWe collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when registering for membership, subscribing to services, participating in events, or interacting in our online community. This may include your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, and payment information.\n\nUsage Data \nWe may automatically collect certain information about your device and how you interact with our online platform, such as IP address, browser type, pages viewed, and time spent on our site to help improve our services.\n\nHow We Use Your Information\n\n- To provide and manage your membership and subscriptions \n- To communicate about upcoming events, services, and changes to our platform \n- To personalise your experience on our site \n- To process payments and prevent fraudulent activities \n- To comply with legal obligations and resolve disputes \n- To improve and develop our services based on usage data and customer feedback\n\nLegal Bases for Processing Your Data\n\nUnder the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we rely on your consent, contract performance, legitimate interests, and compliance with legal obligations as grounds for processing your personal data.\n\nData Sharing and Disclosure\n\nWe do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. We may share information with trusted service providers who assist us in operating our platform, processing payments, or hosting events, provided they adhere to strict confidentiality and data protection standards. Data may also be disclosed if required by law or in response to lawful requests by public authorities.\n\nData Retention\n\nWe retain your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, including compliance with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting requirements, or as needed to resolve disputes.\n\nYour Rights\n\nYou have the right to: \n- Access the personal data we hold about you \n- Request correction or erasure of your data \n- Object to or restrict certain processing activities \n- Withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal \n- Data portability — request transfer of your data to another service provider \n\nTo exercise your rights, please write to us at: \nThe Reading Nook Ltd \n47 Wellington Street, Suite 3B \nManchester, Greater Manchester \nM3 7BG \nUnited Kingdom\n\nSecurity Measures\n\nWe implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.\n\nCookies and Tracking Technologies\n\nOur platform uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance user experience, analyse site traffic, and provide personalized content. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies; however, this may affect some functionality of our services.\n\nChildren’s Privacy\n\nOur services are not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without parental consent. If we discover data from a child has been collected without consent, we will take immediate steps to delete such information.\n\nChanges to This Privacy Policy\n\nWe may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We encourage you to review it periodically. Continued use of our services after modifications constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.\n\nContact Us\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us by mail at the address above.\n\nThank you for being part of our literary community. Your trust is important to us.', 0.0013296, 'gpt-4.1-mini']