🍪 Cookie Policy - BooksChor
Last updated: 15 August 2026
📘 About This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how BooksChor uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
BooksChor is a trading name and publishing operation of Global Translators UK Ltd, a UK company established in August 2006.
Global Translators UK Ltd is registered in England and Wales under company number 05918745.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our:
- 🔒 Privacy Policy
- 🛡️ Your Privacy Choices
- 📜 Terms of Service
🍪 1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that websites can place or access on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device.
Cookies can help websites:
- 🛒 Remember items in your shopping basket
- 🔐 Keep websites secure
- ⚙️ Remember preferences
- 📊 Understand how visitors use a website
- 📈 Improve website performance
- 📣 Support advertising and marketing where permitted
Some cookies operate only during a browsing session, while others may remain on your device for a longer period.
🔍 2. Similar Technologies
In addition to traditional cookies, websites may use similar technologies such as:
- Tracking pixels
- Tags
- Scripts
- Local storage
- Device identifiers
- Other browser or device technologies
For simplicity, we refer to these technologies collectively as cookies in this policy where appropriate.
🛍️ 3. Why BooksChor Uses Cookies
BooksChor may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Operate our online shop
- Remember your basket
- Process checkout
- Keep the website secure
- Prevent fraud
- Remember website preferences
- Understand website performance
- Analyse visitor activity
- Improve customer experience
- Measure marketing performance
- Support advertising where permitted
✅ 4. Strictly Necessary Cookies
Some cookies are necessary for BooksChor.com to function properly.
These may support:
- 🛒 Shopping basket functionality
- 💳 Checkout
- 🔐 Website security
- 👤 Account login
- 🛡️ Fraud prevention
- ⚙️ Essential website functions
Because these cookies are necessary to provide services requested by the user or to operate the website securely, they may not require the same consent as non-essential cookies where the applicable legal exemption applies.
📊 5. Analytics & Performance Cookies
Analytics cookies may help us understand:
- Which pages visitors view
- How visitors navigate BooksChor
- How long visitors spend on certain pages
- Which parts of the website are most useful
- Whether errors occur
- How the website performs
This information can help us improve BooksChor and provide a better shopping experience.
Where consent is required, analytics cookies will be used according to your privacy preferences.
⚙️ 6. Functional Cookies
Functional cookies may help remember choices such as:
- Language preferences
- Website settings
- Customer preferences
- Certain account features
These cookies can make your experience more convenient.
Where legally required, we will obtain consent before using non-essential functional cookies.
📣 7. Advertising & Marketing Cookies
BooksChor may use advertising or marketing technologies where appropriate.
These technologies may help:
- Measure advertising performance
- Understand marketing effectiveness
- Limit repeated advertising
- Display advertising relevant to visitor interests
- Understand interactions with advertising
Advertising technologies may be provided by third-party services.
Where consent is legally required, these technologies should not be activated until the appropriate consent has been provided.
🤝 8. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be set or accessed by organisations that provide services to BooksChor.
These may include providers involved in:
- 🛍️ Ecommerce
- 💳 Payments
- 📊 Analytics
- 📣 Advertising
- 📧 Marketing
- 🔐 Security
- 🌐 Website technology
For example, BooksChor operates using Shopify technology, which may use cookies necessary to operate ecommerce and customer privacy features.
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.
🛡️ 9. Cookie Consent
Where required by applicable law, BooksChor provides cookie or privacy controls that allow visitors to choose whether certain non-essential technologies may be used.
Depending on your location, you may be given choices relating to:
- Analytics
- Functional cookies
- Advertising
- Marketing
- Data sharing
Your available options may vary depending on applicable law and our website configuration.
⚙️ 10. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You may be able to manage your preferences through:
- The BooksChor cookie banner
- Shopify-supported privacy controls
- Browser settings
- Device settings
Most browsers allow you to:
- View stored cookies
- Delete cookies
- Block certain cookies
- Block all cookies
- Receive warnings when cookies are being used
Please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of BooksChor from functioning correctly.
🔄 11. Changing Your Mind
Where applicable, you may change or withdraw your cookie preferences after giving consent.
You can do this using the privacy or cookie controls available on BooksChor where provided.
You may also clear or manage cookies through your browser.
🌍 12. International Visitors
BooksChor is a UK-based business and may be visited by customers in different countries.
Cookie and tracking rules vary between jurisdictions.
Depending on your location, additional privacy choices or controls may be available.
🔐 13. Personal Information Collected Through Cookies
Some cookie information may constitute personal information.
This may include:
- IP address
- Device identifiers
- Browser information
- Cookie identifiers
- Website interactions
- Advertising identifiers
Where this information is personal information, it will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
🕒 14. How Long Cookies Last
Cookies may be:
Session cookies
These normally expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies
These may remain on your device for a defined period unless deleted earlier.
The lifespan of individual cookies may depend on the purpose of the cookie and the provider that sets it.
🔄 15. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time.
Changes may be necessary because of:
- Website updates
- New service providers
- New technologies
- Changes in privacy law
- Changes to Shopify functionality
- Changes in our marketing or analytics tools
The latest version will be published on BooksChor.com.
📖 16. Related Privacy Information
For more information, please review:
- 🔒 Privacy Policy
- 🛡️ Your Privacy Choices
- 📜 Terms of Service
💬 17. Contact Us About Cookies
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, contact:
BooksChor
c/o Global Translators UK Ltd
📍 33 Cloisterham Road
Rochester
Kent
ME1 2BW
United Kingdom
📧 Email: info@globaltranslators.co.uk
📞 Telephone: +44 7883 024604
🕘 Business Hours:
Monday to Friday
9:00am to 5:00pm UK time
🏆 18. Backed by 20 Years of Business Experience
BooksChor operates under Global Translators UK Ltd, established in August 2006.
For 20 years, our wider company has operated as a UK business in professional language, translation and related services.
📚 BooksChor - part of Global Translators UK Ltd, established 2006.