🔒 Privacy Policy – BooksChor
Last updated: 15 August 2026
📘 About BooksChor
BooksChor is a UK-based online bookshop, publishing house and book-printing operation of Global Translators UK Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales.
Global Translators UK Ltd was established in August 2006, giving our wider business 20 years of experience in professional language, publishing-related and business services.
BooksChor operates as a trading name and publishing operation of Global Translators UK Ltd.
🏢 Company Details
Legal Company Name: Global Translators UK Ltd
Trading Name: BooksChor
Company Registration Number: 05918745
Established: August 2006
Registered in: England & Wales
Registered Office:
33 Cloisterham Road
Rochester
Kent
ME1 2BW
United Kingdom
📧 Email: info@globaltranslators.co.uk
📞 Telephone: +44 7883 024604
🌐 Website: www.bookschor.com
🛡️ Our Commitment to Your Privacy
BooksChor respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly, transparently and securely.
This Privacy Policy explains:
- 👤 What personal information we collect
- 📥 How we collect it
- 🎯 Why we use it
- 🤝 Who we may share it with
- 🍪 How cookies and similar technologies are used
- 🕒 How long information may be retained
- 🔐 How we protect personal information
- ✅ Your privacy and data protection rights
- 💬 How to contact us about privacy
For data protection purposes, Global Translators UK Ltd is responsible for personal information processed in connection with BooksChor where it acts as the relevant data controller.
📥 What Information We May Collect
When you visit BooksChor, place an order, create an account, contact us, subscribe to communications or otherwise interact with our website, we may collect information including:
- 👤 Your name
- 📧 Email address
- 📞 Telephone number
- 🏠 Billing address
- 📦 Delivery address
- 🛒 Order details
- 📚 Products purchased
- 💳 Payment and transaction information
- 👥 Account information
- 💬 Customer service correspondence
- ↩️ Returns and refund information
- 🌐 IP address
- 💻 Browser and device information
- 🍪 Cookie identifiers
- 📊 Website usage information
- 📣 Marketing preferences
Where payments are processed through third-party payment providers, we do not necessarily receive or store your complete payment card details.
📲 How We Collect Personal Information
We may collect personal information in several ways.
👤 Information You Provide
For example, when you:
- Place an order
- Create a customer account
- Complete a contact form
- Contact customer support
- Request a return or refund
- Subscribe to marketing
- Contact us about publishing or book printing
🌐 Information Collected Automatically
When you use our website, information may be collected through:
- Cookies
- Similar technologies
- Website analytics
- Device and browser information
- Security technologies
🤝 Information From Service Providers
We may also receive information from organisations involved in:
- Payment processing
- Order fulfilment
- Shipping
- Fraud prevention
- Website operation
- Analytics
- Advertising or marketing, where permitted
🎯 How We Use Your Information
We may use personal information to:
- 🛒 Process your order
- 💳 Process and verify payments
- 📦 Fulfil and deliver purchases
- 📧 Send order confirmations
- 🚚 Provide delivery updates
- ↩️ Handle returns and refunds
- 💬 Respond to customer enquiries
- 👤 Manage customer accounts
- 🔐 Protect our website and customers
- 🛡️ Prevent fraud or misuse
- 🧾 Maintain legally required records
- 📊 Understand and improve our website
- 📣 Send marketing where permitted
- ⚖️ Comply with legal obligations
- ✍️ Respond to publishing and printing enquiries
⚖️ Our Lawful Bases for Processing
Depending on the circumstances, we may process your personal information because:
🛒 Contract
Processing is necessary to provide products or services you have requested.
For example, we need your delivery details to send you a book you have purchased.
⚖️ Legal Obligation
We may need to process or retain certain information to comply with legal, accounting, tax or consumer-protection requirements.
💼 Legitimate Interests
We may process information where reasonably necessary for legitimate business purposes such as:
- Operating BooksChor
- Improving our services
- Preventing fraud
- Protecting our systems
- Providing customer support
We consider your rights and interests when relying on legitimate interests.
✅ Consent
Where consent is required, such as for certain marketing communications or non-essential cookies, you may withdraw that consent.
💳 Payments
Payments made through BooksChor may be processed by secure third-party payment service providers.
These providers may process payment information under their own privacy notices and security procedures.
We use payment-related information only where reasonably necessary for:
- Processing transactions
- Providing refunds
- Preventing fraud
- Resolving payment disputes
- Meeting legal obligations
🚚 Delivery & Order Fulfilment
To deliver your order, we may share relevant information with:
- Postal operators
- Couriers
- Fulfilment providers
- Warehousing partners
- Suppliers involved in fulfilling your order
The information may include your:
- Name
- Delivery address
- Contact details
- Relevant order information
We aim to provide only the information reasonably necessary for the service.
🤝 Service Providers
BooksChor may use third-party organisations to help operate the business.
These may include providers of:
- 🛍️ Ecommerce services
- 🌐 Website hosting
- 💳 Payment processing
- 📦 Order fulfilment
- 🚚 Shipping
- 📧 Email services
- 📊 Analytics
- 📣 Marketing
- 🔐 Security and fraud prevention
- 🧾 Accounting
- 💻 IT support
- ⚖️ Professional services
Where appropriate, these organisations are required to process information responsibly and in accordance with applicable law.
📣 Marketing Communications
Where permitted by law, we may send information about:
- 📚 New books
- ✍️ Publishing services
- 🖨️ Book printing
- 🎁 Promotions
- 📰 BooksChor news
- 🌍 Relevant multilingual or publishing services
You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by:
- Using the unsubscribe link in a marketing email; or
- Contacting us at info@globaltranslators.co.uk
You may still receive essential transactional messages relating to orders or services.
🍪 Cookies & Similar Technologies
BooksChor uses cookies and similar technologies.
These may be used for:
- 🛒 Shopping cart functionality
- 🔐 Website security
- 👤 Account functionality
- 📊 Analytics
- 🎯 Advertising, where permitted
- ⚙️ Website preferences
- 📈 Improving site performance
Some cookies are necessary for the website to function.
Where required, non-essential cookies are used according to your consent or privacy preferences.
You may also manage cookies through:
- Your browser settings
- Our cookie banner or privacy controls
- Shopify-supported privacy controls, where applicable
🛡️ Your Privacy Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to opt out of certain uses of personal information, including uses that may be described under applicable law as:
- “Sale”
- “Sharing”
- Targeted advertising
BooksChor provides a separate Your Privacy Choices page for these requests.
Where supported, we may also recognise privacy preference signals such as Global Privacy Control (GPC).
🌍 International Data Transfers
Some service providers used by BooksChor may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.
Where required, we take appropriate steps to ensure that international transfers are protected using legally recognised safeguards.
🕒 How Long We Keep Your Information
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Retention periods may depend on:
- Contractual requirements
- Accounting requirements
- Tax obligations
- Consumer-law requirements
- Fraud-prevention needs
- Legal claims
- Business administration
When personal information is no longer required, it may be deleted, anonymised or securely disposed of.
🔐 How We Protect Your Information
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information from:
- Unauthorised access
- Loss
- Misuse
- Alteration
- Disclosure
- Destruction
Our website uses secure technologies where appropriate, including encrypted connections.
However, no online system can guarantee complete security.
✅ Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on applicable law and your circumstances, you may have rights including:
- 👁️ Access to your personal information
- ✏️ Correction of inaccurate information
- 🗑️ Deletion in certain circumstances
- ⏸️ Restriction of processing
- 🚫 Objection to certain processing
- 📤 Data portability in certain circumstances
- ✅ Withdrawal of consent
- 📣 Opting out of certain marketing
- ⚖️ Making a complaint to a data protection regulator
To make a request, contact:
📧 info@globaltranslators.co.uk
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
🇬🇧 Complaints & the ICO
If you have concerns about how we handle personal information, please contact us first so that we can try to resolve your concern.
You may also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK data protection regulator.
👶 Children's Privacy
BooksChor is not intended to knowingly collect personal information directly from young children without appropriate involvement from a parent or guardian where required by law.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us.
🔗 Third-Party Websites
Our website may include links to websites operated by third parties.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of independent third-party websites.
We recommend reviewing their privacy policies before providing personal information.
🔄 Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:
- Our services
- Our technology
- Our service providers
- Applicable privacy laws
- Our privacy practices
The latest version will be published on BooksChor.com with an updated date.
💬 Contact Us About Privacy
For privacy questions or requests, contact:
BooksChor
c/o Global Translators UK Ltd
📍 33 Cloisterham Road
Rochester
Kent
ME1 2BW
United Kingdom
📧 info@globaltranslators.co.uk
📞 +44 7883 024604
🏆 Trusted UK Business Since 2006
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 and related services.
BooksChor builds on that established experience through bookselling, publishing and book-printing activities.
📚 BooksChor — part of Global Translators UK Ltd, established 2006.