Terms & Conditions

Hello and welcome to the Chapter 25 Limited Terms & Conditions.

We don’t promise that they’re a work of great literary merit but we do ask that you read them, despite that.

The following pages govern your relationship with us and set out rights and responsibilities. They form part of a binding contract between you and us. If you don’t understand any part of them, please get in touch and we’ll do what we can to explain.

There are four sections which apply:

General Website Terms – which apply to all visitors
Service Specific Terms – which apply if you become a member
Privacy and Cookie Policy – which shows how we use your data and how we apply cookies
Definitions

IF YOU BECOME A MEMBER, YOU ARE JOINING A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE WHICH WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW EVERY MONTH, UNLESS YOU OR WE CANCEL THE MEMBERSHIP.

WE WILL ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, WHICH IS DEEMED TO BE PART OF THESE TERMS IF YOU APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP.

Our Contract with you will automatically renew each month after the initial three-month period has expired, unless you or we cancel it.
The monthly subscription will remain payable until the Contract is cancelled.
If we increase the monthly subscription, we will give you advance notice and you will have the right to cancel the Contract before the increase comes into effect.
The minimum total amount you will be liable to pay under the Contract is one month’s subscription, after you have paid the initial three-month subscription.
To end the Contract, you need to contact us:
By letter to: Chapter 25 Ltd., 6b Parkway, Porters Wood, St. Albans, England, AL3 6PA
Or

By email: support@chapter25bookclub.com

NOTE - you have a cooling off period of 14 days from the date on which your Account is opened or from the date you receive Goods from us (if your subscription involves the supply of Goods) –whichever is the later. You may cancel the Contract without penalty during that period. This cooling off period applies ONLY for your initial subscription.

General Website Terms

These terms apply to all visitors to the Site.

1. WE ARE: Chapter 25 Limited. Company Number: 15684990. Registered Office 6b Parkway, Porters Wood, St Albans AL3 6BA.

2. YOU ARE: A visitor to the Site and/or a Member. You warrant that you are over the age of 18 and that you are not a business or acting for a business.

3. ACCESS: The Site is available on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We have no responsibility to you if you are unable to gain access.

4. TRANSFER: If we sell our business, we may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms to the buyer. Your rights will not be affected. You may not assign your rights and obligations under these Terms.

5. THIRD PARTIES: These Terms and any contract between you and us are not intended to benefit any third party. The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 does not apply to these Terms.

6. SEVERANCE: If any part of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, then that part will be severed from these Terms and the remainder of them will stay in force.

7. WAIVER: If we delay or fail to enforce any of our rights under these Terms, we are not obliged to make the same allowance for a subsequent breach.

8. CHANGE: We have the right to change these Terms from time to time and you promise to review them each time you visit the Site.

9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Either we or our affiliates own all Content on the Site and we do not permit the use of any Content, in any manner, without our written permission.

10. LINKS: If we link to another site, you understand that we have no responsibility for that site, its content and the way it operates. We have no liability for any loss or damage you may suffer by visiting such a site.

You may not deep-link to the Site.

11. LIABILITY: As far as we are allowed by law, we deny any liability for any losses you may suffer when using the Site or the Goods and Services it supplies.

We have no liability for any loss of profit, sales, business, revenue, opportunity, goodwill, reputation or otherwise.

We will do what we reasonably can to avoid viruses and malware from the Site but cannot guarantee that the Site is free from them or from similar issues. We assume that you will use the appropriate software to prevent any form of attack.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or restricts our liability for fraud, misrepresentation, death or personal injury or for any other liability that cannot be excluded by law.

12. GENERAL: We do not guarantee that the Site will work with all systems or that it is totally secure.

We and you are not in any form of partnership or co-venture.

Time is not of the essence of any part of these Terms.

Only matters referred to in these Terms or on the Site amount to representation and you will not enter into a contract on reliance on any other communication with us, unless we have confirmed that it is part of these Terms.

Force Majeure – if something outside our control happens and that prevents us from performing our Services then you accept that we are not liable for the consequences of that failure (this includes such things as strikes, riots, fires, explosions, war, floods and so on). If such an event does happen we will tell you as soon as we are able and resume the Services as soon as we can. If we cannot perform the Services within a reasonable time, we can cancel them and if we do, we will refund to you a fair and reasonable proportion of any payment you have made to us.

If either you or we need to give formal notice to the other it must be done by email to the address that each of us gives to the other from time to time.

13. LAW AND COURTS: These Terms are made under the laws of England and Wales and that is the only jurisdiction which can govern them.

Service Specific Terms

These Terms apply if you become a Member.

1. Accounts

1.1 No part of the Site constitutes a contractual offer capable of acceptance and your request to open an Account constitutes a contractual offer that we may, in our sole discretion, decide to accept. Our acceptance is indicated by us sending to you confirmation that your Account has been opened. Only once we have sent you such a confirmation will there be a binding agreement between us and you.

1.2 You must supply to us all and any information and documentation we request, and, until we have it, we will not open an Account for you.

1.3 You agree to comply with the following conditions:

1.3.1 You warrant that you are over the age of 18 years.
1.3.2 You warrant that you have permission to submit Payment Information as required.
1.3.3 All information you submit when creating the Account is complete, accurate and truthful.

1.3.4 You will keep your Account information accurate and up-to-date.
1.3.5 You will not share your Account with anyone else.
1.3.6 You will keep your Account details confidential.
1.3.7 You will not give your username or password to anyone else.
1.3.8 You will log off when you exit the Site.
1.3.9 Your username will not be offensive, suggest that you are someone else or that you represent a trade or brand name. We can change a username if we think it breaks this term.

1.4 We may close your Account if you break these Terms or if there has been no activity on the Account for 12 months.

1.5 If any payment we send to your bank account is refused and you do not supply us with an alternative bank account within 28 days of us asking you, we may keep that payment to cover our costs and you will be entitled to nothing.

1.6 If you do anything which we think might be fraud, we may report those actions to the Police and the money standing to the credit of your Account may be kept by us to cover the costs we are put to in dealing with your fraud.

1.7 If you have not authenticated your current email address with us and/or if it cannot accept service emails from us and/or you mark our emails as spam, abusive or junk then, and in any such event, we can terminate your Account.

1.8 If you have reason to believe that your Account details have been obtained by a third party without your consent, then:

1.8.1 you must contact us as soon as you become aware of the acquisition;
1.8.2 we will suspend your Account as soon as we can;
1.8.3 we will use our best endeavours to cancel any unauthorised orders or payments that may be pending; and
1.8.4 you accept and agree that orders or payments can only be cancelled from the point you notify us.

1.9 We may at any time and without notice suspend or cancel your Account for any reason if we suspect that you have broken any of these Terms.

2. The Services

2.1 We will use our best endeavours to provide the Services with reasonable skill and care.

2.2 We have the right at any time and for any reason we deem appropriate to alter the Services and the way that we provide them.

2.3 Whilst we will always take into account the wishes of all Members in the choice of the books we offer, we will always have the final choice.

2.4 We offer no alternative to the book we have offered each month.

2.5 Whilst we will make all reasonable efforts to ensure that Book Club Meet-Ups will take place at the time, date and place we publish, we cannot guarantee that such Meet-Ups will take place. If we have to move a venue or time, we will give as much advance warning as possible but the charge for that Meet-Up will still be payable, even if you are unable to attend. If we have to cancel a Meet-Up, we will refund £5.00 of the fee, retaining the balance to cover the cost of the book (if any) supplied.

2.6 Running times for all Meet-Ups are approximate and will depend upon participation of the members of that Meet-Up.

2.7 No refreshments are included in the price of Meet-Ups.

2.8 We reserve the right to withdraw, amend or change the Membership benefits published on the Site from time to time.

2.9 We cannot guarantee that a specific number of Members will attend each Meet-Up.

2.10 By becoming a Chapter 25 member (and for a period of 12 months after your membership has expired, terminated or cancelled) you agree not to:

(a) Directly or indirectly own, manage, operate, control, be employed by, or participate in the management, operation or control of any business that competes with the Chapter 25;

(b) Solicit, divert, or attempt to solicit or divert any of Chapter 25’s customers, clients, or members to any competing business;

(c) Use, disclose, or disseminate any of the Chapter 25's Confidential Information, including but not limited to trade secrets, proprietary information, customer lists, marketing plans, business processes or marketing processes;

(d) Develop, create, or assist in the development or creation of any product or service that is substantially similar to any of Chapter 25’s products or services.

3. Delivery

3.1 When you sign up as a Book & Meet-Up member, your first book will be sent to you free of charge via post, within seven days of us accepting you as a member.

3.2 For subsequent books, you will collect the books from the host at your Meet-Up.

3.3 If you are unable to attend a specific Meet-Up, we will post the book to you on receipt of your postage request which you can submit here, which will cost the below:

(a) £2.99 if we are give 7 days or more notice (from your Meet-Up date) of your non-attendance

(b) £4.99 if we are given less than 7 days notice (from your Meet-Up date) of your non-attendance

The deadline for submitting postage requests is 14 days following your Meet-Up date at which point the book will be re-cycled or donated to charity. No refunds or exchanges will be offered.

4. Termination and Cancellation

4.1 You may terminate the Contract at any time and for any reason on giving us at least 14 days’ written notice but only after the period of three months from the date your subscription started.

4.2 We may terminate the Contract at any time and for any reason on giving you 14 days’ written notice.

4.3 The right to terminate the Contract will not prejudice any other right to remedy the breach concerned (if any) or any other breach.

4.4 If you are a consumer, you may cancel the Contract at any time within the period of 14 days from the date your Account was opened. You should be aware that if you have started to use our Services, then you may not be able to cancel. (Information about your right to cancel appears at the end of this section of the Terms.)

5. Effects of Termination

5.1 Upon the termination of the Contract for any reason:

5.2 any sum owing under any of the provisions of the Contract will be immediately payable;

5.3 any provision of the Contract which is expressed to continue in force after termination will continue in full force and effect; and

5.4 subject as provided in this Clause 5, and except in respect of any accrued rights, neither party will be under any further obligation to the other.

6. Problems and Complaints

6.1 If you have a complaint about another user of the Service you must tell us, in writing by post or email, as soon as you are aware of the problem causing the complaint.

6.2 One of our directors will review your complaint within seven days of receiving it.

6.3 The reviewing director will advise you about what action, if any, is proposed, in relation to your complaint.

6.4 If you are dissatisfied with the response of the reviewing director, you may ask another director to perform a further review. This request must be made within seven days of receiving the reviewing director’s response and the second director will provide his/her response no later than seven days from the request.

6.5 If you remain dissatisfied following the review by the second reviewing director, you may take such further action as you feel appropriate.

7. Meet-Ups and Forums

7.1 When attending any Meet-Up or using any forums and community chats we may offer on the Site and/or any Social Media we may use, you agree to abide by the following rules when making postings:

All updates, announcements, and event information related to our book clubs will be primarily communicated through our online communities, such as WhatsApp and Meta forums. By becoming a member, you agree to be part of these online communities and to receive such communications.
You must not use obscene or vulgar language.
You must not attend a Meet-Up intoxicated (whether by alcohol or chemical substances).
You must at all times show respect to all other book club and staff Members, whether online or at a Meet-Up.
By attending our events, you agree that we may take photographs or videos of you. These images may be used for promotional purposes, including but not limited to our website, social media, and marketing materials.
Nothing you submit can be unlawful or otherwise objectionable.
You must not publish material which may be abusive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, racist, ageist or sexist.
Nothing you submit may be designed to promote violence.
You must not post links to other sites which may break these rules.
You cannot use any forum to advertise.
You must not impersonate anyone else.
You may not post anything which contains any viruses, trojans, crawlers or anything else which might damage, interrogate or otherwise access our software, hardware or communications networks.
You must not share links to sites which compete with us.

7.2 We have the absolute right to moderate all posts on the Site and to remove any post which we do not want.

7.3 When you submit a post you are warranting that you are the author of that post and that you own all rights associated with it and that we can repost it without paying, or getting permission from, anyone.

7.4 When viewing posts you accept that we are not the author of those posts and that any views expressed may not be our views.

7.5 If you see a post which you find objectionable, tell us as soon as you can and we will consider whether or not it should be removed.

Our Cancellation Policy

INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT

NOTE THAT THIS RIGHT TO CANCEL APPLIES ONLY FOR THE FIRST SUBSCRIPTION. FOR SUBSEQUENT CANCELLATIONS YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF CLAUSE 4.

RIGHT TO CANCEL

You may have the right to cancel the Contract within 14 days of your first subscription without giving any reason.

The 14-day period will start on the date we accept you as a customer.

If we have started providing the services within the 14-day period, your right to cancel may be lost.

CANCELLATION
To exercise the right you must tell us by post or email. The address you should use is:

Chapter 25 Ltd., 6b Parkway, Porters Wood, St. Albans, England, AL3 6PA

Or
Email: support@chapter25bookclub.com

To meet the cancellation deadline you must tell us before the end of the 14-day period. You should keep a proof of posting if you send us a letter.

EFFECT OF CANCELLATION

If you cancel the Contract under the Cooling Off provisions, we will repay you all payments you have made to us, including delivery costs (unless you have asked for non-standard delivery) but you must return any goods supplied, in good and saleable condition, to us before we will make payment. We may deduct an amount to cover our loss, if the goods are not in a saleable condition when we receive them.

We will repay you within 14 days from receiving notice from you that you wish to cancel.

We will pay you back using the same method that you paid us.

Privacy and Cookie Policy

INTRODUCTION

We understand that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits the Site, and those visitors who contact directly by phone, email or by visiting us. We promise only to collect and use your personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

We are obliged to ask you to opt into our Privacy and Cookie Policy and we will take no personal data from you until you have. This means that, until you have agreed this Privacy and Cookie Policy, we cannot offer any substantive help or advice.

You can opt into this Privacy and Cookie Policy:

If you are on the Site, by pressing the “Accept” button;
If you contact us by email, by sending us a return email, saying that you accept this Privacy and Cookie Policy;
If you contact us by telephone, by returning the acceptance form we will send you in the post; and
If you come into our offices, by signing the acceptance at the base of the copy Privacy and Cookie Policy we will give you.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

To make this Privacy and Cookie Policy easier to read, we have defined certain terms as follows:

We, Us, Our: Chapter 25 Limited. Company Number: 15684990. Registered Office 6b Parkway, Porters Wood, St Albans AL3 6BA. We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office under number: ZB694651

Account: means the account you have with us, which enables you to use our Services;

Cookie: means a small text file placed on your computer or device by the Site when you visit or use certain parts of the Site. Details of the Cookies used by the Site are set out in Part 12 below;

Cookie Law: means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and any replacement of it;

Data Protection Officer: means: Sian Freeman
email: hello@chapter25bookclub.com

Data Protection Legislation: means General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018; and

Site: means www.chapter25bookclub.com

2. What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy and Cookie Policy applies only to your use of the Site, which may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

3. What Is Personal Data?

Personal data is defined by the Data Protection Legislation as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.

Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified.

Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.

Some personal data may be sensitive in its nature. That includes health records, criminal convictions and other similar data.

4. What Are My Rights?

Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights:

a) The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data.

b) The right to access the personal data we hold about you. Part 11 will tell you how to do this.

c) The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete.

d) The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we hold.

e) The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.

f) The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.

g) The right to withdraw consent. This means that, if we are relying on your consent as the legal basis for using your personal data, you are free to withdraw that consent at any time.

h) The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we are using it with your consent or for the performance of a contract, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases.

i) Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.

You can always contact us for more information about your rights and we will do our best to help you. The Citizen’s Advice Bureau is also a valuable source of help.

It is important that your personal data is kept accurate and up-to-date. If any of the personal data we hold about you changes, please tell us.

Please, always, contact us if you are not happy with the way we are using your personal data and we will do our best to resolve any problem. If you are not happy with any solution we offer, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

5. What Data Do You Collect and How?

Depending upon your use of the Site, we may collect and hold some or all of the personal and non-personal data set out in the table below, using the methods also set out in the table. Please also see Part 12 for more information about our use of Cookies and similar technologies.

Data Collected

Identity information including name, title, date of birth, and gender.

Contact information including address, emails address, and telephone number.

Payment information including card details and bank account details.

Profile information including preferences, habits, likes and dislikes.

Technical information including IP address, browser type and version.

How We Collect the Data

We collect data using the Site or directly from you, in interviews, from completed forms and otherwise.

6. How Do You Use My Personal Data?

Under the Data Protection Legislation, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. The following table describes how we may use your personal data, and our lawful bases for doing so:

What We Do

Registering you on the Site.

Providing and managing your Account.

Capture accounts data.

Providing and managing your access to the Site.

Supplying our services to you or the person needing them.

Managing payments for our services.

Communicating with you.

What Data We Use

Name, title, date of birth, address, email address, IP address.

Some data about likes and dislikes of you or the person needing our services.

Data contained within your systems.

IP address, browser type and version.

All personal data from both you and the person needing our services. This data may include certain sensitive data.

Card and bank details.

Name, address, email address, telephone numbers.

Our Lawful Basis

To ensure that we can communicate with you correctly and ensure that you are entitled to use our products.

To ensure that we provide our services properly.

To ensure the proper use of the Site.

To ensure that we provide our services properly.

To ensure the payment is made.

To enable us to communicate with you.

Where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email and/or telephone and/or text message and/or post with information, news, and offers on our services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Legislation and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out. We will always obtain your express opt-in consent before sharing your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes and you will be able to opt-out at any time.

Third Parties (including payment service providers, those collecting anonymised data and others who provide services to us) may use third-party Cookies, as detailed below in Part 12. Please refer to Part 12 for more information on controlling cookies. Please note that we do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data that they collect and use themselves, and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.

We do not use automated systems for decision making or profiling.

We will only use your personal data for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected unless we reasonably believe that another purpose is compatible with that or those original purpose(s) and need to use your personal data for that purpose. If we do use your personal data in this way and you wish us to explain how the new purpose is compatible with the original, please contact us.

If we need to use your personal data for a purpose that is unrelated to, or incompatible with, the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, we will inform you and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

In some circumstances, where permitted or required by law, we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent. This will only be done within the bounds of the Data Protection Legislation and your legal rights.

7. How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?

We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Your personal data will therefore be kept for the following periods after you have ceased to use our Services (or, where there is no fixed period, the following factors will be used to determine how long it is kept):

Type of Data

Identity information including name, title, date of birth.

Contact information including address, email address, telephone numbers.

Payment information including bank card/account details.

Profile information including passwords, preferences, likes and dislikes.

Technical information including IP address, browser, etc.

How Long We Keep It

6 years 6 months.

6 months from last use.

8. How and Where Do You Store or Transfer My Personal Data?

We may store or transfer some or all of your personal data in countries that are not part of the European Economic Area (the “EEA” consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein) as well as the UK and the EEA. These are known as “third countries” and may not have data protection laws that are as strong as those in the UK and/or the EEA. This means that we will take additional steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation as follows:

We will only transfer your personal data to third countries whose levels of data protection are deemed ‘adequate’ by the European Commission.

Please contact us, via our email address, asking for further information about the particular data protection mechanisms used by us when transferring your personal data to a third country.

The security of your personal data is essential to us and to protect your data, we take a number of important measures, including the following:

limiting access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties with a legitimate need to know and ensuring that they are subject to duties of confidentiality;
procedures for dealing with data breaches (the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, your personal data) including notifying you and/or the Information Commissioner’s Office where we are legally required to do so.

9. Do You Share My Personal Data?

We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exceptions:

If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets, your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of our business may continue to use your personal data in the same way(s) that we have used it, as specified in this Privacy Policy.
In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

If any personal data is transferred outside of the EEA, we will take suitable steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation, as explained above in Part 8.

If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets, your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of our business may continue to use your personal data in the same way(s) that we have used it, as specified in this Privacy and Cookie Policy.

In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

10. Can I Withhold Information?

You may access certain areas of the Site without providing any personal data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on the Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.

You may restrict our use of Cookies. For more information, see Part 12.

11. How Can I Access My Personal Data?

If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.

All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email or postal addresses shown above.

There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests) a fee may be charged to cover our administrative costs in responding.

We will respond to your subject access request within 14 days and, in any case, within not more than one month of receiving it. Normally, we aim to provide a complete response, including a copy of your personal data, within that time. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.

12. How Do You Use Cookies?

The Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of the Site and to provide and improve our services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

By using the Site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party Cookies are used on the Site for analytic purposes. For more details, please refer to the table below. These Cookies are not integral to the functioning of the Site and your use and experience of the Site will not be impaired by refusing consent to them.

All Cookies used by and on the Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.

Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop up requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of the Site may not function fully or as intended.

Certain features of the Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown in the table below. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below, but please be aware that the Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.

The following first-party and third-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device: a general set of Cookies designed to allow us to manage our relationship with you and analyse visitors to our website and to be able to pass you suggestions we may have from time to time.

The Site uses analytics services provided by Google and others. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to better understand how the Site is used. This, in turn, enables us to improve the Site and the services offered through it.

The analytics service(s) used by the Site use(s) Cookies to gather the required information. You do not have to allow us to use these Cookies, however whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of the Site, it does enable us to continually improve the Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

The analytics service(s) used by the Site use(s) the following Cookies:

Name of Cookie

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First / Third Party

Third

Provider

Google Inc.

Purpose

To provide Google Analytics service

In addition to the controls that we provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies, but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access the Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.

It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.

13. Changes to this Privacy and Cookie Policy

We may change this Privacy and Cookie Policy from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.

Any changes will be immediately posted on the Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of this Privacy and Cookie Policy on your first use of the Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.

This Privacy and Cookie Policy was last updated in December 2024

Definitions and Interpretation

In these Terms, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

Contract - a contract for the purchase of Services or Goods from us;
the goods sold by us through the Site;

Goods - the goods sold by us through the Site;

Meet-Up - a book club meeting, whether at a geographic location or a virtual meeting;

Member - any person who buys a subscription from us;

Site - chapter25bookclub.com; and

Terms - these terms and conditions.