Car Spiders – www.carspiders.co.uk
Last updated: 25 October 2026
Who We Are
Car Spiders is a children’s book series created by Graeme Kay.
Our website address is https://carspiders.co.uk.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.
Information We Collect
We may collect personal information when you:
- Subscribe to receive news about new Car Spiders books.
- Contact us using the website’s Contact Us form.
- Communicate with us directly.
This information may include your name, email address and any information you choose to include in a message.
Our website and its service providers may also collect limited technical information, such as IP addresses, for security and spam prevention.
Our Mailing List
Visitors can voluntarily subscribe to receive email announcements about new Car Spiders books and adventures.
We use MailPoet to manage our mailing list and send these emails.
When you subscribe, we collect your email address and use it for the purpose of sending the updates you requested.
Our lawful basis for sending these emails is your consent.
We will not add you to our mailing list simply because you have contacted us through our website.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
We retain your subscription information while you remain subscribed. We may retain limited records of consent and unsubscribing where necessary to demonstrate compliance with legal requirements.
Contact Us Form
Our website uses WPForms to allow visitors to contact us.
When you submit a message, we collect the information you provide so that we can read and respond to your enquiry.
We use this information only for handling your enquiry and any necessary follow-up. We do not automatically add people who contact us to our mailing list.
Our lawful basis for handling ordinary enquiries is our legitimate interest in responding to communications. Where an enquiry concerns a proposed transaction, other lawful bases may apply.
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell personal information or mailing-list details to advertisers.
We use trusted service providers to operate our website and mailing list, including:
- MailPoet: To manage subscriptions and deliver email announcements.
- WPForms: To process messages submitted through our contact form.
- Our website hosting provider: To host and maintain the website.
These services may process information on our behalf to provide their functionality.
Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs, we take account of the applicable data protection requirements and safeguards.
Cookies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies for essential website functions, security and other features.
Where non-essential cookies require consent, we will ask for that consent before using them.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings and any cookie preferences provided on our website.
Children’s Privacy
Car Spiders books are written for children, but our mailing list is intended for parents, guardians and other adults interested in the stories.
Children should ask a parent or guardian before providing personal information through our website.
We do not knowingly use children’s personal information for email marketing without appropriate permission.
How Long We Keep Information
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or where we have a legal obligation to retain it.
Mailing-list information is retained while a subscription remains active, subject to any necessary suppression or compliance records.
Contact enquiries are retained only as long as necessary to deal with the enquiry and any appropriate follow-up.
Your Rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of your personal information.
- Object to or restrict certain uses of your information.
- Withdraw your consent to receive mailing-list emails.
- Request a copy of certain information in a portable format.
These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.
You can also raise concerns with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at https://ico.org.uk.
Contacting Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is used, please contact Graeme Kay through the Contact Us page on this website.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website or services change.
The latest version will always be available on this page.
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