Last updated: 22 September 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how 99c Book Store, trading through 99cbook.store (“99cbook.store”, “we”, “us” or “our”), collects, uses, stores and protects personal information when you visit our website or purchase digital books from us.

99c Book Store is an Ireland-based sole trader business selling digital e-books, generally at a price of €0.99 per book.

We process personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”), the Data Protection Act 2018 and other applicable Irish and European data-protection legislation.

1. Who is responsible for your personal data?

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:

99c Book Store
41 Watervale
Roosky
Co. Roscommon
Ireland

Email: privacy@99cbook.store

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process your personal data, you can contact us using the details above.

2. What personal data do we collect?

Depending on how you use 99cbook.store, we may collect and process the following information:

Information you provide when purchasing

When you purchase an e-book, we may collect:

• Your name;
• Your email address;
• Your PayPal account or PayPal-related identifying information;
• Details of the e-book(s) you purchase;
• Details relating to your order and transaction; and
• Information necessary to provide you with access to your purchased digital book.

We do not receive or store your full credit-card or bank-account details when you pay through PayPal. Payment processing is handled by PayPal in accordance with PayPal’s own privacy practices and terms.

Customer accounts

If you create an account on our website, we may process the information associated with that account, including your name, email address, account credentials and purchase history.

Where available, you may also purchase e-books without creating an account.

Marketing subscriptions

If you voluntarily subscribe to our marketing emails, we will collect your email address and information relating to your subscription and consent.

We do not add customers to our marketing mailing list merely because they have purchased an e-book. Marketing subscriptions are voluntary.

Technical information

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be processed automatically. Depending on our website configuration and the services and plugins in use, this may include:

• IP address;
• Browser and device information;
• Operating system;
• Website pages visited;
• Date and time of visits; and
• Technical information required for website security and operation.

3. How do we use your personal data?

We may use personal data for the following purposes.

Processing and fulfilling purchases

We use your information to:

• Process your order;
• Confirm your purchase;
• Process or verify payment;
• Provide access to the e-book you purchased;
• Provide your digital download;
• Maintain appropriate transaction records; and
• Respond to questions or problems concerning an order.

Managing customer accounts

Where you create an account, we use your information to:

• Create and maintain your account;
• Authenticate your account;
• Provide access to your purchase history and digital products; and
• Provide customer support.

Customer support

We may use your contact information to respond to enquiries, resolve problems and provide assistance relating to your purchases or use of the website.

Marketing

If you have expressly subscribed to receive marketing communications, we may use your email address to send you information about 99cbook.store, e-books, new products, offers and other promotional material.

You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in our marketing emails or by contacting us.

Website operation and security

We may process technical information to operate, maintain and secure the website, prevent abuse and protect our systems, customers and business.

Legal and regulatory obligations

We may process and retain personal information where this is necessary to comply with legal, accounting, tax, regulatory or other applicable obligations, or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

4. Our legal bases for processing

Under the GDPR, we rely on different legal bases depending on why we process your information.

Contract

We process information necessary to process and fulfil your purchase, provide your digital product and administer your customer relationship.

Legal obligation

We may process and retain certain information where this is necessary to comply with legal or regulatory obligations, including applicable accounting and tax requirements.

Consent

Where required, we rely on your consent for activities such as subscribing to marketing communications and certain non-essential cookies or similar tracking technologies.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before you withdrew it.

Legitimate interests

Where appropriate, we may process personal data where this is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

Examples may include website security, preventing fraud or misuse, maintaining business records and responding to or defending legal claims.

5. Payments through PayPal

Payments for e-books are processed through PayPal.

When you choose PayPal as your payment method, information necessary to process the transaction may be exchanged between our website, PayPal and relevant payment systems.

We do not store your complete payment-card or bank-account details.

PayPal processes personal information under its own privacy statement and terms. PayPal may also use other service providers in providing its payment services and may transfer information internationally subject to applicable legal safeguards.

You should review PayPal’s current privacy information for details of its own processing activities.

6. Service providers and third parties

We use third-party service providers to operate 99cbook.store and provide our services.

These may include:

• PayPal — payment processing;
• WordPress — website and content-management software;
• WooCommerce — online-shop and order-management functionality;
• MailPoet — email and marketing functionality;
• Our website hosting provider — hosting and operation of the website;
• Our email provider — sending and receiving business and customer emails; and
• Other technical providers where necessary to operate, maintain, secure or improve the website.

Depending on the particular service, these providers may process personal data on our behalf or may process information independently as a controller.

We will use appropriate contractual and technical safeguards where required by applicable data-protection law.

The precise third parties and services used by the website may change over time. This Privacy Policy will be reviewed and updated when our processing activities materially change.

7. International transfers

99cbook.store is available to customers worldwide. We also use third-party technology and service providers that may process personal data outside Ireland or the European Economic Area (“EEA”).

Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we will ensure that the transfer is carried out in accordance with applicable data-protection law.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include relying on an applicable adequacy decision, Standard Contractual Clauses or another legally recognised transfer mechanism.

Third-party providers such as PayPal may themselves process information internationally. Their own privacy notices explain their international processing arrangements and applicable safeguards.

8. How long do we keep your information?

We aim to retain personal data only for as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Our general retention period is up to 12 months, unless a longer period is necessary or permitted for a particular purpose.

For example:

• Customer and order information is generally retained for up to 12 months;
• Marketing subscription information is retained while you remain subscribed and thereafter only for as long as necessary to maintain appropriate records of your subscription or withdrawal;
• Customer-support correspondence is generally retained for up to 12 months after the matter has been resolved;
• Account information is retained while your account remains active and, where appropriate, for a reasonable period after account closure;
• Information that we are legally required to retain, including certain accounting or tax records, will be retained for the period required by applicable law; and
• Information may be retained for longer where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

At the end of the applicable retention period, personal data will be securely deleted or anonymised where appropriate.

9. Marketing emails

We only send promotional or marketing emails to people who have expressly subscribed to receive them.

You can unsubscribe at any time by:

• Clicking the unsubscribe link in a marketing email; or
• Contacting us at privacy@99cbook.store.

Unsubscribing from marketing communications does not affect your ability to purchase e-books or use the website.

10. Cookies and similar technologies

99cbook.store uses WordPress and WooCommerce and may use cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for the website and online shop to function.

These may include technologies used to:

• Maintain your shopping session;
• Process purchases;
• Provide secure access;
• Remember necessary preferences;
• Provide digital downloads; and
• Maintain website security.

The website may also use cookies or similar technologies provided by third parties.

Where a cookie or similar technology is not strictly necessary for a service you have requested, we will seek consent where required by Irish ePrivacy law.

Because the exact cookies used by a WordPress/WooCommerce website depend on its configuration and installed plugins, this section will be reviewed to reflect the cookies actually operating on 99cbook.store.

11. Children’s privacy

99cbook.store may be accessible to people of any age, including people under 18.

We do not knowingly seek to collect more personal information from children than is necessary to provide our services.

Where personal data is collected directly from a child, we will take appropriate account of the additional protections provided to children under applicable data-protection law and will use clear and understandable privacy information.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided us with personal information that should not have been provided, please contact us at privacy@99cbook.store.

12. Data security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, accidental loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure.

These measures may include:

• Secure website connections;
• Access controls;
• Appropriate security measures for our website and hosting environment;
• Use of reputable third-party payment and technology providers; and
• Limiting access to personal data to what is reasonably necessary.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

13. Your data protection rights

Subject to the conditions and limitations set out in applicable law, you have rights under the GDPR including:

• Right of access — you can request a copy of personal data we hold about you;
• Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
• Right to erasure — in certain circumstances, you can ask us to delete your personal data;
• Right to restriction — in certain circumstances, you can ask us to restrict how we process your information;
• Right to data portability — in certain circumstances, you can request personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format;
• Right to object — in certain circumstances, you can object to processing based on legitimate interests, including certain direct-marketing activities; and
• Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

These rights are not absolute and certain legal conditions or exemptions may apply.

14. How to exercise your rights

To exercise your data-protection rights, please contact:

99c Book Store
Email: privacy@99cbook.store
Address: 41 Watervale, Roosky, Co. Roscommon, Ireland

Please describe your request clearly and provide enough information for us to identify you and locate the relevant information.

We may need to request additional information where reasonably necessary to verify your identity.

We will respond to valid requests within the timeframe required by applicable data-protection law.

15. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we process your personal data, we encourage you to contact us first so that we can try to resolve the issue.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish supervisory authority:

Data Protection Commission (DPC)
21 Fitzwilliam Square South
Dublin 2
D02 RD28
Ireland

Website: https://www.dataprotection.ie/

16. Automated decision-making and profiling

We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal effects or similarly significant effects concerning you.

17. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, website, technology, legal requirements or data-processing practices.

When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy and, where appropriate, provide additional notice.

We recommend checking this page periodically for the latest version.

18. Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal data is handled, please contact:

99c Book Store
41 Watervale
Roosky
Co. Roscommon
Ireland

Email: privacy@99cbook.store

Website: 99cbook.store