Privacy Policy
Last updated: 27 September 2026
Midnight Tales Press Ltd respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
Midnight Tales Press Ltd is the data controller responsible for personal information processed in connection with this website and our publishing activities.
Information we collect
When you contact us through our website, by email or through our business social-media accounts, we may collect:
your name;
your email address and other contact details;
the contents of your correspondence; and
any other information you choose to provide.
If you make an enquiry about or place an order, we may also process information necessary to deal with that order, such as your name, contact details, delivery information and transaction or order information.
Manuscript submissions
If you submit a manuscript to Midnight Tales Press, we may process:
your name and contact details;
your manuscript;
your synopsis, author biography and other submission material;
information about your publishing history;
correspondence concerning your submission; and
information necessary to assess your manuscript and, where applicable, discuss or enter into a publishing agreement with you.
Please avoid including unnecessary sensitive personal information in manuscript submissions.
Our website provider may also collect technical information necessary to operate, secure and analyse the website, including information collected through cookies and similar technologies.
How we use your information
We may use personal information to:
respond to enquiries;
communicate with readers, customers, booksellers, libraries, schools and other organisations;
process and respond to manuscript submissions;
assess manuscripts for possible publication;
communicate with authors and prospective authors;
administer publishing relationships and agreements;
process and administer orders;
deal with press, media and rights enquiries;
maintain appropriate financial, contractual and business records;
promote Midnight Tales Press and its publications where appropriate;
operate, maintain and protect our website; and
comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
We do not sell personal information.
Our lawful bases
The lawful basis we rely upon depends on why we are processing your information.
We may rely on legitimate interests where processing is reasonably necessary to operate Midnight Tales Press Ltd, respond to enquiries, assess submissions, communicate with relevant individuals and organisations, and administer our publishing activities.
Where processing is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract, or to perform an existing contract, we may rely on contract.
Where we are required to process or retain information to comply with the law, we may rely on legal obligation.
Where consent is required, we will ask for it. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
How your information is stored and shared
Our website is hosted using Squarespace. Information submitted through the website may therefore be processed by Squarespace and its service providers in providing website and form functionality.
We use Microsoft 365 for business email and related administrative services. Information sent to our Midnight Tales Press email addresses may therefore be processed and stored using Microsoft services.
We may use other service providers where reasonably necessary to operate the business, publish and distribute books, process orders, maintain business records or provide related services.
We only share personal information where reasonably necessary for these purposes, where you have asked us to do so, or where required by law.
Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs, appropriate safeguards required by applicable data-protection law will apply.
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 and to meet applicable legal, accounting, contractual and business-record requirements.
Correspondence and unsuccessful manuscript submissions will not be retained indefinitely where there is no continuing business or legal reason to keep them.
Where a publishing or other contractual relationship is established, relevant records may need to be retained for longer for contractual, accounting, rights-management or legal purposes.
Information that is no longer required will be deleted or securely disposed of.
Your Rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law may give you rights concerning your personal information, including the right to:
request access to your personal information;
ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
request deletion of your information in certain circumstances;
request restriction of processing in certain circumstances;
object to certain processing; and
request transfer of your information where the right to data portability applies.
Where we rely on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
The exact rights available depend on the circumstances and the lawful basis on which your information is being processed.
To exercise your rights, contact: enquiries@midnighttalespress.co.uk
Data protection registration
Midnight Tales Press Ltd is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and pays the applicable data protection fee.
Data protection complaints
If you have a concern or complaint about how Midnight Tales Press Ltd has collected or used your personal information, please contact us at: enquiries@midnighttalespress.co.uk
We will consider data-protection complaints and respond appropriately.
If you remain dissatisfied, you have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data-protection regulator.
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies necessary for its operation, security and performance.
Where non-essential cookies or similar technologies require consent, visitors will be given an appropriate choice before those technologies are used.
Midnight Tales Press Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales.
Company number: 16773920
Registered office:
Suite A, 82 James Carter Road
Mildenhall
Bury St. Edmunds
England
IP28 7DE
Email: enquiries@midnighttalespress.co.uk