Who We Are
James Dickson Books is a specialist Christian bookseller dealing in new, second-hand, rare, and antiquarian Christian books, historic Bibles, and theological works. We hold one of Scotland’s largest collections of second-hand theology, with more than 20,000 volumes in stock, including Reformed, Puritan, Evangelical, and church history material.
If you would like to contact us about this privacy policy or any aspect of our services, please use the contact details provided below.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the information shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (a “hash”) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy can be viewed at:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
Once approved, your profile picture may appear publicly alongside your comment.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
If you log into our website, a temporary cookie will check whether your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Login cookies normally last two days. Screen preference cookies last one year. If “Remember Me” is selected, login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
If you edit or publish content on the site, an additional cookie will store the article ID for one day. This contains no personal data.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this website may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited the originating website directly.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, include additional tracking, or monitor your interaction with embedded content, particularly if you are logged into those services.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise follow-up comments automatically without moderation delays.
If users register on our site (where applicable), personal information provided in user profiles is stored securely. Users may view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for usernames. Website administrators may also access this information when necessary.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request:
A copy of the personal data we hold about you
Correction or deletion of your personal data
This does not include data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security reasons.
If you receive catalogue or mailing list emails from us, you can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in those emails.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Information
James A. Dickson Books
Livingstone House
16 Edward Street
Kilsyth
Scotland, UK
G65 9DL
Telephone: +44 (0)1236 827 978