Our Cookie Notice

This Cookie Notice applies to information collected and used by World of Books (“we,” “our” or “us”) when you visit our website. This information is collected through instruments known as cookies and various other technologies used to set and interact with cookies on our site, including tools such as web beacons and tracking pixels (all referred to as “cookies”).

You are free to ask us to (or set your browser or operating system settings to) limit certain tracking or to decline cookies in relation to cookies which are not necessary, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features on our website.

In certain circumstances, we collect personal information about you through these cookies which may include your IP address, information about the way you use our website, your choice of internet browser and the type of device you’re accessing our website from. This is in order for us to analyse customer behaviour, administer the website, track users’ movements, and to collect information about users which may be relevant to offering our goods or services to you. Where any information we collect through cookies qualifies as personal information, our Privacy Notice as well as this Cookie Notice, applies to the collection and use of such personal information.

U.S based Customers’ Privacy Notice can be found here.

UK and European based Customers’ Privacy Notice can be found here.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

Cookies are small files of letters and numbers placed onto your browser, computer, or mobile phone by certain websites that you visit or e-mails that you open. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

Cookies can be 'first-party' or 'third-party' depending on the domain that sets them. In relation to our website, first-party cookies are set by us and information is collected and used by us in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Notice and our Privacy Notice. Third-party cookies are set by third parties and information is collected and used in accordance with their policies.

First and third-party cookies are either 'persistent' or 'session' cookies depending on their duration. Persistent cookies remain on a user's device for the period of time specified in those cookies and are activated each time that user visits the website that created the cookies, until the cookies expire or are disabled by the user. Session cookies allow the actions of a user to be linked during a single browsing session. A session starts when a user opens a browser window, stores information while you are browsing and ends when you leave the website and close the browser window, following which all session cookies are deleted. Our platforms use both persistent and session cookies. We have set out clearly in the table below when our cookies expire.

Strictly Necessary: These cookies have a legal definition. These cookies should be essential. Examples include cookies that are essential for the proper functioning of a site. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging into your account, using a shopping cart, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Functional Cookies: These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website and enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. For example, they enable us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Type	Description	Provider	Expiration	Expiry
lantern	This cookie is used by the application to manage specific user preferences, session data, or other functional aspects required for the user experience or application performance.		Strictly Necessary Cookies	1 month
authTokenUS	This cookie is used to authenticate and validate user sessions for users located in the United States. It stores a secure token that confirms the user's identity and maintains their login state, enabling them to access protected or personalized features without needing to log in repeatedly during their session.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Strictly Necessary Cookies	1 year
authTokenGB	This cookie is used to authenticate and validate user sessions for users located in the United Kingdom. It stores a secure token that confirms the user's identity and maintains their login state, enabling them to access protected or personalized features without needing to log in repeatedly during their session.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Strictly Necessary Cookies	a few seconds
OptanonAlertBoxClosed	This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year and contains no personal information.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Strictly Necessary Cookies	1 year
OptanonConsent	This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Strictly Necessary Cookies	1 year
localePrefix	This cookie is used to store the user's preferred language and regional settings (e.g., language, country, or locale) to personalize the user experience on the website or application. By storing this information, the cookie allows the site to display content, interface elements, date/time formats, and other locale-specific features correctly, according to the user's preference or region.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Strictly Necessary Cookies	1 year
forcedLocale	This cookie is used to store and enforce the user's language and locale preference selection.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Strictly Necessary Cookies	1 year
__cf_bm	Cloudflare's Bot Management service helps mitigate risk associated with spam and bot traffic. This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.	radar.cloudflare.com	Strictly Necessary Cookies	1 Day
__hssc	This cookie is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Performance Cookies	a few seconds
_uetvid	This cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to store and track conversions. Google conversion tracking cookie.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Performance Cookies	1 year
__hstc	This cookie is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is used for website analytics.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Performance Cookies	5 months
_hjTLDTest	When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Performance Cookies	a few seconds
_hjSessionUser	Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Performance Cookies	1 year
_hjSession	A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensures that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Performance Cookies	a few seconds
__hssrc	This is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is being used for website analytics.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Performance Cookies	a few seconds
exponea_time2	This cookie is used by Bloomreach to provide timezone functionality.	Sell.worldofbooks.com	Functional Cookies	a few seconds
hubspotutk	This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. HubSpot report that its purpose is user authentication. As a persistent rather than a session cookie it cannot be classified as Strictly Necessary.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Functional Cookies	5 months
mm_id	This domain is associated with Mention Me, a referral marketing platform that helps businesses acquire new customers through word-of-mouth and referral programs.	mention-me.com	Functional Cookies	6 months
_uetsid	This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies	1 Day
FPLC	This FPLC cookie is the cross-domain linker cookie from Google.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies	a few seconds
FPID	A cookie from Google that stores a value used for setting the Client ID in the request to Google's servers for the purpose of web analytics.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies	1 year
_gclxxxx	This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.	Sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies
AwinChannelCookie	Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies	1 month
PAPVisitorId	This domain is owned by Post Affiliate Pro which provides affiliate marketing tracking software and services.	postaffiliatepro.com	Targeting Cookies	1 year
_fbp	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies	2 months
FPAU	This FPAU is associated with Google which is used to collect information about the users and their activity on the website through embedded elements with the purpose of analytics and reporting.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies	2 months
_ga_xxxxxxxxxx	Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies	1 year
exponea_etc	Our Engagement platform cookie used for tracking user activity.	Sell.worldofbook.com	Targeting Cookies	2 years
ServerAwinChannelCookie	This cookie is associated with ServerAwinChannelCookie which is used to identify the last paid click referring channel, aiding in accurate conversion attribution and deduplication across various marketing channels.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies	1 month
_ga	This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies	1 year
_lantern	Stores a reference to a visit to attribute a sale to marketing channels.	roeye.com	Targeting Cookies	6 months
IDE	This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange.	doubleclick.net	Targeting Cookies	1 year
_cfuvid	This domain is owned by Hubspot. The company provides a range of online marketing and sales technology and services.	hsforms.com	Targeting Cookies	a few seconds
xnpe_cacc72a8-ffe5-11ed-a034-5aefccab3040	This cookie allows Bloomreach to store data related to individual sessions, helping the website to analyze customer journeys and deliver relevant promotions or recommendations in future visits.	api.uk.exponea.com	Targeting Cookies	2 years
lidc	This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where we have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active LinkedIn profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain.	linkedin.com	Targeting Cookies	a few seconds
MUID	This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing.	bing.com	Targeting Cookies	1 year
116711_lantern	This domain is owned by R.O.EYE which provides advertising services including affiliate marketing, online marketing, performance marketing, digital media buying, performance social marketing, attribution analytics, programmatic display, and data and insights.	roeye.com	Targeting Cookies	6 months
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	youtube.com	Targeting Cookies	5 months
bcookie	This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active LinkedIn profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain.	linkedin.com	Targeting Cookies	1 year
__Secure-YEC	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	youtube.com	Targeting Cookies	a few seconds
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos.	youtube.com	Targeting Cookies	5 months
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	youtube.com	Targeting Cookies	5 months
__Secure-YNID	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	youtube.com	Targeting Cookies	5 months
test_cookie	This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange.	doubleclick.net	Targeting Cookies	a few seconds
YSC	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	youtube.com	Targeting Cookies	a few seconds
li_gc	This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active LinkedIn profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain.	linkedin.com	Targeting Cookies	5 months
_gcl_au	This cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to store and track user interactions across different domains.	sell.worldofbooks.com	Targeting Cookies	3 months

Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies:

• Cloudflare Inc.
• Hotjar Ltd
• Microsoft
• Trustpilot, Inc.
• OneTrust
• Shopify
• Prospect One
• Meta
• Hubspot, Inc
• AWIN, Inc
• Optimizely
• Google Analytics (see further details below)
  
  

To deactivate the use of third party advertising cookies, you may visit the relevant consumer page to manage the use of these types of cookies.

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (‘Google’) Google Analytics uses cookies (text files placed on your computer) to help us analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the UK. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage, such as facilitating remarketing. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

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Cookie Settings

You may also refuse to accept cookies by changing the settings of your Internet browser. If you do not want cookies to be placed on your device, you can control this through your browser’s settings. Please refer to the links below for each browser’s guide on how to turn off or delete cookies.

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Safari
  
  

Alternatively, you can control some third party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

If you choose not to allow the use of cookies, some areas of our website may not function properly or be accessible, and you’ll need to accept the use of cookies and provide other cookie-preference information again if you change your mind.

From time to time we may make changes to this Cookie Notice to ensure that it is accurate and up to date and to reflect any changes in the law. This policy was last updated on 26th November 2025.

Contacting us and making a complaint

If you have comments, questions or complaints about or requests relating to this Cookie Notice statement, please contact us using: data@worldofbooks.com.