We value our readers, authors, colleagues and partners just as much as the stories we publish. Below is a brief Q&A summary of what you need to know about our Privacy Policy.

What information do you collect about me?

The following points relate to all users of this website:

If you visit our websites, we will collect certain information about how you’ll use them – for example, information about your device, your IP address, geographical location, your browser type, how you navigated to us (e.g. through a search engine). This information may be collected by a third-party analytics service or by third parties using cookies, which are active on our website. You can read our full 

Cookies Policy here.

If you contact us, we will collect any information contained in any correspondance.

If you upload or post to any account on our website, we also collect that information.

How do you use my data?

Firstly, we’ll only use your data either as part of our services to you, with your consent (where we request it) or within our legitimate business interests.

This may be in providing you with personalised content, understanding the performance of our websites or if we have a legal obligation to use your data.

We’ll always take into account any potential impact that our data use may have on you.

Who do you share my information with?

Third parties we may share your personal information with include those who we work with to deliver our business operations (e.g. our web developers, digital advertisers).

How do you look after my information and how long do you keep it for?

We look for opportunities to minimise the amount of personal information we hold about you. We use technological security measures to protect your information against any unauthorised access or unlawful use – such as, appropriate password protection and encryption and limiting access to your personal information for those in our company who need to use it.

Will you process my data outside of the EEA (European Economic Area)?

No, except when we are sharing information with, or using service providers based outside the EEA or if you are purchasing a product through our website.

What are my rights about the information which you hold about me?

You have many rights about the information which we hold about you, including asking us to request access to the information we hold about you and to stop processing information about you.

Do you have any examples of information you may collect about me?

Yes, we have collected examples of information that we collect for our most common user groups across all of our website.

For readers e.g. email address, name

We use cookies on this site to enable certain parts of the site to function and to collect information about your use of the site so that we can improve our visitors’ experience and show more relevant content and advertising.

By using the Twilight Cat Website you confirm that you accept the terms of this policy and agree to us setting cookies via your browser.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are used by most websites, cannot harm your computer, and allow our websites to recognise your computer in order to provide functionality like saving your preferences on a site.

Which cookies do we use on our sites and why?

The list below sets out the main cookies that we use on this site and what we use them for.

Analytics cookies

The Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics tools collect information about how visitors use our websites, for example how many visitors came to our website and when, what browsers visitors use and how long visitors stay on the site. This data does not contain any information that is personal to you.

Account related cookies

If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.

Social media cookies

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These are “Add This”/”Share This” social media cookies. These cookies enable users, if they wish, to login to their accounts on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest and share content from our websites with their friends. These cookies do not allow us access to your accounts or provide us with any confidential information relating to any of your accounts.

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These are third party Facebook cookies. These cookies enable users, if they wish, to login to their Facebook account share content from our websites with their friends. These cookies do not allow us access to your accounts or provide us with any confidential information relating to your accounts.

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These are third party Twitter cookies. These cookies enable users, if they wish, to login to their Twitter account share content from our websites with their friends. These cookies do not allow us access to your accounts or provide us with any confidential information relating to your accounts.

Login related cookies

We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

Forms related cookies

When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

Site preferences cookies

In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.

Third-Party Cookies

Some features used on this website may involve a cookie being sent to your computer by a third party. For example, if you view or listen to any embedded audio or video content you may be sent cookies from the site where the embedded content is hosted. Likewise, if you share any content on this website through social networks (for example by clicking a Facebook “like” button or a “Tweet” button) you may be sent cookies from these websites. We do not control the setting of these cookies so please check the websites of these third parties for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

How to manage cookies

To make full use of this site, your device must be set to accept cookies otherwise some of its functionality (for example online shopping) may not work.

If you nevertheless want to restrict, block or disable cookies, you can do so by changing your browser settings. If you would like more specific information about how to change your browser settings, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org, which has detailed information for each browser as well as more information about cookies in general.

This document (together with any other documents referred to in it) sets out the terms of use for www.penguin.co.uk (the “site”).

Please read these terms of use carefully because, by using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.

You are responsible for ensuring that anyone who accesses our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All information, content and material displayed on this site and all code comprised in this site are the property of Atticus Ryder, licensors or suppliers as applicable. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world and all such rights are reserved.

You may not copy, post, transmit, store, publish, download or otherwise use our trademarks or logos or any of the content or code of this site in any way for any other reason without our prior written approval. You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you use any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, any rights that you may have to use our site or any of its content will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

OUR SITE

The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

We may update our site from time to time, and may change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it.

LINKING TO OUR SITE

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.

Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

THIRD PARTY LINKS AND RESOURCES IN OUR SITE

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only.

We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

VIRUSES

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

LIMITATION OF OUR LIABILITY

Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied.

We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, our site or your use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page.
Please check this page from time to time to take note of any changes we make, as they are binding on you.

APPLICABLE LAW

These terms of use, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Thank you for visiting our site.

Last updated: March 2024