Who We Are: BooksKerala.com is an online bookstore dedicated to bringing a premier collection of Malayalam creative literature, poetry, and books from Kerala to readers all over the world.

Effective Date: 01st June 2026

At BooksKerala.com (referred to as “the Site”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), we deeply respect your right to privacy. We do not spam, nor do we sell, rent, or lease your personal information to third parties.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personally identifiable information when you visit our WordPress website or use our services. By using BooksKerala.com, you consent to the data practices described in this policy. We may update this policy from time to time, so please review it periodically.

Information Automatically Collected (Log Data)

Following standard internet communications, our web server and analytics tools automatically record information transmitted by your browser whenever you visit BooksKerala.com. This includes:

  • The website you visited before coming to our Site.
  • Your IP address and Internet Service Provider (ISP).
  • Technical attributes such as your operating system, screen resolution, and browser software.
  • The date, time, and specific pages of your requests on our Site.

This data is aggregated to analyze readership and shopping trends, helping us better understand our audience and continuously improve our services.

Information Collected During Account Creation & Checkout

You can browse many sections of BooksKerala.com without registering. However, to access certain features—such as placing an order—you must create an account. During the checkout or registration process on our WordPress platform, we collect personally identifiable information, including your:

  • Name
  • Billing and International Shipping addresses
  • Email address and Phone number
  • Username and account password (encrypted securely by WordPress)

We use this information to process your orders, ship books to your global destination, and send you order confirmations or tracking updates.

Comments and Media

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

If you upload images to the website (such as book reviews or profile pictures), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies Policy (WordPress & Shopping Cart)

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Additionally, we use cookies to track shopping cart contents while you are browsing our bookstore so that your items are not lost before you checkout.

Newsletters and Communication Preferences

Visitors can subscribe to our newsletter by providing their name and email address. BooksKerala.com values your preferences; we provide an “opt-out” mechanism for any non-essential, marketing, or promotional communications. If you wish to unsubscribe from our newsletter mailing list at any time, you can click the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email we send.

International Third-Party Service Providers

We will never sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties except as necessary to fulfill your requests and provide specific services. For global operations, this includes:

  • Payment Gateways: To securely process international and domestic credit cards, net banking, or wallets.
  • Shipping & Courier Partners: To route and deliver your book shipments worldwide.

These third-party platforms are bound by strict confidentiality agreements and are prohibited from using your data for any other purpose.

Embedded Content and External Links

Articles or product pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. BooksKerala.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of external sites.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes (such as purchase receipts for tax reasons).

Data Security and Risk

Securing your personal information is a top priority for us. BooksKerala.com utilizes SSL encryption across the entire WordPress platform to safeguard your data. However, please note that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal info, any transmission you make to us is done at your own risk. Once we receive your data, we make our best efforts to ensure its strict security within our systems.

Contact Us If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

mail@bookskerala.com

Mereena Building, Makkolath Road
Opp Coronation Theatre, Calicut-4
Kerala – India

Phone: (+91)9895132551, (+91)4954022551