Privacy Policy

Antonym Bookstore

Last updated: 5 November 2026

Who we are

This website, antonymbookstore.com, is run by The Antonym Collections, an independent literary publisher based in Kolkata, India. Our imprints include Jilipi, Xako, H2O and Paper Planes Journal.

The Antonym Collections
DA 207, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064
Email: hello@antonymbookstore.com
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 86973 39054

In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" mean The Antonym Collections. "You" means anyone who visits this site or buys from it. We handle personal data under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made under them.

What we collect

When you place an order: your name, billing and shipping address, email address, phone number, and the details of your order. Payment card or UPI details are entered directly with our payment gateway. We never see or store them.
When you create an account: your name, email address, password (stored in encrypted form), saved addresses and order history.
When you contact us by email, WhatsApp or a contact form: your name, contact details and whatever you send us.
When you subscribe to our newsletter: your email address and, if you give it, your name.
When you browse the site: your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you visit, and what's in your cart. We collect this through cookies and similar technologies (see Cookies below).

Why we use it

To process, ship and deliver your orders, and to handle returns and refunds
To send you order confirmations, shipping updates and replies to your questions
To manage your account
To send newsletters and offers, but only if you've opted in. You can unsubscribe at any time.
To understand how the site is used and to improve it
To show relevant ads on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram
To prevent fraud and spam, and to keep the site secure
To meet our legal, tax and accounting obligations

Comments

If you leave a comment, we collect what you enter in the form, plus your IP address and browser user agent string, to help detect spam. An anonymised string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. Gravatar's privacy policy is at automattic.com/privacy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture appears publicly next to it.

Media

If you upload images to this site, don't include embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Anyone who visits the site can download those images and extract the location data.

Cookies

Type	Purpose	Duration
Essential	Keep your cart, run checkout and keep you logged in. The site can't work without them.	Session / up to 2 days
Comments	If you choose, save your name, email and website so you don't have to type them again.	1 year
Login	Login details and screen options. Login cookies last two weeks if you select "Remember Me", and are removed when you log out.	2 days (login); 1 year (screen options)
Analytics & advertising	Measure visits and the results of our ads, for example Meta Pixel and [Google Analytics].	Varies by provider

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block essential cookies, the cart and checkout may not work.

Embedded content from other websites

Pages on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images or posts from other websites. That content behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website. Those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, add third-party tracking, and monitor how you interact with the embedded content, especially if you have an account with them and are logged in.

Who we share your data with

We don't sell your personal data. We share only what each of these partners needs to do its job:

Payment gateway ([Razorpay / PayU / other]): to process payments
Courier and logistics partners ([India Post / Shiprocket / Delhivery / other]): to deliver your orders
Hosting: Hostinger, which hosts this website
Business software: Zoho (accounting and inventory) and Microsoft 365 (email)
Marketing and analytics: Meta (Facebook and Instagram) and [Google]
Spam protection: automated comment-checking services such as Akismet
Authorities: government or law-enforcement bodies, when the law requires it

If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.

Where your data is sent

Some of these partners may store or process your data on servers outside India. When that happens, we use providers that apply reasonable security practices, and we transfer data only as Indian law allows.

How long we keep your data

Order and invoice records: for at least eight years, as Indian tax and accounting law requires
Account information: until you ask us to delete your account
Comments: kept indefinitely, so follow-up comments can be approved automatically
Newsletter data: until you unsubscribe

Registered users can see and edit their profile information at any time, except their username. Site administrators can also see and edit it.

Your rights

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you can:

Ask what personal data we hold about you and get a copy of it
Ask us to correct or complete it
Ask us to erase it, except data we must keep for legal, tax or security reasons
Withdraw your consent to marketing at any time
Nominate someone to exercise these rights on your behalf
Raise a complaint with us, and then with the Data Protection Board of India

To use any of these rights, email hello@antonymbookstore.com. We'll reply within 30 days.

How we protect your data

The site uses an SSL certificate (HTTPS). Access to customer data is limited to staff who need it, and we use reputable, secure service providers. No method of sending or storing data online is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect yours.

Children

This site is not meant for children under 18 to use on their own. Children's books on the site should be bought by a parent or guardian, and we don't knowingly collect personal data from children.