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Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 28, 2026

1. Data Controller

Boksmart AS
Organization number: 930 561 924
c/o Kontorfellesskapet, Tyinvegen 5151, 2975 Vang i Valdres, Norway
Email: support@boksmart.no

2. Data We Collect

We collect and process the following categories of personal data:

  • Publisher administrator information: name, email address, and login credentials.
  • Author information: name, email address, and bank account details (for royalty payments).
  • Book metadata: titles, ISBNs, pricing, and related publishing data.
  • Sales and order data: order details, inventory levels, and sales figures from connected channels.

From connected sales channels we only retrieve product and order information necessary for sales tracking and royalty calculation. We do not store personal data about end customers (such as names, email addresses, or shipping addresses) from these channels.

3. Purpose of Processing

All personal data is processed solely to provide the Boksmart service, including:

  • Managing publisher and author accounts.
  • Calculating and paying royalties to authors.
  • Tracking book sales, orders, and inventory across connected sales channels.
  • Sending transactional emails (account invitations, royalty statements).

We do not sell, share, or use data for marketing, profiling, or any purpose beyond those described above.

4. Legal Basis

We process personal data on the following legal bases under GDPR:

  • Contractual necessity (Art. 6(1)(b)): processing is necessary to perform the service agreement with publishers.
  • Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)): processing author data as necessary for the publisher's legitimate business operations (royalty management).

5. Data Sources

We receive data from the following sources:

  • User input: information entered directly by publisher administrators and authors.
  • Forlagssentralen (FS): book metadata, order data, and inventory data synced automatically.
  • Shopify: product and order data accessed via the Shopify API for sales tracking purposes only. Publishers authorize this connection via OAuth and can disconnect at any time.
  • WooCommerce: order and product data synced via API integration.
  • Sentraldistribusjon (SD): order and inventory data synced via SFTP.

6. Sub-processors

We use third-party processors for hosting, email, payments and error monitoring. The full list of sub-processors is available to signed-in users, or on request to support@boksmart.no.

7. Cookies

Boksmart uses only strictly necessary cookies:

  • _boksmart_session: keeps you signed in and protects against CSRF attacks.
  • remember_user_token: set only if you choose “Remember me” when signing in.
  • Cloudflare (__cf_bm): may be set to protect the service from automated traffic.

We do not use any tracking or marketing cookies. Usage statistics from Fathom are cookie-free and anonymous. Strictly necessary cookies are exempt from consent requirements under the ePrivacy Directive.

Some scripts and stylesheets are loaded from content delivery networks (CDNs) such as cdnjs (Cloudflare), jsDelivr, unpkg and JSPM. These receive your IP address when the page loads.

8. Data Subject Rights

Under GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal data.
  • Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Erase your personal data ("right to be forgotten").
  • Restrict processing of your data.
  • Data portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
  • Object to processing based on legitimate interest.
  • Lodge a complaint with the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) at datatilsynet.no.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@boksmart.no. We also process data access and deletion requests received via connected platforms on behalf of their users.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal data for as long as your account is active and the service agreement is in effect. Upon termination, all data is deleted within 30 days, in accordance with our service agreement.

When a connected sales channel is disconnected, related data (credentials, orders, and product data from that channel) is deleted promptly.

10. International Transfers

We host data within the EU/EEA where possible. Where data is transferred outside the EU/EEA (see sub-processors above), we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, including Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated to registered users via email. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision.

12. Contact

For questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, contact us at:
support@boksmart.no