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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 18, 2022

Welcome to the Books Without Blemish website (hereinafter “Books Without Blemish,” “we” or “us”) at https://bookswithoutblemish.com/ (including all content under the “Books Without Blemish.com” domain name, and referred to herein as the “Website”). This Privacy Policy explains our online information collection and use practices, and the choices you can make about the way we use such information.  It is important that you take the time to read and understand this Privacy Policy so that you can appreciate how we use your personal information.  REMEMBER IF YOU USE OR ACCESS THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.  AS WE UPDATE THE WEBSITE, WE MAY CHANGE THIS PRIVACY POLICY UPON NOTICE TO YOU. HOWEVER, PLEASE REVIEW IT FROM TIME TO TIME.

For users that are citizens of the European Union (“EU”), this Privacy Policy is subject to the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and other applicable privacy laws.  In such case, we agree that under the GDPR, we are a data “Controller” and you are a “Data Subject” with certain protected privacy rights concerning your “Personal Data.”  We will take commercially reasonable steps to maintain compliance with GDPR requirements.   Your Personal Data may identify you as a person, and thus is often referred to as Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”).

1.    Who Collects Your Information On Our Website?

We do.  Under the GDPR, we are known as the “Controller” of the Personal Data that you provide to us. We collect information from you on the Website, and we are responsible for protection of your information. 

2.    What Information Do We Collect?

A.    Requested Information.   On various pages on the Website, we may request specific PII about you in order to add you to our email list or fulfill your requests for information.  We only collect basic personal data about you that does not include any special types of information (e.g., health-related) as defined in the GDPR.  The types of personal information we collect and save include: 

  • Contact information that you provide via our request to ‘Subscribe to our weekly mailings’ where we collect PII (e.g., name, email) via the Subscribe form;
  • Information you provide such as feedback, comments or other messages;
  • Technical information collected in our logs (to include standard web log entries such as your IP address, page URLs and timestamp); and
  • Device information such as mobile phone provider associated with the device you are using to access the Website, your device’s unique identifier, the type of device and its operating system, the pages or features accessed most frequently, calls and messages placed through the Website, how pages are used, search terms entered, and similar analytics about use of the Website.

B.    Aggregate Information.  We may also collect anonymous, non-identifying and aggregate information such as the type of browser you are using, device type, the operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet service provider.

3.    Why Is My Information Being Collected?

We need to collect your personal information so that we can add you to our emailing lists.  We also collect aggregate information to help us better design the Website.  We collect log information for monitoring purposes to help us to diagnose problems with our servers, administer the Website, calculate usage levels, and otherwise provide services to you. 

4.    How Do We Use the Information We Collect?

A.    We use the PII you provide for the purposes for which you have submitted it.  Our uses of your PII include:

  • Responding To Your Inquiries and Fulfilling Your Requests.  We may use your PII to respond to your inquiries and to fulfill your requests for information.
  • Communicating With You About Our Services.  We may use your PII to send you information about new Services and other items that may be of interest to you.
  • Sending Administrative Emails.  We may use your PII to send you emails to: (a) provide you with information regarding the Website, or (b) inform you of changes to this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, or our other policies.

B.    We may use anonymous information that we collect to improve the design and content of our Website, and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience.  We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze how our Website is used, analyze industry trends, as well as to offer you programs or services.

C.   We do not use the information you provide to make any automated decisions that might affect you. 

5.    Do We Share Your Personal Information?

A.    In general, we will not share your personal information except: (a) for the purposes for which you provided it; (b) with your consent; (c) as may be required by law (e.g., in response to a court order or subpoena, or in response to a law enforcement agency request); (d) as we think necessary to protect our organization or others from injury (e.g., when we believe that someone is causing, or is about to cause, injury to or interference with the rights or property of another); or (e) on a confidential basis with persons or organizations with whom we contract to carry out internal site operations or as necessary to render the Services.  With your knowledge and consent, we may share your personal information with our service providers and business partners.  We may also share aggregate information with others, including affiliated and non-affiliated organizations.  Finally, we may transfer your personal information to our successor-in-interest in the event of an acquisition, sale, merger or bankruptcy.

6.    Are There Other Ways My Personal Data Could Be Shared?

You may elect to share certain personal information with individuals or with the public via your use of the Website.  In this case, you will control such sharing via settings that we provide.  For example, the Website may make it possible for you to publicly share information via social media such as Facebook or Twitter.  Be aware that when you choose to share information with friends, public officials, or with the public at large, you may be disclosing sensitive information, or information from which sensitive information can be inferred.  Always use caution when sharing information through the Website. You understand and agree that we are not responsible for any consequences of your sharing of information through and beyond the Website.

7.    How Can You Access and Control Your Information?

A.   If you have a complaint about our use of your information, we would prefer you to contact us directly in the first instance so that we can address your complaint.  You may also, however, contact the UK Information Commissioner’s Office via their website at www.ico.org.uk/concerns.

8.    How Do We Use Cookies And Other Network Technologies?

A.    To enhance your online experience with us, our web pages may presently or in the future use “cookies.”  Cookies are text files that our web server may place on your hard disk to store your preferences.  We may use session, persistent, first-party and third-party cookies.  Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other PII unless you choose to provide this information to us.  Once you choose to provide PII, however, this information may be linked to the data stored in a cookie.  You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, providing you with as much control as you wish as to the decision to accept/reject the cookie, and deletion of the cookie upon leaving our Website.  Please note, however, that if your browser does not accept cookies, you may not be able to take advantage of all of the features of our Website.

B.    We may permit third-party service providers to place cookies in your browser through our Website to provide us with better insights into the use of the Website or user demographics or to provide relevant services to you. These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our Website. We do not control the use of third-party cookies or any resulting information, and we are not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. For example, our Websites may use Google Analytics to collect and process data (i.e., to collect anonymized information about how users use our Website, including the number of users visiting the Website, where they came from, and the page or pages they visited).  For more information on Google Analytics, please see Google’s Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, and Google Analytics help pages at https://support.google.com/analytics/?hl=en#topic=3544906). To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

C.   We or our service providers may also use “pixel tags,” “web beacons,” “clear GIFs,” “embedded links” and other commonly-used information-gathering tools in connection with some Website pages and HTML-formatted email messages.  We use these tools for such purposes as compiling aggregate statistics about Website usage and response rates.  A pixel tag is an electronic image (often a single pixel), that is ordinarily not visible to website visitors, and may be associated with cookies on visitors’ hard drives.  Pixel tags allow us and our service providers to count users who have visited certain pages of the Website, to deliver customized services, and to help determine the effectiveness of our Website and Services.  When used in HTML-formatted email messages, pixel tags can inform the sender of the email whether and when the email has been opened.

D.   As you use the Internet, you leave a trail of electronic information at each website you visit.  This information, which is sometimes referred to as “clickstream data”, can be collected and stored by a website’s server.  Clickstream data can reveal the type of computer and browsing software you use and the address of the website from which you linked to the Website.  We may use clickstream data as a form of non-PII to determine how much time visitors spend on each page of our Website, how visitors navigate through the Website, and how we may tailor our web pages to better meet the needs of visitors.  We will only use this information to improve our Website.

E.    At this time, the Website does not specifically respond to do-not-track signals.

9. Collection of Information by Others

We provide links to certain third party websites that you may click-on from our Website.   Please check the privacy policies of these other websites to learn how they collect, use, store and share information that you may submit to them or that they collect.

10. Children and Young People’s Information

We do not knowingly collect any information from any minors, and we comply with all applicable privacy laws including the GDPR, USA Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and associated Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) rules for collecting personal information from minors.  Please see the FTC’s website (www.ftc.gov) for more information.   Our Website will not knowingly accept personal information from anyone under 13 years old in violation of applicable laws, without consent of a parent or guardian.  In the event that we discover that a child under the age of 13 has provided PII to us without parental consent, we will make efforts to delete the child’s information in accordance with the COPPA.  If you have concerns about this Website or its Services, wish to find out if your child has accessed our Services, or wish to remove your child’s personal information from our servers, please contact us at contact@stainlessbooks.com.

11. California Privacy Rights

California law allows California residents to request information regarding our disclosures in the prior calendar year, if any, of their PII to third parties. To make such a request, please contact us at contact@stainlessbooks.com.  Please include enough detail for us to locate your file; at a minimum, your name, email and username, if any.  We will attempt to provide you with the requested information within thirty (30) days of receipt.  We reserve our right not to respond to requests sent more than once in a calendar year, or requests submitted to an address other than the one posted in this notice. Please note that this law does not cover all information sharing.  Our disclosure only includes information covered by the law.

12. Changes to this Policy

Because our business needs may change over time, we reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy.  If at any time in the future we plan to use your PII in a way that differs from this Privacy Policy, we will revise this Privacy Policy as appropriate.  In the event of a change to our Privacy Policy, we will email the updated policy to the email address that you provided to us.  Your continued use of the Website following our notice of changes to this Privacy Policy means you accept such changes.

13. Our Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at contact@stainlessbooks.com.

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