readbook.store, including all of its features and content and related or commonly-owned or controlled websites(“Website”), is a service made available by readbook. (“readbook.store”), a public benefit corporation that provides independently owned booksellers, industry partners, and conscious consumers with a direct-to-consumer e-commerce solution competitive to that of major retailers.
Quick Guide to Contents 1. How This Privacy Policy Applies 2. What Information ReadBook.store Collects and Receives 3. How ReadBook.store Uses the Information It Collects 4. How ReadBook.store Shares the Information It Collects 5. Tracking and Other Technologies 6. Your Rights
1. How This Privacy Policy Applies
By using the Website and any SMS Service you opt into to receive messages via text (“SMS Service”), you are accepting the practices described in this PrivacyPolicy (including new versions of this Privacy Policy when and as they go into effect) and Readbook.store ’s Terms of Use (“Terms ofUse”), which governs this Privacy Policy applies to those persons or entities who (i) purchase products on the Website, (ii) receive communications from Readbook.store (iii) sell products on the Website through Readbook.store Platform Seller Program(each, a “Platform Seller”), and (vi) participate in Readbook.store Affiliate Program (each, an “Affiliate”)(collectively, “Users,” and each, a “User”, “you” or “your”). Capitalized words not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in the Terms of Use. In the event of a conflict between this Privacy Policy and the terms and conditions applicable to the Platform Seller Program and the Affiliate Program, respectively, such terms and conditions applicable to the Platform Seller Program and the Affiliate Program shall apply respectively.
2: WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
When you use the Services by, for example, ordering a book, providing registration details, subscribing to a newsletter, browsing our sites, completing a survey, entering a sweepstakes, requesting information from us or otherwise interacting with our Services, we gather personal information. “Personal Information” is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual. Several different types of Personal Information can be gathered when you interact with the Services. Collection of Personal Information is necessary to provide the Services to you or to enhance your consumer experience.
If you disclose any Personal Information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with the Services, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We and our service providers collect Personal Information in a variety of ways, including:
Through the Services
Product purchases: When you purchase a book or other product through our Services, we collect Personal Information such as your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, credit or debit card information and other billing information.
Newsletter subscriptions: We collect your email address when you subscribe to our newsletters. For certain newsletters, we collect additional personal information that may be relevant including your name, job title, interests and similar information.
Sweepstakes, contests and other promotions: We collect personal information such as your name, email address and mailing address when you participate in sweepstakes, contests or similar promotions.
Registration for programs and events: When you register for our programs, events or conferences, we collect personal information such as your name and email address.
Reading preferences and market research: We collect personal information from you including your reading preferences (e.g., author, genre) you provide through the Services and any information you provide through voluntary surveys or feedback conducted through the Services, through our service providers’ platforms, by phone or during in-person interviews or focus groups.
User-generated content: We collect personal information when you submit user-generated content through online communities and other publicly available sections of the Services, including comments, reviews, or any other material that you submit. Any personal information you submit through these public forums may be viewed by other users of these Services. We are not responsible for the personal information you choose to submit and we have no responsibility to publish, take down, remove or edit any of your submissions (except as required by applicable laws). For more information, please refer to the User Submissions section of our Terms of Use.
Job applications: We collect personal information in connection with your application for a job at PRH.
Contact with our Customer Service: We collect personal information for you in offline contexts, including, for example, when you place an order over the phone or contact customer service.
3. How Readbook.store Uses the Information It Collects
uses the information it collects from and about you for the following purposes:
• To enableReadbook.store to provide you and other Users with the Website, and to improve, protect, and promote the Website and services;
• To address inquiries and respond to customer service requests, questions, and comments;
• To contact you with newsletters, offers, promotions, and other product specials or to customize your experience on the Website;
• To track and analyze use of the Website and Bookshop.org’s services, such as to identify trends, conduct data analysis, and determine the effectiveness of marketing and promotion efforts, and other service offerings, so that Bookshop.org can improve its performance and provide Users with the best experience possible;
• To maintain security and to enforce the Terms of Use and comply with applicable law; and
• For other purposes that Bookshop.org believes are necessary to protect its rights and the rights of others, or as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.
(ii) With respect to the SMS Service, Readbook.store uses personal information to(a) provide you with the SMS Service, (b) process and respond to inquiries, (c)improve the SMS Service, (d) if necessary, contact you with importantannouncements, or messages, (e) conduct research, and (f) provide anonymousreporting for internal and external clients and partners.
Each message that you send through the SMS Service is stored on our servers. We retain these messages on our servers. Readbook.store utilizes servers owned by third parties.
4. How Readbook Shares the Information It Collects
Readbook.store may share the information it collects from and about you in thefollowing ways:
• Service Providers: Readbook.store may share your information with certain service providers to help provide, improve, promote, or protect the Website, process payments, or manage ads on other websites. Readbook.store requires those service providers use your information only for the purposes Readbook.storehas authorized and protect your personal information at least to the same standards as Bookshop.org does.
• Affiliates and Platform Sellers: Readbook.store may share your contact information with an Affiliate if you visited Readbook.store website via thatAffiliate’s referral link, or you shopped from the Affiliate’s book lists or a Platform Seller’s page on our Website. We will only share your information withPlatform Seller from whom you purchase.
• Legal Matters; Safety: Readbook.store reserves the right to discloseinformation Bookshop.org collects from or about you when doing so is reasonablynecessary to comply with the law or law enforcement, to prevent fraud or abuse,or to protect the legal rights, property, or the safety of Readbook.store Users,or others.
• Sale or Transfer of Assets: In the event that Readbook.store is acquired by or merged with a third-party entity, or sells all or substantially all of its assets, Readbook.store reserves the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information it has collected from and about Users aspart of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors’ rights generally, Readbook.store may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.
• Aggregate or Anonymous Information: Readbook.store may also share informationthat is aggregated or anonymized in a way that it does not directly identifyyou.
• Publicly Available Information: When Platform Sellers post Content, all Userswill be able to view such Content. Platform Sellers should not post anyinformation, including personal information, that they do not want to bepublicly accessible.
The above excludes the sharing of any personal information collected by the SMSService, which shall not be shared with any third parties.
5. Tracking and Other Technologies
Readbook.store, uses the following types of cookies and other technologies:
• User Information: Readbook will store a logged-in User’s information to remember the customer information you gave us so that you do not have to re-enter it when making additional purchases.
• Shopping Cart Contents: Readbook also uses cookies to keep track of items you put into your shopping cart including when you have abandoned your cart and this information is used to determine when to send cart reminder messages via the SMS Service
• Security: Readbook secures the Website with cookies that facilitate security features and allow Readbook to detect activity that might violate the Terms of Use, such as unauthorized access or activity.
• Localization: Some cookies help Readbook provide localized experiences, such as displaying the Website in the local language.
• Site Features and Services: Certain cookies provide greater functionality to the Website and help Readbook deliver our products and services.
• Performance: Readbook uses performance cookies to help route traffic between servers and understand how the Website is performing so Readbook can provide Users with the best experience possible.
• Analytics and Research: Cookies and other technologies also help Readbook to understand, improve, and research features and content on the Website. These types of cookies include Google Analytics, which you can opt out of at
6. Security
Readbook takes security seriously, and the security of your personal data is important to us. Readbook follows industry-standard practices to protect the data readbook collects and maintains, including using Transport LayerSecurity (TLS) to encrypt information as it travels over the Internet. However, the nature of security risks is constantly evolving, as are the technical and organizational industry standards relating to management of those risks, and readbook cannot guarantee the complete security of any information it collects, stores, or uses.
13. Contact Us
Questions or comments about this Privacy Policy should be sent by email to info@ReadBook.store
