BookSprouts places a very high currency on the privacy of your personal
information. This privacy policy explains the types of information we gather and
how it is treated. The policy does not apply to the practices of third parties
that BookSprouts does not own or control, or to individuals that BookSprouts
does not employ or manage. By visiting the BookSprouts website, you are
accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.
BookSprouts collects your personal information in order to provide a friendly,
customized community experience. We only collect personal information that is
relevant to the purpose of the website and the services offered. The following
are the types of information collected from our users:
Personal information is collected when users voluntarily register for membership services. Personal information includes e-mail addresses, user registration data, passwords, and any other user data. We may also receive personal usage and location information from third-party partners, and we also collect e-mail addresses from users who send us support mail or request technical or other help. This information enables BookSprouts to improve its sites to make your online visits more productive and enjoyable.
Our site's registration form requires users to, among other information, give us a valid e-mail address. We use customer e-mail addresses from the registration form to inform you of the status of your membership to book clubs, to use as notification for club announcements, meetings, and reading round statuses, to inform you of new membership benefits and features, and to let you know of urgent problems on our site.
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us.
BookSprouts automatically receives and records certain "traffic data" on our
server logs from your browser including your IP address, cookie information, and
the page you requested. We use this traffic data to help diagnose problems with
its servers, analyze trends and administer the website.
We neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone. There are only certain cases where your information may be divulged to other authorized parties:
BookSprouts may choose to sell its assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. The context of this happening is when a third-party company acquires BookSprouts. In cases such as this, we will strive to maintain the level of privacy as written in this policy.
We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release
is necessary to comply with a law; enforce or apply our conditions of use and
other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of BookSprouts, our
employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other
companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Except as set forth above, you will be notified when your personal information
may be shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the
purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to
prevent the sharing of this information by opting out.
BookSprouts uses cookies to make it easier for you to browse the website. Cookies also give us bits of browsing-related information such as what pages are being visited and by how many people. Booksprouts does not use cookies to retrieve any information from your computer. Some advertisers may also use cookies on our website. Booksprouts does not have direct control over these third-parties but will intervene if we detect that they are misusing their cookies.
Information posted to message boards, member bio areas, announcements, meetings, book reviews, and other public areas of BookSprouts is available to the general public and becomes public information.
PLEASE EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DECIDING TO DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. Users under the age of 18 should be particularly careful not to provide any personally identifying information. In fact, it's a good policy to NOT disclose any personal info (eg. telephone numbers, home addresses, etc.) at any time on Booksprouts.
Users of message boards must follow
acceptable standards of behaviour when posting messages online. BookSprouts
reserves the right to, but is not obligated to, refuse or delete any content
that in our sole discretion is considered inappropriate.
Your BookSprouts account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You need to work to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.
BookSprouts encourages parents and guardians to spend time with their children online. If you are under 13 years old, then we require that you have the consent of your parents or a legal guardian before registering an account.
If you feel that you are getting spammed by BookSprouts, you can opt out of the notification emails by going to your user profile and setting your email preferences. Emails sent are usually part of important Book Club notifications, such as announcements, reading rounds, and meetings.
No transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be possible for third parties not under the control of BookSprouts to intercept or access transmissions or private communications unlawfully. While we strive to protect your personal information, BookSprouts cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Any such transmission is done at your own risk.
Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall BookSprouts be liable for any special, incidental or consequential damages that result from the use of the information or materials on BookSprouts sites, even if BookSprouts or an authorized representative of BookSprouts, has been advised of the possibility of such damages. BookSprouts reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any such changes will be posted online.
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