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Authors Kate Birkin and Mark Bornz (collectively the “data controller” for the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and referred to as “us”, “we”, or “our”), operate under the website https://katebirkinbooks.com/ (our “Service”).
This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies and practices regarding the nature, collection, use, disclosure, and safeguard of personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”), whether collected online or offline, or when you visit us online to browse, obtain information, conduct a transaction, or in any other way use our Service. Personal Information will only be used for its intended purpose and may include: your name, email, mailing and/or home address, phone numbers, or other information that identifies you personally. We do not require you to register or provide Personal Information to visit our website, and we will not collect, use, or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
We may use Personal Information to provide and improve our Service. By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of Personal Information in accordance with this policy. We review our Privacy Policy on an ongoing basis, and as such, may change it from time to time. Please check this page frequently to ensure you are familiar with its current content. If you have any questions about this policy or about how we use Personal Information, please contact us via our contact details at the end of this policy.
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain Personal Information by completing a web form and/or sending us an email, such that we can contact or identify you in order to respond to your inquiry or provide you with the service you request. Submitting Personal Information through our website is voluntary, and by doing so, you are giving katebirkinbooks.com your permission to use the information for the stated purpose, as well as for the purposes described below:
We may automatically collect and temporarily store certain information (log data) when you visit our Service in order to facilitate site management and security. We may collect and analyze this information because it helps us to better design our website to suit your needs. The data we collect may include:
We may also share the above information with our employees, representatives, and affiliates on a “need-to-know-only” basis in the performance of their official duties, in order to quickly and accurately process your request or transaction. This information is only used to help us make our Service more useful for you. Additionally, we may use third-party services such as Google Analytics and Facebook Pixels that collect, monitor, and analyze this type of information in order to increase our Service functionality. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information. Raw data logs are retained temporarily as required for site management and security purposes only.
Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies, if used, are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We may use cookies to collect information in order to ensure an efficient and positive experience for you when you use our Service. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. In such cases, however, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
We may use Personal Information for the purposes of marketing and advertising our Service to grow our business, and/or to contact you with news, promotional materials, contest prizes and giveaways, and other information associated with our Service that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link provided in any email we send you.
We may employ third-party companies and individuals as necessary to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related functionality, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties may include, but are not limited to, social media advertising platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, and others; publishing platforms such as Amazon and similar companies; and other third-party companies that may facilitate marketing, advertising, and promotion of our Service. These third-parties may have access to Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated to not disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party site. We strongly advise you review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit, as we have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Your information, including Personal Information, may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy via your submission of Personal Information represents your agreement to that transfer.
The security of Personal Information is important to us, and we take all reasonable measures to safeguard it from accidental loss, damage, alteration, or unauthorized access. However, be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet, or electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We will only disclose Personal Information where required to do so by law or subpoena, or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement, or to protect the security or integrity of our Service.
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your children have provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
We may review Personal Information accuracy and usefulness at regular intervals, and delete any Personal Information deemed no longer required by our Service.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time and post the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at kate@katebirkinbooks.com
