Privacy Policy of Book Review
Bookish is a book review website that provides honest, insightful, and entertaining book reviews for book lovers of all genres and ages. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information following the applicable data protection laws and regulations. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, join our book club, or otherwise interact with us. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using our website or providing us with personal information. By using our website or services, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use our website or services.
What Information Do We Collect and How?
We collect personal information from you when you voluntarily provide it to us or when you use our website or services. The types of personal information we collect and how we collect it are as follows:
- Contact information: We collect your name, email address, and other contact information when you subscribe to our newsletter, join our book club, contact us, or participate in our surveys, contests, or promotions. We use this information to send you our newsletter, book recommendations, offers, and other communications you have requested or consented to receiving from us. We also use this information to respond to your inquiries, feedback, or complaints, and to administer our surveys, contests, or promotions.
- User-generated content: We collect any information, comments, reviews, ratings, or other content you voluntarily post, upload, or submit on our website, social media platforms, or book club. We use this information to display your content on our website, social media platforms, or book club, and to moderate, improve, or personalize our website, services, and content.
- Usage information: We collect information about how you use our website or services, such as the pages you view, the links you click, the time and duration of your visit, the referring URL, the browser type, the device type, the operating system, the IP address, and the location information. We use this information to analyze, improve, and optimize our website, services, and content, and to provide you with a better and more relevant user experience. We also use this information to measure the effectiveness of our advertising and marketing campaigns and to prevent or detect fraud, abuse, or security issues.
- Cookie information: Our third-party partners use cookies and other tracking technologies, such as web beacons, pixels, tags, or scripts, to collect and store information about your preferences, interests, behaviour, and device when you visit our website or use our services. Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a web server when you access a website. Cookies help us recognize you, remember your settings, personalize your experience, enhance your security, and deliver relevant advertisements. You can manage your cookie preferences by changing your browser settings or using our cookie consent tool. However, please note that some features or functionalities of our website or services may not work properly without cookies.
Why Do We Collect Your Information and How Do We Use It?
We collect your personal information for the following purposes and based on the following legal grounds:
- To provide you with our website and services: We collect and use your personal information to provide you with our website and services that you have requested or consented to use, such as our newsletter, book club, book reviews, and other content. This is necessary to perform a contract or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
- To improve and optimize our website and services: We collect and use your personal information to analyze, improve, and optimize our website, services, and content, and to provide you with a better and more relevant user experience. This is based on our legitimate interests to enhance our website and services and to understand our users’ needs and preferences.
- To communicate with you: We collect and use your personal information to communicate with you about our website, services, and content, and to respond to your inquiries, feedback, or complaints. This is based on our legitimate interests to maintain a good relationship with our users and provide them with customer support and assistance.
- To market and advertise to you: We collect and use your personal information to send you our newsletter, book recommendations, offers, and other communications that you have requested or consented to receive from us and to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you on our website, social media platforms, or third-party websites or platforms. This is based on your consent or our legitimate interests to promote our website, services, and content, and to grow our business.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights and interests: We collect and use your personal information to comply with the applicable laws and regulations, and to protect our rights and interests, as well as the rights and interests of our users, partners, and third parties. This is necessary to comply with a legal obligation or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
How Do We Share or Sell Your Information?
We do not share or sell your personal information to third parties for their own marketing or commercial purposes unless you have given us your consent or we are legally required to do so. We may share or sell your personal information to third parties for the following purposes and based on the following legal grounds:
- Service providers: We may share your personal information with our service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as web hosting, data analysis, email delivery, advertising, payment processing, or customer service. We only share your personal information with service providers who need it to perform their services and agree to protect and use it per this Privacy Policy and applicable laws and regulations.
- Business partners: We may share or sell your personal information with our business partners who offer products or services that may interest you, such as book publishers, authors, or retailers. We only share or sell your personal information with business partners who have obtained your consent and agree to protect and use it under this Privacy Policy and applicable laws and regulations.
- Affiliates: We may share your personal information with our affiliates, entities under common ownership or control with us, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We only share your personal information with affiliates who agree to protect and use it under this Privacy Policy and the applicable laws and regulations.
- Legal authorities and others: We may share your personal information with legal authorities, regulators, courts, or other parties when we believe that it is necessary or appropriate to comply with the applicable laws and regulations, or to protect our rights and interests, as well as the rights and interests of our users, partners, and third parties. We may also share your personal information with other parties regarding a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of our assets or business.
What Rights Do You Have Over Your Information?
Depending on where you live and the applicable laws and regulations, you may have certain rights over the personal information that we collect and use. These rights may include:
- The right to access your personal information and obtain a copy of it.
- The right to rectify your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to erase your personal information or restrict its processing in certain circumstances.
- The right to object to processing your personal information for certain purposes, such as direct marketing or profiling.
- The right to withdraw your consent to processing your personal information, where applicable.
- The right to data portability means receiving your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and transmitting it to another controller, where applicable.
- The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, if you are not satisfied with how we handle your personal information or respond to your requests.
To exercise any of these rights, or to obtain more information about them, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We will respond to your requests within a reasonable