Privacy Policy

LITLIBER’S PRIVACY POLICY

 

This Privacy Policy sets out how LitLiber (alternatively ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’, and ‘LitLib’) collects, uses, and discloses any information that you (alternatively ‘your’ and ‘user’;) give us when using our Service. By visiting LitLiber.com, you are agreeing to accept the practices as described in this Notice.

 

LitLiber is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should you be asked to provide certain, personally identifying information when using this site, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

LitLiber retains the right to change this policy from time to time, at its sole discretion, with or without giving prior notice. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are informed and in agreement with any and all changes. This policy is effective from: 1/28/2017

Last update: 5/24/2018

 

LitLiber will not use, share or sell your information to others, except as described in this Notice.

 

WHAT WE COLLECT:

LitLiber may collect the following personally identifying information:

  • User name and title
  • Contact information including, but not limited to: email address, billing/shipping information, and phone number
  • Demographic information such as postcode, age, gender, characteristic preferences and interests
  • User location data and IP address
  • Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
  • Credit, debit or bank information in regards to purchases made herein
  • Manuscripts (for clients of editing services)

 

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT: At its most basic level, personally identifiable information is used to contact and identify you.

  • Communicate with visitors and customers, including, but not limited to, correspondence via email newsletters and periodic marketing and promotional materials users may find of use or interest (via Mailchimp)
  • Collect internal record keeping data
  • Provide and improve products and services offered through LitLiber
  • Customize user experience with LitLiber
  • Provide market research, history, and scientific data purposes and opportunities
  • Process monetary transactions that you have requested or agreed to receive from our site (via Woocommerce and PayPal)
  • Process account registration within LitLiber

 

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING DATA: LitLiber will obtain, process, store and use personal data ONLY and SOLEY with YOUR CONSENT. You must clearly consent and agree to the processing of any personal information.

 

 

YOUR OPTIONS AND RIGHTS:

You may choose not to disclose information about yourself. Doing so, however, may severely limit, or all together impede, your ability to partake in the features, functions, and products and services provided by LitLiber. You may also choose to opt-out of any subscriptions and communications with LitLiber (i.e. blog or email subscription) at any time by following the unsubscribe links provided therein.

  • You have the right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data, all of which is outlined in LitLiber’s Privacy Policy. Please read it carefully—continued use of our site and services constitutes your agreement to these practices.
  • You have right of access. Our Privacy Policy describes in transparent terms what data we collect for you and how we use it. After reading, if you have further specific questions about particular data or uses, please contact LitLiber via: https://litliber.com/contact-litliber/
  • Personal data obtained will be kept no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data are processed.

 

RIGHTS SPECIFIC TO THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR) POLICY : USERS RESIDING WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU)/EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (EEA), OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO THE TERRITORIAL SCOPE OF THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR) AT THE TIME OF PROCESSING THEIR PERSONAL DATA:

  • You have the right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data, all of which is outlined in LitLiber’s Privacy Policy. Please read it carefully—continued use of our site and services constitutes your agreement to these practices.
  • You have a right to erasure or the right to be forgotten, which means you may request to have personal data collected by LitLiber erased. All requests will receive a prompt response. To request erasure contact LitLiber through this form: https://litliber.com/contact-litliber/
  • You have a right to object, which means you may opt out of the inclusion and processing of personal data, at the first point of communication, based on (per the language used by Information Commissioners Office in relation to GDPR guidelines): “legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling); direct marketing (including profiling); and processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics” (Reference List: Information Commissioner’s Office. “For organisations; Guide to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR); Individual rights; Right to object.” ICO.org.uk https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/right-to-object/ (accessed May 10, 2018)) To request object contact LitLiber through this form: https://litliber.com/contact-litliber/
  • You have the right to rectification, meaning you may request to have any inaccurate or incomplete personal information updated, rectified, or completed. To request rectification contact LitLiber through this form: https://litliber.com/contact-litliber/
  • You have right of access. Our Privacy Policy describes in transparent terms what data we collect for you and how we use it. After reading, if you have further specific questions about particular data or uses, please contact LitLiber via: https://litliber.com/contact-litliber/
  • In certain circumstances, you have the right to restrict processing, meaning you may request the suppression of personal data; LitLiber would be permitted to store the data, but not to use it in such situations. To request restrict processing contact LitLiber through this form: https://litliber.com/contact-litliber/
  • You have the right to portability, meaning you can obtain, copy, transfer and reuse your personal data for your own purposes and uses. As such, LitLiber will export your account data upon your request. To request portability contact LitLiber through this form: https://litliber.com/contact-litliber/
  • Personal data obtained will be kept no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data are processed.

 

 

HOW WE USE COOKIES:

LitLiber may use cookies, or other various, similar technologies to collect and store information when you visit Our site. A cookie is a small string of information (a data file) that’s sent from our website to your browser. Once you agree to accept the cookie (by continued use of Our site), it helps us analyze web traffic and tailor our operations to Your individual needs, likes and dislikes, by gathering and remember information about your preferences.

LitLiber uses Goggle Analytics, a freemium web analytics service, to collect information, data, and reports on website traffic, as obtained through the use of cookies and similar technologies. This service is used for statistical purposes only. To better understand how Google collects and processes this data, please visit this link: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

 

SECURITY:

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access of disclosure, we have put in place suitable arrangements to safeguard and secure information we collect.

 

Please note: while LitLiber will do its best to keep your information secure, we cannot guarantee absolute security of the information we will collect from you. In the event of a security breach, however, we guarantee a swift and prompt response reported within 72 hours to the relevant supervisory authority. Any and all affected users will be immediately notified of the breach and measures taken to rectification.

 

SHARING WITH YOUR CONSENT:

LitLiber will not share any information received and/or provided by users, except as follows:

 

  1. THIRD- PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS (PROCESSORS):

LitLiber may share users’ personal information with certain affiliates, subsidiaries, and service providers for the sole purpose of providing aspects of the service to the user. As such, LitLiber employs and utilizes other companies and individuals to perform certain tasks and functions on our behalf. Examples include, but are not limited to: analyzing and recording data on website traffic (Google Analytics), security protection plugins scanning for firewall and malware threats (Wordfence Defiant), processing/storing customer information during purchasing and at checkout (Woocommerce), processing monetary payments (LitLiber uses the online payment company PayPal Holdings, Inc. for all monetary transactions; this means that users purchasing the products and services available at LitLiber.com are directed to PayPal’s website during checkout and are, as such, at that time expressly subject to PayPal’s unique Privacy Policies), and email marketing/newsletter services (MailChimp). These other companies and individuals (processors) are allowed access to personal information only as it is needed to perform these functions. They are not allowed to use them for any other purposes, and any sub-processors used perform critical services to prevent abuse and provide support. Continued use of LitLiber constitutes the user’s express agreement and consent to transfer the required data to these Third-Party Service Providers as necessary for the performance of these tasks.

 

  1. APPLICABLE LAWS:

Otherwise, LitLiber will only release personal information to third-parties as defined in the following circumstances: when the release is necessary to comply with the law, when it’s necessary to enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements, in the unlikely event that LitLiber is acquired by another business, all customer information will be transferred to the new owners, or when the release of such information is done to protect the rights, property, and safety of LitLiber, our users, or others.

 

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES:

LitLiber.com may contain links to other third-party websites. Use of or access to any third party site or content is done at the User’s sole risk; in such an instance, the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy will no longer preside, replaced by said third party’s own, individual policies and agreements.

 

ELIGIBLE USERS:

LitLiber.com does not produce content for, or sell products for purchase to, children. If you are under the age of 18, but at least 13 years of age or older, you may use LitLiber.com only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. Furthermore, LitLiber will not knowingly collect any information, including personal data, from children or other individuals who are not legally able to use our Site and/or Services. If we receive knowledge that we have collected such personal data from a child under the age of 13 or other individual not legally able/permitted to use our Site and Services, we will promptly delete it, unless we are legally obligated to retain such data. If you believe we have unknowingly obtained such information please contact LitLiber immediately through this form: Contact LitLiber.