Privacy Policy

Book Zone Reviews (“Book Zone”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, and disclose data. This Policy applies to your use of Book Zone’s services, and the Website located at https://bookzonereviews.deeswrites.com on all platforms (collectively, “Services”).

Book Zone is a United States sole proprietorship blog subject to the laws of the United States. The United States may not offer a level of privacy protection as great as that offered in other jurisdictions. Since our servers are located in the United States, your data may be transferred to, stored, or processed in the United States. By using our Services, you understand and consent to the collection, storage, processing, and transfer of your data to our facilities in the United States and those third parties we share your data with as described in this Policy and our Terms of Service Agreement.

1. DEFINITIONS

a. Customer: a person or entity that is registered with BookZone to use the Services.

b. Distribution List: a list of Subscribers and all data related to those Subscribers.

c. Personal Data: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

d. Subscriber: any person or entity on your Distribution List.

e. You: a BookZone Customer or other person or entity who visits our Services.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

The Services collect two kinds of information about you: (a) Personal Data; and (b) Non-Personal Data.

a. Personal Data. Personal Data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Personal Data we may collect includes:

i. Identification and Contact Data: name, date of birth, gender, address, title, contact details, username, or other demographic information;

ii. Financial Information: credit card details, payment information;

iii. IT Information: IP address, cookie data; and

iv. Personal Interests or Preferences: purchase history, social media profile information.

You may decline to provide Personal Data to the Services. However, some of the Personal Data we ask you to provide is mandatory for a service. If you decline to provide it, we may not be able to provide that service to you.

b. Non-Personal Data. Non-Personal Data is any information not relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Non-Personal Data we may collect includes:

i. Browser and Device Data: IP address, device type, unique user device number, device manufacturer and model, type of browser or operating system, dates and times of use, screen resolution, plug-ins, add-ons, location, and the version of the Services you are using.

ii. Cookies and Tracking Technologies: time spent on the Services, pages visited, and email campaign performance.

iii. Aggregate Information: data about how you use the Services combined with data about how others use the Services in order to help us better develop new features and tailor the Services.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

a. Personal Data. We may use your Personal Data to:

i. Provide the Services;

ii. Resolve disputes, calculate and collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;

iii. Verify your identity and the information you provide;

iv. Encourage a safe online experience and enforce our policies;

v. Customize your experience and analyze usage of, improve and measure interest in, and inform you about the Services;

vi. Provide you with information that may affect your use of the Services;

vii. Communicate marketing and promotional offers;

viii. Provide customer service, including receipts;

b. Non-Personal Data. We may use your Non-Personal Data for any purpose, including, but not limited to:

i. Measuring traffic patterns;

ii. Understanding demographics, customer interest, and other trends among users;

iii. Providing, improving, and modifying the Services; and

iv. For promotional and marketing purposes.

4. HOW WE MAY DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

a. Personal Data. We may disclose, and you consent to our disclosing of, your Personal Data to:

i. Service Providers and others who help with our operations and assist in the delivery of our products and services including, but not limited to, promotional services, payment processing, marketing, analytics, and enforcement of our Terms of Service Agreement and other agreements;

ii. Third parties in the event of a joint venture with other bloggers;

iii. Other users of the site to identify you to anyone to whom you send messages or make comments through the Services;

v. Persons or entities with whom you consent to have your Personal Data shared;

vi. Third parties in order to prevent damage to our property (tangible and intangible), for safety reasons, or to collect amounts owed to us;

vii. Merchants and payment processors; and

viii. Third parties as we believe necessary or appropriate, in any manner permitted under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence to: comply with legal process; respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; enforce our Terms of Service Agreement and other agreements; protect our operations; protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others; and allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

We will never sell, rent, or lease your Personal Data to a third party.

b. Non-Personal Data. We may disclose Non-Personal Data for any purpose. Remember, Non-Personal Data cannot be used to identify you or another person.

5. ADVERTISING

a. Opting out of Receiving Electronic Communications from us. If you no longer want to receive marketing-related emails from us, you may opt out via the unsubscribe link or by notifying us at bookzonereviews (at) gmail (dot) com.

b. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies. BookZone may use cookies and other tracking technologies such as pixels and web beacons on the Services to administer the Services, track your movements around the Services, analyze trends, serve targeted advertisements, and gather demographic information. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level.

c. Web Beacons. When we send emails to Customers, we may use web beacons to track who opened the emails and clicked links to measure campaign performance and improve features for Customers. We also use web beacons in the emails we deliver for Customers to create reports about campaign performance and determine what actions Subscribers took.

The inclusion of a link or accessibility of third-party sites does not imply endorsement of such third-party site by us. All trademarks, trade names, and logos of third parties featured on the Services belong to their respective owners.

Each merchant and third-party payment processor collects and shares your information according to its own privacy policy and terms of service. BookZone is not responsible for the actions of third-party processors or merchants, including how such entities treat your information. You are responsible for knowing and understanding their policies and terms.

6. DATA RETENTION

We will retain your Personal Data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law.

7. USERS UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE

Our Services are not directed to and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Data, we will take steps to remove such data. If you become aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data without your consent, please contact us at the above-mentioned email address. By using our Services, you are representing to us that you are not under the age of 13.

8. DATA SECURITY

We employ commercially reasonable security measures to protect your information; however, no system is impenetrable. If you create an account on the Services, you are responsible for protecting the security of your account, its content, and all activities that occur under the account or in connection with the Services. You must immediately notify Book Zone of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security by emailing us at the above-mentioned email address.

b. Security

We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect personal data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and the risks involved in processing that information.

c. Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation

We only collect Personal Data that is relevant for providing the Services. We process Personal Data in a way that is compatible with providing the Services or as otherwise authorized by you. We take reasonable steps to ensure that Personal Data is reliable for its intended use, accurate, complete, and current. We adhere to the Privacy Shield Principles for as long as we retain Personal Data.

d. Access to Personal Data

If you would like to review, correct, delete, or update personal data that you have previously disclosed to us, please email us at bookzonereviews (at) gmail.com. We may limit or deny access to Personal Data where providing such access is unreasonably burdensome, expensive, or as otherwise permitted by the Privacy Shield Principles.

We will assist our customers in responding to EU/EEA, United Kingdom, and Swiss individuals exercising their rights under the Privacy Shield Principles.

If you are a Subscriber of one of our Customers, please contact the Customer directly with your request to access or limit the use or disclosure of your Personal Data. If you contact us, we will refer you to that Customer and support them in responding to your access request if necessary.

We need to retain certain information about you for legal and internal business reasons. We will retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary to provide you with the Services and as needed to comply with our legal obligations and enforce our agreements.

e. Notice and Choice

i. The types of Personal Data we collect are described in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy.

ii. The purposes for which we collect and use Personal Data are described in Sections 3 and 4 of this Privacy Policy.

iii. The choices we offer individuals for limiting the use and disclosure of Personal Data are described in Section 5 of this Privacy Policy.

9. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”), BookZone generally acts as a processor on behalf of our Customers. When BookZone processes Personal Data as a data controller, we do so on the following legal bases:

a. To perform our contract with you for the use of the Services:

b. In reliance on our legitimate interests in administering, operating, and supporting the Services;

c. In reliance on our legitimate interests in providing certain features;

d. In reliance on our legitimate interests in enforcing our Terms of Service Agreement and applicable law;

e. In reliance on our legitimate interests in preventing fraud and abuse;

f. In reliance on our legitimate interests in meeting legal requirements;

g. In reliance on our legitimate interests in supporting our marketing activities;

h. You provided us with your consent.

14. DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURE

Currently, there is no industry standard for recognizing Do Not Track browser signals, so we do not respond to them.

15. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

BookZone may change this Privacy Policy at any time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy is indicated by the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. Please review this Privacy Policy frequently to stay updated on changes that may affect you. Your continued use of the Services signifies your continuing consent to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

16. CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email us at bookzonereviews (at) gmail (dot) com