Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. It is Books of My Heart’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, www.BooksofMyHeart.net and other sites we use in our blogging.

This privacy policy is intended to give you a clear picture of both personal and non-personal data that is collected and provide you with options for opting out.

Personal identification information

We collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, and any other details that might be requested in order to serve you. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users if they voluntarily submit such information to us: By making a comment, entering a giveaway, filling out a form. Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

Handling this data allows us to:

  • Send prize, in the case of giveaways.

We will contact you by email if you win a giveaway. Each giveaway will state who will be supplying the prize. If it is an author or publisher and the book is physically shipped, we will share your mailing address.

  • Respond to your queries, requests or complaints.
  • Comments if You choose to leave them.

Comments

Askimet is a spam catcher that looks for harmful or spam comments.

Gravatar an anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

This site uses the Reply Notification plugin. When you leave a comment on this site, your name, email, and IP address will be collected and stored on this site managed with WordPress (.org) indefinitely.  Your name/username will be shown publicly, but the email and IP address are not. If at any point you wish to have a comment removed, you can contact us.

This plugin also allows me to reply to your comments. I blog to share books and to talk about books. I love to reply back but if you’d prefer I do not respond, please notify me. You can state so in the comment or notify me by email.

Non-personal identification information

We may collect aggregated non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to this Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

  • Google Analytics Data Retention is set for up to 14 months. We use Google Analytics, a service which collects information anonymously and reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. Google Analytics uses its own cookie to track visitor interactions.
  • Book Host Hosting service may collect non-personal data to determine the number of visitors per month. Some of your data may be stored at their server.

Web browser cookies

Cookies are small bits of information collected through your web browsing activities and stored on your computer. Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. Cookies are temporarily stored on your devices so this site can remember you, the pages you visited and your journey around this site, ultimately improving your viewing experience.

Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies, or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers provide for ways to control cookie behavior, such as the length of time they are stored — either through built-in functionality or by utilizing third-party plugins.

To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit aboutcookies.org. For more details about advertising cookies, and how to manage them, visit youronlinechoices.eu (EU based), or aboutads.info (US based).

It’s important to note that restricting or disabling the use of cookies can limit the functionality of sites, or prevent them from working correctly.

Cookies

We use several types of cookies:

  • Essential Cookies -These cookies remember you and your login info when you go to comment.
  • Analytics and Performance Cookies. These cookies are used to collect information about traffic to Books of My Heart and how users use the site. The information is aggregated and anonymous and does not identify any individual visitor. It includes the number of visitors to our site, the pages they visited, and other similar information. We use this information to help operate, maintain, and improve your experience.
  • Social Media Cookies. These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button on the site or engage with our content on or through a social network such as Facebook or Twitter. The social network will record that you have done this.

 

Books of My Heart may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:

  • To improve your experience
    The information you provide helps us improve your experience when visiting Books of My Heart from remembering who you are to replying to your comments.
  • To personalize user experience
    We may use the aggregated non-personal information to understand how our Users respond to post, features and events on our site.
  • To improve our Site
    We may use feedback you provide to improve our content.
  • To send periodic emails
    To notify you if you’ve won a giveaway, reply to comment or question. If User decides to opt-in to our third-party mailing list(s), they will receive emails that may include news, updates or service information, etc. MailPoet sends an email whenever there is a new post.  If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include an unsubscribe option at the bottom of each email.

How we protect your information

We have adopted appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices. Security measures are in place to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username and data stored on our Site.

If we believe there has been a data breach, we will do our best to inform everyone within a 72 hour period via a post on the site and by reaching out to those affected via email if possible.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information with others.

Certain information may be shared with others when necessary to complete a certain action.

  • If you win a giveaway, we may share your mailing address. Who and how will be made clear before you enter a giveaway.
  • We may share generic demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above. For example number of unique visitors that visit us each month.

Third party websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites that have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Including links to

Affiliates

We are not a member of any affiliate program.  We review books for fun and do not make money from the blog.

Our Policy on Children

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online. We do not specifically market to children under 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that their child has provided us with information without their consent, they should contact us, and we will delete such information

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:

  • Users can visit our site anonymously

Changes to this privacy policy

Books of My Heart has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications. Our Privacy Policy is linked in the site footer and date of last modification is shown at the bottom of privacy page.

Requesting and/or deleting your personal information

If you would like to request access to your personal information or would like us to delete your information, please contact us by email at Anne @ Books of My Heart.

Disclosures

  • Statements and opinions expressed on this blog are those of Books of My Heart unless otherwise stated.
  • Authors & Publishers may send me an ARC or finished copy in exchange for my unbiased review. All reviews show the source at the top of each review.
  • Opinions shared by others may not reflect our views.
  • I reserve the right to moderate comments.
  • All materials on this blog were produced and/or compiled by Books of My Heart.
  • No images, text and/or designs from this site may be copied or reproduced without written permission, with the exception of authors and publishers who may use parts of reviews for quotations.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact the site owner and admin:

Anne Fosse

BooksMyHeart@gmail.com

Our website address is: https://booksofmyheart.net.

 

Privacy Policy Updated on May 25, 2018