PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING MAKINGBOOKSSING.ORG. By using Makingbookssing.org, you signify your agreement to this privacy policy and our terms of use . If you do not agree to this privacy policy and the terms of use, you may not use Makingbookssing.org.
1. CHANGES TO THE POLICY
If we make a material change to the way in which we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will post a notice on this Site. Your use of Makingbookssing.org following any such notice will signify and constitute your assent to and acceptance of such revised privacy policy.
2. THE INFORMATION WE GATHER AND HOW WE USE IT
- Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We may use non-personally identifiable information collected from you and other users to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics. These aggregated statistics may be used to improve the Site and for business development and marketing purposes generally. We also may provide such aggregated information to advertisers and other third parties for certain purposes, but such statistics contain no personally identifiable information and cannot be used to gather such information.
We collect information through technology to make the Site more useful to you and for various purposes related to our business. For instance, when you come to our Site, we collect your IP address. An IP address is associated with the access point through which you enter the Internet, and is typically controlled by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Your IP address alone is not personally identifiable. We may use IP addresses to collect information regarding the frequency with which you visit various parts of our Site, and we may combine IP addresses with personally identifiable information.
Our Site also collects information through a variety of technical methods, including, without limitation, cookies and Web beacons. Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site sends to your computer while you are viewing the Web site. Web beacons are small pieces of data that are embedded in images on the pages of Web sites. Cookies, web beacons and other technical methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorized by us to collect information on our behalf.
- Personally Identifiable Information
The personally identifiable information you provide to us when using the Site may be used to provide products and services to you and to enhance your experience at the Site. We may also share your information with certain third parties as described in this privacy policy. The types of information that you may provide to us include your name, address, phone number, and email address. The ways in which we use your personally identifiable information will be set forth and consented to by you when you submit any such information on our Site.
We may share your information with other non-profit entities or other third parties with whom we work or share a common interest. Such third parties may email you or send you mail to notify you of goods or services offered by such entities or to solicit donations. We require that such entities (i) protect the privacy of your personally identifiable information consistent with this Privacy Policy and (ii) not use or disclose your personally identifiable information to any other third parties.
We may employ independent contractors, vendors and suppliers (collectively, "Outside Contractors") to provide specific services and products related to MBS and the Site, including, without limitation, hosting and maintaining the Site and developing applications for the Site. These Outside Contractors may sometimes have limited access to information collected from you, including your personally identifiable information, in the course of providing products or services to us. Access to your personally identifiable information by these contractors is limited to the information reasonably necessary in order for these Outside Contractors to perform their limited function for us. We also require that these contractors (i) protect the privacy of your personally identifiable information consistent with this Privacy Policy and (ii) not use or disclose your personally identifiable information for any purpose other than providing us with products or services for which we contracted.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties in connection with a corporate transaction, where all or a portion of our business or assets (including our associated customer lists containing your personal information) are sold or transferred. We may also disclose your personal information if disclosure is required by law or pursuant to judicial or governmental investigations or proceedings.
If you submit, post, email or otherwise send us content or materials, including, without limitation, text, photographs, or audiovisual works (collectively, "Submissions"), we (and our licensees, agents, representatives and other authorized users) shall be entitled to unrestricted use of such information in accordance with our terms of service. Please click here to read the terms of service . To the extent Submissions contain any personal information, we cannot protect such information and third parties may collect and use such information.
You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information in an e-mail or other communications with third parties listed on the Site or in other materials, that information, along with any other information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and correlated and used by such third parties and may result in your receiving unsolicited messages from other persons. Such collection, correlation, use and messages are beyond our control.
We may use certain third-party services to perform functions on our site. By way of example, and not by limitation, you may buy our merchandise through CafePress.com7 , purchase our tickets through Smarttix.com7 , pay for our books or materials through PayPal7 or donate to us through NYCCharities.org. MBS is not responsible in any way for such sites, including for such sites’ content, materials, terms of use, and/or privacy policies.
3. SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS CONCERNING PRIVACY
Makingbookssing.org is not directed to children and we do not currently knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of thirteen on Makingbookssing.org. If in the future, we collect personally identifiable information from children, we will do so in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) including, without limitation, obtaining necessary parental consent.
4. OPT-OUT
If you supply MBS with your email address, you may receive periodic electronic mailings from us regarding news, products, services, or upcoming events. If you ever wish to stop receiving such emails, please e-mail us at webmaster@makingbookssing.org.
5. QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, email us at webmaster@makingbookssing.org or send your questions or concerns in writing to:
Making Books Sing, Inc.
340 E 46th St.
New York, NY 10017-3003
6. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to:
Making Books Sing, Inc.
340 E 46th St.
New York, NY 10017-3003