Privacy
Statement
We have created this privacy statement in order
to demonstrate our firm and continuing commitment to the
privacy of personal information provided by those visiting and
interacting with this web site. We hold the privacy of your
personal information in the highest regard. The following
discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices
for this website.
AudioForBooks.com recognizes
the importance of protecting your privacy and our policy is
designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and
safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to
assist you in making informed decisions when using our site.
This policy will be continuously assessed against new
technologies, business practices and our customers' needs.
What Information
Do We Collect? When you visit this web site
you may provide us with two types of information: personal
information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected
on an individual basis and Web site use information collected
on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web
site.
Personal
Information You Choose to
Provide Registration Information When you
register for any of our products, services or newsletters you
will provide us information about yourself.
Email
Information If you choose to correspond with
us through email, we may retain the content of your email
messages together with your email address and our responses. We
provide the same protections for these electronic
communications that we employ in the maintenance of information
received by mail and telephone.
Web Site Use
Information Similar to other commercial Web
sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called
"cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are
Cookies?") and web
server log files to collect information about how our Web
site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web
server logs may include the date and time of visits, the
pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites
visited just before and just after our Web site.
How Do We Use the
Information That You Provide to Us? Broadly
speaking, we use personal information for purposes of
administering our business activities, providing the products
and services you requested, to process your payment, , to
monitor the use of the service, our marketing and promotional
efforts and improve our content and service offerings, and
customize our site's content, layout, services and for other
lawful purposes. These uses improve our site and better tailor
it to meet your needs.
Furthermore, such information may be shared
with others on an aggregate basis. Personally identifiable
information or business information will not be shared with
parties except as required by law.
Occasionally, we may also use the information
we collect to notify you about important changes to our
Website, new services, and special offers we think you will
find valuable. You may notify us at any time if you do not wish
to receive these offers by emailing us at the link provided on
the newsletter.
What Are
Cookies? A cookie is a very small text
document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier.
When you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your
computer for permission to store this file in a part of your
hard drive specifically designated for cookies.
Each Web site can send its own cookie to your
browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect
your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access
the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to
you by other sites. Browsers are usually set to accept
cookies.
However, if you would prefer not to receive
cookies, you may alter the configuration of your browser to
refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse
cookies, it is possible that some areas of our site will not
function as effectively when viewed by the users. A cookie
cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on
computer viruses
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies
to serve ads on your site. Google's use of the DART cookie
enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to
your sites and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out
of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content
network privacy policy.
How Do We Use
Information We Collect from Cookies?
As you visit and browse our Web site, the site uses cookies to
differentiate you from other users. In some cases, we also use
cookies to prevent you from having to log in more than is
necessary for security. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web
server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number
of people visiting our Web site and which parts of the site are
most popular.
This helps us gather feedback to constantly
improve our Web site and better serve our clients. Cookies do
not allow us to gather any personal information about you and
we do not intentionally store any personal information that
your browser provided to us in your cookies.
IP
Addresses IP addresses are used by your
computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP
address is a number that is used by computers on the network to
identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically
collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile
data known as traffic data so that data (such as the Web pages
you request) can be sent to you.
Sharing and
Selling Information We do not share, sell,
lend or lease any of the information that uniquely identify a
subscriber (such as email addresses or personal details) with
anyone except to the extent it is necessary to process
transactions or provide services that you have requested.
How Can You
Access and Correct Your Information? You may
request access to all your personally identifiable information
that we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing
us at the usual address.
What About
Legally Compelled Disclosure of
Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in
other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law
requires it or for the protection of our legal rights. We may
also disclose account information when we have reason to
believe that disclosing this information is necessary to
identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may
be violating our Terms of Service or to protect the safety of
our users and the Public.
What About Other
Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site? We are not
responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to
or from our Web site or the information or content contained
therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as
pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the
users of our Web site.
Please remember that when you use a link to go
from our Website to another web site, our Privacy Policy is no
longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other
web site, including web sites, which have a link on our
Website, is subject to that Web site's own rules and policies.
Please read over those rules and policies before
proceeding.
Your
Consent By using our Web site you consent to
our collection and use of your personal information as
described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend
this privacy policy at any time with or without notice.
Our
Commitment To Data
Security: Please note that your information
will be stored and processed on our computers in the United
States. The laws on holding personal data in the United States
may be less stringent than the laws of your Country of
residence or citizenship. To prevent unauthorized access,
maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of
information, we have put in place appropriate physical,
electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure
the information we collect online.
Choice/Opt-In/Opt-Out
This site allows visitors to unsubscribe so that they will not
receive future messages. After unsubscribing we will
discontinue sending the particular messages as soon as
technically feasible.
Surveys &
Contests From time-to-time our site requests
information from users via surveys or contests. Participation
in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the
user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this
information. Information requested may include contact
information (such as name and shipping address), and
demographic information (such as zip code, age level).
Contact information will be used to notify the
winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for
purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of
this site.
A Special Note
About Children Children are not eligible to
use our services unsupervised and we ask that children (under
the age of 14) do not submit any personal information to us. If
you are a minor, you can use this service only in conjunction
with permission and guidance from your parents or
guardians.
Acquisition or
Changes in Ownership In the event that the
web site (or a substantial portion of its assets) is acquired,
your information would be considered part of those assets, and
may be part of those assets that are transferred.
Policy
Modifications We may change this Privacy
Policy from time to time. If/when changes are made to this
privacy policy, we will email users who have given us
permission to do so. We will post any changes here, so be sure
to check back periodically. However, please be assured that if
the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the
personal information you have submitted to us under this
Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with
this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.
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