This “Privacy Policy” describes the treatment of information provided or collected on the websites, mobile applications, web applications or “widgets”, and other applications and functionality related to the use and consumption of literary works and other content (the “Service” or “Services”) provided by SpoonRead Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, or “SpoonRead”). It also explains the treatment of information provided or collected on applications we make available on third-party sites or platforms if disclosed to you in connection with the use of the application.
We collect two basic types of information – personal information and anonymous information – and we may use personal and anonymous information to create a third type of information, aggregate information. We collect the following categories of information:
We collect information you provide to us when you request products, services or information from us, register with us, participate in public forums or other activities on our sites and applications, respond to customer surveys, use the Service, or otherwise interact with us using one or more devices. When you provide information to us on a third-party site or platform, the information you provide may be separately collected by the third-party site or platform. The information we collect is covered by this privacy policy and the information the third-party site or platform collects is subject to the third-party site or platform’s privacy practices. Privacy choices you have made on the third-party site or platform will not apply to our use of the information we have collected directly through our applications.
We collect information through technology, such as cookies, Flash cookies and Web beacons, including when you visit our sites and applications or use our applications on third-party sites or platforms using one or more devices. Please review your device and application settings to learn how to disable cookies or other tracking.
We may acquire information from other trusted sources to update or supplement the information you provided or we collected automatically. Local law may require that you authorize the third party to share your information with us before we can acquire it.
We may use your information for the following purposes:
We will not share your personal information with third parties except in limited circumstances, including:
Once we share your personal information with another company, the information received by the other company becomes subject to the other company’s privacy practices.
In accordance with applicable law, we provide you the ability to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use, and sharing of your information. Your controls and choices may include:
We recognize the need to provide further privacy protections with respect to personal information we may collect from children on our sites and applications. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in connection with the Services. All information collected in connection with the use of the Services by children will be anonymized and tied to the account of an adult. When we intend to collect personal information from children, we will take additional steps to protect children’s privacy in accordance with applicable law. Such steps may include:
The security, integrity, and confidentiality of your information are extremely important to us. We have implemented technical, administrative and physical security measures that are designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, use, and modification. Despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We will retain your personal information for the length of time needed to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
From time to time, we may change this privacy policy to accommodate new technologies, industry practices, regulatory requirements or for other purposes. We will provide notice to you if these changes are material and, where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent.
If you have a comment or question about this privacy policy, please contact us. Our sites and applications may contain links to other sites not owned or controlled by us and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our sites or applications and to read the privacy policies of other sites that may collect your personal information.
Notice to California Residents: If you are a California resident, you may have certain additional rights. California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request and obtain from us once a calendar year information about the customer information we shared, if any, with third parties for their own direct marketing use. If applicable, this information would include the categories of your information and the names and addresses of those third parties with which we shared such information for the immediately prior calendar year (e.g., requests made in 2018 will receive information regarding 2017 sharing activities). California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits registered users who are minors to request and obtain deletion of certain posted content. To make any requests, contact us.
Aggregate Information. “Aggregate information” means information about groups or categories of our users or customers, which does not identify and cannot reasonably be used to identify any single individual.
Anonymous Information. “Anonymous information” means information that does not directly or indirectly identify, and cannot reasonably be used to identify, any single individual.
Application. “Application” means a program or service operated by us (or on our behalf) that may be displayed on various online, mobile or other platforms and environments, including those operated by third parties, which permits us to interact directly with our users.
Children. “Children” means individuals who we have identified are not of legal age to consent to the collection and processing of their personal information. In the United States and under this Privacy Policy, the term “children” refers to individuals who are under 13 years of age.
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 company, or your university. We may use IP addresses to collect information regarding the frequency with which you visit various parts of our sites and applications, and we may combine IP addresses with personal information.
Notice. Notice may be by email to you at the last email address you provided us, by posting notice of such changes on our sites and applications, or by other means, consistent with applicable law.
Parents. The term “Parent” or “Parents” means one or more parents or legal guardians.
Personal information. “Personal information” means information that identifies (whether directly or indirectly) a particular individual, such as the individual’s name, postal address, email address and telephone number. When anonymous information is directly or indirectly associated with personal information, this anonymous information also is treated as personal information.