Privacy Policy

Effective date: 26 May 2023

Who we are

Our Book Reviews Website (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates https://thereviewsclub.com. (the “Site”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data we receive from users of the Site. Our website address is: https://thereviewsclub.com.

Information Collection and Use

We may collect various types of information in order to provide and improve our services to you.

1.1 Personal Data

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, and any other information voluntarily provided by you through the Site.

1.2 Log Data

Like many website operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

Cookies

2.1 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Site.

2.2 Cookie Preferences

You have the option to accept or refuse cookies when visiting our Site. If you choose to refuse cookies, you may not be able to use certain features of our Site.

Use of Data

We may use the collected data for various purposes, including but not limited to:

  • Providing and maintaining the Site
  • Improving the Site and enhancing user experience
  • Responding to user inquiries or support requests
  • Sending periodic emails or notifications related to our services

Data Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personal Data to third parties without your consent, except as described in this Privacy Policy. However, we may disclose Personal Data in the following situations:

  • To comply with legal obligations
  • To protect and defend our rights or property
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site
  • To protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public

Data Security

The security of your Personal Data is important to us. We strive to implement and maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the data we collect.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through form at the end.

By using our Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and periodically check for any updates.