This Privacy Policy is part of our Terms and Conditions. If you have not reviewed our Terms and Conditions, please do so. By using this website, you agree to be bound by and comply with this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about how Pat’s Children’s Books may collect, use, and disclose personal information from you and other users of the website.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect information from you when you place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form. When you are logged into our site, we may also collect information about your browsing and usage patterns on our site to improve your user experience. When ordering or registering on our website, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number and credit card information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously, except that when you visit our site some information is automatically collected. This may include information such as the Operating System (OS) running on your device, Internet Protocol (IP) address (which may be used to obtain your geolocation), access times, browser types, language, and the website you visited before our website. We also collect information about how you use our website, including the elements you have interacted with, metadata and other details about these elements and actions.
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Any of the information that we collect may be used in one or more of the following ways:
- to personalize your experience;
- to create and secure your account;
- to identify you as a user in our system;
- to improve our website;
- to understand and improve customer service;
- to respond to your comments or questions for our support team to provide service;
- to process transactions;
- to administer contests, promotions, surveys, and other features;
- to send emails;
- and to take other actions consistent with the Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy.
The email address and phone number that you provide for order processing may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving company news, updates, products, and information. If you would like to unsubscribe from our emails, you may do so by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email.
By entering your phone number, you agree to receive marketing messages at the number provided. Consent is not a condition of purchase. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. If you would like to unsubscribe from our text messages, you can reply HELP for help or STOP to cancel.
Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, except upon the sale of substantially all of the assets of Pat’s Children’s Books and except for the purpose of delivering the purchased product or service.
We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personal identifiable information to outside parties, except we may disclose such information to trusted third parties that assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing your request, so long as the parties agree to keep the information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our website policies and Terms and Conditions, or protect ours or other rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT
We may display online advertisements. In those cases, we share aggregated and non-identifying information about our website visitors and customer collected through the registration process as well as online surveys and promotions. In some instances, we use aggregated and non-identifying information to deliver tailored advertisements. For example, if an advertiser describes an audience they are trying to reach, then we may display or send the advertisement to the intended audience. We do not share your personal information with these advertisers.
SECURITY
We use this Privacy Policy and work to safeguard your information by taking steps such as encrypting your personal information provide to us using secure socket layer technology (SSL). With that being said, no manner or method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. As such, we cannot and do not promise or warrant that the security of any information that you may provide us. We likewise disclaim responsibility for unintentional disclosures or data breaches.
We will make all legally required disclosures of any breach of security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored “personal data” (as defined in applicable state statutes concerning security breach notification) to you via email or conspicuous posting on the website as promptly as possible taking into account the needs of law enforcement or any reasonable steps necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the integrity of the website and our system.
EMAIL INQUIRIES
When visitors to our website send email inquiries to us, we do not use the email for any other purpose than to correspond about the issue unless the visitor has also expressly requested to be included in our marketing communications.
COOKIES
We use “cookies.” A cookie is a small data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit websites. We may use cookies to collect, store, and sometimes track information for statistical purposes, to improve our products and services that we provide, and to manage our networks. If you are a visitor or customer, we may use cookies to save your settings and provide customizable and personalized services. These cookies do not enable third parties to access any of your customer information. Please be aware that if you visit other sites where you are prompted to log in, or that are customizable, that you may be required to accept cookies.
Third Party Pixels and Cookies — When you visit our website, log in, register or open an email, cookies, ad beacons, and similar technologies may be used by our online data partners or vendors to associate these activities with information they or others have about you, including your email address. We (or service providers on our behalf) may then send communications and marketing to these email addresses. You may opt out of receiving this advertising by visiting
Advertisers and partners may use their own cookies. We do not control the use of cookies by others, and we expressly disclaim any responsibility for the information collected by or through such third party.
CHILDREN
This website does not knowingly target children under the age of 13, and we do not collect the personal information from any child under the age of 13. If we learn that such information has been provided to us via the website, we will delete or destroy it. If you believe that personal information about your child or any other child under the age of 13 has been transmitted to our website, then please contact us.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
We value your privacy and have taken steps to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act; therefore, we will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.
REVISIONS
Our company reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this Privacy Policy, our Terms and Conditions, and other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner by updating the postings.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This Privacy Policy is incorporated in and subject to the Terms and Conditions.
QUESTIONS
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you have suggestions on how we might improve it, please contact us at books@patschildrensbook.com