Fractal Books (“we” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to any and all personal information we collect through our interfaces, online, digital or analogue, such as but not limited to our websites, mobile applications, vendors, suppliers, conferences, trade shows, business meetings or other places such as on business cards, conference badge swipes and from public websites or other publicly available sources or publications.
We may obtain personal information, such as name and other contact details that enable us to identify you when you choose to provide it to us, when it is publicly available, automatically from our sites or from third parties. “Personal Information” is any information that can be used to identify, locate or contact you. It also includes other information that may be associated with your name or other identifiers. We collect the following types of Personal Information:
contact information you provide: name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number
month and year of birth; username and password
personal information in comments and other content you provide on or through our sites or social media pages
payment information: name, billing address, shipping address, phone number and credit card number
information concerning your interests and product preferences
poll, survey and/or questionnaire responses
the content of your communications with us
In addition, when you visit our sites, we may collect certain information by automated means, such as cookies and web beacons. The information we collect in this manner includes IP address, browser characteristics, device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, information on actions taken on our site, and dates and times of visits to the Sites. By collecting this information, we can better understand activity on our Site learn how to best tailor our Sites to our visitors. While we generally examine such information only in the aggregate, such information could be linked back to individual IP addresses or other information about you.
We may use the information we obtain from your use of our cookies to:
recognize your computer when you visit
enable the use of e-commerce
improve the site’s usability
analyze the use of the site
augment administration of the site
personalize the site, including serving targeted advertisements
We may use the information to:
create, manage and fulfill your purchase request(s) and account(s)
offer and provide products, services and tailored information to you, including email newsletters
permit you to participate in blogging, forums, and discussion groups
communicate with you about, and administer your participation in, special events, programs, surveys, contests, sweepstakes, and other offers or promotions
display content on our site, such as stories, product reviews and photos
respond to and communicate with you about your requests, questions and comments
process claims we receive in connection with our products and services
operate, evaluate and improve our business, including developing new products and services
managing our communications; determining the effectiveness of our sales, marketing and advertising; analyzing and enhancing our products, services and sites; and performing accounting, auditing, billing, reconciliation and collection activities
perform data analyses and other processing, including market and consumer research, and trend analysis
protect against identify theft and prevent fraud and criminal activity, claims and other liabilities
comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards and our policies and where permitted or required by applicable law
We may share your Personal Information with third party partners that provide services to you through our websites, but only to the extent you have a relationship with such partners or you authorize the sharing. You may be able to sign up for programs that allow you to interact with authors, through our sites or otherwise, and we will share your information with the authors or others, as needed to fulfill your request. The third party’s use of your information is governed by such third party’s own privacy policies. Additionally, we may share certain information with third parties for appropriate business purposes, such as to validate referrals and for auditing.
We share personal information with third parties who perform services on our behalf. When you make a purchase, we may share information about you and your transaction with other companies for the purpose of processing your transaction, and we may retain outside companies to manage databases of customer information, to provide advertising services and to distribute e-mail offerings
By continuing to use these sites and/or submitting your personally identifiable information, you certify that you meet age and other eligibility requirements for the site as set forth in this policy as well as the terms and conditions, and consent to collection, use, disclosure, storage and transfer of your personally identifiable information in accordance with this notice.