Privacy Policy

Fireside Book Trust Privacy Policy

Effective May 1, 2025

This Privacy Policy applies to the websites for Fireside Book Trust ("Fireside", "we", "our" and "us") and information collected through those websites. Fireside products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of Fireside under the Fireside brand or other brands. Those subsidiaries and affiliates may have their own privacy policies that apply to their products, services, and websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to the websites for Fireside (collectively, "websites" or "these websites"). By using these websites, you accept and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy ("Policy"). If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not use these websites.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT THROUGH THESE WEBSITES

We automatically collect information about how you use these websites and what device or devices you use to do so through the use of cookies, web beacons, and other technologies. For example, these websites automatically record website usage information including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and device type used to access the website. Subject to the settings on your device or web browser, we may also collect limited information about your location. This information does not identify you personally, and we do not use this information to track or record information about individuals through these websites.

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We use the data collected through these websites for a variety of purposes including to better understand how people use each website, to prevent fraud, and to improve the effectiveness, security and integrity of the website. Information about your location may be used to help customize the content you see. We may also use the data to provide you information about Fireside and its products and services and offers, to protect and enforce our agreements and property rights, to comply with court orders, legal processes or respond to regulatory or other similar requests.

We do not sell your information to any other business or third party.

We may share the information with:

(a) Our subsidiaries and affiliates. (b) Vendors and agents performing or providing goods and services on our behalf. (c) Third parties but only in aggregate form or as may be required by law.

DATA STORAGE AND RETENTION

Data we collect through the Fireside websites may be processed and stored in the United States, or in other countries where we or our affiliates or service providers process data. We take steps to ensure that data is processed according to this Policy and to the requirements of applicable law of your country and of the additional countries where the data is subsequently processed.

When we transfer personal data from the European Economic Area to other countries, we use appropriate legal mechanisms to help ensure all applicable laws, rights and regulations continue to protect your data.

We keep any information we collect through these websites as long as we need it for business, tax, or legal purposes. After that, we destroy it by making it unreadable or indecipherable.

SECURITY OF YOUR DATA

We've established electronic and administrative safeguards designed to make the information we collect from these websites secure. However, no transmission or electronic storage of information is guaranteed to be secure. We therefore urge you to always use caution when transmitting information over the Internet.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

These websites contain links to other websites and servers that are not Fireside websites. This Policy does not apply to the privacy practices or the content of such linked sites. When you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP OR TO THE POLICY

Information collected through these websites may be shared and transferred as part of any merger, acquisition, sale of company assets, or transition of service to another provider.

We may update this Policy as necessary to reflect changes we make and to satisfy legal requirements. Updates to this Policy will be posted to these websites. We'll post a prominent notice of material changes on these websites.

THIRD PARTIES

We do not allow other parties to collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites when you use our websites unless we have your consent.

We do not sell your Personal Information, or any personally identifiable information, or any other such information, to any other business or third party.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Fireside's websites are not directed toward minors and Fireside does not promote or market its products or services to minors, except in limited circumstances as part of educational programs with parental permission.

If you believe that we have mistakenly or unintentionally collected Personal Information, or any other form of information, of a minor through our websites without appropriate consent, please notify us using any of the mechanisms built herein. Upon receiving your notification, we will immediately take measures to delete the information and to make any other necessary corrections.

CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (CCPA)

CCPA Personal Information (CCPA PI) is defined by California law as information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with California consumers. If you are a California resident, to exercise your right to request the disclosure of your CCPA PI that we collect or share, or to exercise your right to request the deletion of your CCPA PI, you can contact us by using mechanisms built herein.

YOUR RIGHT TO REQUEST DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND SHARE ABOUT YOU

We are committed to ensuring that you know what information we collect. You can ask us for the following information:

(a) The categories and specific pieces of your Personal Information that we've collected. (b) The categories of sources from which your Personal Information was collected. (c) The purposes for collecting your Personal Information. (d) The categories of third parties with whom we shared your Personal Information.

We are also committed to ensuring that you know what information we share about you. You can submit a request to us for the following additional information:

(a) The categories of Personal Information we've collected about you, the third parties with whom we've shared that Personal Information, and the category or categories of Personal Information shared with each third party. (b) The categories of Personal Information that we've shared with service providers who provide services for us; the categories of third parties to whom we've disclosed that Personal Information; and the category or categories of Personal Information disclosed to each third party.

To exercise your right to request the disclosure of your Personal Information that we collect or share, you can contact us by using mechanisms built herein.

YOUR RIGHT TO REQUEST THE DELETION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Upon your request, we will delete the Personal Information we have collected about you, except for situations when that information is necessary for us to: provide you with a good or service that you requested; perform a contract we entered into with you; maintain the functionality or security of our systems; comply with or exercise rights provided by the law; or use the information internally in ways that are compatible with the context in which you provided the information to us, or that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us.

To exercise your right to request the deletion of your Personal Information, you can contact us by using mechanisms built herein.

VERIFICATION OF IDENTITY FOR ACCESS OR DELETION REQUESTS

If you do not have a password protected account on one of our websites, we will ask to verify your identity using one or more electronic verification processes. We will only use this information to verify your identity. We will delete it after the time expires allowed by the applicable laws to process and respond to your request.

If we cannot verify your identity, we will not be able to respond to your request. We will notify you to assist us further for us to proceed.

AUTHORIZED AGENTS

You may designate an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf. Your agent will need a valid power of attorney or written permission signed by you. If the agent relies on written permission, we'll need to verify the agent's identity. We may also contact you directly to confirm the permission. Your authorized agent can submit your requests by using mechanisms built herein.

CONTACT US

Any user of our websites who wishes to request further information about our compliance with these requirements, or who has questions or concerns about our privacy practices and policies, can email us, or write to us, or contact us by using mechanisms built herein.

For other inquiries, mechanisms to contact Fireside can be found using means listed at https://FiresideBookTrust.com/

 

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