This Privacy Policy applies to customer personal information collected by  BYC Publishing and B. Harris Books for Kids.

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We recognize the importance of our customers’ privacy. This Policy describes:

• The ways and reasons we collect your personal information.

• The ways your information is used and protected.

• When and with whom we share your information.

 

Information We Collect

We collect personal information about you to deliver the products you request and to help improve your shopping experience. We strive to limit the amount of personal information collected to support the intended purpose of the collection.

 

Information You Give Us

We collect personal information from you in several ways when you interact with our company through our website. Some examples are when you:

• Make an online purchase from us;

• Request customer service or contact us;

• Submit personal information to us along with any related content of the communication.

 

Personal information is information that identifies you or is reasonably linked to you. The personal information we collect may include contact and payment information like your name, email and physical addresses, phone numbers, and credit and debit card information. When you ask us to ship an order, we may collect information you provide us such as the name, address, and phone number of recipients. For certain transactions, we may be required to collect information to comply with legal requirements.

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Privacy  Online

We are committed to protecting children’s online privacy. Our website is for a general audience. In order to protect the privacy of children, our  website and mobile applications do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18 without prior parental consent. Please contact us via the “Contact Us” section of our websit if you believe we may have collected information from your child, and we will work to delete it.

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Information from Other Sources

If you access a third-party website from our website, you do so at your own risk, and you understand that this policy and agreement is for BYC Publishing and B. Harris Books for Kids and does not apply to your use of such sites. You expressly relieve BYC Publishing and B. Harris Books for Kids from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website, service, or content.

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How We Use Your Information

We use your information to offer and provide our products and services and to support our core business functions. These include order or service fulfillment, internal business processes, marketing, authentication, loss and fraud prevention, public safety and legal functions. Some examples include:

• To fulfill your requests for products and communicate with you about those requests;

• To administer surveys, contests, and promotions;

• To provide customer service and alert you to product information

• To help us improve and customize our offerings, websites, and advertising;

• To provide you information about our products, and promotions; and

• To protect the security or integrity of our websites and our business.

 

To accomplish these purposes, we may combine personal and non-personal information we collect with offline information, including information from third parties. We may transfer or disclose your information within our family of business affiliates for these purposes.

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How We Disclose Your Information 

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We only disclose your personal information with your prior consent or under the following limited circumstances

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Service Providers

We may disclose or otherwise make available personal information about you to service providers that help with our business operations. Examples are shipping vendors, billing and refund vendors, payment card processors, and companies that help us improve our product and service offerings and our websites. Your personal information may be stored and processed by our service providers in the United States or other locations where the service providers maintain facilities. We require our service providers to keep your information secure. In addition, our service providers may not use or disclose personal information for any purpose other than providing the services on our behalf.

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Legal Requirements and Protection of Our Company and Others

We may disclose your information in other special circumstances. These include situations when the sharing is necessary to protect the safety, property, or other rights of our customers, our associates, or any other person, or where otherwise required by law. We may provide your personal information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry or order, or to an investigative body in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law, or as otherwise required by applicable law.

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Data Collection, Use, or Disclosure

We use, or discloses your personal information consistent with this policy. The method of obtaining consent is appropriate for the type of personal information being collected, used, or disclosed. For example, we will obtain your express consent (verbal, written, or electronic agreement) to collect, use, or disclose personal information in accordance with law. In other situations, we consider consent to be implied, such as to use your email for marketing purposes, unless you opt out of these communications such as by unsubscribing or otherwise notifying us that you do not wish to receive information about new products or offers.

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Marketing Preferences

We want to communicate with you in ways you want to hear from us. Examples are special offers, and new product announcements. We use the following standards for marketing communications: If you contact us by email please be sure to include your full name, the types of communications you would like to receive or not receive, and your related contact information. Please be aware that, even if you have opted out of receiving marketing communications from us, we may still contact you for transactional purposes. Some examples are contacts for customer service, product information, or recalls. We may also need to contact you with questions or information regarding your order, such as regarding order status, shipment, or refunds.

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Third Party Tracking and Online Advertising

We may permit third party ad networks, social media companies, and other third-party services to collect information about browsing behavior from visitors to our websites through cookies, social plug-ins, or other tracking technology. We may permit third party online advertising networks to collect information about your use of our website over time so that they may play or display ads that may be relevant to your interests on our Service as well as on other websites or services. Typically, the information is collected through cookies or similar tracking technologies. The only way to completely “opt out” of the collection of any information through cookies or other tracking technology is to actively manage the settings on your browser or mobile device. Please refer to your browser’s or mobile device’s technical information for instructions on how to delete and disable cookies, and other tracking/recording tools.

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How We Secure Your Information

Securing your information is a priority. When you are shopping on our website, we use reasonable security measures to help protect the confidentiality of personal information.

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Changes to our Privacy Policy

Please check our privacy policy periodically for changes. We will post the date it was last updated at the bottom of the privacy Policy. Last Updated: May 1, 2020