Privacy Policy

BookWolf.com respects the privacy rights of our online visitors and recognize the importance of protecting the information collected about you. We have adopted Online Privacy Policy that guides how we collect, store and use the information you provide.

 If you have any questions, complaints, or comments regarding our privacy statement or policies, please contact the Privacy Policy Administrator by e-mail at privacy@bookwolf.com

This privacy policy applies to the following websites operated by BookWolf.com:

http://www.BookWolf.com

In addition, BookWolf.com owns several other domain names that point to the websites listed above, and we will from time to time add new sites that may or may not be listed above. Please note that this policy applies only to sites maintained by BookWolf.com or its subsidiaries, and not to websites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we link.

What personal information is collected?
BookWolf.com only collects personal information from our online visitors on a voluntary basis and only during and upon (1) member registration (registration to access content), (2) during customer support or technical service requests, (3) contests, (4) marketing surveys and e-mail campaigns, (5) when ordering products on our Online Store; or (6) when you request services from third party service providers on our site. Information collected may include your name, e-mail address, home address, school information and birth date. We do not require this information to obtain access to any of our sites; however, you will not be able to access areas that require registration.

BookWolf’s Online Store
Visitors purchasing goods and services through our online store will need to provide a valid credit card number and expiration date, in addition to name, mailing address(es), phone number and e-mail address.

Online Chat Rooms and Profiles
You may choose to disclose information about yourself in our online chat rooms, message boards (forums) or in creating user "profiles”. Information that you disclose in chat rooms or in "profile" information is public information, and there is no expectation of privacy or confidentiality in either place. Please see our Terms of Service on this point and for other guidelines about posting content on our websites.

A special note about children 12 years old and under
BookWolf.com encourages parents to spend time online with their children. We urge parents to instruct their children to never give out their real names, addresses or phone numbers, without permission, when using the Internet. We recognize a special obligation to protect personal information obtained from young children. Therefore, with respect to children residing in certain jurisdictions, no information should be submitted nor posted to BookWolf.com' online sites, including member registration, by children 12 years of age or under.

If for any reason you are concerned that your child's personally identifiable information is being maintained by BookWolf.com, or should you wish to have your child's name removed from our records, please contact us at privacy@bookwolf.com, and we will be happy to review, update or remove your child's information as appropriate.

What about cookies?
Cookies are small files downloaded to your computer to track movements within websites. Some of our sites use cookies to keep track of your shopping cart and make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. Also, we use cookies to deliver content specific to your interest and for other purposes ' For example, some of our sites use "cookies" or other methods to monitor website usage. We collect information on what content is used, how much time is spent reading content and which ads or links are clicked.

Some of our sites use an outside ad company to display ads. These ads may contain cookies. Cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad company, and we do not have access to this information. Aggregate consumer data may be shared with the advertising companies. Most browsers are automatically set to accept cookies. You can disable cookies or set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent. However some areas will not function properly if you do so.

What happens to the information provided?

Members may register for other services from our site(s). If you opt in to any of these services, we may collect additional information requested by a service provider and pass this information, together with all other registration information (including personal information), to that service provider. Use of your information by a service provider will be governed by that service provider's terms of service and privacy policy. We may also retain any additional information collected for use in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Participation in these other related services is Optional and is not required to access the content on BookWolf.com.

Because we cannot control the activities of third parties, such other service providers, we cannot guarantee that they will adhere to the same privacy and security practices as BookWolf.com.

The personal information you provide will allow us to alert you to new products, features and enhancements; special offers; upgrade opportunities; and contests and events of interest. From time to time, we are approached by companies and organizations that provide products or services that we believe may be of interest to you, and we may provide your personal information to such third parties. We see this as a value-added service helping you to find useful products or services. We strive to limit use of the information you provide to those offers that we think you would appreciate receiving.

We may use survey information in marketing surveys to select and direct advertising that is more likely to be of interest to a particular member. This information may be transmitted to an ad server owned by the advertising company to match members with ads that they are more likely to be interested in. However, we do not disclose any member's personal information to our advertisers without the member's consent. Participation in member surveys is entirely optional.

From time to time, BookWolf.com may employ third-party contractors to collect personally identifiable information on our behalf, or to provide e-mail delivery, product or promotional fulfillment, or other services on our sites. When requesting these services, you may be asked to supply your name, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address. When our third-party contractors collect and/or have access to the personally identifiable information you provide when requesting such services from BookWolf.com, BookWolf.com requires that they adhere to our stated privacy policies and protect the confidentiality of personal information they collect or have access to in the course of their engagement by BookWolf.com.

Finally, we may use your personal information for our internal marketing and demographic studies, so we can consistently improve our sites to better meet our visitors' needs. To enforce legal rights and the law, or when we have reason to believe that the disclosure is necessary to address potential or actual injury or interference with our rights, property, operations, users or others who may be harmed, we may also disclose information to law enforcement, or the appropriate civil authorities.

Safeguarding your personal information
We will only collect personal information to the extent deemed reasonably necessary to serve our legitimate business purposes, and we will maintain appropriate safeguards to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the information you have provided. In addition, we will take reasonable steps to assure that third parties to whom we transfer any data will provide sufficient protection of that personal information.

Review, correction of your information and requesting removal from mailing lists and deactivating your account
If for any reason you are concerned that the personal information maintained by BookWolf.com is not correct, or should you wish to have your account(s) deactivated or be removed from our mailing lists, please contact us at privacy@bookwolf.com, and we will be happy to review, update or remove information as appropriate. We may still retain your information on our files however, to resolve disputes, enforce our user agreement, and due to technical and legal requirements and constraints related to the security, integrity and operation of our websites.

By using this site, you signify your assent to the BookWolf.com Online Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this site. We reserve the right to make changes in this policy at any time. Please check the policy each time you use our website to ensure you are aware of any changes in our privacy practices. Our privacy policy will indicate the date is was last updated. Also, if there is a substantive change in the way that we use your personal information, we will notify you via e-mail of the relevant changes. Your continued use of our site will signify your acceptance of the changes to our Online Privacy Policy.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our web site. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit www.networkadvertising.org .

We partner with ValueClick to serve ads and/or collect certain information when you visit our website. ValueClick may use cookies or web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information during your visit to this website in order to help show advertisements on other websites likely to be more interesting to you. To learn more about this “behavioral advertising” practice or to opt-out of this use of your anonymous information, you can visit http://www.valueclickmedia.com/member_privacy.shtml