Effective Date: February, 2022

This Privacy Policy applies to personal and other information that may be collected when you interact with the BOOKS BD, We value the trust you place in us. That's why we insist upon the highest standards for secure transactions and customer information privacy. Please read the following statement to learn about our information gathering and dissemination practices.

Note:

Our privacy policy is subject to change at any time without notice. To make sure you are aware of any changes, please review this policy periodically.

By visiting this Website you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree please do not use or access our Website.

Protecting the privacy and security of your personal information is a priority at BOOKS BD, and we believe that a single, comprehensive privacy policy that is straightforward and clear is in the best interests of our customers and our businesses.

Below you will find answers to the following frequently asked questions about how we collect, use, and share your personal information:

1. What is the personal information that we collect?
   
   

   Depending on how you choose to interact with BOOKS BD, we may collect personal information from you, for example, your name, e-mail address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, credit card, or bank account information, date of birth and other persistent identifiers that can be used to personally identify you. We may also collect other personal information regarding your interaction with BOOKS BD Websites, Devices, and Apps, including usage information, the items that you browse, purchase, download, read, watch, and otherwise access, and your geographic location.



2. Why do we collect personal information?
   
   

   We collect your personal information to provide you with a superior customer experience and, as necessary, to administer our business. It allows us to provide you with easy access to our products and services, with a particular focus on the items and programs that may be of most interest to you. For more information as to why we collect personal information, please see the section below entitled: "How do we use your personal information?"
   
   Your personal information also allows us to communicate with you about special offers, promotions, and other marketing programs and news that may be of interest to you. You always have the opportunity to unsubscribe from promotional emails by following the instructions included in each marketing email or by changing your preferences in your account. You may unsubscribe from mobile notifications by changing your settings in the Apps or on your BOOKS BD or third-party device.



3. How do we collect your personal information?
   
   
   • Information that you provide to us
     
     As a general matter, you can browse in our stores and on the BOOKS BD Websites without submitting your personal information to us, although we may receive and collect certain personal information automatically, as outlined in Section 3(b) of this Privacy Policy, including site analytics regarding our websites, information your Internet browser automatically sends when you visit our websites, and information collected by cookies.
     
     However, there are several circumstances in which you may need to provide us with your personal information.
     
     The most common of these circumstances include:
     
     
     • Making a purchase or placing an order
     • Creating an account or joining a BOOKS BD Privilege Card Program
     • Using BOOKS BD Websites and Apps
     • Contacting customer service
     • Entering a sweepstakes or contest
     • Interacting with social networking sites
     • Publishing through BOOKS BD Publication
     • Signing up for promotional communications
     
     For your convenience, we have provided a summary description of each of these circumstances below:
     
     Information Automatically Collected
     
     There are circumstances in which we automatically receive and collect information from you. The most common sources of this information include:
     
     
     • Web server logs
     • Cookies
     • Pixel tags or clear GIFs
     • Third party web analytics services
     • Targeted advertising
     • Your Device or Apps you use
     • Geolocation, including general and precise location information
     • Social media sites
     
     
   Business partners, contractors, and other third parties
   
   
4. How do we use your personal information?
   
   We use personal information to provide the services you request. To the extent we use your personal information to market to you, we will provide you the ability to opt out of such uses. We use your personal information to assist sellers in handling and fulfilling orders, enhancing customer experience, resolving disputes; troubleshooting problems; helping promote a safe service; collecting money; measuring consumer interest in our products and services, informing you about online and offline offers, products, services, and updates; customize and enhance your experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud, and other criminal activity; enforce our terms and conditions; and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.
   
   With your consent, we will have access to your SMS, contacts in your directory, location, and device information and we may request you to provide your PAN and Know-Your-Customer (KYC) details to check your eligibility for certain products/services including but not limited to credit and payment products, etc., to enhance your experience on the platform and provide you access to the services being offered by us, our affiliates or lending partners. Access, storage, and use of this data will align with applicable laws. You understand that your access to these products/services may be affected in the event consent is withdrawn.
   
   In our efforts to continually improve our product and service offerings, we and our affiliates collect and analyze demographic and profile data about our users' activity on our Website.
   
   We identify and use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Website. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information.
   
   We will occasionally ask you to complete optional online surveys. These surveys may ask you for personal information, contact information, date of birth, demographic information (like zip code, age, or income level), attributes such as your interests, household or lifestyle information, your purchasing behavior or history, preferences, and other such information that you may choose to provide. We use this data to tailor your experience at our Website, providing you with content that we think you might be interested in and displaying the content according to your preferences.
   
   
5. With whom do we share personal information?
   
   Protecting the privacy and security of your personal information is a priority at BOOKS BD. We share your personal information with
   
   Other entities within the BOOKS BD enterprise: BOOKS BD owns and operates other operations and businesses and we may share your personal information with our other business units and operations, even if such business units or operations are sold.
   
   Partners: We provide personal information to our partners that provide product and service offerings or technologies that we think may be of interest to you. Our partnerships may also result in products and services that allow you to publish Digital Content that may be shared with our partners. We may offer you the opportunity to opt-in to receive information from our partners, which may result in your personal information being shared with our partners. The use of your information by our partners and their vendors and contractors will be subject to the privacy policies of our vendors once such information is transferred.
   
   Service providers, subcontractors, and agents who perform services on our behalf: We provide personal information to third-party service providers, subcontractors, and agents that work under contract on our behalf to provide certain services. These third parties do not have the right to use the personal information we provide to them in any way that is not authorized by BOOKS BD. They are contractually obligated to use such information only as necessary to assist us and to maintain the confidentiality and security of such information.
   
   Third party providers of products and services: These are third parties that provide products and services you may purchase or request from or through us. These third parties do not have the right to use the personal information we provide to them in any way that is not authorized by BOOKS BD. They are contractually obligated to use such information only as necessary to assist us and to maintain the confidentiality and security of such information.
   
   Credit card companies: Credit card transactions are handled by third-party financial institutions and their vendors and contractors who receive credit card numbers and other personal information from us to verify the credit card numbers and process transactions. Although BOOKS BD's treatment of this information is governed by this policy, the use of your information by third-party financial institutions and their vendors and contractors will be subject to their own privacy policies.
   
   Law enforcement officials and as required by law: BOOKS BD may release personal information to third parties when we determine, in our judgment, and without your consent, that it is necessary to (a) comply with the law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request; (b) enforce or apply the terms of any of our policies or user agreements; (c) establish or exercise our rights, to defend against a legal claim, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities, suspected fraud, the safety of person or property, or a violation of our policies, (d) protect the rights, property or safety of BOOKS BD, our employees, our customers, users, or others; or (e) to comply with your request for the shipment of products to or the provision of services by a third-party intermediary.
   
   Sales, mergers, and acquisitions: If BOOKS BD becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, reorganization, or any form of sale or other disposition of some or all of its assets, personal information and your transaction history may be provided to the entities and advisors involved subject to a confidentiality agreement, and we will provide notice to you at your email address on file before any personal information is finally transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. Such a transaction may involve us (i) retaining the right to continue to use transferred personal information in addition to the right of the transferee to use such information, and (ii) engaging in additional transfers of personal information (including new personal information) with the transferee from time to time following such a transaction.
   
   Certain Digital Content providers: We may need to forward your name, email address, IP address, and shipping or billing address to certain content providers in connection with your order. The content providers may share this information with the applicable publisher and circulation auditors and may use this information to fulfill your order and for other purposes. In these cases, the terms of the privacy policy of the publishers whose content you have purchased or downloaded will apply to you. If you do not wish to receive marketing communications from these publishers, you must contact the publisher directly.
   
   Your Consent: We may ask if you would like us to share your information with other unaffiliated third parties who are not described elsewhere in this policy.
   
   
6. Security Precautions
   
   Our Website has stringent security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Whenever you change or access your account information, we offer the use of a secure server. Once your information is in our possession we adhere to strict security guidelines, protecting it against unauthorized access.
   
   
7. Choice/Opt-Out
   
   We provide all users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving non-essential (promotional, marketing-related) communications from us on behalf of our partners, and from us in general, after setting up an account.
   
   If you want to remove your contact information from all BOOKS BD lists and newsletters, please visit unsubscribe.
   
   
8. Links to Other Sites
   
   Our Website links to other websites that may collect personally identifiable information about you. BOOKS BD is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those linked websites.
   
   
9. Advertisements on BOOKS BD
   
   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 websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
   
   
10. Accessing, correcting and deleting your information
    
    You have the right to ask us not to use your personal information for direct marketing purposes. You also have the right to request a copy of the personal information that we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies rectified. Finally, you have the right to request that we delete your personal information. If required by law we will grant a request to delete information, but you should note that in many situations we must keep your personal information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, or for another one of our business purposes.
    
    Note that, as required by law, we will require you to prove your identity. We may conduct an identity verification by phone call or email. Depending on your request, we will ask for information such as your name, the last item you purchased from us, or the date of your last purchase from us. We may also ask you to provide a signed declaration confirming your identity. Following a request, we will use reasonable efforts to supply, correct or delete personal information about you in our files.