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Essence of Romance, a subsidiary of Central Booksource, LLC., has created this privacy statement in
order to demonstrate our commitment to privacy to our
customers and users of this website.
This privacy policy governs the manner in which Essence of Romance (EoR) uses, maintains and discloses
information collected from its customers and users of its
Website.
Privacy
EoR is committed to developing long lasting
relationships based on trust. In furtherance of this goal,
EoR will do everything in its power to ensure that your
right to privacy is maintained and protected. This Website
is not directed at children under 13 years of age.
Information We Collect
EoR may request or collect personal information from
online users in a variety of ways, including through online
forms for ordering products and services, and other
instances where users are invited to volunteer such
information.
The information we collect is personal information that identifies you personally, such as:
- Your name
- E-mail address
- Postal address
- Telephone and telefax numbers
- URL
- Credit card information
- Other billing information
EoR may also collects information about how users access
the Website using a tracking ID unique to each user through
the use of cookies.
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's
computer tied to information about the user. We may use both
session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For session ID
cookies, once you close your browser or log out, the cookie
terminates and is erased. A persistent cookie is a small
text file stored on your computer’s hard drive for an
extended period of time. Your browser’s help file contains
information and instructions for removing persistent
cookies. Session ID cookies may be used by EoR to track
user preferences while the user is visiting the website.
They also help to minimize load times and save on server
processing. Persistent cookies may be used by EoR to
store whether, for example, you want your password
remembered or not, and other information. Cookies used on
the EoR Website do not contain personally identifiable
information.
Log Files
Like most standard Websites, we use log files. This
information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses,
browser type, internet service provider (ISP),
referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and
number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site,
track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather
broad demographic information for aggregate use. However,
none of the information stored in our log files, including
but not limited to IP addresses, is linked to personally
identifiable information.
How we use this information
EoR may use the personally identifiable information
collected by EoR to contact customers regarding products
and services offered by EoR and, to the extent the User
has agreed to it, by its trusted affiliates, independent
contractors and business partners. We may also use this
information for research purposes regarding the
effectiveness of our Website services, marketing,
advertising and sales efforts. EoR will not in any way
share this information with a third party either for free or
by selling it, unless you specifically authorize such
disclosures.
Disclosure of Information
EoR may also disclose aggregate, anonymous, data based
on information collected from Users to investors and
potential partners. In such cases, statistical information
only will be disclosed and personally identifiable data will
be kept strictly confidential. In case EoR is sold, the
information collected from users may be transferred to the
new owners.
EoR may from time to time engage third parties,
including its own subsidiaries and affiliated companies, to
preserve, analyse or otherwise store or manipulate data
received by EoR from its customers. In all such cases,
such third party service providers will be required to treat
all such data with the same degree of care as EoR and
they will be prohibited from disclosing such data to any
other person or party, except as otherwise provided for in
this Privacy Policy.
Special Offers and Updates
Our customers and users will occasionally receive
information on products, services, special deals, and
possibly a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our
users we present the option to not receive these types of
communications.
Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly
service related announcement, if, for instance, our service
is temporarily suspended for maintenance. Generally, users
may not opt-out of these communications, though they can
deactivate their account. However, these communications are
not promotional in nature.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may
need to disclose personal information when required by law,
if we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary
and required to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a
court order or legal process served on EoR.
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The EoR Website contains links to other sites. Please be
aware that EoR is not responsible for the privacy
practices of such other sites. We encourage you to read the
privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects
personally identifiable information. The EoR Privacy
Policy as described herein applies solely to information
collected by EoR.
Maintenance of Information
The information provided to EoR is saved indefinitely
and may be stored on one or more databases directly or
indirectly maintained by EoR. EoR employs industry
standard security measures to protect the confidentiality of
the information. While we cannot guarantee that loss,
misuse or alteration to data will not occur; we make every
effort to prevent such occurrences. Any other particularly
sensitive information, such as credit card numbers collected
for commercial transactions, is encrypted prior to
transmission by you to EoR.
Your Responsibility
You are responsible for the security of your Customer ID and
passwords. Make sure you keep it in a safe place and do not
share it with others. Always remember to log out after
your session ends, to ensure that others cannot access your
private personal information. You should take this
precaution even if you are not using a public computer, such
as at a library or internet café, but even when using your
private computer in your home.
Questions
Any questions concerning this Privacy Policy may be directed by e-mail to .
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