Privacy Policy


We have updated our Privacy Policy to make it more clear and to stay up to date with new laws.  You can read the updated Privacy Policy, which will take effect on 01/31/2024, here .  By using our website on or after that date, you will be agreeing to the updated Privacy Policy. 

The Reading Bug, LLC, Privacy Policy

 

The Reading Bug is committed to protecting your privacy.  We have prepared this Privacy Policy to describe to you our practices regarding the Personal Data (as defined below) we collect from users of our website, located at http://www.thereadingbug.com. 

 

1.              User Consent.  By submitting Personal Data through our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and you expressly consent to the processing of your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.  

2.              A Note About Children.  We do not intentionally gather Personal Data about visitors who are under the age of 13.

3.              A Note to Users Outside of the United States.  Your Personal Data may be processed in the country in which it was collected and in other countries, including the United States, where laws regarding processing of Personal Data may be less stringent than the laws in your country.    

4.              Types of Data We Collect.  We collect Personal Data and Anonymous Data from you when you visit our site, when you place orders for products from our site, and/or when you send us information or communications.  “Personal Data” means data that allows someone to identify or contact you, including, for example, your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, as well as any other non-public information about you that is associated with or linked to any of the foregoing data.  “Anonymous Data” means data that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Data; Anonymous Data does not permit the identification of individual persons.  We collect Personal Data and Anonymous Data, as described below.

4.1           Personal Data You Provide to Us.  When you order products on our website, we will collect all information necessary to complete the transaction, including your name, credit card information, billing information and shipping information..  If you provide us feedback or contact us via e-mail, we will collect your name and e-mail address, as well as any other content included in the e-mail, in order to send you a reply, and any information that you submit to us, such as a resume.      

4.2           Personal Data Collected via Technology.  To make our website, and related services more useful to you, our servers (which may be hosted by a third party service provider) collect Personal Data from you, including browser type, operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address (a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet, which may vary from session to session), domain name, and/or a date/time stamp for your visit.  We also use Cookies (as defined below) and navigational data like Uniform Resource Locators (URL) to gather information regarding the date and time of your visit and the solutions and information for which you searched and which you viewed.  Like most Internet services, we automatically gather this Personal Data and store it in log files each time you visit our website or access your account on our network.  “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive while you are viewing a web site.  We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our website.  Persistent Cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions.  If you choose to disable Cookies, some areas of our website may not work properly.      

5.              Use of Your Data

5.1           General Use.  In general, Personal Data you submit to us is used either to respond to requests that you make, or to aid us in serving you better.  We use your Personal Data to identify you as a user in our system; provide improved administration of our website; improve the quality of experience when you interact with our website;  respond to your inquiries related to employment opportunities or other requests; to send promotional communications; provide you with hardcopy or electronic newsletters, or surveys; and for other marketing purposes.     

5.2           Creation of Anonymous Data.  We may create Anonymous Data records from Personal Data by excluding information (such as your name) that make the data personally identifiable to you.  We use this Anonymous Data to analyze request and usage patterns so that we may enhance the content of our Products and services and improve site navigation.  We reserve the right to use and disclose Anonymous Data in our discretion. 

5.3           Feedback.  If you provide feedback on our website or our services to us, we may use such feedback for any purpose, provided we will not associate such feedback with your Personal Data.  We will collect any information contained in such communication and will treat the Personal Data in such communication in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

6.              Disclosure of Your Personal Data

6.1           Affiliates.  Although we currently do not have a parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively, “Affiliates”), we may in the future.  We may share some or all of your Personal Data with these Affiliates, in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.  If another company acquires our company or our assets, that company will possess the Personal Data collected by it and us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.

6.2           Other Disclosures.  Regardless of any choices you make regarding your Personal Data (as described below), we may disclose Personal Data if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us; or (b) protect or defend our rights or property.

7.              Third parties

(a)           Our provision of a link to any other website or location is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other website or location or its contents.  When you click on such a link, you will leave our site and go to another site.  During this process, another entity may collect Personal Data or Anonymous Data from you.

(b)           We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for, these outside websites or their content.  Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites or content, or to any collection of data after you click on links to such outside websites.

7.2           Disclosure to Third Party Service Providers.  Except as otherwise stated in this policy, we do not generally sell, trade, share, or rent the Personal Data collected from our services to other entities.  However, we may share your Personal Data with third party service providers to  provide you with the products and related services that we offer you through our website;.  These third party service providers are required not to use your Personal Data other than to provide the services requested by us.  You expressly consent to the sharing of your Personal Data with our contractors and other service providers for the sole purpose of providing services to you.   

8.              Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Data

8.1           Choices.  We offer you choices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your Personal Data.  We will periodically send you free newsletters and e-mails that directly promote the use of our site or the purchase of our Products or services and may contain advertisements for Third Party Companies.  When you receive newsletters or promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further communications from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the e-mail you receive or by contacting us directly (please see contact information below).  Should you decide to opt-out of receiving future mailings, we may share your e-mail address with third parties to ensure that you do not receive further communications from third parties.  Despite your indicated e-mail preferences, we may send you notices of any updates to our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy. 

 

8.2           Changes to Personal Data.  You may change any of your Personal Data in your account by sending an e-mail to us at the e-mail address set forth below.  You may request deletion of your Personal Data by us, but please note that we may be required (by law or otherwise) to keep this information and not delete it (or to keep this information for a certain time, in which case we will comply with your deletion request only after we have fulfilled such requirements).  When we delete any information, it will be deleted from the active database, but may remain in our archives.

9.              Security of Your Personal Data.  We are committed to protecting the security of your Personal Data.  We use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.  Despite these measures, you should know that we cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Data and mistakes may happen.

10.           Contact Information.  Company welcomes your comments or questions regarding this Privacy Policy.  Please e-mail us at the following address:

The Reading Bug, LLC
Attn: Manager
785 Laurel Street
San Carlos, CA 94070
contact@thereadingbug.com

 

11.           Dispute Resolution.  If you believe that Company has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Company by e-mail at contact@thereadingbug.com.  We will do our best to address your concerns.  If you feel that your complaint has been addressed incompletely, we invite you to let us know for further investigation. 

12.           Changes to This Privacy Policy.  This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision, and if we make any substantial changes in the way we use your Personal Data, we will notify you by sending you an e-mail to the last e-mail address you provided to us and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on our website.  Any material changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon the earlier of thirty (30) calendar days following our dispatch of an e-mail notice to you or thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of notice of the changes on our site.  These changes will be effective immediately for new users of our website or related services.  Please note that at all times you are responsible for updating your Personal Data to provide us with your most current e-mail address.  In the event that the last e-mail address that you have provided us is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to you the notice described above, our dispatch of the e-mail containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of the changes described in the notice.  In any event, changes to this Privacy Policy may affect our use of Personal Data that you provided us prior to our notification to you of the changes.  If you do not wish to permit changes in our use of your Personal Data, you must notify us prior to the effective date of the changes that you wish to deactivate your account with us.  Continued use of our website, Products, or related services, following notice of such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.

 

This Privacy Policy was last revised on January 19, 2010.