This privacy policy sets out how Brookline Books uses and protects any information that you give Brookline Books when you use this website. Brookline Books is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Brookline Books may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
What We Collect?
We may collect the following information:
- name
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as preferences and interests, and
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What We do with the Information We Gather?
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping
- We may use the information to improve our products and services
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How do We Use Cookies?
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Interest-based Online Advertising & Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behavior and interaction on our site. Google Analytics gathers data about which pages you visit, how much time you spend on our site, and which items you click on or buy. We have also enabled Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting to learn more about the age, gender, and interests of our customers. In accordance with our privacy policy, we will not collect any identifiable information through the use of these third-party systems.
We also use Google AdWords Remarketing to advertise Brookline’s products across the Google Network. This means that AdWords will display ads to you based on the products on Brookline’s website you have viewed by placing a cookie on your web browser. This cookie does not identify you or give us access to your computer or mobile device.
You may opt out of the automated collection of information by third-party ad networks by visiting Google’s Ad Settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
How do You Control Your Personal Information?
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at casemate@casematepublishers.com
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to:
Brookline Books
1950 Lawrence Rd
Havertown, PA 19083
Tel: (610) 853-9131
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
