bookwormofedwards.com Privacy Policy

The Bookworm of Edwards Privacy Statement

We will guard the personal information you share with us to ensure the content, services, and advertising that we provide on The Bookworm of Edwards are always tailored to your current, designated preferences.

When you provide The Bookworm of Edwards with your name (or alias), e-mail address, mailing address, or telephone number, and you "opt in," The Bookworm of Edwards and The Bookworm of Edwards representatives may use the provided information to alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information, classes, new services, and other The Bookworm of Edwards information. ("Representatives" include value-added resellers and authorized training partners.) The Bookworm of Edwards does not offer, or allow the selling of, any user-provided information to third parties.

The Bookworm of Edwards respects the rights users give us when opting to receive e-mail communications and enforces internal policies to preserve those rights. It is our objective to retain the long-term ability to continue to communicate with our users.

If you do not want The Bookworm of Edwards or The Bookworm of Edwards representatives to contact you, you may "opt out" of this preference at any time, whether you're online or contacting The Bookworm of Edwards directly. As part of your preference flexibility, you'll always have the option to opt back in and have The Bookworm of Edwards contact you based on your previous or new preferences. For instructions, please see the section "Contact Us," below.

If you choose not to register or provide personal information, you can still visit most The Bookworm of Edwards websites; however, you will not have access to areas that require personal identification.

If a user elects to use our Tell A Friend application for forwarding a The Bookworm of Edwards e-mail to their friend or informing a friend about our website, we ask them for the friend's name and e-mail address. The Bookworm of Edwards will automatically send the friend the specified e-mail or the specified website information. The Bookworm of Edwards will not use the friend's information to contact them in the future.

The Bookworm of Edwards membership and the use of log files (cookies)
The Bookworm of Edwards offers free membership to all The Bookworm of Edwards visitors. In order to establish membership, visitors are requested to provide both personal information and preferences. This information is stored and protected by your user-established Member ID and Password.

There is an additional "Remember me" option. By selecting it, you allow The Bookworm of Edwards to store your Member ID and password so you can access certain areas of the website without re-signing in. The sign-in information is stored until you explicitly sign out. It also allows you to return to any The Bookworm of Edwards website on subsequent visits without having to re-enter your information. The Bookworm of Edwards remembers you by placing a log file (cookie) that contains only enough information to identify you upon return visits. A "cookie" is a small line of text that is stored with your web browser for record-keeping purposes and helps The Bookworm of Edwards provide better service to you. Your browser has options to accept, reject, or provide you with notice when a cookie is sent.

No information, other than that found in the Membership cookie, will be accessed by any The Bookworm of Edwards system. Access to your membership information always requires both your Member ID and Password.

The Bookworm of Edwards also utilizes visitor log files (cookies) with our website. Once a user enters our site, a cookie follows them through their click stream path. Examples of information being collected by these cookies include the number of times a user came to our site(s), and the paths they took to get there.

The Bookworm of Edwards uses the data collected from website visitor cookies in aggregate form only and does not collect any personally identifiable information. Use of this information helps us better understand what users are seeking and learning at our website(s) and helps us identify potential navigation issues.

How The Bookworm of Edwards will protect your personal information
The Bookworm of Edwards will always protect the personal information that you share with us. The Bookworm of Edwards stores information internally in a controlled, secure environment. If, for example, you make a purchase online, we route all transactions through SSL (Secure Socket Layers) and will process your credit card number only to secure your current payment. The SSL transaction does not retain your credit card number subsequent to the transaction at hand and will not use the number for marketing purposes.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions about products or services, sending postal mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

If The Bookworm of Edwards requests general demographic information, this information is limited to reporting purposes only; members remain anonymous. Phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and postal addresses are never shared for demographic reports with outside entities.

The Bookworm of Edwards may occasionally present a special contest or promotion that is sponsored by another company. To qualify for entry, we may ask you to provide personal information. If we plan to share that information with the sponsor(s), we will provide an up-front statement to that effect.

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our website.