BookZillion.com: Privacy Policy

This statement describes privacy practices which apply to the web site http://www.BookZillion.com (“Site”). Please note that the Site may contain links to external web sites over which BookZillion.com maintains no control and therefore takes no responsibility regarding privacy considerations or content. Information contained in this policy may be changed or updated without notice at any time.

  1. SUMMARY OF INFORMATION THAT BOOKZILLION.COM MAY GATHER ONLINE. Visitors to BookZillion.com should be able to visit most parts of the Site without actively disclosing any personal information. However, BookZillion.com collects three types of information from users who visit the Site: (1) information gathered by analyzing page views and user navigation patterns, (2) information that users provide directly when they use various BookZillion.com services or participate in various BookZillion.com programs, and (3) information that users provide prior to uploading documents onto BookZillion.com. We use page view and navigation information to ensure that users can find information on our web sites as quickly as possible. We use information collected when users upload documents to check their qualifications and verify their identity, as well as for billing purposes.

    Currently, BookZillion.com does not require registration for general use. However, those visitors wishing to upload documents may be required to register or otherwise provide personal information. Certain other services BookZillion.com provides may also require collecting personal information and/or registration. These services include, but are not limited to, subscribing to any of our mailing lists. If you choose not to register and provide personal information, you may still visit most of BookZillion.com’s Site; however, you may not have access to those areas or products that require registration information.
  2. METHODS BOOKZILLION.COM USES FOR GATHERING INFORMATION: USAGE TRACKING. BookZillion.com analyzes user traffic patterns throughout the Site. We do not attempt to identify individual visitors to our web sites, but we may collect data on general types of users based on domain name or browser type. This information is obtained directly from the user’s web browser identification information.
  3. SPECIAL PROGRAMS. When a user registers for certain BookZillion.com programs and services, the user may be asked to provide certain information, including, but not limited to, contact and billing information.
  4. SPECIAL NOTICE TO CHILDREN. BookZillion.com is intended for adult or adult supervised use. Before giving any personal or registration information to us or to anyone on the Internet, participating in any of our mailing lists or forums, or using any other of our services, please ask your parents for permission. We encourage parents to actively participate in their children’s use of the Internet. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE PERSONS 13 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER PERMITTED TO SUBMIT CONTACT, DEMOGRAPHIC OR BILLING INFORMATION.
  5. POLLS AND SURVEYS. BookZillion.com may include polls in which users are asked to indicate their opinions or preferences. In addition to compiling the responses to survey questions, BookZillion.com may use cookies to identify those users who have already participated in a poll. We use this system to ensure that each visitor’s opinion will be represented equally.
  6. ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS. BookZillion.com may offer electronic newsletters for writers, the press, and end users. We collect email addresses and occasionally demographic information to target each newsletter to the appropriate audience. Any user who wishes to be removed from the mailing list for one of these newsletters can simply send email to the BookZillion.com webmaster () asking to be removed from the list.
  7. CUSTOMER AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT. BookZillion.com uses email as an avenue with which to provide customer service and technical support. We do not release any contact information about the user for any purpose. We may contact the customer using this information in an attempt to resolve a prior issue. We may also use the information to proactively notify customers of technical issues which may affect them.
  8. HOW BOOKZILLION.COM USES THE INFORMATION GATHERED ONLINE. BookZillion.com uses tracking information to identify the areas of our Site that are most heavily utilized. We do not track what individual users view, but rather how well each page performs. We do this to improve the usefulness and effectiveness of our web sites. The information that users provide while visiting BookZillion.com’s Site will be used to improve the sites themselves, to provide interactive or personalized elements on the Site, and to prepare future content based on user interests. By using the BookZillion.com Site, the user is consenting to the collection and use of this information as discussed in this policy. BookZillion.com may use information that users provide voluntarily to send electronic newsletters and allow users to participate in online programs and services.
  9. BOOKZILLION.COM POLICIES RELATING TO USER INFORMATION. BookZillion.com does not share information about individual users with outside parties.
  10. CORRECTIONS AND UPDATES. BookZillion.com offers users the ability to correct or change personal information. Users of BookZillion.com may modify their information at any time and as often as necessary. Subscribers of newsletters who wish to update their information, or those who are experiencing problems, should email the BookZillion.com webmaster ().
  11. DEACTIVATING ACCOUNTS. Users may unsubscribe to any of our electronic newsletters by following the instructions contained at the end of the newsletter.
  12. A FEW NOTES ABOUT COOKIES. A cookie is a short line of text that is created by a web site and stored in a file on your computer. Cookies are used to store information about your preferences and activity during and after your visit to a web site. Cookies are also used widely in electronic commerce programs to keep track of which items a user has selected for purchase. Cookies cannot gather any information from your computer other than which you provide directly or that which is provided routinely by your browser software. Any user has the right and ability to refuse or delete cookies. However, such refusal or deletion may prevent the user from properly using the site’s cookie-dependent features.