Privacy Policy

BIGSTICKBOOK.COM PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy governs all of the content found on BigStickBook.com and any associated properties.

INFORMATION COLLECTED

BigStickBook.com may collect some personal information from you when you register to use my services and features, like my e-mail newsletter. I may also collect certain non-personally identifiable information from users of this site (Google Analytics), such as your IP address, your browser and operating system, your Internet service provider, and the web pages you may have visited, viewed or clicked on. Here are some of the ways we may collect this information:

  • Cookies: Cookies are text files placed in your computer’s browser to store your preferences. Cookies do not contain personal information, but if you choose to provide us with any personal information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. We may use cookies to maintain a record of your visits and to improve the content and services on our site.
  • Web Server Logs: Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include the date and time of your visit,  pages viewed, time spent on this website, etc.

INFORMATION FROM MINORS

We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that your child has visited my site or that I have collected information from your child, please contact us immediately so that I can remove that information from my database.

HOW INFORMATION IS USED

We do not sell or rent your contact information to anyone.

We may use your personal information within this website and associated websites to:

  • process transactions with you;
  • communicate with you,
  • improve the website and content
  • enforce legal terms that govern your use of the laws applicable to this site;
  • protect the website, services, systems, information, users, clients or others; and
  • for any other purposes for which the information is collected and maintained.

We may use your non-personally identifiable information to analyze the usage of my site, improve the design and content of the site, deliver effective marketing messages, personalize your experience, and offer you relevant products and services. In rare cases, we may use your IP address to identify you in order to enforce any legal terms that govern my site or to protect my site, services, systems, information, employees, business partners, service providers, users, customers or others from injury or harm.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS SHARED

In rare cases, we may share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement. We will never sell your information to third parties.

Occasionally, we may disclose your personal information as required by law to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process. We may also be required to disclose information about you if we determine that for security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary.

We also may disclose user information when we have reason to believe that someone is causing injury to or interference with our rights or property. We may share your information if it becomes necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS PROTECTED

We take security measures to protect the security and confidentiality of your personal information that we collect and maintain against loss, theft, and misuse, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, we cannot fully guarantee the security of your personal information or that any communication or transmission of such information over the Internet will be entirely secure.

BigStickBook.com uses secure encryption, provided by a third party.

You can help by taking precautions to protect your personal data when you’re using the internet. Change your passwords often and make sure you use a secure web browser. Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND LINKS

BigStickBook.com may link to websites, products and services operated by third parties. I am not responsible for and do not endorse or accept any responsibility for the availability, contents, products, services or use of any Third Party Website, any website accessed from a Third Party Site, or any changes or updates to such sites.

These linked websites are only for your convenience. Please understand that when you access them, you do so at your own risk. You acknowledge that you take on the risks associated with access to and use of content provided on a Third Party Site and agree that BigStickBook.com and any associated companies are not responsible for any loss or damage of any sort you may incur from dealing with a third party.

If you have any concerns, please contact the website administrator for the applicable Third Party Site.

YOUR CONSENT

By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on this site to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we may disclose it.

TERMINATION

These terms and conditions are applicable to you upon your accessing this website. The provisions relating to Copyrights, Trademark, Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, and Miscellaneous, shall in all events survive any termination of these Terms and Conditions.

You may have the right to “opt in” and “opt out” of certain uses of your personal information.

For example, at the time you are requested to provide personal information on this website, you may have the opportunity to elect to, or not to receive correspondence from us. You may opt out of any email communications with us by clicking the unsubscribe link in our messages, or by sending us a message stating that you would like to be removed from a specific email list, or all communications entirely.

Please note that you cannot unsubscribe or opt-out from certain correspondence from us, including messages relating to your account transactions. You may be contacted by us after making a purchase on this site.

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