This Privacy Policy sets out the privacy policies and practices for Shared Books Ltd. (“Sharing Books”) with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information in connection with Sharing-Books.com (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy may be updated by Sharing Books giving reasonable notice of the revised terms (including by e-mail or by posting on the Website), and this Privacy Policy may be supplemented or modified by agreements entered into between Sharing Books and an individual from time to time.

In this Privacy Policy, “personal information” means any information about an identifiable individual, as further defined under applicable Canadian laws.

1. Collection and Use of Personal Information
Sharing Books collects personal information from you when you subscribe for services or products, and may from time to time collect additional personal information in the course of providing such products and services. Sharing Books uses such personal information as is reasonably required to process your registration for the Website and to provide services and products to you.

Contact information that you provide to Sharing Books may be used to contact you in connection with the Website. For example, depending on which services you have subscribed to and which privacy preferences you have indicated to Sharing Books, we may use your contact information to provide periodic newsletters or to provide notices regarding changes to the Website or regarding new services or products.

The Website allows you to publish personal information about yourself and others, including videos and photos. By publishing your personal information on such pages, you consent to the publication of such personal information. By publishing personal information about another individual, you represent that you have, where required by applicable privacy laws, obtained the consent of such individuals to publish such information.

Sharing Books collects demographic and profile data in connection with the Website and uses such data to tailor each visitor's experience at the Website, showing the user content in which Sharing Books thinks you might be interested, and displaying the content according to your preferences.

Sharing Books may use customer information for additional purposes that may be identified at or before the time that the information is collected.

2. Disclosure of Personal Information
Sharing Books may disclose personal information as follows:

•    to third party service providers and to affiliated entities in order to carry out work on behalf of Sharing Books,
•    to law enforcement agencies for the purposes of investigating fraud or other offences, or as otherwise required by law,
•    to legal, financial, insurance, and other advisors or in connection with the sale, reorganization, or management of all or part of its business or operations, and
•    as consented to by you from time to time, including to fulfill any other purposes that are identified when the personal information is collected.

Sharing Books will not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with your consent or as required or permitted by law. 

3. Cookies and IP Addresses
Sharing Books uses your IP address to help identify you and your subscription, gather broad demographic information about our users, diagnose problems with our systems, and administer the Website. The Website is entitled to use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, according to your preferences, and to save your password so that you are not required to re-enter it while you use the Website.

4. Links
The Website contains links to other websites. Sharing Books is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. Please ensure you review the privacy policies of the websites that you visit.

5. Security
Sharing Books protects against the loss, misuse, and alteration of personal information with security measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. However, it is possible that any information transmitted via the Internet may be intercepted by unknown third parties.

6. Opt-Out
When appropriate, users of the Website are given the opportunity to (i) opt-out of receiving communications from us, (ii) remove their personal information from our records, or (iii) elect to no longer receive services from us. If you wish to opt-out of receiving further communications, please contact Sharing Books’ privacy officer (the “Privacy Officer”) by email using the contact information provided below.

7. Corrections/Contact
You may contact the Privacy Officer to modify or correct any of your personal information that is under our control. You may also direct a written complaint regarding compliance with this Privacy Policy to the Privacy Officer and, within a reasonable time upon receiving the written complaint, the Privacy Officer will conduct an investigation into the matter. Within a reasonable time of concluding the investigation, the Privacy Officer will inform you whether the complaint will be allowed or denied. If the Privacy Officer allows the complaint, Sharing Books will take appropriate measure necessary to rectify the source of the complaint.

8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, Sharing Books’ privacy practices in connection with this Website, or Sharing Books’ collection, use, disclosure, or retention of your personal information in connection with this Website, please contact the Privacy Officer as follows:

Shared Books Ltd.
Attention: Privacy Officer
Address:     #393 - 1917 West 4th Avenue
Vancouver  BC  V6J 1M7
Canada

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