Privacy Policy

Books & Rattles, Inc (“we”, “our” or “us”) takes your privacy and security seriously and provides this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) to describe the ways in which we collect, store, share, and use your personal information (“Personal Information”) when you visit or otherwise use Books & Rattles, Inc, and any other websites, software, applications and features that link to or incorporate this Privacy Policy (the “Services”). By using, accessing, or visiting the Services in any way, you agree to the Privacy Policy in full and without modification.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website booksandrattlespreschools.com (our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

  • On this Website.
  • In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • Books & Rattles, Inc offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party; or any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from the Website

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

USE OF SERVICES BY MINORS
You must be at least 18 years of age (or older, if required) to use the Services. In addition, we do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children younger than 13 years of age. If we become aware that we have Personal Information from a child younger than 13, we take steps to remove such information and terminate the User’s account. If you become aware that someone under the age of 13 is using the Services, please contact us at 718-381-7777 as soon as possible.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE COLLECT IT
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

  • by which you may be personally identified, such as name, e-mail address, telephone number, or your organization contact information (“personal information”); that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as location; and/or about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website and usage details.

WE COLLECT THIS INFORMATION:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us.
  • Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies.

INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US
The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of subscribing to our newsletter and/or filling out our contact form. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
  • Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
  • Your search queries on the Website.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT THROUGH AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION TECHNOLOGIES
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
  • The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
    • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
    • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
    • Speed up your searches.
    • Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
  • Web Beacons. Pages of our the Website [and our e-mails] may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or [opened an email] and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

THIRD-PARTY USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We use Google Analytics to analyze and collect certain information and usage metrics. We may combine this information with other information we collect from or about you. You may opt-out of this service by following this link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/

We may use other analytics, agencies and other vendors to provide us with information related to use of the Services. These providers may collection certain information about your visits to and activities on the Services. In addition, they may place certain tracking technologies on the Services and your device, including cookies.

Certain mobile service providers may also provide us and our service providers with information regarding the physical location of the device used to access the Services.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To present our Website and its contents to you.
  • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To provide you with notices about your subscription.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
  • To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To facilitate the provision of Services and provide technology and other User support.
  • To enable Users to interact, on and off the Services.
  • To process payments.
  • To verify the information you provide.
  • To optimize or customize your experience on the Services, including to identify and provide certain information, offers, products, or services of Books & Rattles, Inc, other Users and our partners to you. We do not share your Personal Information with third parties for those third parties’ marketing purposes unless we first provide you with the opportunity to opt-in to or opt-out of such sharing.
  • To fulfill obligations with vendors, service providers, partners and other third parties. We may utilize third parties to facilitate certain aspects of the services, including maintenance, analytics, support, payment processing. These third parties may have access to your Personal Information in the course of performing their functions.
  • To notify you about changes to the Services, or otherwise communicate with you, including regarding new products, services, surveys, or promotions that we or our partners may offer from time to time. These notifications may come through any channel for which you have provided information to us, including email, mail and SMS. You may opt-out of certain marketing communications, will not be able to opt- out of administrative or Service related messages without disabling your User Account.
  • To provide you with sponsored content, marketing material, or other opportunities.
  • To collect and combine information about you with information collected by third parties.
  • To comply with all laws, regulatory processes, and legal processes, including to conduct an investigation, to protect the property and right of Books & Rattles, Inc or a third party; to protect the safety of any other party; or to prevent or stop activity we consider to pose a risk of illegal, unethical or otherwise legally actionable. This may include disclose to governments, law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, deem reasonable to respond to claims and legal process, including subpoenas, or otherwise protect the property or safety of Books & Rattles, Inc, any person or property.
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Books & Rattles, Inc’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Books & Rattles, Inc about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us an email address to use the “email a friend” feature of our Website, we will transmit the contents of that email and your email address to the recipients.

We may also disclose your personal information:

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To enforce or apply our terms of use if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of booksandrattlespreschools.com, our clients, or others.

ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR INFORMATION
You may contact us at 718-381-7777 to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at hello@mariabryan.com.

THIRD PARTY LINKS AND SHARING
The Services may contain and additionally Users may post or shares links to third party websites, applications, or downloads. We do not review or screen for the safety or veracity of these links. Please use caution when visiting any third-party links or content. You agree that Books & Rattles, Inc will not be held for any cost, harm, damage, claim, expense or any other loss related to or arising out of your interaction with any third-party links or content.

If you agree to share information with or receive information, including marketing offers, from any third parties on the Services, you will be subject to the privacy policies and practices of that third party. You are advised to review those policies. Books & Rattles, Inc is not responsible for the actions of third parties you interact with on the Services. If you later wish to cease sharing or receiving information from a third party, you will need to contact them directly.

DATA SECURITY
Books & Rattles, Inc is committed to protecting your security. As such, we utilize a variety of security measures, including electronic and physical. However, we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of our databases, nor can we guarantee that information you transmit over the internet won’t be intercepted while being transmitted to us or at any point thereafter. Therefore, you agree that you transmit Personal Information to the Services at your own risk and that Books & Rattles, Inc will not be responsible or liable for any cost, harm, damage, claim, expense or any other loss related to the transmission, storage, use or breach of any Personal Information.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We may modify or replace this Privacy Policy at any time by updating this document on the Services. You will be notified of such update by email or on the Services. You agree to be bound by the most recent version of the Privacy Policy posted on the Services following notification of any update.

CONTACT INFORMATION
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at 718-381-7777

Last modified November 1, 2019