🔒 Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 2024

ReadingLovers is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you visit our website.

1. Information We Collect

We collect minimal information to provide and improve our services. The types of information we may collect include:

Automatically Collected Information: When you visit ReadingLovers, our servers automatically collect certain information including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and access times. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website and improve user experience.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us recognize your browser and capture certain information. You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use collected information for the following purposes:

To provide, maintain, and improve our website and content. To understand how users interact with our website and identify areas for improvement. To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security concerns. To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights and property.

3. Google AdSense and Advertising

ReadingLovers uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites on the Internet.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings at https://www.google.com/settings/ads

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads based on visits to our site and other sites on the Internet.

4. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our website and administer activities on our behalf. These third parties have access to information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Children's Privacy

ReadingLovers does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information from our records.

7. International Users

ReadingLovers is operated from various locations and may transfer and process information in countries other than your own. By using our website, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside your country of residence, which may have different data protection rules.

8. Your Rights and Choices

You have certain rights regarding your information:

Cookie Management: You can set your browser to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. Note that some parts of our website may not function properly if you disable cookies.

Do Not Track: Some browsers include a Do Not Track feature. Our website does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals.

Opt-Out of Advertising: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ or the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page with an updated revision date.

Your continued use of ReadingLovers after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us through our contact page. We will respond to your inquiries in a reasonable timeframe.

11. Compliance

ReadingLovers complies with applicable data protection laws and regulations. We are committed to maintaining transparency about our data practices and protecting user privacy.

12. California Privacy Rights

California residents may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act. If you are a California resident, you may request information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

By using ReadingLovers, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.