Privacy Policy

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when participating in activities on the Services (such as posting messages in our online forums or entering competitions, contests or giveaways), or otherwise contacting us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following:

• Personal Identifiers: Name, email address, postal address, phone number.
• Credentials: Passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for authentication and account access.
• Payment Data: Data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (e.g., credit card number) and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by our payment processors: Stripe, GroovePay, and PayPal. You may find their terms or privacy policy links here: stripe.com/privacy, paypal.com/privacy, and groovepay.com/terms.
• Other Information You Provide: Any other information you choose to provide to us, such as feedback, survey responses, or communications with our support team.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information Automatically Collected

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more details on how we use cookies.

Information Collected from Other Sources

We may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, as well as from other third parties. Examples of the information we receive from other sources include: social media profile information; marketing leads and search results and links, including paid listings (such as sponsored links). We will inform you about the source of information and the type of information we have collected about you within a reasonable period after obtaining the personal data, but at the latest within one month.

We use personal information collected via our Services for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.

We use the information we collect or receive to:

• Facilitate account creation and logon process: If you choose to link your account with us to a third-party account (such as your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to facilitate account creation and logon process for the performance of the contract.
• Send you marketing and promotional communications: We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time (see the "YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS" section below).
• Send administrative information to you: We may use your personal information to send you product, service, and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
• Fulfill and manage your orders: We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services.
• Post testimonials: We post testimonials on our Services that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and testimonial. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, please contact us at readsrock@outlook.com and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.
• Deliver targeted advertising to you: We may use your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
• Administer prize draws and competitions: We may use your information to administer prize draws and competitions when you elect to participate.
• Request Feedback: We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.
• Protect our Services: We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
• Enable user-to-user communications: We may use your information in order to enable user-to-user communications with each user's consent.
• Enforce our terms, conditions, and policies: For Business Purposes, Legal Reasons, and Contractual obligations.
• Respond to legal requests and prevent harm: If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.
• Manage user accounts: We may use your information for the purposes of managing our account and keeping it in working order.
• Deliver services to the user: We may use your information to provide you with the requested service.
• Respond to user inquiries/offer support to users: We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.
• For other Business Purposes: We may use your information for other Business Purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience. We may use and store this information in aggregated and anonymized form so that it is not associated with individual end users and does not include personal information. We will not use identifiable personal information without your consent.

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:

• Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
• Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
• Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
• Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

• Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Services, which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with the Services over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity. Unless described in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent, or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• Third-Party Advertisers: We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Services.
• Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

We only share and disclose your information with the following third parties. We have categorized each party so that you may easily understand the purpose of our data collection and processing practices. If we have processed your data based on your consent and you wish to revoke your consent, please contact us.

• Advertising, Direct Marketing, and Lead Generation: Bing Ads, Google AdSense, Facebook Audience Network, Taboola, Shopanova.
• Affiliate Marketing Programs: Amazon Affiliation, JVZoo, PayKickStart, GrooveSell, GroovePages, Mikefilsaime.com.
• Content Optimization: Google Site Search.
• Data Backup and Security: Google Drive Backup, Amazon Backup, LPGC Backup, Dropbox Backup, Digital Ocean.
• Functionality and Infrastructure Optimization: Google App Engine, Google Cloud Storage, Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean.
• Invoice and Billing: GroovePay, PayPal, Stripe, PaykickStart, Groovesell, GroovePages, authorize.net.
• Retargeting Platforms: Facebook Custom Audience, Facebook Remarketing, Google Ads Remarketing, Google Analytics Remarketing.
• Social Media Sharing and Advertising: Facebook advertising and Facebook social plugins, PromoRepublic, UpViral.
• User Account Registration and Authentication: Facebook Login, Google Sign-In.
• User Commenting and Forums: Facebook Comments.
• Web and Mobile Analytics: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager.
• Website Hosting: Google Cloud, Groovedigital.
• Website Performance Monitoring: Google Speed.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.

Yes, this website, mobile application, or Facebook application uses Google Maps APIs. You may find the Google Maps APIs Terms of Service here: developers.google.com/maps/terms. To better understand Google's Privacy Policy, please refer to this link: policies.google.com/privacy. By using our Maps API Implementation, you agree to be bound by Google's Terms of Service.

Our servers are located in the United States. If you are accessing our Services from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information (see "WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?" above), in the United States, United Kingdom, and other countries.

If you are a resident in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, then these countries may not have data protection or other laws as comprehensive as those in your country. We will however take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law, including implementing Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission or other appropriate safeguards where required by GDPR.

The Services may contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, online services, or mobile applications. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Services. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than 2 years past the termination of the user's account.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent's use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at readsrock@outlook.com.

In some regions (like the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and California), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right to:

• Request access to your personal information and obtain a copy of it.
• Request rectification of inaccurate personal information.
• Request erasure of your personal information.
• Request restriction of processing your personal information.
• Object to processing of your personal information.
• Request data portability (if applicable).
• Withdraw your consent at any time where we are relying on your consent to process your personal information.

To make such a request, please use the contact details provided below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

If you are a resident in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: ec.europa.eu - Data Protection Authorities.

California Residents

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Services, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Services. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:

• Log into your account settings and update your user account.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use, and/or comply with legal requirements.

Cookies and similar technologies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services.

Opting out of email marketing

You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list – however, we will still need to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account. To otherwise opt-out, you may:

• Note your preferences when you register an account with the site.

A privacy breach occurs when there is unauthorized access to or collection, use, disclosure, or disposal of personal information. You will be notified about data breaches when Reads Rock Books believes you are likely to be at risk of serious harm. For example, a data breach may be likely to result in serious financial harm or harm to your mental or physical well-being. In the event that Reads Rock Books becomes aware of a security breach which has resulted or may result in unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of personal information, Reads Rock Books will promptly investigate the matter and notify the applicable Supervisory Authority not later than 72 hours after having become aware of it, unless the personal data breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.

Yes, we may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how Reads Rock™ (also doing business as Reads Rock Books Fundraising™, "ReadsRock.com", "ReadsRock.com", "Carter Resource Development", "we", "us", or "our") uses them on our website ReadsRock.com and any related services (collectively, the "Services"), and what choices you have regarding their use. We encourage you to read this policy in conjunction with our Privacy Policy for a complete understanding of how we handle your personal information.

A. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

B. HOW WE USE COOKIES

We use cookies for various purposes, including:

• Essential Website Functionality: To enable core functionality of the Services, such as user login, shopping carts, and secure areas.
• Performance and Analytics: To analyze how users interact with our Services, monitor performance, and improve user experience. This includes understanding which pages are most popular, how users navigate the site, and if they encounter any errors.
• Personalization: To remember your preferences and settings, such as language choices or region, to provide a more personalized experience.
• Advertising and Marketing: To deliver relevant advertisements to you and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

C. TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE

We use both first-party and third-party cookies on our Services:

First-Party Cookies

These are cookies set by us directly to ensure the proper functioning of the Services and to enhance your experience. They may include:

• Session Cookies: To keep you logged in and manage your session as you navigate the Services.
• Preference Cookies: To remember your settings and preferences.

Third-Party Cookies

These are cookies set by third-party services that appear on our Services. These third parties may collect information about your browsing activity across different websites and over time. The information collected by these third-party cookies is subject to their own privacy policies. We use third-party cookies for analytics, advertising, and payment processing, including but not limited to:

• Google Analytics: For website analytics and performance monitoring. ( Google Privacy Policy)
• Google AdSense / Google Ads Remarketing: For advertising and retargeting purposes. ( Google Privacy Policy)
• Facebook Audience Network / Facebook Remarketing / Facebook Social Plugins: For advertising, social media integration, and retargeting. ( Facebook Data Policy)
• Stripe / PayPal / GroovePay / authorize.net: For secure payment processing. These services may use cookies to facilitate transactions and prevent fraud. ( Stripe Privacy Policy, PayPal Privacy Policy, GroovePay Terms)
• Taboola / Shopanova: For advertising and content optimization.
• JVZoo / PaykickStart / GrooveSell / GroovePages / Mikefilsaime.com: For affiliate marketing programs and sales platforms.
• Bing Ads: For advertising.
• Google Site Search: For content optimization.
• Google Drive Backup / Amazon Backup / Dropbox Backup / Digital Ocean: These are primarily for data backup and security, but may involve cookies for access management.
• Google App Engine / Google Cloud Storage / Amazon Web Services: For functionality and infrastructure optimization.
• PromoRepublic / UpViral: For social media sharing and advertising.
• Google Tag Manager: For managing website tags and scripts.
• Google Cloud / Groovedigital: For website hosting.
• Google Speed: For website performance monitoring.

D. YOUR CHOICES REGARDING COOKIES

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:

• Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you disable cookies, some features or services of our Services may not function properly.
• Opt-out Tools: Many advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. You can find more information and opt-out tools at: Digital Advertising Alliance, European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance, Network Advertising Initiative
• Specific Third-Party Opt-outs: You can also opt out of specific third-party cookies directly through their privacy policies or opt-out pages (e.g., Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on).

E. DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Cookie Policy.

F. UPDATES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Effective Date" and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy frequently to be informed about how we are using cookies.

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at readsrock@outlook.com or by post to: