Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how ReadSomethingDifferent ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you visit or subscribe to our website located at ReadSomethingDifferent.com (the "Site").
1. Information We Collect
We only collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about our books, signing up for the newsletter, or otherwise contacting us.

The types of personal information we collect include:

• Contact Data: Your name and email address.

Information Collected Automatically (Non-Personal):

When you visit the Site, we may also automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, which is generally not personal information. This may include:

• Log and Usage Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the date/time of your visit.

• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information.​

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To Send You Our Newsletter: The primary purpose of collecting your name and email address is to send you our regular newsletter, which contains information, news, and updates related to our books and literary interests.

• To Respond to Inquiries: To respond to your direct questions, comments, or requests for support.

• For Analytics and Site Improvement: We use non-personal usage data to monitor and analyze trends, improve the functionality of our Site, and understand our audience.

• To Administer the Site: For technical administration and to ensure the security of our Site.​

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Consent: We process your name and email address for newsletter distribution based on the clear, affirmative consent you provide when you sign up. You can withdraw this consent at any time.

• Legitimate Interests: We may process non-personal usage data for the legitimate interest of improving and maintaining the security of our Site.

4. Sharing Your Personal Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share your information with third parties only in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf. 

• 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.

5. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.

• Right to Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.

• Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): The right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

• Right to Restrict Processing: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

• Right to Object to Processing: The right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions (e.g., direct marketing).

• Right to Data Portability: The right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

• Right to Withdraw Consent: The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data for the newsletter at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.​

6. How to Unsubscribe from Our Newsletter

You can easily unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by requesting in written using the contact us form. 

7. Data Security

We use technical and organizational measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security.

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.
9. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy, please contact us at info@readsomethingdifferent.com