Privacy Policy
Last Updated: July 23, 2018
Privacy Notice Table of Contents:
The Information We Collect
Information Obtained through Automated Services
Customized Advertising
The Way We Use Information
Who We Share Information With
Third-Party Providers
Corporate Affiliate
Children's Privacy Policy/Parents' Rights
California Privacy Rights
Transfer of Information
Update to Privacy Policy
Right to Opt Out
Our Commitment to Data Security
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Baker Publishing Group website and its affiliates (including Baker Book House, Direct2Church, and social media networks). The type of personal information collected when visiting these pages may include
- Voluntary contact information (such as name, job title, postal address, email address, and telephone and/or mobile numbers)
- Geolocation data
- Username and password information
- Voluntary preference information submitted in contact forms (e.g., book interests)
- Purchase history data from our affiliates
INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH AUTOMATED SERVICES
Additionally, we and our third-party providers may also obtain information collected through automated means necessary for the functionality of the site, and information regarding user behavior. This information may be gathered by HTTP, HTML 5, web and server logs, cookies, and JavaScript. Information obtained via automated services collects data designed to enhance our product and may include IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views, and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency, and pattern of your service use.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of text sent from your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you. When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookie files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Service, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisements delivery, including behavioral advertising.If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser or a third-party website.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
You can learn more about cookies and how to remove them from the following third-party websites:
- AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
- Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/
The source of the usage data is Google Analytics. The usage data gathered may be processed for the purposes of analyzing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
If you wish to learn more about what information is stored, or to unsubscribe, please contact us at marketing@bakerpublishinggroup.com. You may also opt out of Google Analytics using the third-party tool provided here:
CUSTOMIZED ADVERTISING
Our website, affiliated websites, and third-party app and tool providers may collect personal data provided by you, and personal and nonpersonal automated information. The intent of the information gathered is to provide meaningful content tailored to your interests. Information collected includes your browsing behavior on our website affiliate sites and emails to enhance our marketing. If you are interested in learning more about customized internet advertising or how to opt out, please check out the following link:
http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
THE WAY WE USE INFORMATION
We use information about our visitors to continually improve our visitors' experience with Baker Publishing Group and its affiliates. We may use both personal and nonpersonal data for the following activities:
- Send email newsletters, promotional content, new release announcements, catalogues, surveys, contest/sweepstakes offers, including targeted advertising
- Participate on social media accounts involving our authors, books, or brands
- Register for an account with Baker Publishing Group
- Send you updates about changes to Baker Publishing Group policies
- Respond to inquiries from you and other third parties, including inquiries from law enforcement agencies
- Protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other unlawful activity, claims, and other liabilities
WHO WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH
We may share your information with our affiliates' businesses, including Baker Book House; our third-party service providers, including hosting, marketing, analytics, customer service, and fraud prevention; and third-party groups that we do business with, such as our authors, so they can provide you with special offers and promotions.
We may further disclose information about visitors if we are required to do so by law to law enforcement authorities or government officials, or in order to prevent harm or financial loss based on pending illegal activity. In the event that we sell, reorganize, or liquidate our business, we reserve the right to transfer your personal information.
THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS
For the purpose of serving you and the gathering of information, our website may provide links to apps, services, or third-party sites that may not be operated by or affiliated with Baker Publishing Group. We are not responsible for the action and privacy practices of any such links, apps, or services. We recommend you review the privacy policies of third-party content or websites for further information.
CORPORATE AFFILIATE
Baker Book House is an affiliate of Baker Publishing Group. For this reason, personal information may be shared between the two entities for marketing purposes.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY POLICY/PARENTS' RIGHTS
Baker Publishing Group does not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior parental consent. If we become aware that we have unintentionally obtained such information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete the contact information.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California residents may ask for certain information regarding how Baker Publishing Group discloses their personal information to third parties for marketing purposes. California residents may also ask for the identity of those third parties. To make this request, California residents may contact us through the contact form on our website.
TRANSFER OF INFORMATION
Baker Publishing Group is based in the United States, and therefore personal data entered from outside of the United States may be transferred to and processed in the United States. By using our website, you consent to the general use of your information as provided in the Privacy Policy and the transfer of information to the United States.
UPDATE TO PRIVACY POLICY
Our privacy policy may be updated periodically as our website continues to develop. Changes may occur without any prior notice to you; however, if we make any change in the way we use your personal information, we will provide prominent notice of the change via our website or email.
RIGHT TO OPT OUT
You may opt out of receiving future emails from Baker Publishing Group and affiliate sites at any time. To do so, click the "unsubscribe" link within the bottom of the email you receive. You may also opt out by emailing us at marketing@bakerpublishinggroup.com.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
In our efforts to protect your online transactions, we use a technology called Komodo (SSL). If your browser is capable of SSL (and most are), your personal information will be automatically encrypted, or encoded, before it is sent over the internet.
BakerPublishingGroup.com and its affiliates take reasonable steps and maintain safeguards designed to ensure that your data is protected.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us:
Address
Baker Publishing Group
6030 East Fulton Road
Ada, MI 49301
USA
Telephone
Publishing Division (616) 676-9185
Toll Free (orders only) (800) 877-2665
Fax
Fax (616) 676-9573
Toll Free Fax (orders only) (800) 398-3111