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Privacy Policy

Beacon Press, 24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA, 02210 (Tel No. 617-742-2110) is committed to protecting your privacy. We use any information we obtain about you to communicate with you and to provide a personalized experience on our site. Please read on for more details about our privacy & use policy.

Information: what do we collect, how do we collect it, and how do we use it?

  • We will not collect any personally identifying information from you other than the information you supply to us on a voluntary basis.
  • When you subscribe to our newsletter, enter a contest, or participate in a promotional feature, we may ask for your name, address, and e-mail address so we can distribute the newsletter or administer the promotional feature/contest and notify winners.
  • We monitor site traffic patterns and site usage to help us develop the design and layout of our site.
  • We may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services, and special offers we think you will find valuable. If you would rather not receive this information, please refer to the section labeled "Disclosure of Information to Others."

Using "Cookies"

"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that. Even without a cookie, you can still use most of the features on our site.

Social Media

Our Sites may provide you with the ability to register, log into, “like” or otherwise interact with third party social media services, including, but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and other social media services. These features may enable integration and/or access to your social media accounts. We do not control these social media services or your profiles on these services, and we do not establish privacy settings or rules for how your personal information on these services will be used. If you choose to log on to or submit information through any of these social media services, your personal information will be subject to the applicable social media service’s terms and conditions and your current privacy settings on such social media service. By accessing any social media service, you will be assuming the risk that the personal information you provide on that service may be viewed and/or used by third parties for any purpose. You agree that we are not responsible for any acts or omissions by these social media service providers.

Public Areas, Forums, Reviews, and Community Areas

Please remember that any information you share in public areas, such as forums, message boards or feedback sections, becomes public and anyone may take and use that information. Please be careful about what you disclose and do not post any personal information that you expect to keep private.

Notice to Non-US Users

If you are located outside the United States of America, you should be aware that your personally identifiable information will be transferred to the United States of America, the laws of which may be deemed by the your country to have inadequate data protection. If you are located in a country outside the United States of America and voluntarily submit personally identifiable information to us on the Sites, you thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided in this Privacy Policy and to the transfer of that information to, and/or storage of that information in, the United States of America.

How To Opt-Out or Correct Your Information

You may always opt-out of receiving future commercial emails and newsletters from Beacon Press. We provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving such communications from us by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link within the email you receive. You may also opt out of receiving further communications from us or correct your information by sending us a message at marketing@beacon.org. Please note that your request not to receive unsolicited commercial emails from us will not apply to messages that you request or that are not commercial in nature. For example, we may contact you concerning any purchases you have made with us, even if you opt out of receiving unsolicited commercial messages.

Google Analytics

We are using a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect basic information about use of this site. It collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what links from other sites brought you to ours. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, not your name or any other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser, or using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available directly from Google.

Disclosure of Information to Others

Beacon Press. does not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.

Updating Your Information

You may update or change information related to your interaction with Candlewick Press, Inc. by e-mailing your changes to marketing@beacon.org. For other questions related to updating or changing your account information, please send an e-mail to the same address.

Your Consent

By using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of information you provide pursuant to the terms of this privacy policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. We therefore ask you to check back here regularly.

How To Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us as follows:

By mail:
Online Privacy
Attn: Customer Service
Beacon Press
24 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210

Email:
marketing@beacon.org

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Beacon Press welcomes your questions, suggestions, and comments about privacy. Please send an e-mail to marketing@beacon.org.

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