Diemme Black Publishing Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

Diemme Black Publishing LLC (dba DBP) (“DBP” or “We”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (this “policy”).

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit www.diemmeblack.com and any other websites owned by DBP that link to or include www.diemmeblack.com (collectively, the “Websites”) or when you use our Websites, products or services as described in this policy (the Websites, products and services are, collectively, our “Services”) or when we collect information from you or when you provide information to us, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. Your participation in any of our Services is voluntary.

This policy applies to information we collect:

• On our Websites
• In email, text, social platforms, and other electronic messages using our Services
• When you use our Services
• Offline or through any other means, including any information (which may include personal information and other information) collected by us at events whether operated by us or any third party.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Services. By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy).  Your continued use of our Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services, including information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address or any other information our Services collect that is defined as personal or personally identifiable information under an applicable law (“personal information”).  This includes information:

• You choose to give us. You may choose to give us personal information directly in a variety of situations. For example, you may want to give us your name and contact information to communicate with you, to order a product, to process an order, to register for a service, to provide you with a subscription, or to do business with us if you are a supplier or a business partner. You may also provide your credit card details to buy something from.  When you wish to receive information or download materials, we may ask you to provide your name and contact information, as well as other information in connection with your request. We use this information in connection with your request, to provide our Services and support, for marketing purposes and to communicate with you. This information may also identify you when you visit our websites.
• Recorded when You Visit our Websites. We or our third party hosting provider (hereinafter the “External Hosting Provider”) may record information when you enter one of our Websites which may help us provide you with access to our Websites, operate our Websites, comply with various requirements (such as but not limited to security and legal requirements), and for other purposes described in this policy.  Such information may include passwords, IP address, location and browser settings. For example, when you visit our Websites or access our Services, we may log certain information that your browser sends us, such as your IP address (including information deriving from your IP address such as your geographic location), browser type, version and language, access time, duration of access, and referring website addresses. We may also collect information about the pages you view within our sites, the time you spent on each site and other actions you take while visiting our Website.  We also may collect information to personalize your website experience, such as recording your preferences and settings, to collect statistics to help us improve and further develop our Services including our Websites, and to use for marketing and promotional activities.  In addition, some of our Services may include technologies that allow DBP to collect certain information about the use of Services, and we may also use such technologies to determine whether you’ve opened an e-mail or clicked on a link contained in an e-mail. 
• We Collect about Your Usage. We may collect information about your use of our Services, whether through books, products, websites or apps. We do so to enable product features to operate, improve your user experience, tailor our interactions with you, provide promotional offers and messages, and improve and develop our products and services.  This includes information you provide by filling in forms supplied on or using our Services and information provided on or through our Services at the time of registering to view a piece of content (e.g., a newsletter or book sample), making online orders, posting material, making an inquiry, submitting feedback and inquiries, or requesting any other information or services. We may also ask you for information when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by us, or when you report a problem with our Services.  You may be required to provide credit card or other financial information before placing an order through our Services.
• You provide when you contact us (online or offline). You may provide us your information in connection with a request for information, to order a book, product or service, or to participate in a forum or other social computing tool, which may be needed by us to fulfill your request, to grant you access to the book, product or service, and to be able to contact you. When you provide your name and contact information to register in connection with such a request, the registration may serve to identify when and where you visit our Websites and any other digital property or activity. We also collect records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us.
• We collect for marketing purposes. We collect information (online or offline) in relation to marketing activities including online and offline engagements with our customers. We may combine the personal information we collect to develop aggregate analyses and business intelligence for conducting our business and for marketing purposes. We also use the personal information we collect for promotional and advertising purposes, in aggregate and individually.  When you visit our Websites, social media or any other digital property, or when you use our Services, we may collect information from you and provide you with personalized experiences based on data collected.  Where we reference that we use your personal information in relation to marketing, advertising, or promoting, or improvement or development of our products or services, for reasons of safety and security, or for regulatory requirements other than in connection with your agreement or request, we do this on the basis of our or a third party’s legitimate interest.  Most information we collect about you comes from our direct interactions with you. When you register for an event we may collect additional information (online or offline) in relation to the event, and we also may collect information during an event, such as participation in sessions and survey results. When you provide us with your contact information (such as by providing an email address or a business card) we may use this to communicate with you.  The information that we collect, either directly or indirectly, may be combined to help us improve its overall accuracy and completeness, and to help us better tailor our interactions with you.
• Related to Your Social Media Accounts. If you use social media, we may access or collect your social media identification you make available over social media.
• About your Use of Our Services. We may collect information about your use of our Services to improve your experience, tailor our interactions with you, provide promotional offers and messages, and improve and develop our products and services.
• Other Information. We may collect information that is about you but individually does not identify you.  We also may collect information related to your personal preferences such as but not limited to email and communication preferences.

INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION TECHNOLOGIES

As you navigate through and interact on our Services, our External Hosting Provider may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including but not limited to:

• Details of your visits to our Websites and use of our Services, including usage and effectiveness, traffic data, location data, logs, other communication data and the resources that you access and use on our Services.
• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

Our External Hosting Provider may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or apps or other online services (behavioral tracking). For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

The information our External Hosting Provider collects automatically may be statistical data but may also include personal information, and it may maintain it or associate it with other personal information it collects in other ways or receives from third parties. The technologies our External Hosting Provider uses for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system may issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Services.
• Web Beacons or Tracking Pixels. Pages of our Services or our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related Services statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain content and verifying system and server integrity).

We may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us. Some content or applications, including advertisements, are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and ad servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may also use cookies, alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies, to collect information about you when you use our Services. 

Your use of any links and applications provided by third parties is subject to the third parties’ privacy policies, and you should become familiar with the third-party sites’ privacy policies before using any such links or applications. DBP is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other websites.

We do not control third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

• To present our Services and their contents to you. We may use information collected on your use of the DBP Services to allow us to: establish statistics about the usage and effectiveness of our Services; improve and personalize your use and experience of Services; tailor our interactions with you; inform our clients on overall use of our Services; and improve and develop our Services.
• To market, advertise or promote our products, services, promotions, contests and other activities. The personal information you provide to DBP, as well as the personal information we have collected about you indirectly, may be used by DBP for marketing purposes, i.e., to keep you informed about events, products, services and solutions that DBP sells. You may at any time choose not to receive marketing materials from us by following the unsubscribe instructions included in each e-mail you may receive, by indicating so when we call you, or by contacting us directly.  Some of our offerings or events may be co-branded or sponsored by DBP and third parties, such as business partners and solution providers, that provide offerings or events. If you sign up for these offerings or events, be aware that your information may also be collected by and shared with those third parties. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with those third-party privacy policies to gain an understanding of the manner in which they will handle information about you. If you have the ability to and choose to “Email This Page” to a friend or colleague, we may ask for their name and e-mail address. We also may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences.
• To fulfill any purpose for which you provide it. If you request something from DBP, for example, a product or service, or specific marketing materials, we will use the personal information you provide to fulfill your request and to provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us. To help us do this, we may share information with others, for instance, business partners, financial institutions, shipping companies, postal or government authorities involved in fulfillment. We may also contact you as part of our customer satisfaction surveys or for market research purposes.
• Personalizing your Experience on our Websites. We may use the personal information we collect about you to provide you with a personalized experience on our Services including our Websites, such as providing you with content you may be interested in and making navigation on our sites easier. We also may use this information to improve our Services including our Websites.
• Protect the Rights and Property of DBP and Others. We may also use or share your personal information to protect the rights or property of DBP, our business partners, suppliers, clients, or others when we have reasonable grounds to believe that such rights or property have been or could be affected. In addition, we reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required by law, and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, or the rights of others, to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our websites.
• For Contractual purposes. We may use your information to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any agreements entered into between you and us, including for billing.
• For Notifications to You. We may use your information to notify you about changes to our Services or any products or services we offer or provide though our Websites.
• As Described. We may use your information in any other way we may describe when you provide the information to us.
• Consent. We may use your information for any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-party goods and services that may be of interest to you. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.  We may disclose personal information that we collect or that you provide as described in this policy:

• To our External Hosting Provider and to other contractors, service providers, partners and other third parties we use to support our business or to help us provide you, or the organization you work for, products or services, or to fulfill your requests,
• To third parties to provide you with customized content, targeted offers, and advertising via email or push notification, or across our Websites, other websites, mobile applications, social media or online services.
• To third parties whom we may retain to collect, use, analyze, and otherwise process personal information on our behalf
• To market our Services or third-party products or services to you either directly by us or by third parties whom we retain to assist with advertising, marketing and promotional services (such as email marketing and other programs) if you have not opted out of these disclosures. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.

Please be aware that in certain circumstances, personal information may be subject to disclosure to government agencies pursuant to judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process. We may also share your personal information to protect the rights or property of DBP, our business partners, suppliers or clients, and others when we have reasonable grounds to believe that such rights or property have been or could be affected.

YOUR CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE, SHARE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. If you do not wish to have your email address or contact information used by us to promote our products or services, you can opt-out of receiving promotional emails at the time of providing data. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may click on the “unsubscribe” link or other opt-out or do-not-subscribe instructions in the email footer to be omitted from all future email distributions.  Please note that this opt-out may not apply to emails sent by us as a result of a product purchase, or other similar transactions.

You can find information on how to opt out of many websites and applications participating ad networks at the following sites:

• Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at optout.networkadvertising.org, and
• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) at www.aboutads.info/choices.

YOUR RIGHTS; ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR INFORMATION 

You can request to access, update or correct your personal information. You also have the right to object to direct marketing. You can access the request process by contacting us at db@diemmeblack.com.  You may have additional rights pursuant to your local law applicable to the processing.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS

California residents may request a list of certain third parties to which we have disclosed personally identifiable information about you for their own direct marketing purposes. You may make one request per calendar year. In your request, please attest to the fact that you are a California resident and provide a current California address for your response. You may request this information in writing by contacting us at db@diemmeblack.com. Please allow up to thirty (30) days for a response.

In addition to any other rights granted under our Privacy Policy, as a California resident, you have the right to:

• Know what specific pieces of personal information we have collected and retained about you, in addition to the categories of your personal information, over the previous 12 months.
• Receive a copy of your personal information.
• Request deletion of personal information we have collected from you

To make a request and obtain information about exercising your rights as described above contact us at db@diemmeblack.com. Before helping you with your inquiry, we may ask you to verify your identity or the identity of your authorized agent. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.

Right to “Opt-out” of “Sale”

You have the right to know whether your personal information is being sold and to opt out of such sale. Your personal information is sold when it is shared with a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration for a purpose that is not a “business purpose” as set forth in the CCPA. DBP does not sell your personal information, so we do not offer an opt out.

DATA SECURITY 

If we have given you (or if you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we endeavor to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted via our Services. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained in the Services.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We may amend or otherwise update this policy at any time. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our policy. If we make any material changes to this policy, we will notify you via notification on our Website, or as otherwise required by applicable law.

COMPLAINTS

In the event you consider our processing of your personal information not to be compliant with the applicable data protection laws, you can lodge a complaint:

• Directly with DBP by contacting us at db@diemmeblack.com
• With the competent data protection authority.

CONTACT INFORMATION

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, please contact DBP at db@diemmeblack.com.

In cases where you may have the ability to view or edit your personal information online but the information is not accessible online, and if you wish to obtain a copy of particular information you provided to DBP, or if you become aware the information is incorrect and you would like us to correct it, contact us at db@diemmeblack.com.

If you no longer wish to receive marketing e-mails from DBP, please follow the unsubscribe instructions included in each marketing email.