I. Personal Information at Reado.com
The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and continually improve
your shopping experience at Reado.com. Here are the types of information we gather.
- Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on
our Web site or give us in any other way. Click here, to see
examples of what we collect. You can choose not to provide certain information,
but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use
the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests,
customizing future shopping for you, improving our titles, and communicating with
you.
- Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information
whenever you interact with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies,"
and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses Reado.com
any other content served by or on behalf of Reado.com on other Web sites.
Click here to see examples of the information we receive.
- E-mail Communications: To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting,
we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from Reado.com if your computer
supports such capabilities. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from
us, please adjust mailing preferences from within your dashboard.
- Information from Other Sources: We might receive information about you from
other sources and add it to our account information. Click here
to see examples of the information we receive.
II. Cookies
Policy regarding storing and using of cookie/s on Reado.com
- A cookie, also known as HTTP cookie, or browser cookie, is a small piece of information
in the form of alphanumeric identifiers that a web browser transfers to your computer's
hard drive to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features
such as purchase history, My Cart history and storage of items in your Shopping
Cart between visits.
- Reado.com only stores temporary cookies in your computer’s hard drive and they do
not contain any of your personally identifiable information.
- The Help section of the toolbar on most browsers provide you with options for preventing
your browser from accepting new cookies, to have the browser notify you when you
receive a new cookie, or to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable
or delete similar data used by browser add-ons. However, because cookies allow you
to take advantage of some of Reado.com's essential features, we recommend that you
leave them turned on. For instance, if you block or otherwise reject our cookies,
you will not be able to add items to your Shopping Cart, proceed to Checkout, or
use any Reado.com products and services that require you to Sign in.
III. Sharing of information at Reado.com
Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are
not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer information only
as described below and with subsidiaries Think Ink Media Inc. controls that either
are subject to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as
those described in this Privacy Notice.
- Affiliated Businesses We Do Not Control: We work closely with affiliated
businesses. In some cases, we operate stores, provide services, or sell product
lines jointly with these businesses. Click here for some examples
of co-branded and joint offerings. You can tell when a third party is involved in
your transactions, and we share customer information related to those transactions
with that third party.
- Third-Party Service Providers: We employ other companies and individuals
to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering
packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer
lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results
and links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments,
and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed
to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
- Protection of Reado.com and Others: We release account and other personal
information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce
or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements;
or protect the rights, property, or safety of Reado.com, our users, or others. This
includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud
protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include
selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information
from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth
in this Privacy Notice
- With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when
information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity
to choose not to share the information.
IV. Security of information
Security of your information is our prime concern, hence:
- We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.
- We reveal only the last four digits of your credit card numbers when confirming
an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate
credit card company during order processing.
- It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password
and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
Click here for more information on how to
sign off.
Reado.com gives you access to a broad range of information about your account and
your interactions with Reado.com for the limited purpose of viewing and, in certain
cases, updating that information. Click here to see some examples,
the list of which will change as our Web site evolves.
V. Information accessible by customers
Reado.com gives you access to a broad range of information about your account and
your interactions with Reado.com for the limited purpose of viewing and, in certain
cases, updating that information. Click here to see some examples,
the list of which will change as our Web site evolves.
VI. Customer options
- As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, even though
it might be needed to make a purchase or to take advantage of such Reado.com features
as Your Profile, Wish Lists, Customer Reviews, and My Cart.
- You can add or update certain information on pages such as those referenced in the
"Which Information Can I Access?" section. When you update information, we usually
keep a copy of the prior version for our records.
- If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please adjust your mailing
preferences from within your dashboard. (If you do not want to receive Conditions
of Use and other legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Notice, those notices
will still govern your use of Reado.com, and it is your responsibility to review
them for changes.)
- The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your
browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you
receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can
disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by
changing the add-on's settings or visiting the Web site of its manufacturer. However,
because cookies allow you to take advantage of some of Reado.com's essential features,
we recommend that you leave them turned on. For instance, if you block or otherwise
reject our cookies, you will not be able to add items to your Shopping Cart, proceed
to Checkout, or use any Reado.com products and services that require you to Sign
in.
VII. Reado.com’s policy for children
Reado.com does not sell products for purchase by children. We sell children's products
for purchase by adults. If you are under 18, you may use Reado.com only with the
involvement of a parent or guardian.
VIII. Terms of Use, Notices, and Revisions
If you choose to visit Reado.com, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject
to this Notice and our Terms of Use, including
limitations on damages, resolution of disputes, and application of the law of the
Government of India. If you have any concern about privacy at Reado.com, please
Contact us with a thorough description, and we will
try to resolve it. Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice and the
Terms of Use will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and
conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site
frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice
applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind
the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and
practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the
past without the consent of affected customers.
- a) Information provided by you
You provide most such information when you search, buy, post, participate in a contest
or questionnaire, or communicate with customer service. For example, you provide
information when you search for a product; place an order through Reado.com; provide
information in Your Account (and you might have more than one if you have used more
than one e-mail address when shopping with us) or Your Profile; communicate with
us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise; complete a questionnaire or a contest entry form;
compile Wish Lists or other registries; participate in discussions or other community
features; provide and rate Reviews; share information with Reward Account. As a
result of those actions, you might supply us with such information as your name,
address, and phone numbers; credit card information; people to whom purchases have
been shipped, including addresses and phone number; e-mail addresses of Reado Account
holders and other people; content of reviews and e-mails to us; personal description
and photograph in Your Profile; and financial information, including PAN card details
and driver's license numbers.
- b) Automatically gathered Information
Examples of the information we collect and analyze include the Internet protocol
(IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address;
password; computer and connection information such as browser type, version, and
time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform;
purchase history, which we sometimes aggregate with similar information from other
customers to create features such as Featured, Reado Specials and Most Popular;
the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our Web
site, including date and time; cookie number; products you viewed or searched for;
and the phone number you used to call us. We may also use browser data such as cookies,
Flash cookies (also known as Flash Local Shared Objects), or similar data on certain
parts of our Web site for fraud prevention and other purposes. During some visits
we may use software tools such as JavaScript to measure and collect session information,
including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages,
page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods
used to browse away from the page.
- c) Information from Other Sources
Examples of information we receive from other sources include updated delivery and
address information from our carriers or other third parties, which we use to correct
our records and deliver your next purchase or communication more easily; account
information, purchase or redemption information, and page-view information; search
term and searc h result information from some searches conducted through the Web
search features offered by different search engines; search results and links, including
paid listings (such as Sponsored Links); social preferences from social networks
like facebook, Google+, Linked in , and Twitter; and credit history information
from credit bureaus, which we use to help prevent and detect fraud and to offer
certain credit or financial services to some customers.
- d) Information Accessible to You
Examples of information you can access easily at Reado.com include up-to-date information
regarding recent downloads; personally identifiable information (including name,
e-mail, and password ); payment settings (including credit card information and
reward account balance and check balances); e-mail notification settings (including
Alerts, and newsletters); recommendations (including recent product review, , and
); shopping lists (including purchased book/s history )and gift registries (including
Wish Lists ); and Your Profile (including your product Reviews, Requests, and Recommendations,
wish lists, " You may Like ..." guides, personal profile and Reward account).
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