WWW.YEAROFACHERON.COM WEBSITE PRIVACY NOTICE
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 4, 2008
We at St. Martin’s Press, LLC (“we” or “St. Martin’s”) respect your concerns about privacy and value the relationship we have with you. This Privacy Notice describes the types of personal information we collect on www.YearofAcheron.com, how we may use that information, and with whom we may share it. Our Privacy Notice also describes the measures we take to protect the security of the information. In addition, we describe the choices you can make about how we use the information you provide to us. We also tell you how you can reach us to update your contact information, contact us with general questions or comments, inquire about our company and its products and services, or answer any questions you may have about our privacy practices.
1. Getting our Products
2. Surveys and Questionnaires
3. Sweepstakes, Contests, and Promotions
4. Blogs and Other Content Submission
5. “Contact Us”
6. Other Site Features
7. Passive Collection of Information
Information We Collect
Getting Our Products
On occasion, we may offer giveaways or other promotional
items. In these instances, we will request your contact
information (such as name and mailing address) to fulfill
your request, and may request other information that we
think is useful or relevant.
Surveys and Questionnaires
We may ask visitors to our website to complete online
surveys and opinion polls on a variety of topics, such
as their activities, attitudes, and interests, and our
products and services. These surveys help us understand
the needs of our visitors.
Sweepstakes, Contests and Promotions
From time to time we may run sweepstakes, contests or
other promotions, some of which you may enter online.
If you choose to participate, we may ask you for your
contact information. In some cases, we also may ask
you for other information in connection with the promotion.
Blogs and Other Content Submission
Our website allows access to blogs on issues relating
to the works of Sherrilyn Kenyon. You will also be able
to submit other content, such as questions on the website.
Please be aware that some or all of the content (including
personally-identifiable information and all other content
submissions) you provide to or through the website may
become publicly available. The blogs on www.YearofAcheron.com
are provided using the Google Blogger platform. Submission
of comments on the website may also be subject to Blogger’s
terms of use and privacy notice, which we strongly suggest
you review.
“Contact Us”
You may choose to contact us through our website. If you
e-mail us comments or questions, we will have your e-mail
address, as well as any other information you choose
to provide.
Other Site Features
We may from time to time offer visitors to our website
various other features, and we may ask for certain personal
information in connection with these features.
Passive Collection of Information
When you visit our website, your browser automatically
sends us certain Internet-related information, such
as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer
you’re using and your originating domain.
We also collect certain information about our website
visitors, such as how many users visited our site, the
date and time of visit to our site, the time spent on
the site, the pages viewed, and referring websites. By
collecting this information, we learn how to best tailor
our website to our visitors. While we generally examine
such information only in the aggregate, such information
could be linked back to individual IP addresses. We
use cookies on our site. Cookies are small text
files that websites often store on the computer hard drives
of visitors. A cookie contains a unique code, which
is used to recognize your computer. At this time,
we use only "session cookies," which means that
a cookie will remain on your hard drive only until you
log out of your computer session. We use cookies
to better understand how the site is used, and to administer
certain activities. The "help" portion
of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to stop
accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive
a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Remember,
though, if you disable all cookies, you may not be able
to take advantage of all features of this website.
Collection of site usage information on our site is performed
on our behalf by a third party service provider. In
addition to session cookies, the service provider may use
web beacons to notify the service provider of web page
access by visitors. Our third party service provider may
retain such usage information for its own internal purposes.
How We Use Information We Collect
Information collected through our website is used in connection
with the purpose for which it was submitted (for example,
to contact you to answer a question, or to send you information
or a product you’ve requested).
We may also use the information we collect to send you
information or products we think may be of interest to
you, to customize our contacts with you and to do other
internal analyses, such as market research, that will
allow us to better meet the needs of our customers.
Information We Share
We do not sell, rent, trade or otherwise disclose personal
information about our website visitors, except as described
here. We may share the information you provide with
companies that are related to St. Martin’s through
common ownership. We also share information provided
by our website visitors with service providers we have
retained to perform services on our behalf. In addition,
we may share information about you with non-affiliated
third parties whose products or services may be of interest
to you. These third parties may contact you about their
products and services. We will not share your information
with these third parties for their own marketing purposes
if you request that we not do so. We may, however, engage
in joint marketing activities with selected third parties
and may share personal information about our website
visitors with them. In addition, we may disclose information
about you (i) if we are required to do so by law, (ii)
in response to legal process, (iii) to law enforcement
authorities or other government officials, or (iv) when
we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to
prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection
with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal
activity.
We reserve the right to transfer any information we have
about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion
of our business or assets. Should such a sale or transfer
occur, we will use reasonable efforts to try to ensure
that the transferee uses personal information you have
provided through this website in a manner that is consistent
with this Privacy Notice.
Links to Other Websites
We provide links to other websites for your convenience
and information, including websites of other companies
related to St. Martin’s through common ownership.
These sites may operate independently from www.YearofAcheron.com,
and may not be under our control. These sites may have
their own privacy notices in place, which we strongly
suggest you review if you visit any linked website.
We may not be responsible for the content of these sites,
any products or services that may be offered through
these sites, or the privacy practices of these sites.
Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for an audience of adult readers,
and is not meant for children. We do not knowingly collect
information from children under 13.
Security
We use administrative, technical and physical safeguards
to protect information in our possession and control
against foreseeable hazards. Please note, however, that
perfect security does not exist on the Internet.
Your Choices
We give you the option of requesting that we not share
personal information about you with third parties that
are unrelated by common ownership with St. Martin’s
for marketing use. Click here to send us an e-mail with
your name and e-mail address(es) if you DO NOT want
us to share your personal information with unrelated
third parties for their own marketing use.
We also give you the option of requesting that we not share your information with companies related to St. Martin’s by common ownership for marketing use. However, PLEASE NOTE that, because of the integrated nature of St. Martin’s and some of these companies, if you opt out of sharing with them, you will also automatically be opted out of marketing use by St. Martin’s. That means that you will not receive our e-newsletter or information from us about books, promotions and services. Click here to send us an e-mail with your name and e-mail address(es), if you do not want us to share your information with related companies for marketing use (or use the information for marketing purposes ourselves). (Keep in mind, however, that some of our related companies may have independently obtained your information, in which case you may continue to receive communications from those companies, unless you opt out directly with them.)
Please be aware that we are able to effectuate an opt-out only for a specific e-mail address. So, if you have more than one e-mail address or if you have changed your email address, your opt out request may not be effectuated properly. If you believe you have opted out, but continue to receive e-mails from us, please contact us by one of the means listed under “How to Contact Us”, below, and we will endeavor to resolve the issue.
Updates to this Privacy
Notice
We may change or update portions of this Privacy Notice
at any time and without prior notice to you. Please check
back from time to time so you are aware of any changes
or updates to the Notice. We will indicate above the effective
date of the Notice.
How to Contact Us
If you would like to update your contact information,
click here.
If you have any questions about our information practices
or our products or services, please contact us by:
• clicking here
• writing us at:
St. Martin’s Press
Marketing Department - 16th Floor
175 Fifth Avenue
New York , NY 10010
Attention: Marketing Assistant