ABook is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we may collect from you and how we use it. It includes your choices about how your information is used and your ability to change or opt out.
This policy covers all of the information we collect through our websites, electronic devices, and over the phone. By using our websites, or giving us your personal contact information, you are consenting to the practises outlined in this policy.
‘Contact information’ refers to any information that personally identifies you or by which you can be contacted. This includes your name, address, telephone number and email address.
Your information is important to us. We honour requests not to share contact information with any third party. You can opt out of receiving any marketing communications from ABook.lk.
COLLECTING YOUR INFORMATION
At times, we will ask you to provide contact information about yourself. It is your choice if you would like to share this information with us. If you choose not to provide the information we request, you may not be able to purchase products sold on our websites.
If we need to contact you to discuss an order you have made, we will contact you by phone or email, even if you have opted not to receive marketing information from us.
If you use social media accounts to access our websites or associate your account with us, we may receive and collect personal information about you according to the privacy policy and terms of use of the social media site.
We reserve the right to track the visitors to our websites. This includes, but is not limited to, internet domain addresses and electronic markers, usage data from mobile devices and location data. We analyse data to look at trends and preferences and to recognise you when you return to our site.
USING YOUR INFORMATION
We use your contact information to help us improve our service and for marketing purposes.
We will contact you according to the communication choices you have made. You have the right to change your preferences at any time. We take every reasonable effort to ensure your contact information is accurate.
At times, we may form a business relationship with other persons or organisations who match our high standards of personal privacy. We may choose to exchange, share, rent or compare information that will allow them to contact you with services or products that may interest you or others.
Third parties are allowed to advertise and/ or collect data when you visit and use our websites. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information during your visit. This allows them to provide advertisements tailored to your interests.
To improve our service, we may combine the information you share with us with information we receive from third parties and information that is publicly available. This helps us inform you of products or services that may be of interest to you and for promotional purposes.
We work with other companies to provide services for you, including printing, shipping, and payment processing. We provide these companies with the information they need to perform these services .
We may share information, including contact information, with any business controlling or controlled by ABook.lk.
We reserve the right to disclose your contact information when we believe the law or legal process requires it. This includes when we have reason to believe injury may be caused to ABook.lk, you or others.
USE OF COOKIES
A cookie is a small data file placed on the hard drive of your computer when you visit a website. When you visit our websites or receive an email from us, one or more cookies will be sent to your computer.
A session cookie expires as soon as you end your session, for example by closing your browser. A persistent cookie stores information on your hard drive. This means when you return to our websites, the cookie information is still available.
If you chose not to accept cookies, you can set your internet browser to notify you when one is sent. It is your choice if you accept it. Please note that our websites may not fully work if you disable cookies or delete them.
We use cookies to:
- Remind us who you are
- Process your order
- Improve our service
- Show you products and services that may be of interest to you
- Track our sales and those of third-party sellers
- Analyse trends and patterns on our websites
- Allow any business we are working with to collect anonymised data
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
You may find links to other websites operated and maintained by third parties on our websites. We do not have control over the content of these sites and remind you that you enter these websites at your own risk.
KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION SECURE
Your information is important to us and we make every reasonable effort to keep it safe. We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to encrypt the information you enter on our websites. No data transmissions can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Whilst we make every effort to protect your contact information, any information you transmit is done so at your own risk.
It is your responsibility to make sensible efforts to keep your data safe. This includes, but is not limited to, keeping passwords private, logging off and closing your browser window. We do not recommend entering data when accessing our websites from a shared or public computer.
CHILD PROTECTION
At ABook.lk, we take care of the safety and privacy of children. We do not share your child’s contact information, including their name, gender, date of birth or address, with any third party.
We remind parents and guardians that children should remain supervised when using the internet. Children should always ask for permission from their parent or guardian to provide contact information online.
Our websites are suitable for general use. Children under the age of 16 are not permitted to register, purchase any product or service from us, or receive email correspondence from us.
UPDATING, OPTING OUT AND DELETING YOUR INFORMATION
You can contact us to correct or update your contact information at any time.
If you would prefer not to receive direct marketing from us or any other linked business, or opt out of any exchange of your information, please let us know by email. Include your full contact details and tell us what information you do not want to share or receive.
Any requests to change or remove your contact information, or marketing preferences, may take up to 5 days to complete after receiving your communication.
YOUR FEEDBACK
We are proud of ABook and always look for ways to improve. If you have any comment or question about our privacy policy, you can email or call us on +94 770330646.
POLICY CHANGES
If we make any changes to our privacy policy, we will inform you on our websites. We will clearly state the date the changes will come into effect. New policies will replace any prior policy and apply to current and past users of our websites. Continuing to use our websites means you accept the practices outlined in the revised policy.
Effective Date: 12th March 2020
