The website and its content are owned by Blacbiblio.com, Inc. (“Company”, “we”, or “us”). The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of Blacbiblio.com, Inc. (“Website”).

This Privacy Policy describes how Blacbiblio.com (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and Shopify may collect, use, process and distribute your information, including Personal Information (as defined below) used to access this Website. 

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. The use of information collected through our Website shall be limited to the purposes under this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service to customers.

Please note that any information (“Personal Information”) that you are giving to us is voluntarily, and by providing this information to us, you are giving consent for us to use, collect and process this Personal Information. You are welcome to opt-out or request for us to delete your Personal Information at any point by contacting us at blacbiblio@yahoo.ca.

If you choose not to provide us with certain Personal Information, you may not be able to purchase goods, services or otherwise participate in certain aspects of our Website or content.

Collecting Personal Information

When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely identify an individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”. See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.

Device information

• Examples of Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
• Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.
• Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.
• Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify.

Order information 

We collect personal information from you so that we can provide you with a positive experience when utilizing our Website or content.  We will only collect the minimum amount of information necessary for us to fulfill our obligation to you. We may collect:

• Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number.
• Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfil our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or marketing emails with either your consent or if we believe we have a legitimate interest to contact you based on your contact or question.

• Source of collection: collected from you.

• Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify.

Please note that the information above (“Personal Information”) that you are giving to us is voluntarily, and by you providing this information to us, you are giving consent for us to use, collect and process this Personal Information. You are welcome to opt-out or request for us to delete your Personal Information at any point by contacting us at blacbiblio@yahoo.ca.

If you choose not to provide us with certain Personal Information, you may not be able to participate in certain aspects of our Website, content or purchases.

Sharing Personal Information

Though we aim to keep the Personal Information that you share with us confidential, we need to share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our goods and fulfil our contracts with you, as described above. For example:

• We use Shopify to power our online store. You can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.
• We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
• Please note that we may disclose such information in the good-faith belief that: (1) we need to protect and defend our rights or property or the personal safety of our users or licensees or the public, (2) to investigate or respond to any real or perceived violation of this Privacy Policy or of our Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions, or any other terms of use or agreement with us.

Behavioural Advertising

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

• We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

• FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

• GOOGLE – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

• BING – https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads]

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

Other Information We May Collect

Anonymous Data Collection and Use

To maintain our Website’s high quality, we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the Website by identifying which areas of the Website are most heavily used, and to display content according to your preferences. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the Internet. This is essentially “traffic data” which cannot personally identify you but is helpful to us for marketing purposes and for improving our services. Traffic data collection does not follow a user’s activities on any other websites in any way. Anonymous traffic data may also be shared with business partners and advertisers only on an aggregate basis.

Data Retention

When you place an order through the Site, we retain your Personal Information for the minimum amount of time necessary to provide you with the goods and / or services that you requested. We may retain certain Personal Information for longer periods of time if necessary, for legal, contractual and accounting obligations.For more information on your right of erasure, please see below.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. We do not set any personally identifiable information in cookies, nor do we employ any data-capture mechanisms on our Website other than cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor. You may choose to disable cookies through your own web browser’s settings. However, disabling this function may diminish your experience on our Website and some features may not work as intended.

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Reporting and Analytics

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as www.allaboutcookies.org.

Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section above.

Do Not Track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

What We Do With Information We Collect

Process Payments

We will use the Personal Information you give to process your payment for purchase of goods or services under a contract. We only use third party payment processors that take the utmost care in securing data and comply with the GDPR.  

Targeted Social Media Advertisements

We may use the data you provide to us to run social media advertisements and / or create look-alike audiences for advertisements.

Share with Third Parties

We may share your information with trusted third parties such as our email marketing provider in order to contact you via email, our merchant accounts to process payments, and Google / social media accounts in order to run advertisements and our affiliates.

Viewing by Others

Note that whenever you voluntarily make your Personal Information available for viewing by others online through this Website or its content, it may be seen, collected and used by others, and therefore, we cannot be responsible for any unauthorized or improper use of the information that you voluntarily share (i.e., sharing a comment on a blog post, posting in a Facebook group that we manage, sharing historical or factual details linked to you, etc.).

Submission, Storage, Sharing and Transferring of Personal Data

Personal Information that you provide to us is stored internally or through a data management system. Your Personal Information will only be accessed by those who help to obtain, manage or store that information, or who have a legitimate need to know such Personal Information (i.e., our hosting provider, email marketing provider, payment processors or team members).

Passwords

To use certain features of the Website or its content, you may need a username and password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password, and you are responsible for all activities, whether by you or by others, that occur under your username or password and within your account. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your username, password or account information. If you share your username or password with others, they may be able to obtain access to your Personal Information at your own risk.

You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized or improper use of your username or password or any other breach of security. To help protect against unauthorized or improper use, make sure that you log out at the end of each session requiring your username and password.

We will use our best efforts to keep your username and password(s) private and will not otherwise share your password(s) without your consent, except as necessary when the law requires it or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary, particularly when disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to others or interfering with our rights or property.

Accessing, Updating or Deleting Your Personal Information

You have the right to:

1. Request information about how your Personal Information is being used and request a copy of what Personal Information we use.
2. Restrict processing if you think the Personal Information is not accurate, unlawful, or no longer needed.
3. Rectify or erase Personal Information and receive confirmation of the rectification or erasure. (You have the “right to be forgotten”).
4. Withdraw your consent at any time to the processing of your Personal Information.
5. Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you feel we are using your Personal Information unlawfully.
6. Receive Personal Information portability and transference to another controller without our hinderance.
7. Object to our use of your Personal Information.
8. Not be subject to an automated decision based solely on automatic processing, including profiling, which legally or significantly affects you.

Unsubscribe

You may unsubscribe from our emails or updates at any time through the unsubscribe link at the footer of all email communications. If you have questions or are experiencing problems unsubscribing, please contact blacbiblio@yahoo.ca

Security

We take commercially reasonable steps to protect the Personal Information you provide to us from misuse, disclosure or unauthorized access. We only share your Personal Information with trusted third parties who use the same level of care in processing your Personal Information. That being said, we cannot guarantee that your Personal Information will always be secure due to technology or security breaches. Should there be a data breach of which we are aware, we will inform you immediately.

Anti-Spam Policy

We have a no spam policy and provide you with the ability to opt-out of our communications by selecting the unsubscribe link at the footer of all e-mails. We have taken the necessary steps to ensure that we are compliant with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 by never sending out misleading information. We will not sell, rent or share your email address.

Third Party Websites

We may link to other websites on our Website. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of any other individual, company or entity whose website or materials may be linked to our Website or its content, and thus we cannot be held liable for the privacy of the information on their website or that you voluntarily share with their website. Please review their privacy policies for guidelines as to how they respectively store, use and protect the privacy of your Personal Information.

Notification of Changes

We may use your Personal Information, such as your contact information, to inform you of changes to the Website or its content, or, if requested, to send you additional information about us. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter our Website, its content and this Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting our updated Privacy Policy.  Please review this Privacy Policy periodically. Continued use of any of information obtained through or on the Website or its content following the posting of changes and/or modifications constituted acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. Should there be a material change to our Privacy Policy, we will contact you via email or by a prominent note on our Website.

Data Controller and Processors

We are the data controllers as we are collecting and using your Personal Information.  We use trusted third parties as our data processors for technical and organizational purposes, including for payments and email marketing. We use reasonable efforts to make sure our data processors are GDPR- compliant.

Policy Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Contact You

We may contact you with information that you provide to us based on these lawful grounds for processing:

1.   Consent. We may contact you if you give us your clear, unambiguous, affirmative consent to contact you.
2.   Contract.  We will contact you under our contractual obligation to deliver goods or services you purchase from us.
3.   Legitimate Interest.  We may contact you if we feel you have a legitimate interest in hearing from us. You will always have the option to opt out of any of our emails.

Contact Us

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at blacbiblio@yahoo.ca or by mail using the details provided below:

732 Rue Sainte-Marguerite, Montréal QC H4C 2X6, Canada

Last updated: [November 16, 2021]