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Privacy Policy for Kind Books

Last Updated: June 13, 2025

Welcome to Kind Books! We are committed to protecting your privacy and personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how Kind Books (referred to as "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects the personal information you provide when you visit and make purchases from our website, www.kindbooks.shop (the "Site").

By accessing or using our Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Site.

1. Who We Are

Kind Books is an online bookstore dedicated to bringing you a curated selection of titles.

Contact Information:

Website: www.kindbooks.shop
Email: hello@kindbooks.shop

2. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services to you.

A. Information You Provide Directly to Us: When you interact with our Site, you may provide us with the following personal information:

Contact Information: Your name, email address, shipping address, billing address, and phone number when you create an account, place an order, or subscribe to our newsletter.
Account Information: Your username and password if you create an account on our Site.
Payment Information: When you make a purchase, your payment details (e.g., credit card number, expiration date, CVV). Please note that we use secure third-party payment processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) and do not directly store your full payment card details on our servers.
Order Information: Details of the products you purchase from us, your order history, and preferences.
Communications: Records of your correspondence with us, such as emails sent to customer support, reviews you submit, or feedback you provide.
Marketing Preferences: Your preferences for receiving marketing communications from us.

B. Information Collected Automatically: When you visit and interact with our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and Browse activity:

Device Information: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, and device identifiers.
Usage Data: Pages you view on our Site, links you click, the time you spend on certain pages, referring website addresses, and other statistics about your interaction with our Site.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. For more details, please see our "Cookies and Tracking Technologies" section below.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various business purposes, including:

To Process and Fulfill Your Orders: To process your payments, ship your books, send order confirmations, and provide tracking information.
To Manage Your Account: To create and maintain your user account, allowing you to access your order history and manage your preferences.
To Communicate with You: To respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, send important updates about your orders or account, and send transactional emails.
To Send Marketing and Promotional Materials: To send you newsletters, special offers, and information about new books or promotions that may be of interest to you, if you have opted in to receive such communications. You can opt out at any time.
To Improve Our Site and Services: To analyze website traffic, understand how users interact with our Site, personalize your Browse experience, and develop new features or products.
To Personalize Your Experience: To recommend books and content based on your Browse and purchase history.
For Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect our Site, detect and prevent fraudulent transactions, and ensure the security of our systems and data.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: To meet our legal and regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share your personal information with third parties in the following circumstances:

With Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party companies and individuals to perform services on our behalf. These service providers have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. Examples include:
- Payment Processors: (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) to securely process your payments.
- Shipping Carriers: (e.g., USPS, FedEx, UPS) to deliver your orders.
- Website Hosting Providers: To host our website and store data.
- Email Marketing Services: To send newsletters and promotional emails (if you've opted in).
- Analytics Providers: (e.g., Google Analytics) to help us understand website usage.
- Customer Support Platforms: To manage customer inquiries.
For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or subpoena).
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, or bankruptcy, your personal information may be transferred to the new entity. We will notify you via email or a prominent notice on our Site of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
No Sale of Personal Information: Kind Books does not sell your personal information to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration.

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. These measures include using secure servers, encryption (SSL/TLS), firewalls, and access controls.

However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to track activity on our Site and hold certain information.

Cookies: Small data files placed on your device. They allow us to recognize your browser, remember your preferences, and maintain your shopping cart.
Web Beacons/Pixels: Tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, used to track the online movements of web users.

We use cookies for:

Essential Site Functionality: To enable core features like shopping cart, login, and account management.
Analytics and Performance: To understand how visitors use our Site, monitor performance, and improve user experience.
Personalization: To remember your preferences and customize your experience.

You have the option to accept or refuse cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, if you disable cookies, some parts of our Site may not function properly.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. For example, order information is typically retained for several years for tax and accounting purposes. When your personal information is no longer needed, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

8. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

* Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data that we hold.

Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent.
Right to Non-Discrimination (for California residents): We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@kindbooks.shop. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

For California Residents (CCPA/CPRA):In addition to the above rights, if you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including the right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared, or sold, and the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. As stated above, Kind Books does not sell your personal information.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at hello@kindbooks.shop.

10. International Data Transfers (if applicable)

If you are located outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection laws in the United States may differ from those in your country. By using our Site, you consent to the transfer of your information to the United States.

For users in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, we rely on appropriate safeguards for international data transfers, such as Standard Contractual Clauses, where required.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:

Kind Books Email: hello@kindbooks.shop