PRIVACY POLICY
DIANA HOCHMAN BOOKS (the “Company”) is committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for its users. Our Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Service.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Site” refers to the Company’s website, which can be accessed at https://www.dianahochmanbooks.com/ or through our mobile application]. “Service” refers to the Company’s services accessed via the Site, in which users can send emails via a contact form. The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Company. “You” refers to you, as a user of our Site or our Service. By accessing our Site, you accept our Privacy Policy, and you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
I. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information.” Non-Personal Information includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. Personal Information includes your name and email, which you submit to us through the contact form at the Site.
1. Information collected via Technology
To send an email you do not need to submit any Personal Information other than your name and email address. However, in an effort to improve the quality of the Service, we track information provided to us by your browser or by our software application when you view or use the Service, such as the website you came from (known as the “referring URL”), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to the Service, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you. We track this information using cookies, or small text files which include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to a user’s browser from our servers and are stored on the user’s computer hard drive. Sending a cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect Non-Personal information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when visiting our site, both on an individual and aggregate basis.
The Company may use both persistent and session cookies; persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them, while session cookies expire when you close your browser.
2. Children’s Privacy
The Site is not directed to anyone under the age of 13. The Site does not knowingly collect or solicit information from anyone under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have gathered personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without the consent of a parent or guardian, we will delete that information as soon as possible. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us via the Contact Diana form.
II. HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION
Personal Information:
Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties. We do share Personal Information with vendors who are performing services for the Company, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to the user's email address for purposes of sending emails from us. Those vendors use your Personal Information only at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you. For example, we use Personal Information to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, and inform users about promotional offers.
We may share Personal Information with outside parties if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable legal process or enforceable governmental request; including investigation of potential violations; address fraud, security or technical concerns; or to protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of our users or the public as required or permitted by law.
Non-Personal Information:
In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Service and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on the Site. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.
If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes to the Site so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check the Site periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.
III. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION
We implement security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. We further protect your information from potential security breaches by implementing certain technological security measures including encryption, firewalls and secure socket layer technology. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.
IV. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes. When we send a promotional communication to a user, the user can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in each promotional email. Please note that notwithstanding the promotional preferences you indicate by unsubscribing, we may continue to send you administrative emails including, for example, periodic updates to our Privacy Policy.
V. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
As part of the Service, we may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Site. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third party website accessed by selecting a link on our Site. To the extent that you access or use the Service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.
VI. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
As part of the operations of this Site, we may use services that incorporate AI capabilities, such as a chat bot, or other automated system for email marketing, subscriptions or sign ups that are common to these types of programs. No information is obtained from any party without their express written consent.
AT NO TIME DOES ANY AI SYSTEM HAVE PERMISSION TO SOURCE OR SCRAPE DATA FROM THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MEDIA AND/OR TEXT OR ANY OF THE CONTENT ON ITS AFFILIATED LINKS ON ANY OR ALL SOCIAL MEDIA SITES ITS CONTENT IS POSTED ON, WITHOUT EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM DIANA HOCHMAN.
FOR PERMISSION TO USE CONTENT, send a request to Diana Hochman with "Permission to Use Content" in the Subject Matter of the email via this Site's Contact Diana form.
Diana Hochman Books adheres to the highest standards of copyright laws as enforced by the U.S. Library of Congress. The Company strives to uphold these standards with integrity. These parameters are international and thus, upheld globally, to be honored at all times, in all places, by all people. The Company unequivocally condemns scraping and/or sourcing data by any AI agent on any platform without express written permission as piracy, theft, copyright infringement and plagiarism.
ANY INSTANCES OF DATA SCRAPING, AKA "SOURCING" MATERIAL, FROM THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF ITS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS FOR TRAINING LANGUAGE LEARNING MODELS OR FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT EXPRESSION WRITTEN PERMISSION BY DIANA HOCHMAN WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW.
VII. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
The Company reserves the right to change this policy at any time. We will notify you of significant changes to our Privacy Policy by sending a notice to the email address on record. Significant changes will go into effect 30 days following such notification. Non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately. You should periodically check the Site and this privacy page for updates.
VIII. ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
Review the Accessibility Statement for Diana Hochman Books here.
IX. CONTACT US
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us by sending an email via the Contact Diana form.
Updated: This Privacy Policy was last updated on April 12, 2024 in the United States of America.