Privacy Policy
Libreria del Sole ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our site and our services. We operate in the book publishing and distribution, editorial services, literary agency, rights management, and translation services industries.
What Information We Collect
We collect the following types of information:
- Information You Provide Directly: We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you create an account, fill out a form, make a purchase, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us. This information may include your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, payment information (processed securely by third-party payment processors), and any other information you choose to provide.
- Information We Collect Automatically: When you use our site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates/times of your visits. We may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect this information.
- Information from Third Parties: We may receive information about you from third parties, such as social media platforms, marketing partners, and data providers. This information may include your demographic data, interests, and online activity.
How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Improve Our Services: We use your information to operate, maintain, and improve our site and services. This includes fulfilling your orders, processing your payments, providing customer support, and personalizing your experience.
- To Communicate with You: We use your information to communicate with you about your account, orders, and other service-related matters. We may also send you marketing communications about our products and services, or those of our partners, if you have opted in to receive them. You can opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time.
- To Analyze and Understand Our Audience: We use your information to analyze trends, track usage, and understand our audience's needs and preferences. This helps us to improve our site, services, and marketing efforts.
- To Protect Our Rights and Interests: We may use your information to protect our rights and interests, such as to enforce our terms of service, prevent fraud, and comply with legal obligations.
How We Share Your Information
We may share your information with the following types of third parties:
- Service Providers: We share your information with service providers who help us to operate our site and provide our services, such as payment processors, hosting providers, email marketing providers, and analytics providers. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes we specify.
- Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners, such as publishers, authors, and literary agents. This may be necessary to fulfill your orders, provide you with relevant content, or offer you special promotions.
- Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required by law or legal process, such as a subpoena or court order. We may also disclose your information to protect our rights and interests, such as to investigate fraud or enforce our terms of service.
- Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates for internal business purposes, such as to improve our products and services.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring company.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include using encryption, firewalls, and other security technologies. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
Data Retention
We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Your Rights Under GDPR
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the right to:
- Access your personal data: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectify your personal data: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
- Erase your personal data: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain circumstances.
- Restrict the processing of your personal data: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain circumstances.
- Object to the processing of your personal data: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, under certain circumstances.
- Data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
- Withdraw your consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at 22 Via dei Fiori, Floor 3, Florence, Tuscany, 50123, Italy.
Children's Privacy
Our site is not directed to children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at the address listed above.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our site. Your continued use of our site after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Libreria del Sole 22 Via dei Fiori, Floor 3 Florence, Tuscany, 50123 Italy