Philly Bookshelf Privacy Policy

We take your privacy seriously.

Philly Bookshelf knows that you care how information about you is collected, used, stored, and shared, and we appreciate you trusting that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This Privacy Policy explains our practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used by Philly Bookshelf. It applies to information that we collect both online, including but not limited to this website, our social media accounts, email messages that we send to you that link to this Privacy Policy, and through offline interactions that we may have with you.

Our Privacy Policy takes into account the new requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), which means if you are a resident of the EU and your donor records reflect that address, you may be entitled to certain additional protections in accordance with GDPR.

What information is collected by Philly Bookshelf?

We collect Personal Information when you voluntarily submit it to us. We collect Personal Information you provide to us over the phone, in email, through a face-to-face conversation, or through online and offline forms, including but not limited to e-newsletters, surveys, donation forms, event registration/participation (including volunteering), and advocacy action alters that you populate.

For example, donors may provide us with personal information (such as name, address, email address, telephone numbers and/or credit/debit card information). If a donor or a website visitor contacts us by email, they may provide us with their email address and name. Providing data is required in these contexts in order for us to process your donations, requests, and/or respond to inquiries.

If you choose to provide your payment or credit card information to Philly Bookshelf, we will use that information for the purposes for which it was provided; Philly Bookshelf does not store credit card or other payment information.

If you disclose any Personal Information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with the services, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

In addition to the personal information that you submit to us, we may collect personal information about you from reputable third parties, or automatically collect information using the following technologies:

Web Server Logs. Our web servers may collect certain information such as IP address, pages visited, time of visits, and referring website.

Cookies. Cookies are simple text files stored by your web browser that provide a method of distinguishing among donors and visitors to the website. Philly Bookshelf uses cookies to identify your browser as you visit pages on the Philly Bookshelf website or sites in the Philly Bookshelf media network. Cookies also allow Philly Bookshelf to provide more relevant, targeted content as you travel through sites in the Philly Bookshelf media network as appropriate and are used on our ordering website to keep track of the items in your shopping cart.

Where do we transfer and store information?

Philly Bookshelf is based in the United States, and any information transmitted to us may be stored, accessed, or processed in the United States. Residents of some other countries, including residents of the European Union, should be aware that the laws of the United States do not offer the same protections as the laws of your home country.

How do we use information?

We collect information primarily to accept donations, complete our charitable projects, and provide you with information concerning our programs, projects, and activities. We also use information for internal purposes (to better understand our supporter network) and for analytical purposes (to respond to requests for information or merchandise and to improve our website, donor base, and outreach). We may inform you of other purposes at the time that we collect some forms of information. For example, if you apply for a job we may collect information to process your job application.

With whom do we share information?

We do not trade, share, or sell information that you provide to us with other organizations who intend to use it only to market their products or services to you.

There may be instances in which we share your information with others. We may share your information, for example, to fulfill requests for goods or services, in conjunction with your sponsorship of a certain project, as required by law, with law enforcement, to comply with legal process, to protect our legal rights, to protect the safety or security of a person, or to protect against fraud, criminal acts, or misconduct. We may also share your information with companies that provide us with services, or with a successor legal entity.

You may elect to disclose Personal Information if you post information or materials on our message boards, chat, profile pages, blogs, and other services to which you are able to post information and content (including, without limitation, our Social Media Pages). Please note that any information you post or disclose through these services will become public and may be available to other users and the general public. We urge you to be very careful when deciding to disclose any information.

Our commitment to data security

To help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. For example, we secure our machines with mandated encryption protocols to secure our user/company data. We may also use industry accepted tools and techniques such as SSL and two-factor authentication to protect against unauthorized access to our systems. Additionally, all sensitive information is stored in secure repositories both in-house as well as secure cloud-based, AES encrypted web apps.

Your access to data, and your choices

If you would like to access the data that we received from you, or make corrections to it, you may contact us at the email or mailing addresses provided at the end of this policy.

If you registered to receive communications from us and later change your mind, you may ask that your name and contact information be removed from our distribution list. You can send such a request to the email address at the end of this policy.

Some web browsers and devices permit you to broadcast a preference that you not be "tracked" online. At this time we do not modify your experience based upon whether such a signal is broadcast.

Children’s privacy

This Website is not directed toward children under 13 year of age nor does Philly Bookshelf knowingly collect information from children under 13, and we request that they do not submit any Personal Information through the Services.

Additional information

Behavioral Advertising. We may participate in behavioral-based advertising. This means that a third party may use technology (e.g., a cookie) to collect information about your use of our website so that they can provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interest. That advertising may appear either on our website, or on other websites.

Links. Our website may contain links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another site that is governed by that site’s privacy policy.

Changes to this privacy statement. We may modify this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this website. If we make a material change to this policy and need to apply it to personal information that you provided to us before the change was made, we will attempt to contact you and obtain your consent to the change.

Communicating with us. If we need, or are required to, contact you about the privacy or security of your information we may do so by telephone, email, or mail. If you have any questions, concerns, requests, or comments about privacy, you can contact us by email hello@phillybookshelf.org or mail at Philly Bookshelf, 1700 7th Avenue, Suite 116 #289, Seattle, WA 98101. Please note that we will not open unsolicited attachments via email.

Effective: August 1, 2018