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Privacy Policy
Introduction
We at iLikeFiction.com are committed to respecting your online privacy and recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") you share with us.
We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and security and so that you can understand the care with which we intend to treat your Personal Information. We request that you read this Privacy Policy carefully.
Personal Information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address and an email address or other contact information, whether at work or at home.
If you choose to provide us with your Personal Information on the Web, we may transfer that Information within iLikeFiction.com or to our third-party service providers.
Privacy Statement
iLikeFiction.com supports the right of personal privacy and corporate security on the Internet. iLikeFiction.com will never sell or market names, e-mail addresses, or any other privileged Personal Information about our Subscribers or Clients.
Wherever your Personal Information may be held within iLikeFiction.com or on its behalf, we intend to take reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the Personal Information that you share with us from unauthorized access or disclosure.
Registration
Clients may be asked to provide certain Personal Information when they use our service. This includes name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and billing information (such as a credit card number). The Personal Information collected from Clients during the registration process is used to manage each Client's account. This information is not shared with third parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or in special circumstances.
In instances where our company and a partner jointly promote our service, we may provide the partner certain Personal Information, such as the name, address, e-mail address and username of persons who subscribed to the Services as a result of the joint venture for the sole purpose of allowing us and the partner to assess the results of the promotion.
Additionally, in some instances, we use this aggregated and non-identifying information to deliver tailored advertisements or joint ventures. For instance, an advertiser or joint venture company tells us the audience they want to reach and provides us an advertisement tailored to the audience. Based upon the aggregated and non-identifying information we have collected, we may then display or send the advertisement to the intended audience. Our company does not share Personal Information about its Subscribers or Clients with these advertisers or joint venture companies.
Responses to Email Inquiries
When Authors send email inquiries to our company, the return email address is used to answer the email inquiry we receive. Our company does not use the return email address for any other purpose and does not share the return email address with any third party.
However, we may disclose Personal Information, or information regarding your use of the Web sites for any reason if, in our sole discretion, we believe that it is reasonable to do so, including: credit agencies, collection agencies, merchant database agencies, law enforcement, or to satisfy laws, such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Child Online Privacy Act, regulations, or governmental or legal requests for such information; to disclose information that is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be violating policies; to operate the Services properly; or to protect our company and our Subscribers or Clients.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some of our Web pages utilize "cookies" and other tracking technologies. A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about Web site activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a Web user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser.
Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our Web site and your Web experience. We may also analyze information that does not contain Personal Information for trends and statistics.
Anti-Spam Policy
iLikeFiction.com is committed to permission-based email marketing practices, and has established this no-tolerance Anti-Spam Policy. Your use of our website(s) constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions of our Anti-Spam Policy.
Spam is commercial email or unsolicited bulk email, including junk mail, which has not been requested by the recipient. Spam is the opposite of permission-based email.
Spam is not an accepted promotion technique and iLikeFiction.com does not condone or engage in Spam and does not tolerate Spam of any sort. iLikeFiction.com Affiliates, Joint Venture Partners, Subscribers and Clients are strictly forbidden to advertise or promote iLikeFiction.com services, via any form of Spam. iLikeFiction.com Affiliates, Joint Venture Partners, Subscribers and Clients, agree to comply with this Anti-Spam Policy. iLikeFiction.com reserves the right to determine in its sole discretion what constitutes Spam.
iLikeFiction.com Affiliates, Joint Venture Partners, Subscribers and Clients found to be using iLikeFiction.com services to engage in Spam may, at our discretion, be immediately cut off from use of all iLikeFiction.com services. iLikeFiction.com will take any steps it deems necessary to prevent it from being involved in Spam and will legally pursue any person(s) or organization(s) that involve it in Spam allegations. If damages of any kind are levied against iLikeFiction.com, it will pursue full legal recourse against the offending person(s) and/or organization(s) under any and all applicable laws.
If you believe that you have received Spam connected to iLikeFiction.com in any way, send a complaint including the unsolicited email, to ilikefiction@gmail.com. You may also provide any other information that you believe may help iLikeFiction.com's investigation. iLikeFiction.com does not investigate or take any action based on anonymous Spam complaints.
Individuals who sign up on any iLikeFiction.com website for services or any other reason, and provide their email address, give iLikeFiction.com permission to send information on iLikeFiction.com products and services to that email address. In order to protect your privacy, iLikeFiction.com does not sell, share or trade our subscriber list with anyone for any reason and you may unsubscribe at any time.
Purposes for Collecting Personal Information
iLikeFiction.com collects and uses Personal Information for the following Identified Purposes:
Limiting the Collection of Personal Information
iLikeFiction.com limits its collection of Personal Information to only that information which is necessary for the Identified Purposes. iLikeFiction.com does not direct its sites to, nor does it knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under the age of thirteen.
Disclosure, Processing and Retention
iLikeFiction.com does not sell, rent or disclose your Personal Information to anyone else, except:
In addition, as we continue to develop our business, we or our affiliates may sell or buy other businesses or entities, or we may merge with another company. In such transactions, Personal Information may be one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that iLikeFiction.com or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your Personal Information may be one of the transferred assets.
After your account becomes inactive (that is, if you request to be removed from our database), iLikeFiction.com will keep your Personal Information in its archives. Your information will then be used only as necessary for tax reasons or to prove iLikeFiction.com's compliance with any applicable law.
Accuracy of Personal Information
iLikeFiction.com will use reasonable efforts to keep Author's Personal Information accurate for the Identified Purposes, and for minimizing the possibility of making inappropriate decisions based on such information. Authors are responsible for informing iLikeFiction.com about changes to their Personal Information. You can do this by logging in and editing your Author Account.
Access to Personal Information
When you login as an Author, you have access to your account and the information provided therein. Authors may edit their own information at any time.
If iLikeFiction.com is not able to provide access to some aspect of an Author's Personal Information, it will provide reasons for denying access such as; that by doing so would likely reveal Personal Information about a third party, or that it is confidential commercial information or attorney-client privileged communications, or that the information relates to a breach of an agreement or a contravention of law, or that its disclosure could reasonably be expected to threaten the life or security of another individual.
Revisions to This Policy
iLikeFiction.com reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy, and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner, by updating this posting.
We at iLikeFiction.com are committed to respecting your online privacy and recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") you share with us.
We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and security and so that you can understand the care with which we intend to treat your Personal Information. We request that you read this Privacy Policy carefully.
Personal Information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address and an email address or other contact information, whether at work or at home.
If you choose to provide us with your Personal Information on the Web, we may transfer that Information within iLikeFiction.com or to our third-party service providers.
Privacy Statement
iLikeFiction.com supports the right of personal privacy and corporate security on the Internet. iLikeFiction.com will never sell or market names, e-mail addresses, or any other privileged Personal Information about our Subscribers or Clients.
Wherever your Personal Information may be held within iLikeFiction.com or on its behalf, we intend to take reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the Personal Information that you share with us from unauthorized access or disclosure.
Registration
Clients may be asked to provide certain Personal Information when they use our service. This includes name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and billing information (such as a credit card number). The Personal Information collected from Clients during the registration process is used to manage each Client's account. This information is not shared with third parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or in special circumstances.
In instances where our company and a partner jointly promote our service, we may provide the partner certain Personal Information, such as the name, address, e-mail address and username of persons who subscribed to the Services as a result of the joint venture for the sole purpose of allowing us and the partner to assess the results of the promotion.
Additionally, in some instances, we use this aggregated and non-identifying information to deliver tailored advertisements or joint ventures. For instance, an advertiser or joint venture company tells us the audience they want to reach and provides us an advertisement tailored to the audience. Based upon the aggregated and non-identifying information we have collected, we may then display or send the advertisement to the intended audience. Our company does not share Personal Information about its Subscribers or Clients with these advertisers or joint venture companies.
Responses to Email Inquiries
When Authors send email inquiries to our company, the return email address is used to answer the email inquiry we receive. Our company does not use the return email address for any other purpose and does not share the return email address with any third party.
However, we may disclose Personal Information, or information regarding your use of the Web sites for any reason if, in our sole discretion, we believe that it is reasonable to do so, including: credit agencies, collection agencies, merchant database agencies, law enforcement, or to satisfy laws, such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Child Online Privacy Act, regulations, or governmental or legal requests for such information; to disclose information that is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be violating policies; to operate the Services properly; or to protect our company and our Subscribers or Clients.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some of our Web pages utilize "cookies" and other tracking technologies. A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about Web site activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a Web user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser.
Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our Web site and your Web experience. We may also analyze information that does not contain Personal Information for trends and statistics.
Anti-Spam Policy
iLikeFiction.com is committed to permission-based email marketing practices, and has established this no-tolerance Anti-Spam Policy. Your use of our website(s) constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions of our Anti-Spam Policy.
Spam is commercial email or unsolicited bulk email, including junk mail, which has not been requested by the recipient. Spam is the opposite of permission-based email.
Spam is not an accepted promotion technique and iLikeFiction.com does not condone or engage in Spam and does not tolerate Spam of any sort. iLikeFiction.com Affiliates, Joint Venture Partners, Subscribers and Clients are strictly forbidden to advertise or promote iLikeFiction.com services, via any form of Spam. iLikeFiction.com Affiliates, Joint Venture Partners, Subscribers and Clients, agree to comply with this Anti-Spam Policy. iLikeFiction.com reserves the right to determine in its sole discretion what constitutes Spam.
iLikeFiction.com Affiliates, Joint Venture Partners, Subscribers and Clients found to be using iLikeFiction.com services to engage in Spam may, at our discretion, be immediately cut off from use of all iLikeFiction.com services. iLikeFiction.com will take any steps it deems necessary to prevent it from being involved in Spam and will legally pursue any person(s) or organization(s) that involve it in Spam allegations. If damages of any kind are levied against iLikeFiction.com, it will pursue full legal recourse against the offending person(s) and/or organization(s) under any and all applicable laws.
If you believe that you have received Spam connected to iLikeFiction.com in any way, send a complaint including the unsolicited email, to ilikefiction@gmail.com. You may also provide any other information that you believe may help iLikeFiction.com's investigation. iLikeFiction.com does not investigate or take any action based on anonymous Spam complaints.
Individuals who sign up on any iLikeFiction.com website for services or any other reason, and provide their email address, give iLikeFiction.com permission to send information on iLikeFiction.com products and services to that email address. In order to protect your privacy, iLikeFiction.com does not sell, share or trade our subscriber list with anyone for any reason and you may unsubscribe at any time.
Purposes for Collecting Personal Information
iLikeFiction.com collects and uses Personal Information for the following Identified Purposes:
- to understand Author needs regarding iLikeFiction.com's services;
- to fulfill Author requests for information;
- to communicate with Authors when necessary, and to inform Authors of updates, as well as of other services available from iLikeFiction.com , its affiliates and third parties;
- to allow Authors to access limited-entry areas of iLikeFiction.com's site;
- to personalize some of our services for you and to deliver targeted advertisements and offers from iLikeFiction.com;
- to bill accounts and maintain payment records;
- to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or government request;
- to respond to a legitimate claim, or to address our reasonable belief, that you are violating the rights of any third party or any of the agreements or policies that govern your use of the iLikeFiction.com site or any iLikeFiction.com product or service;
- to protect the services, products or rights of iLikeFiction.com, including but not limited to the security or integrity of our site;
- to identify and resolve technical problems concerning iLikeFiction.com's site, products and services.
Limiting the Collection of Personal Information
iLikeFiction.com limits its collection of Personal Information to only that information which is necessary for the Identified Purposes. iLikeFiction.com does not direct its sites to, nor does it knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under the age of thirteen.
Disclosure, Processing and Retention
iLikeFiction.com does not sell, rent or disclose your Personal Information to anyone else, except:
- to someone you have designated to act as your agent, for one or more of the Identified Purposes (listed above);
- to iLikeFiction.com employees, independent contractors, subsidiaries, affiliates, consultants, business associates, service providers, suppliers and agents, acting on iLikeFiction.com behalf for any of the Identified Purposes;
- as necessary if iLikeFiction.com has reason to believe that disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with iLikeFiction.com rights or property, other users of iLikeFiction.com web site, products or services, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities;
- to respond to judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law.
In addition, as we continue to develop our business, we or our affiliates may sell or buy other businesses or entities, or we may merge with another company. In such transactions, Personal Information may be one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that iLikeFiction.com or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your Personal Information may be one of the transferred assets.
After your account becomes inactive (that is, if you request to be removed from our database), iLikeFiction.com will keep your Personal Information in its archives. Your information will then be used only as necessary for tax reasons or to prove iLikeFiction.com's compliance with any applicable law.
Accuracy of Personal Information
iLikeFiction.com will use reasonable efforts to keep Author's Personal Information accurate for the Identified Purposes, and for minimizing the possibility of making inappropriate decisions based on such information. Authors are responsible for informing iLikeFiction.com about changes to their Personal Information. You can do this by logging in and editing your Author Account.
Access to Personal Information
When you login as an Author, you have access to your account and the information provided therein. Authors may edit their own information at any time.
If iLikeFiction.com is not able to provide access to some aspect of an Author's Personal Information, it will provide reasons for denying access such as; that by doing so would likely reveal Personal Information about a third party, or that it is confidential commercial information or attorney-client privileged communications, or that the information relates to a breach of an agreement or a contravention of law, or that its disclosure could reasonably be expected to threaten the life or security of another individual.
Revisions to This Policy
iLikeFiction.com reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy, and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner, by updating this posting.