pickl Privacy Policy

Last Revised: April 30, 2018

1 Introduction

The Privacy Policy is here to do three things: 1. Explain the way we use information that you share with us in order to build a great product and give you a great experience with it; 2. Ensure that you understand what information we collect with your permission, and what we do — and do not do — with it; 3. Hold us accountable for protecting your rights and your privacy under this policy. All the information we collect is related to providing the pickl service and its features. Broadly speaking we collect information that we must have in order for you to use pickl. This includes:

- Registration information, including your first name, surname, country of residence and other information you provide when you sign up for pickl.
- Broad, non-specific location, which we derive from your IP address. This enables us to make suggestions based on your general location, like book signings or book release dates.
- The Books you have rated as well as your interactions with the Service. This allows us to make recommendations to you and suggest relevant content. You can choose whether or not to share this information with your friends, followers, or the public.
- Technical and sensor information necessary to operate pickl. This includes the type of browser and device you use, data from the touchscreen, and information from your device’s gyroscope sensors. This enables you to control pickl and allows us to do simple things like rotate screens.

When you agree to our Privacy Policy, you give us the right to collect this information and use it for the purposes described. We will be clear with you about how and when we might share information. In some contexts, we will share certain information. For example, like most services, if you sign up for pickl through a third party like Facebook or a mobile provider, we share some information with them and they share some information with us in order to enable your account. There also may be times when you want us to share information. For example, when you have identified a book you are currently reading, you might want this information to be visible to other registered users… and you might not. If you ever have any questions or concerns, then please let us know at info@bookstsah.co. Throughout this Privacy Policy we refer to the pickl Service or the Service. These terms are defined in our Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms and Conditions of Use”).

2 What you’re consenting to

By using or interacting with the Service, you are consenting to: the use of cookies and other technologies; the transfer of your information outside of the country where you live; the collection, use, sharing, and other processing of your information, including for advertising-related purposes (as described in the rest of this Privacy Policy, so please keep on reading!); and the public availability of your information and the controls over such information as described in Sharing information. In each case, you consent to the processing of data by the entities described in this Privacy Policy, including the pickl entity, as data controller, indicated at the bottom of this document (collectively, “pickl”, “we”, “us”, “our”). In the Your Preferences section, we describe the controls and relevant settings associated with your pickl account. If you don't agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, then please don't use the Service.

3 The information we collect

We may collect and store the following information—
3.1 Registration data
When you sign up for the Service, we may ask you for information such as your first name, last name, password, email address, date of birth, gender and country. If you connect to the Service using credentials from a Third Party Application (as defined in the Terms and Conditions of Use) (e.g., Facebook), you authorise us to collect your authentication information, such as your username and encrypted access credentials. We may also collect other information available on or through your Third Party Application account, including, for example, your name, profile picture, country, hometown, email address, date of birth, gender, friends’ names and profile pictures, and networks. You may also choose to voluntarily add other information to your profile, such as your mobile phone number and mobile service provider.
3.2 Usage, log data & cookies
When you use or interact with the Service, we may use a variety of technologies that collect information about how the Service is accessed and used. This information may include:
3.3 Your mobile device
We may provide features that rely on the use of additional information on your mobile device or require access to certain services on your mobile device that will enhance your pickl experience but are not required to use the Service. For example, we might allow you to upload photos to your profile, connect with friends, or let you use voice commands to control the Service. Granting us access does not mean you are granting us unlimited access to that information or that we will access specific information without your permission. To the contrary, for each type of information listed in this section, before we access this information or these features of your mobile device, we will ask for your permission. If you provide such permission, we will collect the information for the specific purposes explained at the time we ask for your permission. You do not have to give us such permission in order to use pickl, and acceptance of this Privacy Policy does not mean you have granted us permission to access this information. In particular: Photos and Camera: We will not access your photos or camera without first getting your explicit permission and we will never scan or import your photo library or camera roll. If you give us permission to access photos or your camera, we will only use images that you specifically choose to share with us. (You may use our application to select the photo or photos you choose to share, but we will never import the photos you review except those you explicitly share.). Location: We will not gather or use the specific location of your mobile device (by using, for example, GPS or Bluetooth) without first getting your explicit permission. And if you choose to share location information but later change your mind, you will always have the ability to stop sharing. Please note that this does not include IP address. We will continue to use your IP address as described in Section 3.2 above, to determine, for example, what country you are in
3.4 Payment data
The Service will never ask for, or collect any payment information. Purchases can be made through affiliated partners and we bear no responsibility for any payment data collected by them.
3.5 Sweepstakes, contests & surveys
From time to time, we may offer you the opportunity to participate in promotions such as sweepstakes, contests, offers, and/or surveys (“Special Promotions”) through the Service. A Special Promotion may be governed by a privacy policy and/or terms and conditions that are additional to, or separate from, this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Use. If the provisions of the Special Promotion’s privacy policy or terms and conditions conflict with this Privacy Policy or the Terms and Conditions of Use, those additional or separate provisions shall prevail. If you participate in a Special Promotion, we may ask you for certain information in addition to what is stated in this Privacy Policy, including personal information. That additional information may be combined with other account information and may be used and shared as described in this Privacy Policy.

4 How we use the information we collect

Consistent with the permissions you give us to collect the information, we may use the information we collect, including your personal information: to provide, personalise, and improve your experience with the Service and products, services, and advertising (including for third party products and services) made available on or outside the Service (including on other sites that you visit), for example by providing customised, personalised, or localised content, recommendations, features, and advertising on or outside of the Service; to ensure technical functionality of the Service, develop new products and services, and analyse your use of the Service, including your interaction with applications, advertising, products, and services that are made available, linked to, or offered through the Service; to communicate with you for Service-related or research purposes including via emails, notifications, text messages, or other messages, which you agree to receive; to communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for marketing and promotional purposes via emails, notifications, or other messages, consistent with any permissions you may have communicated to us (e.g., through your pickl account settings); in the section Your preferences below, we inform you of the controls you can use to opt out from receiving certain messages; to enable and promote the Service and other services or products, either within or outside the Service, including features and content of the Service and products and services made available through the Service; to enforce this Privacy Policy, the Terms and Conditions of Use, and any other terms that you have agreed to, including to protect the rights, property, or safety of pickl, its users, or any other person, or the copyright-protected content of the Service; and as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.

5 Sharing information

This section describes how the information collected or generated through your use of the pickl service may be shared by you or by us.
5.1 Sharing by you
5.1.1 Generally
The Service is a social service that offers many ways to find, enjoy, and share content. We encourage you to take advantage of these social features with others on the Service. Your name and/or username, profile picture, who you follow, who follows you, and your pickl user profile will always be publicly available. Shortlists created or followed, your activity on the Service (e.g., what you have read), book(s) you are currently reading, and User Content you post, upload, and/or contribute to the Service are made publicly available by default. Your activity on the Service (e.g., what you have read, or what you are currently reading) will automatically appear on the Service and will, for example, be accessible by users who follow you or view your pickl profile. If you create a shortlist, it will be publicly displayed by default, which means that it will also be displayed publicly in third-party search engine results and may appear together with other public profile information, such as your picture and name and/or username. Although this information is made public by default, in Your preferences below, we describe the controls that you can use, along with other relevant settings associated with your pickl account, to limit the sharing of your information. We may use your public information to promote the Service and to help others find and follow you and/or your pickl content, including through Facebook and other Third Party Applications. Your information may be used to notify others, including within the Service, via email, and through Facebook and Third Party Applications, about your use of the Service (e.g., that you have joined pickl or activity related to a pickl profile, such as rating a book, following other users on pickl or when you add a new book to your Shortlist). Learn more about how to manage notifications, your publicly available information, and what you share with others in Your preferences below.
5.1.2 Third Party Applications
If you connect your pickl account to a Third Party Application, pickl may automatically share your activity and activity-related stories with that service, including the content you consume. You understand and agree that that such information may be attributed to your account on the Third Party Application and may be published on such service. Although this information may be automatically shared by default, we inform you of the controls that you can use to limit the sharing of this information in the section Your preferences below. The Third Party Application may also provide similar controls. pickl also enables you to share a particular item of content on an individual basis, to Third Party Applications, other third party services, other pickl users, and others. Please note that if you share content to a Third Party Application or a third party service, it will be viewable by others within the pickl Service, regardless of your pickl account settings. You understand and agree that a Third Party Application’s use of information collected from you (or as authorised by you) is governed by the Third Party Application’s privacy policies and your settings on the relevant service, and pickl’s use of such information is governed by this Privacy Policy and your pickl account settings.
5.2 Sharing by pickl
5.2.1 Marketing and advertising
We may share information with advertising partners in order to send you promotional communications about pickl or to show you more tailored content, including relevant advertising for products and services that may be of interest to you, and to understand how users interact with advertisements. The information we share is in a de-identified format (for example, through the use of hashing) that does not personally identify you. Please see the section Information about cookies, other technologies, and third-party data collection below for information about the cookies and other technologies that we and third parties use to serve you more relevant ads and your options.
5.2.2 Other sharing
In addition to the above, we may also share your information with third parties for these limited purposes: to allow a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets; to respond to legal process (e.g., a court order or subpoena), if we believe in good faith that it is necessary to do so; to comply with requirements of mandatory applicable law; to protect the safety of any person; to protect the rights and property of pickl, including to enforce the Terms and Conditions of Use and any other terms that you have agreed to; and to address fraud, security, or technical issues; to academic researchers for purposes including statistical analysis and academic study, but only in a de-identified format; and to publish de-identified or aggregate information about the use of the pickl Service;

6 Your preferences

We provide you with settings to allow you to choose which communications you receive from us, manage your public information, and set your sharing preferences. However, as explained in the section Sharing by you, certain information may always be publicly available to others and other information is made publicly available to others by default. And if you share information to a Third Party Application, that information is viewable on pickl, regardless of how you set your privacy settings. To change whether certain information is publicly available, you can adjust the settings in your account.

7 Transfer to other countries

pickl transfers, processes and stores information about our users on servers located in a number of countries. Your personal information may be subject to privacy laws that are different from those in your country of residence. Information collected within the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and Switzerland may, for example, be transferred to and processed by third parties identified above, located in a country outside of the EEA and Switzerland, where you may have fewer legal rights in relation to your information. The pickl group will process your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

8 Links

We may display advertisements from third parties and other content that links to third party websites. We cannot control or be held responsible for third parties’ privacy practices and content. Please read their privacy policies to find out how they collect and process your personal information.

9 Security

We are committed to protecting our users’ information. Your password protects your user account, so you should use a unique and strong password, limit access to your computer and browser, and log out after having used the pickl Service. While we take data protection precautions, no security measures are completely secure, and we do not guarantee the security of user information.

10 Children

The pickl Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. (In some countries, stricter age limits may apply. See our Terms and Conditions of Use.) We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 or under the applicable age limit (the “Age Limit”). If you are under the Age Limit, do not use the Service and do not provide any personal information to us. If you are a parent of a child under the Age Limit and become aware that your child has provided personal information to pickl, please contact us at info@pickl.co and you may request exercise of your applicable access, rectification, cancellation, and/or objection rights. If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and you wish to remove publicly available content, please contact us at info@pickl.co.

11 Accessing and updating user information

You can view and amend much of the information we keep about you through your account and profile pages. If you have questions about your privacy on the Service, this privacy policy, or information we have about you, please contact us at info@pickl.co. We will respond to your request within a reasonable period of time upon verification of your identity in accordance with local laws. We recommend you include documents that prove your identity and a clear and precise description of the information which you request access to.

12 Changes to the Privacy Policy

Occasionally we may, in our discretion, make changes to the Agreements. When we make material changes to the Agreements, we’ll provide you with prominent notice as appropriate under the circumstances, e.g., by displaying a prominent notice within the Service or by sending you an email. In some cases, we will notify you in advance, and your continued use of the Service after the changes have been made will constitute your acceptance of the changes. Please therefore make sure you read any such notice carefully. If you do not wish to continue using the Service under the new version of the Agreements, you may terminate the Agreements by contacting us through the Customer Service contact form.

13 Information about cookies, other technologies and third-party data collection

This section describes use of cookies and other technologies. For further information about how information may be shared by pickl, please see the section Sharing by pickl.
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer, mobile phone, or other device when you visit a website. The cookie will help website providers to recognise your device the next time you visit their website. There are other similar technologies such as pixel tags (transparent graphic images placed on a web page or in an email, which indicate that a page or email has been viewed), web bugs (similar to pixel tags), and web storage, which are used in desktop software or mobile devices. There are also technologies such as mobile device identifiers and SDK integrations to help companies recognise your device when you return to an app or otherwise use the a service.
13.2 How we use cookies and other technologies
We use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them). We use the following types of cookies for the purposes explained in this chart: Cookie Type Purpose Essential Operational These cookies are necessary to allow us to operate the pickl Service as you have requested. For example, they let us recognise what type of subscriber you are and then provide you with services accordingly. Performance / Analytics We use these cookies to analyse how the pickl Service is accessed, is used, or is performing. We use this information to maintain, operate, and continually improve the Service. We may also obtain information from our email newsletters, including whether you opened or forwarded a newsletter or clicked on any of its content. This information tells us about our newsletters' effectiveness and helps us ensure that we're delivering information that you find interesting. Functional These cookies let us operate certain functions of the Service in line with the choices you make. These cookies mean that when you continue to use or come back to the pickl Service, we can provide you with our services as you have asked for them to be provided, such as knowing your username, remembering how you have customised our services, and reminding you of content you have enjoyed. Targeting / advertising We use these cookies to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests. The information may also be used for frequency capping purposes (e.g., to ensure we do not display the same advertisement to you repeatedly) and to help us regulate the advertisements you receive and measure their effectiveness. Third Party We may allow our business partners to use cookies on or outside the pickl Service for the same purposes identified above, including collecting information about your online activities over time and across different websites. We may also use service providers acting on our behalf to use cookies for the purposes identified above.
13.3 Manage your cookie and other preferences
Many web browsers allow you to manage your preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies. You may be able to manage other technologies in the same way that you manage cookies using your browser’s preferences. Please note that if you choose to block cookies, doing so may impair the pickl Service or prevent certain elements of it from functioning. On your mobile device, you may also have a “Limit Ad Tracking” setting (on iOS devices) or a setting to “Opt out of Interest-Based Ads” (on Android) which allows you to limit the use of information about your use of apps for purposes of serving ads targeted to your interests. Please note that even if you opt out using the mechanisms above, you may still receive advertisements when using the pickl Service. One of the services we use to track activity related to the Service, e.g., by placing cookies, is Google Analytics by Google (Google, Inc. a company headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). We may use vendors, including Google, who use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimise, and serve ads based on your past visits to our websites, including Google Analytics for Display Advertising. Google provides tools to manage the collection and use of certain information by Google Analytics at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and by Google Analytics for Display Advertising or the Google Display Network by using Google’s Ads Settings at google.com/settings/ads. You hereby consent to the use of the cookies and other technologies described above.
13.4 More information
For more information about the use of cookies and how to block them, visit allaboutcookies.org, youronlinechoices.eu (Europe), or aboutads.info/choices (United States). If you have any questions or comments about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@pickl.co. Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy pickl!