Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Suggest Me Book (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and safeguards information when you visit https://suggestmebook.com (the “Site”). It also outlines your choices and rights regarding your information.

By using the Site, you acknowledge and agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the Site.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to operate the Site, provide book suggestions and related features, improve our services, and communicate with you. The data we collect falls into the categories below.

A. Personal Information
Personal Information is information that identifies you or can reasonably be linked to you. We collect it when you voluntarily provide it to us, such as when you interact with features on the Site. This may include:

  • Contact Data: Your name and other details you provide when you submit a form or request through our contact page, subscribe to updates, or otherwise interact with us.
  • Account Data: If account functionality is offered and you choose to register, we may collect a username, password, and profile details (for example, your preferred genres, reading interests, or saved settings).
  • Communication Data: The content of your messages and requests when you contact us, as well as our responses.
  • Transaction and Billing Data: If paid features, memberships, or contributions are offered, we collect information needed to process payments (such as billing address and limited payment details). Payments are handled by external payment processors; we do not store full payment card numbers on our servers.
  • User Contributions: Content you submit to public or community areas of the Site—such as comments, ratings, reviews, reading lists, or book suggestions—which may be visible to other users.

B. Non-Personal Information
We also collect information that does not directly identify you. This is gathered automatically as you navigate the Site and may include:

  • Usage Data: Information about your interactions with the Site, such as pages viewed (including “books like” searches and title pages), time spent, referral URLs, general location (e.g., city/country), and features used.
  • Device Data: Information about the device and browser you use to access the Site, such as IP address, browser type and version, operating system, language settings, and device identifiers.

C. Information Collected Through Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to recognize your browser or device and to learn more about how you use the Site.

  • Cookies: Cookies are small files placed on your device. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. Blocking or deleting cookies may affect Site functionality, including personalized book recommendations and saved preferences.
  • How We Use Cookies:
    • To remember your preferences (e.g., favorite genres, sorting options, recent searches).
    • To measure Site traffic, diagnose issues, and improve performance and content.
    • To support advertising and measurement and to attribute visits originating from affiliate links to books and reading services. See the “Advertising” section below for more details and choices.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to operate and improve Suggest Me Book and to deliver book discovery features tailored to your interests. Uses include:

  • Providing and Maintaining the Site: Operating the Site, enabling features such as “books like” results, reading lists, saved preferences, and interactive tools.
  • Account and Transactions: Creating and managing accounts (if available), and processing payments for any paid features or contributions.
  • Communications: Responding to your requests, sending service notices (such as policy updates or security alerts), and providing information related to your activity on the Site.
  • Marketing (with your consent where required): Sending updates, recommendations, and offers we believe may interest you. You can opt out at any time.
  • Personalization: Tailoring content and suggestions based on your interactions, preferences, and usage patterns.
  • Site Improvement and Analytics: Analyzing trends and aggregated usage to improve our features, content, and performance.
  • Legal, Safety, and Security: Protecting the Site, our users, and our rights; detecting, investigating, and preventing fraud or misuse; and complying with legal obligations.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (For EEA and UK Users)

Where applicable law requires a legal basis, we rely on one or more of the following bases, depending on the context:

  • Performance of a Contract: To provide services you request, such as operating your account or delivering paid features.
  • Legitimate Interests: To operate, secure, and improve our Site; personalize content; and prevent fraud, provided these interests do not override your rights.
  • Consent: For certain activities, such as non-essential cookies or direct marketing, when you have given consent. You may withdraw consent at any time.
  • Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.

4. How We Share Your Information

We share information as needed to operate the Site, provide our services, and meet legal requirements. This may include sharing:

  • With Service Providers: With third parties that help us run the Site and deliver features (e.g., hosting, analytics, security, customer communications, content delivery, payment processing, and affiliate or advertising platforms). These parties are required to use the information only for our specified purposes and to protect it appropriately.
  • Business Transfers: In connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets.
  • Legal and Safety: To comply with law or legal process; enforce our terms; protect our operations, users, or the public; and prevent fraud or security issues.
  • With Your Direction or Consent: For any other sharing you request or authorize.

We do not sell, trade, or rent your Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

5. Advertising

We may display ads and use affiliate links. Advertising partners and affiliate platforms may use cookies or similar technologies to deliver more relevant ads, measure performance, and attribute purchases or visits that originate from links on our Site. This information is typically de-identified and focuses on your browsing activity rather than directly identifying you.

  • Analytics and Measurement: We use analytics tools to understand how visitors use the Site so we can improve features, content, and performance. These tools may set cookies to help us generate aggregated reports.
  • Your Choices: You can manage cookies through your browser settings or device privacy settings. Some mobile devices allow you to limit interest-based advertising in system settings. You can also opt out of non-essential cookies where a cookie banner or preferences tool is offered on the Site.

6. Data Security

We implement administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect your information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. However, no online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You are responsible for using strong passwords and safeguarding your account credentials where applicable.

7. Data Retention

We retain Personal Information only as long as needed for the purposes described in this Policy, including to operate the Site, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Retention periods depend on factors such as the type of data, sensitivity, legal requirements, and our operational needs.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights such as access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, and data portability, as well as the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

  • Access and Portability: Request a copy of your personal data in a commonly used format.
  • Rectification: Ask us to correct or complete inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Erasure: Request deletion of your data, subject to applicable limitations.
  • Restrict Processing: Request that we limit certain processing activities.
  • Object: Object to processing, including for direct marketing, where applicable.
  • Withdraw Consent: Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To make a request, please contact us via our contact page at https://suggestmebook.com/contact-us/. We may take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request and will respond within a reasonable timeframe in accordance with applicable law.

9. International Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own, which may have different data protection laws. When we transfer data internationally, we take steps designed to ensure an appropriate level of protection consistent with this Policy and applicable law (for example, through contractual protections).

10. “Do Not Track” Signals

Our Site does not currently respond to browser-based Do Not Track (DNT) signals. You can manage cookie and tracking preferences through your browser or device settings and any consent tools provided on the Site.

11. Children’s Privacy

The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 16. If you believe a child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at https://suggestmebook.com/contact-us/ and we will take appropriate steps to remove the information.

12. Third-Party Links

The Site may link to third-party websites or services (including book retailers or reading platforms). We are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will post the revised version on this page. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.