Privacy Policy

Information We Collect

Personal Information

When you create an account or subscribe to our service, we collect the following types of information:

• Name
• Email address
• Billing information (for premium subscribers)
• Profile information you provide (optional)

Usage Information

We collect information about how you interact with our website using Beam Analytics, including:

• Pages you visit
• Books and summaries you read
• Features you use
• Time spent on different sections
• Referring websites

Authentication Information

We use Auth0 as our authentication service provider. When you sign up or log in, Auth0 may collect:

• Login credentials (encrypted)
• IP address
• Device information
• Browser type and settings

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

Cookie Policy and Tracking Technologies

Beam Analytics

We use Beam Analytics, a GDPR-compliant, cookie-free analytics solution to understand how visitors interact with our website. Beam Analytics helps us improve our service by providing insights into:

• User flow through the site
• Most popular content
• Conversion rates
• Custom events and user behaviors

Unlike traditional analytics tools, Beam does not use cookies to track users across websites and does not store personal identifiable information (PII) about you. This means you don't need to accept cookies for us to collect anonymous usage data.

Authentication Cookies

We use Auth0 for user authentication, which requires essential cookies to:

• Keep you logged in
• Verify your identity
• Protect against unauthorized access to your account

These authentication cookies are necessary for the functioning of our website and services. You can clear these cookies from your browser, but doing so will log you out of your account.

Affiliate Disclosures

StartupBooks.com participates in affiliate programs with various book retailers and service providers. This means we may earn a commission when you click on affiliate links and make purchases through those links.

Data Sharing and Third-Party Services

We share your data with the following third-party service providers:

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share anonymized, aggregated data for business or research purposes that cannot identify you individually.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:

• Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: You can ask us to update or correct inaccurate data.
• Right to Deletion: You can ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You can ask us to limit how we use your data.
• Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.
• Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your data for certain purposes.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at .

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

• Encryption of sensitive data
• Secure user authentication via Auth0
• Regular security assessments
• Limited access to personal information by our team

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we discover that we have collected personal information from a child under 16, we will promptly delete it.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. For significant changes, we will provide a more prominent notice, which may include an email notification to registered users.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

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