Privacy Policy

last updated
June 12, 2019

1. Overview

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at iō literary journal ("Company", "we", "us", or "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us at ioliteraryjournal@gmail.com.

When you visit our website ioliteraryjournal.com, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information and agree to the terms of the privacy policy. We take your privacy seriously. In this privacy notice, we describe our privacy policy. We seek to explain what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through this important information carefully. We may amend this privacy policy from time to time and post any changes to this page.

This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website (such as ioliteraryjournal.com), and/or any related services, sales, marketing, or events. We refer to these collectively in this privacy policy as the "Sites."

2. What Information Do We Collect?

Personal information that you provide to us
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when

• expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services,
  
• participating in activities on the Sites.
• or otherwise contacting us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Sites, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information that we collect can include the following:

• Name and Contact Data. We can collect you first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.
• Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for authentication and account access.
• Payment Data. We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (e.g. credit card), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by our payment processor and you should review its privacy policies and contact the payment processor directly to respond to your questions. All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Sites. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name and contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language, preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Sites, and other technical information.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

Information collected from other sources
We may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, as well as from other third parties. Some examples of the information we receive include

• social media profile information
• marketing leads and search results
  
• paid listings (sponsored links)
  

3. How Do We Use Your Information?

We use personal information collected via our Sites for a variety of business purposes. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations.

We use the information we collect or receive:

• To send you marketing and promotional communications. We and/or our third party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time.
• Fulfill and manage your orders. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Sites.
• To post testimonials. We post testimonials on our Sites that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and testimonial. If you wish to update, or delete your testimonial, please contact us at ioliteraryjournal@gmail.com and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.
• Deliver targeted advertising to you. We may use your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
• Request feedback. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Sites.
• To enforce our terms, conditions, and policies.
• To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.
• For other business purposes. We may use your information for other business purposes such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Sites, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

4. Will Your Information Be Shared With Anyone?

We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:

• Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.
• Legitimate interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interest.
• Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
• Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

• Vendors, consultants, and other third-party service providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, customer service, marketing efforts, email delivery, and hosting services. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Sites, which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with the Sites over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. Unless described in this privacy policy, we do not share, sell, rent, or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
• Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  

5. Who Will Your Information Be Shared With?

We share and disclose your information with the following third parties. We have categorized each party to provide some context. If you wish to revoke your consent, please contact us.

• Content Optimization (Google Fonts)
• Social Media Sharing and Advertising (Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads, Twitter)
• Web and Mobile Analytics (Google Analytics)
• Website Hosting (Weebly)

6. How Long Do We Keep Your Information?

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

7. How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information that we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Sites is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.