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Privacy Policy

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The Petersburg Bookfest is committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors to our website through the following practices. 

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What Information Do We Collect? 

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The Petersburg Bookfest may use personally identifiable information (your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy. This privacy policy pertains to information collected when you subscribe to Petersburg Bookfest communications and visit http://petersburgbookfest.com.

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Like many websites, we use “cookies” to enhance your experience and gather information about visitors and visits to our websites. Please refer to the “Do we use ‘cookies’?” section below for information about cookies and how we use them.

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We may use your personal contact information, including your e-mail address, to communicate with you regarding your subscription(s), other features and services offered by Petersburg Bookfest, or our affiliates and business partners, our Terms of Service, and/or this Privacy Policy. We may also use your personal contact information to process e-commerce transactions or send e-mail newsletters on other topics we think you might find of interest. We reserve the right to share your personal contact information with our affiliates and business partners.

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Personal information collected by http://petersburgbookfest.com may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to site administration and troubleshooting. Third-party service providers who provide technical support for the operation of our site may access such information, but only for the purpose of administering technical support.

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Do We Disclose The Information We Collect To Outside Parties?

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We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal identifiable information to outside parties unless we provide you with advance notice, except as described below. 

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The term “outside parties” does not include our business. It also does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

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How Do We Use Your Information?

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We use any information we collect from you in accordance with applicable laws. We may use the information we collect from you when you register, purchase products, enter a contest or promotion, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways: To personalize your site experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested. To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests. To quickly process your transactions. To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature. If you have opted-in to receive our e-mail newsletter or mobile promotions program, we may send you periodic e-mails and or text messages.

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How can you opt-out, remove or modify information you have provided to us?

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When purchasing a ticket or registering for a class online, your e-mail address will be added to the Petersburg Bookfest and Resist Booksellers’ e-mail marketing lists. You may opt out of receiving our e-mail marketing materials at any time. Your e-mail address will not be sold or otherwise provided to third parties. To opt-out of email marketing please use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email campaign sent via the email marketing system via this address: info@petersburgbookfest.com.

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Cookies

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If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

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If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

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When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

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Questions And Feedback

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We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy. If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Please send us any and all feedback pertaining to privacy, or any other issue. Email info@petersburgbookfest.com.

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Changes To This Policy

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Petersburg Bookfest  reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. We will post a notice on this site if and when this policy changes to alert visitors that a new policy is in place. Your continued use of our website following the posting of changes to our privacy policy will mean that you accept such changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the policy and applicable laws in place at the time the information was collected.

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Your Consent

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By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

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