Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to
www.AlenaAuguste.com and Alena Auguste Books and governs data collection and usage. For the
purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Alena Auguste Books
include www.AlenaAuguste.com and Alena Auguste. The Alena Auguste website is a Author news
and updates site. By using the Alena Auguste website, you consent to the data practices described in
this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally
sensitive data through Alena Auguste’s public message boards, this information may be collected and
used by others.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us.
However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use
certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account
on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c)
signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e)
submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products
and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to,
communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We
also may gather additional personal or non–personal information in the future.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Alena Auguste does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Alena Auguste may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you
email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are
prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Alena Auguste,
and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Alena Auguste may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or
in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or
comply with legal process served on Alena Auguste or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or
property of Alena Auguste; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety
of users of Alena Auguste, or the public.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Alena Auguste. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times
and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to
maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Alena Auguste
website.
Use of Cookies
The Alena Auguste website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A
cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be
used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you,
and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The
purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For
example, if you personalize Alena Auguste pages, or register with Alena Auguste site or services, a
cookie helps Alena Auguste to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the
process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and
so on. When you return to the same Alena Auguste website, the information you previously provided
can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Alena Auguste features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept
cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you
choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the
Alena Auguste services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Alena Auguste secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Alena Auguste
uses the following methods for this purpose:
– SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is
protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or
alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any
wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect
your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations
inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any
and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be
guaranteed.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
- Delete your personal information from our records; and
- Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
- Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if
- it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a
- written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good
- or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing
- business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or
- prosecute those responsible for that activity;
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free
- speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Engage in public or peer–reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public
- interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the
- information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research,
- provided we have obtained your informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your
- relationship with us;
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with
- the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
Alena Auguste does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the
age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Alena Auguste may contact you via email for the purpose of providing
announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general
communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an
email from Alena Auguste or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Alena Auguste, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have
contracted.
Changes to this Statement
Alena Auguste reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you
about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the
primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or
by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services
available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the
modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Alena Auguste welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you
believe that Alena Auguste has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Alena Auguste
at: alena@AlenaAuguste.com
reCAPTCHA
We use the Google reCAPTCHA services on our site and your use of this site is subject to the
Google Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and Terms of Use (https://policies.google.com/terms).
Effective as of August 24, 2020