This privacy policy is part of the Agreement. All terms used in the Agreement apply to this policy. By using the Site, you hereby agree to the collection and use of your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We are fully aware of the importance of your personal data. This Privacy Policy describes what personal data we receive and collect when you use the Site.
In addition, we may request your consent to use your personal data for purposes not covered by this Privacy Policy. You are not required to agree, but if you choose not to consent, your participation in certain activities may be limited. If you agree to additional terms, they will prevail if they differ from the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We take all reasonable precautions to protect your personal data and require the same of any third parties who may process your personal data for us. Access to your personal data is restricted to prevent unauthorized access, alteration, or misuse, and is only permitted to our employees and contractors.
Purposes of Personal Data Processing
We collect and store only the personal data necessary for your convenient interaction with us, specifically for the purposes of:
• providing services to Users and Authors within the framework of the Site’s functionality;
• identification and interaction;
• sending notices or other materials and requests for information;
• conducting statistical research;
• processing payments;
• tracking transactions;
• fraud prevention;
• personalizing your experience with the Site;
• expediting your experience with the Site.
List of Information We Collect and Process
Personal data typically includes information that allows us to identify you. This includes your name, address, email address, and phone number, but may also include other information such as your IP address, reading preferences, hobbies, and interests.
The sources of your personal data are:
Data you provide to us voluntarily. This could include:
• Email address
• Username
• Phone number
• Age
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Any other personal data you voluntarily provide to us
Data that is automatically collected when you use the Site. This could include:
• Data about your browser type
• Statistics of the pages you visited
• Your IP address
• Cookies
When you visit the Site, one or more cookies are sent to your computer.
This is a small file containing sets of symbols that allows the Site to identify your browser.
When you register on the Site, additional cookies may be sent to your computer to prevent you from having to re-enter your username and password the next time you visit.
You can delete them at the end of your session if you are using a public computer and do not want to share your data with subsequent users.
We use cookies to improve the quality of our services by saving user settings and tracking usage trends.
Most browsers are initially configured to accept cookies, but you can either completely refuse the use of cookies or configure notifications about their sending.
Please note that without cookies, some features of the Site may not function correctly.
Your rights regarding personal data
You have the right to:
• limit or refuse to receive future newsletters or messages from us;
• Correct, update, or delete your personal data from our storage;
• Report any unauthorized use of your personal data.
Consent to the Processing of Personal Data
From the moment you accept the offer, you give your full consent to the processing of your personal data, namely: collection, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification, use, distribution, de-identification, blocking, and destruction of the personal data provided by you in the process of using the Site, including, but not limited to, surname, first name, patronymic, gender, age, contact telephone numbers or email addresses, or other electronic means of communication, and, in cases of acquiring paid subscriber status, information about your credit or debit cards and other payment methods.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
Please note that the privacy policy may change from time to time. All changes to the privacy policy are posted on this page.