Privacy Policy

Information and its protection is essential for 1001Novel as the service provider, and to users as you are precious to us. The Privacy Policy will elaborate on what, why, and how we do with your information, and how we aim to improve your use experience while feeling safe.

Please note that this Privacy Policy only applies to data collected or received by us through your use of 1001Novel. It does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, the actions of third-party people or companies, the content of their sites, their use of data you provide to them, or any products or services they may offer. Any link to those sites does not constitute our sponsorship of, endorsement of, or affiliation with, those people or companies. By using 1001Novel's service, you are consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with all of this Privacy Policy, please do not provide data when requested and discontinue use immediately.

Age Restrictions. 1001Novel's age restriction applies to users who are under the age of thirteen (13) and where consent of a parent or legal guardian is required for the processing of personal data of children including email addresses and IP addresses, as well as certain uses of cookies. Children under the age of thirteen (13) are therefore not permitted to have an account or upload Content of any type to 1001Novel. By submitting Content to the Archive, you thereby confirm that you are thirteen (13) years old or older.

Information Collection. We collect personal information that you provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us. Personal information provided by you. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

a) Profile data. When you register for an account, you may supply us with such information as: your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, Internet Protocol address, your age, gender, personal description and photograph, information and documents regarding identity.
b) Payment data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number, corporate and financial information, credit history information.
c) Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like your Facebook, Twitter, or other social media account. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect the information.
d) Application data. If you use our application(s), we also may collect information upon your permission such as: Geolocation information, mobile device access, mobile device data, and push notifications. We also automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the services.

This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or 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 services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes. We also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. In order to enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing, offers, and services to you and update our records, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, affiliate programs, data providers, social media platforms, and from other third parties. This information includes mailing addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, intent data (or behavior data), Internet Protocol addresses, social media profiles, social media URLs, and custom profiles, for purposes of targeted advertising and event promotion. If you interact with us on a social media platform using your social media account, we receive personal information about you such as your name, email address, and gender. Any personal information that we collect from your social media account depends on your social media account's privacy settings.

Use of Information Collection. We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our services, including:

a) To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order, correctly display, and content-wise age appropriate.
b) To deliver and facilitate the delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service by understanding our users.
c) To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
d) To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
e) To fulfill and manage your orders. We may process your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the services.
f) To enable user-to-user communications. We may process your information if you choose to use any of our offerings that allow for communication with another user.
g) To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual's vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
h) To help prevent spam, fraud, abuse, other prohibited activity, and for security purposes.

Information Security We take appropriate security measures, such as encryption that ensures the confidentiality of your personal data during transmission and in storage, to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or data destruction. We restrict access to your personal information to our staff who need to know that information to operate, develop or improve our services. Although we make good faith efforts to store the information collected on the Services in a secure operation environment, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of that information during its transmission or its storage on our system. We do not warrant or represent that your information will be protected against loss, misuse or alteration by third parties, since no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

Cookies and Other Technologies We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Approved Third parties may also set cookies when you interact with 1001Novel services. Third parties include search engines, providers of measurement and analytics services, social media networks, and advertising companies. Third parties use cookies in the process of delivering content, including ads relevant to your interests, to measure the effectiveness of their ads, and to perform services on behalf of 1001Novel.

Deletion of Data You can request the deletion of your data at any time by contacting us at service@1001novel.com. We will evaluate such requests on a case-by-case basis. We may keep some of your data for as long as reasonably necessary for our legitimate business interests, including fraud detection and prevention and to comply with our legal obligations including tax, legal reporting, and auditing obligations. Sometimes, your request will only be satisfied by closing your account. You have the ability to delete your account, and you should understand that upon deletion of your account, you will lose the right to access or use all or part of 1001Novel.

Information Sharing Your personal information matters, and we do not and will not release, rent or sell your Personal Information. We may need to share your information under the following circumstances:

a) To comply with applicable law (including investigations of any crime) , regulation, legal process, or upon enforceable governmental request.
b) 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.
c) Offer Wall. Our application(s) may display a third-party hosted "offer wall." Such an offer wall allows third-party advertisers to offer virtual currency, gifts, or other items to users in return for the acceptance and completion of an advertisement offer.

Such an offer wall may appear in our application(s) and be displayed to you based on certain data, such as your geographic area or demographic information. When you click on an offer wall, you will be brought to an external website belonging to other persons and will leave our application(s). An unique identifier, such as your user ID, will be shared with the offer wall provider(s) in order to prevent fraud and properly credit your account with the relevant reward.

Your Privacy Rights In limited regions (namely the residents of EEA, United Kingdom, and Canada), you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which came into effect in 2018. These may include the rights:

(1) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information;
(2) to rectification or erasure;
(3) to restrict the processing to your personal information;
(4) if applicable, to data portability;
(5) to object, on grounds to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal information concerning him or her..If you are located in EEA or U.K. and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. Find details at: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/items/612080 California Civil Code Section 1798.83, known as the Shine The Light law, gives consumers the right to obtain an accounting of how, and to whom, their personal information has been sold in the past year. This specific section permits our customers who are residents of California to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below. If you are under the age of 18, reside in California, and have a registered account with Services, you have the right to request the removal of unwanted data that you publicly posted on the Services. To request the removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems. (e.g., backups, etc.)

Changes Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent; in other cases, please note that your continued use of the Services after any change means that you agree with and consent to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any changes in this Privacy Policy and do not wish your Personal Information to be subject to the revised Policy, you will need to close your account and/or stop using the Services.

Contact Information If you have any questions about, or if you wish to send us any notices in relation to, these Terms, you may email us at the following email addresses: contact@1001novel.com

Effective Date March 24, 2023