Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and Overview

Welcome to Virtual Book Library ("we," "our," or "us"). At Virtual Book Library, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website virtualbooklibrary.com (the "Website") or use our services.

We are based in Cyprus and comply with applicable Cyprus data protection laws, including the Processing of Personal Data (Protection of Individuals) Law of 2001 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as implemented in Cyprus.

By accessing or using our Website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information Collection

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:

2.1 Personal Data

Personal Data refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify an individual. We may collect the following Personal Data:

• Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect your name, email address, and password.
• Profile Information: Information you provide in your user profile, such as your reading preferences, profile picture, and biographical information.
• Payment Information: If you make purchases through our Website, we collect payment details, billing address, and other financial information necessary to process your transaction. Note that full payment card details are processed by our payment processors and not stored on our servers.
• Communications: If you contact us directly, we may collect additional information you provide in your communications.

2.2 Usage Data

We automatically collect certain information about how you interact with our Website:

• Log Data: Information that your browser automatically sends whenever you visit our Website, including your IP address, browser type and settings, access times, pages viewed, and referring website addresses.
• Device Information: Information about the device you use to access our Website, including hardware model, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
• Reading Habits: Information about the books you browse, read, rate, review, or add to collections.

3. Use of Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To provide, maintain, and improve our services
• To process and fulfill your subscriptions, purchases, and other transactions
• To create and manage your account
• To personalize your experience and provide book recommendations
• To communicate with you about service updates, offers, promotions, and events
• To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
• To monitor and analyze usage patterns and trends
• To protect our Website against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity
• To comply with legal obligations

We process your Personal Data based on one or more of the following legal grounds:

• Performance of a contract when we provide you with services you request
• Our legitimate interests in operating and improving our business
• Your consent, when applicable
• Compliance with our legal obligations

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and track information about your browsing activities on our Website.

4.1 Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the Website to function properly.
• Preference Cookies: Allow the Website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features.
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
• Marketing Cookies: Used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements.

4.2 Your Cookie Choices

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. However, if you disable cookies, some features of our Website may not function properly.

5. Third-party Sharing

We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: We share information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service.
• Publishers and Content Providers: We may share aggregated or anonymized reading data with book publishers and content providers to improve our offerings.
• Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
• With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when you have given us your consent to do so.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

6. Data Storage and Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

7. User Rights

Under applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights:

• Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal information.
• Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal information under certain conditions.
• Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
• Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization or directly to you under certain conditions.
• Objection: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at [email protected], and we will take steps to delete such information.

9. International Data Transfers

We are based in Cyprus, but may process, store, and transfer your personal information in countries outside of your country of residence, including countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as your country of residence.

When we transfer your personal information to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

• We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission.
• Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection it has in Europe.
• Where we use providers based in the US, we may transfer data to them if they are part of the Privacy Shield which requires them to provide similar protection to personal data shared between Europe and the US.

10. Changes to Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Cyprus Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, the Cyprus supervisory authority for data protection issues.