Privacy Policy

Here at YA Lit Sidekick, we understand that your privacy is of critical importance. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you via our book review site and how we use and disclose such information.

Our Use of Cookies

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser. They are then stored by that browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may either be "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies.

A "persistent" cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiration date, unless deleted by the user before the expiration date. A "session" cookie will expire at the end of the user's session when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

1. Authentication: we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website

2. Personalization: we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalize the website for you

3. Status: we use cookies to help us determine if you are logged into our website.

4. Advertising: we use cookies to help us display advertisements that will be relevant to you.

5. Analysis: we use cookies to help us analyze the use and performance of our website and services.

6. Security: we use cookies as an element of security measures to protect user accounts including prevention of fraudulent use of login credentials and to protect our website and services generally.

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered that relates to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. You may find more about Google's privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy

Most browsers allow you to accept, delete, or refuse cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, but you can obtain updated information about blocking and deleting cookies by searching for your browser's method on enabling and disabling cookies in a search engine.

Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of our website. Some features of our website may become unavailable to you.

Advertising

YA Lit Sidekick may become an affiliate partner with other related brands. In doing so, when an affiliate link is used in a blog article or anywhere on this website, it will be made known to you at the beginning of the article that affiliate links are being used.

Other forms of advertising may also take place on the site including sponsored posts and book reviews. In these cases, appropriate designations will be given on that post and review whether any form of payment was made to the blog writer to write about the post. YA Lit Sidekick writers reserve the write to share their honest opinions of sponsored and non-sponsored posts.

YA Lit Sidekick owners reserve the right to refuse or accept any advertising offers to partner with brands, publishing houses, authors, or other entities in creating content for this blog.

Email Addresses

We will collect your email address when you subscribe to our email newsletter or sign up as a site member. This will also be collected for any promotions where an email is required to receive a prize. We will use your email address for the purposes for which you provided it to us which includes sending you updates on new book reviews, blog posts, promotions, or other content we deem fit to send to you. You may opt out of such email communications at any time by clicking the appropriate "Unsubscribe" button in your emails.

We will not share your email address with any third parties.

Sale of Business or Assets

In the event that YALitSidekick.com or all of its assets are sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets, or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and reserve the right to make any changes we deem fit. This can include changes required as we change our methods, processes, technology, or services provided. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information (including using your personal information in a manner that is different from that stated in our previous Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information), we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. By using YALitSidekick.com or services after the effective date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current Privacy Policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.

If you have any questions about the practices of YALitSidekick.com and its Privacy Policy, please contact us at yalitsidekick@gmail.com