At SuzysBooks.com, protecting your privacy and the privacy of anyone receiving your email is very important to us. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to make SuzysBooks.com safe and appropriate for everyone. Our Privacy Policy applies to your use of SuzysBooks.com Services and describes the kind of information we process, how it is processed and why.
Basically, we also get ticked off when our privacy is invaded, so we do what we can to protect yours. We simply do not sell, give, donate or in any way dispense information about you or your activities on this site. Period. There are no “buts.” If an outside company wants to reach you, they may contact us about advertising, in which case we still control the mailing list, i.e., we send the emails or post the advertising on the site, not another company.
But there is some stuff we must include, so here it is.
As used in these Terms, “SuzysBooks.com” means:
(a) SuzysBooks.com is owned by one person, MaryAnn Shank, and individual. Others contribute to the site.
(b) SuzysBooks.com is located at 321 Clay Street, Ashland, Oregon, USA 97520.
SuzysBooks.com provides suggestions for readers, with links to purchase those suggestions.
1. Definitions
1.1. “Data Protection Laws” means all data protection and privacy laws and regulations of the EU, EEA, and their member states, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, applicable to the Processing of Personal Data.
1.2. “GDPR” means (a) the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), and (b) the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation.
NOTE: If you voluntarily provide Personal Data to SuzysBooks.com where such data is not specifically requested (e.g., entering Personal Data into fields not designated for that purpose), provision of the Personal Data will be deemed accidental. In these instances, MailerLite will not process the data in accordance with the terms of the GDPR and/or this Privacy Policy.
2. What information we Process
SuzysBooks.com will ask for your name (optional), your birthday (optional) and your email address (required) to register you to our mailing list. You are under no obligation whatsoever to join that list, and my opt out at any time, in which case your information is deleted from our files.
Please note, SuzysBooks.com does not process or store your credit card information. We never even see that information. Should you purchase a book, you are directed to an outside site, such as Amazon, to make that purchase. Those outside sites have their own Privacy Statements — we cannot control what they do.
We are a small company, and do not collect user data, such as which pages are most popular. If we ever do that, your information will be nothing more than a dot in a universe of information. Your name, email, etc., will not be collected, for in truth, we won’t even have that information as your browse the site.
Based on the requirements of the California Online Privacy Protection Act, SuzysBooks.com declares that it does not correspond to Do Not Track browser signals.
3. Safety of your information
8.1. SuzysBooks.com takes reasonable precautions to protect your privacy, most notably affiliating with reputable companies like MailerLite and SiteGround and Amazon. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such precautions. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.
3. Customers’ rights
3.1. You have the following rights regarding your Personal Data:
- Right to Access. You have the right to request disclosure of the specific pieces of your Personal Data we have collected about you in a portable and, where technically feasible, readily usable format.
- Right to Know. You have the right to verify if we have collected Personal Data about you and to know the details of it.
- Right to Deletion. You may request the deletion of your Personal Data in accordance with Clause 11 of this Privacy Policy.
- Right to Opt-Out. You have the right to opt-out of sharing your Personal Data for cross-context behavioral advertising to third parties. You can exercise this right by visiting our Cookie Settings and disabling functional, performance, and targeting cookies.
- Right to object to the processing of your Personal Data. You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, including profiling.
- Right to correct your Personal Data. You have the right to update inaccurate information that we process about you by amending it in your MailerLite account.
- Right to exercise rights without discrimination. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment if you exercise the rights conferred to you by applicable privacy law.
3.2. Please be aware that these rights may be limited by applicable laws and depend on technical feasibility.
3.3. If you are not able to exercise these rights through your SuzysBooks.com’s account, please contact us using the Contact Page. We may require additional information or identifying documents from you to verify your identity and process your request.
3.4. If you are a resident of California and you want to implement your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, please refer to Clause 15 of this Privacy Policy.
4. Data Processing Addendum
4.1. We created our Data Processing Addendum to cover the GDPR requirements as they relate to email marketing and we encourage all our Customers to review it here.
5. California Privacy Rights
5.1. This section applies exclusively to individuals residing in California (“California Customers”). It delineates our procedures for collecting, using, and sharing the Personal Data of California Customers in our capacity as a business according to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA“), along with the associated rights regarding such Personal Data. For the purposes of this clause, “Personal Data” refers to the definition of “Personal Information” as it is outlined in the CCPA.
5.2. California Customers have the ability to exercise the subsequent rights regarding their Personal Data, but these rights are not unconditional, and there may be instances where we are authorized to reject your request according to CCPA:
- Right to Know: You can request details about our collection and usage of your Personal Data, including categories of collected data, purposes, third-party sharing, and specific pieces collected. SuzysBooks.com will respond to a maximum of two (2) requests within a twelve (12) month period.
- Right to Access: You are able to access all Personal Data transferred to us in your SuzysBooks.com account. You can also request details regarding how we have collected and used your Personal Data over the past twelve (12) months, and SuzysBooks.com will respond to a maximum of two (2) requests. Please note that there may be legal restrictions preventing us from disclosing certain Personal Data if it poses a substantial risk to the security of the information, our systems, or your account.
- Right to Correct: If you find any inaccuracies in your Personal Data that we hold, or if your Personal Data changes, you can make respective changes in your SuzysBooks.com account or you can notify us and we will promptly update our records to ensure they reflect the accurate information.
- Right to Deletion: You can request the deletion of your Personal Data as per Clause 11 of this Privacy Policy. SuzysBooks.com may delete, de-identify, or aggregate your data upon such a request, confirming the information before deletion.
- Opt-out of Sharing: SuzysBooks.com uses services to deliver personalized ads to you. Under the CCPA, our utilization of some of these services may be tagged as sharing your Personal Data with the advertising partners who provide these services. You have the option to opt-out of the sharing of your Personal Data by visiting our Cookie Settings and disabling functional, performance, and targeting cookies.
- No Selling of Personal Data: If you have activated the opt-out feature, you will automatically be excluded from any sharing when engaging with our Services. SuzysBooks.com adheres to CCPA regulations by not selling your Personal Data.
- Limited Processing of Sensitive Personal Data: We don’t collect any sensitive Personal Data. However, we cannot control whether our Customers use or disclose the sensitive Personal Data of their Subscribers. If you are a Subscriber of our Customers, please contact them directly for queries regarding your sensitive Personal Data.
- Right to Nondiscrimination. We will not engage in discrimination against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
5.3. If you are not able to exercise these rights through your SuzysBooks.com account, California Customers may exercise these rights over their Personal Data by contacting us via this contact form.
6. Data Privacy Framework
6.1. SuzysBooks.com, falls under the regulatory authority of the US Federal Trade Commission, which possesses investigatory and enforcement powers. Additionally, you have the option to file a complaint with your local data protection authority, and we will collaborate with them to address your concerns.
6.2. In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, SuzysBooks.com commits to resolve DPF Principles-related complaints about our collection and use of your Personal Data. EU and UK individuals and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our handling of Personal Data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF should first contact MailerLite, Inc. through this contact form.
6.3. In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, SuzysBooks.com , Inc. commits to cooperate and comply respectively with the advice of the panel established by the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) with regard to unresolved complaints concerning our handling of Personal Data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF.
6.4. We remain responsible for all the personal information we receive under the DPF and that we subsequently transfer to third parties acting as agents on our behalf if they process personal information in a manner inconsistent with the DPF principles.
7. Merger or acquisition
17.1. In the event we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Data may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to Process your Personal Data as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
7. Changes
7.1. SuzysBooks.com reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. All changes are effective immediately upon posting and we suggest that you check this Privacy Policy periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.
20. Contacting SuzysBooks.com
If you:
- would like to request access to the information we hold about you, correct, modify, delete or update Personal Data that you have provided to us, or
- have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this site, wish to withdraw your consent for the continued collection, would like to object to your Personal Data being used, or have any additional questions:
Please contact us any time via this contact form.
Last updated on October 8, 2025