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Privacy Notice

A. General Information.
Thank you for visiting HookingBook.com (TM) (hereinafter referred to as “The Website”) part of Hooking Book (TM) (hereinafter referred to as “HB” or “We” or “Us”) and for reviewing our Privacy Policy. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of the type of information we may gather about you when you visit the Website and how we use that information. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to HB’s Terms of Service Agreement. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using The Website, you accept the policies set forth in this Privacy Policy.The HB Privacy Policy describes how HB and its subsidiaries treat personal information when you use The Website services, including information provided when you use The Website. In addition, the following describes privacy practices specific to HB and The Website.

B. Personal Information Children Under Age 13

  • If you are under the age of 13, please do not try to register on The Website or send us any information about yourself, not even your name, address, telephone number, or email address.
  • HookingBook.com (TM) does not knowingly collect, solicit or keep personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. No one under age 13 is permitted to provide any personal information to or on HookingBook.com (TM). In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, We will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any personal information from or about a child under 13, please contact Us at info@hookingbook.com.

C. Children Between the Ages of 13 and 18

  • If you are under 18, please read this policy with your parents and ask for permission before using The Website or sending any information to HookingBook.com (TM).
  • Browsing The Website. You can watch videos on the website without having a GU Account. signing up for any of the HB services, including the newsletter updates. You also can contact us through The Website Help CenterGet Involved page or by emailing us directly at info@hookingbook.com.
  • Content Uploaded to Site. Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (e.g., testimonials) may be collected and used by others.

D. Uses

  • If you submit personal information to HB, we may use that information to operate, maintain, and improve the features and functionality of HB, and to process any flagging activity or other communication you send to us.
  • We do not use your email address or other personal information to send commercial or marketing messages without your consent. We may use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you for customer service purposes of major changes to The Website and/or HB). You also can choose how often HB sends you email updates in your HB Account settings page.
  • We may use cookies, web beacons, and log file information to: (a) store information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit The Website; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors and pages viewed; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.

D. Information That is Publicly Available

  • Any videos, comments, or testimonials that you submit to HB may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by other HB users or the general public.
  • You may also choose to add personal information which may include your name, gender, picture or other details, which may be visible to other HB Website users. If you choose to add certain features to your HB account, then these features and your activity associated with these features will be displayed to other users and may be aggregated and shared with your friends or other users. Such shared activity may include but is not limited to your favorite videos, videos you rated and videos that you have uploaded.

E. Your Choices

  • If you have an account on The Website, you may update or correct your personal profile information, email preferences and privacy settings at any time by visiting your account profile page.
  • You may control the information that is available to other users and your confirmed friends at any time by editing your account on The Website and the features that are included on your profile page.
  • You may, of course, decline to submit personal information through The Website, in which case you can still view videos and explore The Website, but The Website may not be able to provide certain services to you. Some advanced features on The Website may use other services like Google Checkout or Google AdSense. The privacy notices of those services govern the use of your personal information associated with them.

F. Advertising on HookingBook.com (TM)

  • HB strives to provide you with relevant and useful advertising and we use various cookies provided by Google as well as other third party ad serving systems, to do so. We may use a range of information including cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, usage data and other non-personal information about your computer or device (such as browser type and operating system) to provide you with relevant advertising. If you are logged into your account on The Website, we may also show you advertising based on the information you have provided to us in your account on The Website.
  • We may use various cookies provided by Google as well as other third party ad serving systems on The Website to help advertisers and publishers serve and manage ads on The Website and other HB partner websites. Advertisers may serve ads based on interests associated with non-personally identifiable online activity, such as videos viewed, frequency of uploading or activity on other HB partner sites. Advertisers may also serve ads to you based on previous activity on that advertiser’s website. This non-personally identifiable information is held separately from your account data on The Website, or other personally identifying information in our possession.
  • You may view, edit and add to the categories used to provide you with interest-based advertising in the various cookies provided by Google as well as other third party ad serving systems. Your ads preferences will be respected across The Website, and HB sites using the various cookies provided by Google as well as other third party ad serving systems to serve such ads.
  • You also may choose to opt out of the various cookies provided by Google as well as other third party ad serving systems at any time. If you select the various opt-out cookie, ads delivered to your browser by our ad-serving technology will not be served based on the various cookies provided by Google as well as other third party ad serving systems. Find more information here about opting out of the opt-out of the various cookies provided by Google as well as other third party ad serving systems.
  • Other third party ad serving companies may display ads on The Website, provided they comply with our ad serving requirements. HB does not provide any personal information to these third party ad servers or ad networks without your consent. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third party ad servers or ad networks for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. HB’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. Any data obtained by third party ad servers subsequently shared with HB is maintained and dealt with by HB in accordance with this privacy policy.

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