Who we are
Meridian Books respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when using our website, meridianbooks.org.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, how we protect it, and the choices available to you.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Meridian Books website, we collect the information provided in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information may be used to help detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address, also known as a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using the service. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment has been approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the Meridian Books website, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data, including EXIF GPS information.
Visitors to the website may be able to download images and extract any location data contained within them.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are provided for your convenience so that you do not have to enter your information again when leaving another comment. These cookies will remain for one year.
If you visit our login page, we may set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we may also set cookies to save your login information and your screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will remain active for two weeks. When you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article on the website, an additional cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you have edited. It expires after one day.ies may affect the functionality of parts of the website.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles and pages on the Meridian Books website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, articles, or other material from external websites.
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited the external website directly.
These external websites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This may include tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that external website.
Who we share your data with
We may share information with trusted third-party service providers where reasonably necessary to operate Meridian Books and provide our services.
These may include providers of:
- Website hosting;
- Payment processing;
- Website security;
- Email and communication services;
- Analytics and website performance services;
- E-commerce and digital delivery services.
We may also disclose information where required by law, legal process, court order, or to protect the rights, property, security, or users of Meridian Books.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment on the Meridian Books website, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and automatically approve subsequent comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.
Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except that they cannot change their username. Website administrators may also view and edit this information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on the Meridian Books website or have left comments, you may request an exported file containing the personal data we hold about you, including any information you have provided to us.
You may also request that we erase personal data we hold about you.
This does not include information that we are required to retain for administrative, legal, security, or other legitimate purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.