1. Introduction
On the M.A.R.C. Publishers ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect includes:
Personal Data
Personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Submit a manuscript through our submission form
- Contact us through our contact page
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Register for an account or create a profile
This may include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide.
Derivative Data
Information our servers automatically collect when you access the website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the website.
Financial Data
Financial information such as data related to publishing contracts, royalty payments, or advances may be collected when applicable.
3. How We Use Your Information
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the website to:
- Create and manage your account
- Process your manuscript submissions and communicate with you about them
- Fulfill contracts and process payments
- Email you regarding your account or submissions
- Enable user-to-user communications
- Send newsletters and marketing communications (with your consent)
- Respond to your inquiries and provide customer service
- Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience
- Notify you of updates to the website
- Perform other business activities as needed
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
By Law or to Protect Rights
If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including hosting services, email delivery, and database management.
Business Transfers
We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
5. Data Protection and Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
6. Your Rights and Choices
You may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- Access: Request access to the personal information we hold about you
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information (subject to legal obligations)
- Objection: Object to processing of your personal information
- Portability: Request transfer of your personal information to another party
- Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent for processing where we rely on consent
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the website to help customize the website and improve your experience. When you access the website, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can remove or reject cookies if you prefer.
8. Data Retention
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When we no longer require your personal information, we will securely delete or anonymize it.
9. Children's Privacy
Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 18, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our contact page or by email at info@onthemarcpub.com.