Privacy Policy for CozyReads

At CozyReads, accessible from https://cozyreads.info, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by CozyReads and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Collected Data

CozyReads allows users to subscribe to our mailing list ( Not yet live ) and To comment on the Content available on the website. If Users opts to do so, We collect the following data items, subset or complete from the following list depending on the interaction:

Google Forms

CozyReads uses Google forms for receiving feedback and contact queries from Users. Any information sent via the forms is subjected to Google Privacy Policy and Google Drive Terms of Service. This information is available to us via Google Forms UI.

Log Files

CozyReads follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator and the Privacy Policy Generator.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, CozyReads uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

For more general information on cookies, please read the “What Are Cookies” article on Cookie Consent website.

Cookies By CozyReads

CozyReads is build on top on WordPress CMS framework and leverages cookies used by it. CozyReads uses following cookies at this time of writing

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Cookies By Google Services

Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. We are using Google analytics to track user analytics across the website and will be using Google ads to serve ads based on user activity.

Analytics

Google Analytics uses cookies to identify the incoming traffic and user behaviour on our website. A compete list of cookies used by Google analytics can be found on this Url. Google’s free Analytics Opt-out tool can also be found here.

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Other Services

Other third party vendors include Jquery, Fontawsome, QuillJS. These libraries are also loaded on our website to provide additional user experience enhancements.

Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of CozyReads.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on CozyReads, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that CozyReads has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

CozyReads’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites. What Are Cookies?

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

CozyReads does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in CozyReads. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.