Privacy Statement
ESD values our relationship with you and recognizes the importance of respecting and protecting your personal information and privacy.
This policy sets out any personal information you provide to us (or data we collect about you from other sources) and how we will process, collect, store or otherwise use it.
Please read this policy carefully and if you have any questions or concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us.
How we collect your personal information
Information you provide to us, you may provide us with information when you are:
● Visiting our websites. This includes information you provide when you register to use any of our websites, products or services, subscribe to one of our services, search for products, place an order;
● Correspond with us by post, telephone, e-mail or otherwise.
The information you provide to us may include your name, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, financial or credit card details, academic institution, affiliation, job title or subject specialization.
Information from other sources - We also work with third parties and may receive information about you from them.
We work with business partners such as web hosting providers, email service providers, list brokers and other third parties to provide our products, services and communications, and they may provide us with additional information about you. This may include details of content you view or request through the ESD Platform and other websites, or details of e-mail communications you have viewed or clicked on from us.
How we use your information
We use information about you in the following ways.
In order to provide you with our products and services, we may use your personal information to.
● To fulfill our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with information about the products and services you have requested from us (which are necessary for the performance of those contracts);
● To notify you of changes to our services (which are necessary for the performance of the contract to which you are a party and/or in our legitimate interests).
In order to improve the efficiency of our products, services and marketing, we may use your personal information for our legitimate interests in each case (or where you have consented):
● To administer our website and carry out internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
● Improve our website to ensure that the content is presented in the most effective manner for you and your computer or device;
● Ensure the security of our website;
● Measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertisements we provide to you and others, and provide you with relevant advertisements;
● Enter into co-marketing agreements and share contact information with third parties that sell similar goods and services;
● To provide you with information about other goods and services we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or inquired about, provided that you have not told us that you do not wish to receive this information (which is necessary for our legitimate interests);
● To make recommendations to you about goods or services that we believe may be of interest to you based on your previous dealings, conduct, interests and other information that we may hold about you and your institution or organization.
● To enforce any business purpose as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), if applicable.
References to our "legitimate interests" in this policy include our interest in operating our business in an efficient and sustainable manner, complying with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
ESD may also share your personal information with business partners who provide services to us, such as.
● Co-marketing agreements with third party vendors;
● Platforms for ESD's Web-based products;
● Web analytics service providers.
● To fulfill an order you have placed with us, to deliver products or otherwise perform a contract we have entered into with you.
In addition, if we provide products or services that you access through ESD on behalf of a third party (such as an academic society or association), we may share your details with them unless you ask us not to do so.
If the journal transfers to another publisher (for example, if your personal information is included in a marketing list that is transferred as a material asset in a business sale or asset sale).
If you register for a sponsored event, then we may share your data with the event sponsor, and we have informed you that we will do this when you register for the event.
Our website may contain links to third party websites and/or services. Such external links do not imply that we endorse the site or service, nor do they represent the quality or accuracy of the information provided on it. If you decide to access such a site or service, you are subject to the privacy policy and terms and conditions of that service or site, not the terms of ESD. We encourage you to carefully review the legal and privacy statements of all other digital services you visit.
How long do we keep your information
We will retain your personal information in order to complete any transaction with you. In order to provide better service, we plan to retain your information for up to 10 years and possibly longer.
Your rights in respect of your personal information
You have the following rights:
● Require us to correct the personal information we hold about you;.
● To require us to delete your personal information; and
● To require us to restrict our data processing activities; and
● If our processing is based on your consent, the right to withdraw that consent.
● If the processing is carried out by automated means, to receive from us the personal information about you that you have provided to us and to process it in a reasonable format specified by us in our mutual agreement.
● To object to any specific processing activity which we consider to have a disproportionate impact on your rights on grounds relating to your particular circumstances.
● To ask us not to send you marketing information.
Please note that these rights are not absolute and we may have the right to refuse a request in exceptional circumstances. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details below.
Contact us
If you have any comments, questions or concerns about anything you read on this page, or if you are concerned about how ESD handles your personal information, you can contact us at.
support@esdpub.com
This policy was last updated November 12, 2023