This privacy policy sets out how Chango Books uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.
Chango Books is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Chango Books may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from November 1, 2011.
Because the Chango Books site is designed for users around the world who have never met to share books, we have a high degree of transparency. Almost all registered member's information and activities on this site are visible to other visitors (registered or not) to the site. This includes, but is not limited to
The only personal information that is not visible is:
Like most website operators, Chango Books collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how visitors use our site. From time to time, Chango Books may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Chango Books also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users. Chango Books only discloses logged in user IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
Chango Books will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Chango Books discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Chango Books believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Chango Books, third parties or the public at large.
If you are a registered user, you may opt to allow Chango Books to occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with our site. It is possible to unsubscribe from messages at any time by editing your profile
In order to be a member of Chango Books, you have to agree to share your books with other members who may request them. Chango Books will send you an email when one of your books has been requested by another member and during the exchange, Chango Books may email periodic updates about the status of the request. Additionally, the requesting member will be able to send you messages directly about the request. These messages will be sent without disclosing your email address to the other member. These emails or not optional and it is not possible to unsubscribe or opt-out of receiving them.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Chango Books uses cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of our website, and their website access preferences. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the website, with the drawback that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.