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Privacy and Cookie Policy

Privacy policy

We value privacy. Therefore, we do not collect any personal data beyond what we need for the functionality of this web application. If you create an account, we store your username, your email, and the book preferences and ratings that you decide to share with us. We do not share your personal data with other companies. We may use the book preferences and ratings to improve our book recommendation algorithm but for this all data we use is anonymized. If you want your account and its associated data to be deleted or have questions regarding our privacy policy, just send an email to info [at] librarian.ai.

Cookie policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data that a website can store in your browser. This way a website can remember information about you when you interact with it. Cookies are often categorized based on their purpose. Strictly necessary cookies are essential for a sites functionality and therefore can be set without your permission. All other cookies need to be approved by you. You can change your consent to cookie usage at any time on this page.

What cookies do we use?

We use cookies to improve user experience. We use only two types of cookies: necessary technical cookies, which are required to enable the functioning of our website, and performance cookies, which are optional.

Strictly necessary cookies (required)

Strictly necessary cookies allow core website functionality such as user login and account management. The website cannot be used properly without strictly necessary cookies.

Performance cookies (optional)
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors interact with our website. They help us understand visitor numbers, traffic sources, and the effectiveness of our content. This data is used exclusively for statistical analysis and to improve the user experience on our website. No personal data is collected that can be used to identify visitors.Data collected: Anonymized IP addresses, pages visited, session duration, and interactions with page elements.
  • _ga Cookie: Used to distinguish users. The functionality of the cookie is to store and count pageviews. The purpose is Statistics. Find more details here.
  • _ga_[container-id] Cookie:Used to persist session state. The functionality of the cookie is to store and count pageviews. The purpose is Statistics. Duration of this cookie is 2 years.
Affiliate Marketing cookies

We participate in affiliate marketing, which means we earn a commission when you buy a book from a book merchant through a link that we provided. In order for the affiliate network to connect the sale to us, they set anonymized cookies on your device once you click on the buy button and get redirected. Please note that the cookie is set not by us but by our affiliate network partner, Awin. You can read more details on the affiliate network's privacy page. By clicking a buy button, you expressly agree to the setting of the affiliate marketing cookies by our affiliate partner Awin. If you want your data to be deleted from Awin, you can contact them at global-privacy@awin.com.

Ezoic Services

This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. ("Ezoic"), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.

What are cookies in this context?

A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you're visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising.

Data collected when serving personalized ads

The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP address
  • Operating system type and version
  • Device type
  • Language preferences
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)

Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic's partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps.

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