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ATTENTION, NOTICE TO USER: THIS IS AN AGREEMENT GOVERNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BOOKMATE, AND USE OF THE SERVICES, AS DEFINED BELOW, PROVIDED TO YOU BY BOOKMATE. YOU MAY USE THE SERVICES ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU REVIEW AND ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, INCLUDING PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THESE SERVICES. USING THESE SERVICES INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS COLLECTED AND PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSES PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS (“TERMS OF SERVICE”), OR YOU HAVE NOT REACHED THE AGE OF 18, DO NOT USE THESE SERVICES.

These Terms of Service Agreement is a legal agreement between You, either an individual or an entity (the “You” or “User”), and Bookmate Limited, Office 1, Upper Floor, 5 Old Dublin Road, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 18, Ireland A94 K1H5, Company No. 596747 and its affiliates (the “Bookmate”), regarding the Services, as defined below. Bookmate holds the Website www.bookmate.com including all Bookmate’s domains included within this Internet website (“Website”), and all information, graphics, documents, text, products, services and all other elements of the Website and all products offered on this Website and Services operated through the Website and related plug-ins, add-ons and applications (e.g. Bookmate Mobile Application) (the “Services”), available for You subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including Privacy Policy, being an integral part thereof (the “Agreement” or “Terms of Service”). By using the Services, You confirm that you are above the age of 18, agree to be bound by the following Terms of Service and all terms and conditions contained and/or referenced herein or any additional terms and conditions set forth on the Website, and you acknowledge that we will use your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Policy, as may be required to provide the Services under the Agreement. If You do NOT agree to all these Terms of Service, You should NOT use the Services. If You do NOT agree to any additional specific terms which apply to particular Bookmate’s Content (as defined below) or to particular transactions concluded through the Website, then You should NOT use the part of the Website and/or Services which contains such Bookmate’s Content or through which such transactions may be concluded and You should NOT use such Bookmate’s Content or conclude such transactions. Also, when You use any current or future Bookmate’s Services or visit Bookmate’s Websites or obtain any products or services, whether free of charge or for payment, of Bookmate or any business affiliated with Bookmate, whether or not included in the Website, You will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such services or business.

These Terms of Service, including Privacy Policy, may be amended by Bookmate at any time. Such amended Terms of Service shall be effective according with the notice of amendment. Also, specific terms and conditions may apply to specific content, products, materials, services or information contained on or available through this Website (the “Bookmate’s Content”) or transactions concluded through this Website. Such specific terms may be in addition to these Terms of Service or, where inconsistent with these Terms of Service, only to the extent the content or intent of such specific terms is inconsistent with these Terms of Service, such specific terms will supersede these Terms of Service.
Bookmate reserves the right to make changes or updates with respect to or in the Content of the Website or the format thereof at any time without notice. Bookmate reserves the right to terminate or restrict access to the Website or any portion thereof for any reason whatsoever at its sole discretion.

Bookmate is a virtual book club where you can upload, store, read electronic books and listen to audiobooks (the “Books”). All Books in Bookmate are protected by copyright law and cannot be downloaded and distributed outside the Service.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitations, so the above limitations may not apply to You.

ALL CONTENT AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” BOOKMATE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR AS TO THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT. BOOKMATE DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE SECURITY OF THIS WEBSITE OR SERVICES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY INFORMATION SENT MAY BE INTERCEPTED IN TRANSMISSION OR OTHERWISE. BOOKMATE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVERS OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SENT BY BOOKMATE ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR ANY OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS. Except as agreed by Bookmate in writing, contractors, agents, dealers or distributors of Bookmate or any other third party shall not have a right to modify this limited warranty, nor to make any additional warranties.

THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOADING OR OTHER USE OF THE WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, YOUR SITE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER HARM THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES. BOOKMATE ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY COMPUTER VIRUS OR OTHER SIMILAR SOFTWARE CODE THAT IS DOWNLOADED TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM THE WEBSITE OR IN CONNECTION WITH SERVICES. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM BOOKMATE OR FROM THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE.

The Website may contain references to specific Bookmate products and Services that may not be (readily) available in a particular country. Any such reference does not imply or warrant that any such products or services shall be available at any time in any particular country. Access to Bookmate and territorial restrictions depend on the country where you activated your subscription. If your residence has changed to another country, please appeal to our technical support.

You understand and agree that by using the Website and Services and products contained therein, You may be exposed to Bookmate’s Content that You may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, You use the Website, services and products at Your own risk.

IN NO EVENT SHALL BOOKMATE OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, CONTRACT, REVENUE, DATA, INFORMATION OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION), UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR THE BOOKMATE’S CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, THE STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSION OR DATA, ANY INFORMATION THAT IS SENT OR RECEIVED, OR NOT SENT OR RECEIVED, ANY FAILURE TO STORE DATA, ANY LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO FILES, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO THE BOOKMATE’S CONTENT, ANY SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE THAT ARE DELAYED OR INTERRUPTED, EVEN IF BOOKMATE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ANY ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST BOOKMATE PERTAINING TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED AND NOTIFIED TO BOOKMATE IN WRITING WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DATE THE CAUSE FOR ACTION AROSE.

YOU HEREBY WARRANT THAT: (i) ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU TO BOOKMATE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE IS TRUE AND ACCURATE; (ii) YOU HAVE FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THE TERMS OF SERVICE; (iii) YOU WILL SEEK ALL NECESSARY GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS REQUIRED TO EFFECTUATE THE TERMS OF SERVICE; (iv) YOU SHALL PERFORM ALL OF YOUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE TERMS OF SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS; (v) YOU ARE OVER 18; AND (vi) YOUR MATERIALS, TEXT, GRAPHIC, AUDIOVISUAL, AND OTHER CONTENT (“YOUR CONTENT”) THAT IS UPLOADED BY YOU AND THAT IS NOT PROVIDED BY BOOKMATE, OR WEBSITE DO NOT (1) INFRINGE ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY, (2) CONSTITUTE DEFAMATION, LIBEL OR OBSCENITY, (3) RESULT IN ANY CONSUMER FRAUD, PRODUCT LIABILITY, BREACH OF CONTRACT TO WHICH YOU ARE A PARTY OR CAUSE INJURY TO ANY THIRD PARTY, (4) PROMOTE VIOLENCE OR CONTAIN HATE SPEECH, (5) VIOLATE ANY APPLICABLE LAW, STATUTE, ORDINANCE, OR REGULATIONS, OR (6) CONTAIN ADULT CONTENT OR PROMOTE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.

The term of these Terms of Service (“Term”) shall begin when You start using the Services and shall continue in perpetuity unless otherwise terminated by Bookmate by written notice. Bookmate expressly reserves the right to change, suspend or discontinue all the Service or portion thereof, at any time, and may terminate Your use of the Service at any time. Without prejudice to any other rights, these Terms of Service will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with any of the limitations or other requirements described herein. Upon any termination or expiration of these Terms of Service, You must immediately cease using the Services including without limitation any use of Bookmate’s trademarks, trade names, copyrights and other intellectual property.
UPON TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT YOU WILL NO LONGER BE AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SERVICES IN ANY WAY.

In order to use the Services You may need to obtain and/or use certain third-party products, services and/or materials (“Third Party Materials”). Third Party Materials are (i) not licensed hereunder; (ii) not under Bookmate’s control or license; and (iii) subject to the applicable licenses and respective terms and conditions of such third parties which You need to enter into prior or subsequent to the installation and/or use of the Third Party Materials and prior to the effective use of the Services. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, nothing in these Terms of Service shall be construed as to grant You any rights or licenses with regard to such Third Party Materials or to entitle You to use such Third Party Materials.

Copyright, trademark and all other proprietary rights in the Services and/or Bookmate’s Content (including but not limited to software, services, audio, video and text) rest with Bookmate and/or its licensors. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein or authorized by Bookmate in writing, all rights in the Services and/or Bookmate’s Content not expressly granted herein are reserved. You agree not to copy, republish, frame, make available for download, transmit, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, assign, distribute, license, sublicense, reverse engineer, or create derivative works based on the Services and/or Bookmate’s Content. All copyright and other proprietary notices shall be retained on all reproductions.

Bookmate hereby disclaims any rights to trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, copyright, patents, domain names or other intellectual property interests of third parties. All intellectual property interests of third parties referenced herein, including without limitation Third Party Material are the properties of their respective owners. Bookmate disclaims any proprietary interests in the intellectual property rights other than their own.

Bookmate shall conspicuously display graphics that indicate that the Service is provided by Bookmate under the guidelines that may be communicated to You from time to time by Bookmate. Such attribution must provide a direct link to the Website or such other address as Bookmate may designate from time to time.

You may from time to time provide suggestions, comments or other feedback to Bookmate with respect to any product, material, software or information provided by Bookmate (hereinafter “Feedback”). You agree that all Feedback is and shall be entirely voluntary and shall not, absent separate agreement, create any confidentiality obligation for Bookmate. However, Bookmate shall not disclose the source of any feedback without the providing party’s consent. Bookmate shall be free to disclose and use such Feedback as it sees fit, entirely without obligation of any kind to You. The foregoing shall not, however, affect either party’s obligations hereunder with respect to the information protected pursuant to any Bookmate’s privacy policies posted on the Website.

1. You have the opportunity to leave messages on your behalf (impressions, notes to quotes, publications on the bookshelves, comments). By posting this information, including your personal data, you acknowledge and agree that this information may be available to other Internet users, taking into account the peculiarities of the architecture and functionality of the Service.

   You may leave comments, impressions and make quotes in the Service.

2. You have the opportunity to create public bookshelves on the Service - public pages for the purpose of informing other users about the information posted on these public pages, organizing discussions, exchanging opinions, reviews, etc. (bookshelf content).

   1. In the process of informing and discussing, users are obliged to comply with applicable law, as well as post only such information that complies with this Agreement, as well as recognized ethical standards and principles of morality, including those related to those in the opinion of Bookmate.
   2. The bookshelf, including its description, banner, messages and discussions contained on it, must not contain content in whole or in parts without the prior permission of the respective copyright holder, third-party commercial and political advertising, as well as information provided for in clause 4 of this section below. The user administering the bookshelf is obliged to independently monitor and suppress the placement of information that does not comply with the Agreement, and, if necessary, inform Bookmate support service about the corresponding violations.
   3. Native integrations are allowed on the bookshelf. Native integration for the purposes of this Agreement is the organic implementation of the object of promotion of a third party (goods / services / works, means of individualization of a legal entity and (or) goods / services / works, manufacturer or seller of goods / services / works, results of intellectual activity or an event of a third party (including a sports competition, concert, competition, festival)) without an obvious emphasis on it in the content of the bookshelf, which has a theme and style and has an independent semantic value. Integrations that do not comply with this Agreement shall be recognized as third-party advertising.

      When placing native integrations, the user must comply with the following requirements:

      1. the implementation of the object of promotion is allowed provided that the overall style of the bookshelf remains unchanged, and the integration is not dominant in the content of the bookshelf;
      2. native integrations of promotion objects that violate the Agreement are not allowed;
      3. the implementations of third-party activities shall not be recognized as native integrations if among the mandatory conditions for participation in them there are instructions for the following actions: subscribe to the community; make a purchase; put "Like"; share the recording.

      The content of native integrations must meet the following requirements:

      1. native integrations should not be obviously advertising in nature, i.e. get the main attention within the content of the bookshelf;
      2. information material with native integration should fully correspond to the theme of the bookshelf and, have an independent semantic value, harmoniously fitting into the style;
      3. native integrations may contain hyperlinks to third-party resources for additional information, however, following those should not be a prerequisite for obtaining basic information.

   You may create bookshelves under the terms of this Agreement.

3. In case of discovery of the fact of violation of the legal rights and interests of third parties, the current legislation in accordance with this Agreement, as well as the provisions of the Agreement, Bookmate has the right to take the following measures at its option, both separately and, if necessary, jointly, depending on the nature and the frequency of the corresponding violations:

   1. remove Content and other information from the bookshelf page;
   2. block the access of the User administering the bookshelf to the bookshelf;
   3. exclude the bookshelf from the search engine and / or block the bookshelf;
   4. prohibit the publication of any links and / or clicking on them and / or placement of information materials (audio and video materials, documents) on the bookshelf for any period;
   5. exclude bookshelf from the recommendation list and restrict the visibility of the bookshelf entries;
   6. delete comments, reviews and impressions of users that, in the opinion of Bookmate, violate and / or may violate the legal rights (honor, business reputation, etc.) of Bookmate, copyright holders and third parties.

   If you violate the provisions of the Agreement and the requirements of Bookmate, Bookmate reserves the right to take measures to prevent and exclude violation of rights of Bookmate, copyright holders and third parties.

4. The User has no right to upload, store, publish, distribute and provide access or otherwise use any information on the Service that:

   1. contains threats, calls for violence, including hidden ones, approval and encouragement of violent actions, discredits, offends, denigrates honor and dignity or business reputation, or violates the privacy of other Users or third parties;
   2. violates the rights of minors;
   3. is vulgar or obscene, contains pornographic images and texts or scenes of a sexual nature involving minors;
   4. contains scenes of inhuman treatment of animals;
   5. contains a description of the means and methods of suicide, any incitement to commit it;
   6. promotes and / or contributes to the incitement of racial, religious, ethnic hatred or enmity, based on gender, orientation, as well as other individual characteristics and characteristics of a person (including issues of his health);
   7. contains extremist materials;
   8. promotes criminal activity or contains advice, instructions or guidelines for the commission of criminal acts;
   9. contains information of limited access, including, but not limited to, state and commercial secrets, information about the private life of third parties;
   10. contains advertisements or describes the attractiveness of the use of drugs, including "digital drugs" (sound files that affect the human brain through binaural beats), information about the distribution of drugs, recipes for their manufacture and advice on use;
   11. can potentially lead to the commission of illegal actions by misleading Users or abuse of their trust;
   12. and also violates other rights and interests of citizens and legal entities or the requirements of current legislation in accordance with the Agreement.

   You have no right to upload, store, publish, distribute and provide access or otherwise use any illegal information on the Service.

You hereby grant Bookmate and Bookmate accepts a non-exclusive and fully transferable, sublicensable and assignable royalty free right to store, load, adapt, modify, revise, transform, alter, create derivative works, install, execute, display and share with any third party or other users of Bookmate’s Services and/or Website (to “Use”) Your Content in connection with the Bookmate’s Services, on the Bookmate’s or its affiliates’ websites in connection with Bookmate’s products and Services pursuant to the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service with the right to sublicense to sublicensee(s) any rights granted hereunder substantially on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “License”).

You may not use the Website and/or Services for any purpose that is unlawful, prohibited by these Terms of Service, or in any way interferes or attempts to interfere with the proper working of this Website and/or Services. You may not use this Website and/or Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair this Website and/or Services, or that interferes with any third party’s use and enjoyment of this Website and/or Services. You agree that You will not use any third-party software that intercepts, “mines,” or otherwise collects information from or through the Website and/or Services. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available by Bookmate to all users of this Website and/or Services. You shall not institute, assist, or become involved in an attack upon any Bookmate server or otherwise attempt to disrupt the Bookmate servers. ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO DAMAGE BOOKMATE SERVERS OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF BOOKMATE IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE OR ASSISTANCE FOR SUCH AN ATTACK BE PROVIDED, BOOKMATE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH USER TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless Bookmate, its affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, from any expense, loss, claim, damage, fine, penalty or liability, including reasonable fees for attorneys and other professionals, payable under any judgment, verdict, court order or settlement, to the extent resulting from any claim, demand, action, suit, arbitration, or other proceeding initiated by any third party, including the assessment, claim or demand by a governmental agency or entity, arising out of Your breach of these Terms of Service and/or Your Content, including without limitation infringement by Your Content of any third-party intellectual property and/or proprietary right, including, but not limited to, patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, publicity and/or privacy.

Linking to the Website is permitted provided that You comply with the following rules. You may link to the home page of the Website or to any other page of the Website. However, You are not allowed to use in-line linking (or hot-linking) or framing. You must not imply that Bookmate endorses or sponsors the linker or its site, products or services. You must not use Bookmate’s intellectual property including but not limited to trademarks, trade names, copyrights without advance written permission from Bookmate or as otherwise provided herein. Furthermore, You agree to remove the link at any time upon Bookmate’s request.

All rights and privileges provided herein to You under these Terms of Service are subject to your compliance with all of the terms and conditions and payments of applicable fee, if any, to Bookmate, provided however, that Bookmate expressly reserves the right to provide the Services free of charge during the Term, and further provided, that Bookmate, solely at its own discretion may elect to provide the same or similar Services for a fee. Bookmate will not provide refunds of the fees you have paid for the Service.

Bookmate has a strong commitment to providing superior service to all of our customers and visitors and users of this Website and particularly respecting your concerns about privacy. We understand that you may have questions about how this Website collects and uses information and we have prepared this statement to inform you of the privacy principles that govern the Website. We will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information or a list of our customers to third parties. However, as described in more detail below, there are limited circumstances in which some of your information will be shared with third parties, under strict restrictions, so it is important for you to review this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy contains numerous general and technical details about the steps we take to respect your privacy concerns. We have organized this Privacy Policy by major processes and areas so that you can quickly link to the information of most interest to you. The bottom line is that meeting your needs and expectations form the foundation of everything we do — including protecting your privacy.

Personal information on this Website is collected by Bookmate and if after reviewing this Privacy Policy you have any questions or privacy concerns please send an e-mail to [email protected].

Bookmate wants you to be always aware of what personal information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. All personal information, as further described below, that we collect and maintain will be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such collection. Bookmate reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion, and will prominently post any material changes on the home page of the website and send you a notice. You will be given the opportunity to opt-out. If as the result of such changes, you want to alter the ways in which Bookmate is allowed to use your personal information, you can do so by following the procedure described in the Updating Your Personal Preferences section of this Privacy Policy (below). You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Website with the following exception: if at the time you provide personal information to Bookmate you limit how such information will be used to communicate with you, either by Bookmate or by third parties, Bookmate will not change your preference in this regard without your express consent.

Bookmate does not control the information collection and distribution policies on Internet domains other than those Internet domains that are under the control of Bookmate itself. When you are on the Website, you may be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. Bookmate is not responsible for any use of the information including click-stream data created when using such third party sites.

The Website may also contain advertising and other links to other web sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those other sites. Also we do not send random marketing emails to personal email addresses. The Website may contain hyperlinks to external web sites owned and operated by third parties. Bookmate has no control over or association with such third party sites and Bookmate is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness and quality of the information contained within them. Any and all contents on these external web sites do not reflect products, services or information provided by Bookmate. You should direct any concerns regarding any external link to the site administrator or webmaster of such site.

We also use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Website. These companies may use general information about your visits to this and/or other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, direct such concerns regarding to the respective company’s administrator or webmaster.

Bookmate allows users to upload their content onto the Website hosted on a “cloud” server only for private use (“User Content”). The hosting of User Content does not imply an endorsement, guarantee, warranty, or representation by Bookmate as to the legality, originality, or authenticity of the User Content. An owner and/or a user who uploaded the User Content bears all risks associated with such User Content, including, without limitation, its potential legal or other liability to Bookmate.

When you are on the Website, certain content may be served by a third party. These third parties may also drop their own cookies and/or use web beacons, which may be used to identify some of your preferences or to recognize you if you have previously had contact with them. We do not control the use of such technology by third parties, the information they collect, or how they use such information.

Bookmate may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personally identifiable information to appropriate governmental authorities. If requested by law enforcement or judicial authorities, we will provide this information upon receipt of the appropriate documentation. Bookmate may also provide information to law enforcement to protect its property and the health and safety of individuals as permitted by statute.

The Website does not collect personally identifiable information from your computer when you browse the Website and request pages from our servers. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with personally identifiable information, we will not know your name, your e-mail address, or any other personally identifiable information. We collect such information in order to make our Service function correctly and provide you the functionality that you see on this Website, as our servers use this information to deliver to you the pages on this Service. We also use this information to better understand how visitors use our Service and how we can better tune our Service, its contents and functionality to meet your needs.

As a visitor to this Website, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information as described above in the Browsing section of this Privacy Policy (above). In connection with subscribing to the services available on the Website or other activities, such as utilizing online software applications or purchasing or downloading any of the products and services available on the Website, Bookmate may ask you to voluntarily supply us with certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities and/or make any purchases. If you elect to engage in these activities or make purchases, however, Bookmate may ask that you provide us personal information, defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including but not limited to your first and last name, mailing address (including ZIP code), e-mail address, and other personal information. This information is requested in conjunction with the purchase and registration of our Products or Services.

In addition, as noted below, minimum information is requested if you choose to subscribe to product updates.

You never have to answer any questions, and you can decline this exchange of information at any time. However, if you should choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with some of the services dependent upon the collection of this information. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity or purchase, you will not be able to engage in that activity or make such a purchase. Bookmate will inform you of the mandatory and/or optional character of the requested and/or required information.

Bookmate is the sole owner of the information it gathers on the Website. Bookmate will only share your information with outside parties in ways that are described in this Privacy Policy or if we are required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, cooperate with law enforcement agencies, or comply with a legal process served on the Website and the subsequent legislation adopted in the EU Member States.

When you use the Website, Bookmate or third parties authorized by Bookmate may also collect certain technical and routing information about your computer to facilitate your use of the Website and its services. When you surf the Internet, your Internet browser (such as Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari or other) automatically transmits some information to Bookmate every time you access content on one of our internet domains within the Website. Examples of such information include the URL of the Web page you were just on (known as the “Referrer”), the IP (or Internet Protocol) address of the computer you are using, or the browser version you are using to access our site. All of this information may be collected by Bookmate and used to help improve our offerings to you.

We use such data to facilitate and track your use of the Website and its services. Bookmate also uses such environmental variables to measure traffic patterns on the Website. Without expressly informing you in each particular circumstance, we do not match such information with any of your personal information.

Bookmate has the right to send you a periodic newsletter if you agreed with such communication manner, and information about the updated product. This newsletter is a marketing tool that allows Bookmate to inform you of new Products and Services, as well as other news relevant to the company. You have the right to unsubscribe from this mailing list by following the link given in the letter.

When you submit personal information to Bookmate through this Website or related applications (e.g. mobile Bookmate Application), you understand and agree that this information may be transferred across national boundaries and may be stored and processed in any of theу countries in which Bookmate, its affiliates, subsidiaries and third party partners maintain offices. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of Bookmate. Such vendors are bound by contract not to use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties.

Bookmate may establish relationships with various service providers whose services may become available to you from this Website or from other websites that are linked to this Website. Typically, these providers would offer services that Bookmate customers might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with Bookmate services and products. In order to use those services, you may be required to provide personal information to the providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a provider's Website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on such site, and personal information that you provide while on this Website in conjunction with a provider's service will be subject to this Privacy Policy. For instance, the credit card information entered as part of the filling out the purchase form or registration process is collected by the third parties’ registration and/or merchant services and subject to their respective privacy policies. You should be aware that our agreements with these service providers often provide that they will share with Bookmate personal information collected from you. In such instances, Bookmate may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

A personal account is required for reading and listening to the Books with preservation of settings of reading and listening; bookmarks; additions of the Books on the personal shelf; obtaining recommendations, news; accounting of statistical data of reading and listening; citation of the Books; to share on social networks and etc. on the Website. When you create a personal account, some information about your account activity will be provided to other users of Bookmate. For instance, other users may be able to view which content you have accessed via the Website. You can access, review, update and delete your personal account information online via the Website. If you wish to delete your personal account, you can go to: bookmate.com. You have the right to delete your personal information in part or in full, or change it at any time by logging into your personal account, where you can view and make changes to your personal information. We cannot guarantee that information in your personal account won’t be accessible to other users either by means of Service or by means of other services including the search engines.

You have the right to access, correct, delete, or modify the personal information you provided to us and associated with your account by logging into your personal account. You can also access, correct additional account information by emailing us at [email protected].

As a registered user you have the right to access and change your personal preferences at any time by logging into your personal account.

If you wish to delete your personal information in part or in full, please submit a request by emailing at [email protected]. However, if you should choose to delete mandatory information, we may not be able to provide you with some of the services dependent upon the collection of this information.
Keep in mind that search engines and other third parties may still retain copies of your public information, like your profile information and public citations, even after you have deleted the information from our services or deleted your account.

Bookmate provides you with a possibility to download your information in a portable, commonly used and machine-readable format (i.e. in an electronic format). You can submit a request by emailing us at [email protected] and we will prepare the file within 30 days.

Bookmate operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our users. Bookmate takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you use these services at your own risk.

We treat the information you provide to us as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company’s security procedures and corporate policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. After personally identifiable information reaches Bookmate it is stored on a server with physical and electronic security features as customary in the industry, including utilization of login/password procedures and electronic firewalls designed to block unauthorized access from outside of Bookmate. Because laws applicable to personal information vary by country, our offices or other business operations may put in place additional measures that vary depending on the applicable legal requirements. Information collected on the sites covered by this Privacy Policy is processed and stored in the EU and possibly other jurisdictions and also in other countries where Bookmate and its service providers conduct business. All Bookmate employees are aware of our privacy and security policies. Your information is only accessible to those employees who need it in order to perform their jobs.

Bookmate collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. We will use your e-mail address to send a confirmation and, if necessary, might use the other information to contact you for help to process the purchase or service you have selected. If you subscribe to a service or upload a content, for example, the information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users. Your personal information is also used to keep you informed about new products, product upgrades, patches, special offers, and other products and services of Bookmate and selected third parties if you have so opted to receive such communications.

Bookmate may collect information about the use of the services offered via Website, such as the types of services used and how many users we receive daily. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. Bookmate may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional purposes.

Bookmate recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on this Website. Without your consent, Bookmate will not communicate any information to you regarding products, services, and special offers available from Bookmate or its affiliates, although we may find it necessary to communicate with you regarding your use of the services on this Website. Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, Bookmate will also not provide your name to other companies or organizations without your consent.

Bookmate does use the services of third parties (e.g. processing of purchase orders) that act as independent contractors on behalf of Bookmate. You may also use your third party login accounts and passwords (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google or other) in order to register and login to the Website and use Bookmate’s services. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose Bookmate specifies. We do provide non-personally identifiable information to certain service providers for their use on an aggregated basis for the purpose of performing their contractual obligations to us. We prohibit the sale or transfer of personal information to entities outside of the Bookmate’s affiliates for their use without our approval.

Bookmate may disclose your personally identifiable information if we believe in good faith that we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, a subpoena, or other legal process. Bookmate may also disclose personally identifiable information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating this Privacy Policy, the terms of your agreements with Bookmate or to protect the safety of our users and the public or under confidentiality and licensing agreements with certain third parties which assist us in developing, operating and maintaining the Website and its content.

In the event that all or substantially all of Bookmate’s stock and/or all or substantially all assets are transferred or sold to another entity, Bookmate may transfer personally identifiable information to the acquiring entity. If, as a result of such a business transition, your personally identifiable information will be used in a materially different manner, you will be given choice consistent with our policy regarding notification of changes.

You can always choose whether or not to disclose personally identifiable information and that choice will not prevent you from using the Website. Please note, however, if you should choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with some of the services dependent upon the collection of this information and you will be given an opportunity to “opt-in” and make your preference choices for any items that are optional and which are not prerequisite for our rendering such services.

You can choose at any time to opt out of receiving emails from Bookmate or from having your personally identifiable information shared with selected companies. If you want to opt out, you can do so by editing your preferences with respect to email or the sharing of information. If you elect to “opt out” we will not, as applicable, share your personal information with third parties or send you emails. However, we may continue to use your personal information for internal purposes, to enhance your user experience or as necessary to administer the site or comply with applicable law.

We reserve the right to send a one-time registration confirmation email, and infrequent Service Alert messages to users to inform them of specific changes that may impact their ability to use a service they have previously signed up for, regardless of email contact opt-in status. We also reserve the right to contact you if compelled to do so as part of a legal proceeding or if there has been a violation of any applicable licensing, warranty and purchase agreements.

Bookmate is retaining these rights because in limited cases we feel that we may need the right to contact you as a matter of law or regarding matters that will be important to you. These rights do not allow us to contact you to market a new or existing service if you have asked us not to do so, and issuance of these types of communications is rare.

If you do not wish to receive e-mails with updates and information, please click on the link of any letters sent by Bookmate. You may also opt-out online by updating your personal account as described in the Updating Your Personal References section of this Privacy Policy (above).
If you wish to opt out of receiving emails, the sharing or retention of any personal identification information, or otherwise change your personal preferences, you may contact Bookmate by email at [email protected].
To ensure that your request is honored, you must provide Bookmate with information sufficient for us to accurately identify and access your records. The information we require is your full name and the email address you provided to Bookmate. Bookmate reserves the right to contact you to verify that we have accurately identified your record.

Bookmate is a book club where users may bring their own content and get an opportunity to read their books using the Service. Bookmate is the platform in providing legal access to a rich collection of books and audiobooks on major mobile platforms. We work with authors and publishers to provide them with an opportunity to get proceeds from their content. We are committed to fighting any infringements of rights or any other illegal activity under our Service.

Bookmate supports holders of copyright not only by promoting the content and paying proceeds from it, but also by preventing infringement of copyrights.

Every book uploaded by authors and publishers at Bookmate will be automatically compared with already uploaded files. If the rights for the book have been already registered, the book will not be published again.

Thus, it is crucial for us to receive full details of rights holders to prevent infringement of copyright.

Our mission is to provide legal services:

• to holders of copyright, that is to promote digital books and audiobooks and collect and share proceeds from their distribution;
• to readers, that is to provide them with the best in class applications for reading, listening and accessing a rich collection of the Books.

We continuously work to improve our technologies, so we shall keep providing rights holders with new opportunities to develop publishing and distribution of digital books and audiobooks.

It is Bookmate’s policy to fully comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and all other current copyright protecting laws. We shall immediately remove illegal content upon receiving a relevant takedown notification. We respect the rights of the rights holders and publishers and focus on developing lawful services to receive proceeds from the content.

If you believe that your copyright has been infringed, please let us know by sending a notification to [email protected], including the following:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are concerned, a full list of such illegally used copyrighted works (where possible, please specify the ISBN, the year of publishing, rights for translation of the content, where different from the source language).
2. Identification of the file that is claimed to be infringing the copyright or to be the subject of infringing activity that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled: the Bookmate URL.
3. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted
4. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
6. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

For your convenience there is a template of notification that you can fill out and send us:

To make sure that such action is necessary, please consult your legal counsel.

Attention: Bookmate Service:

The present message shall testify to the fact that:

I [name of the user and/or organization’s representative] am [the owner of the exclusive right | duly authorized representative of the owner of the exclusive right] specified in the notice on copyright infringement as of [date] in relation to [description and author of the work which has been removed or blocked subject to the notice on copyright infringement, as well as additional identifying information and URL address, if available];

I have a bona fide belief that the work has been removed or blocked by mistake or due to its improper identification as the work to be removed or blocked and that the work does not violate any of the third parties’ rights [statement specifying for what reason the work has been removed by mistake and for what reason the notice on copyright infringement has been sent by mistake].

I hereby declare that the information contained in the present counter-notice to the best of my knowledge and belief is true

I hereby acknowledge that this counter-claim as well as all the details contained herein may be delivered to the person who made the notice on copyright infringement and/or its representative.

My contact details are as follows: [correspondence address, phone number and e-mail];

I hereby require you to recover the work that has been removed from the service by mistake.

Thank you.
Yours respectfully, [Full name, physical and electronic signature]

1. All objects posted at the Bookmate service or on any web site that is an integral part of Bookmate (“the Website”), including design and interface elements (text, graphics, scripts, applications, sounds), literary works and other objects (“the Content”) is the exclusive property of Bookmate Limited and its affiliates (collectively the “Administrator”), users of the Service, authors of literary works and other rights holders. All rights for these objects are reserved.
2. No Content may be copied (reproduced), processed, distributed, represented, published, downloaded, transferred, sold or in any other way used, either in full or in part, without a prior written consent of the rights holder, except when the rights holder has expressly indicated that they agree that the Content can be freely used by any person.
3. Content posted at the Bookmate Service intended for private and non-commercial use may be used subject to preserving all copyright images or other notification of authorship, preserving also the name of the author and the Content unchanged.
4. You are not allowed to upload (i.e. post on the Website of the Service) any Content from other websites, databases, other intellectual property if you do not own the rights for such use of the Content or do not have an explicit consent of the rights holder to such actions.
5. Any use of Content beyond private non-commercial use, without prior written consent of the rights holder, is strictly prohibited.
6. These conditions do not cover you from the moment you leave the Bookmate Website for other websites outside our Service.

1. If any Content posted on the website infringes copyright or rights of any other rights holders, the Administrator hereby confirms its readiness to remove such Content or temporarily disable access thereto at a grounded request of a person whose copyright or any other rights are infringed by such posting.
2. Please, send content takedown notifications if posting of the Content is infringing copyrights or other rights of a third party, to the Administrator at [email protected]. If a notification is sent via e-mail it should include a signature of the claimant, either scanned from paper or digital, so as to identify the sender of the notification.
3. Notification to take down or disable access to certain content shall be deemed grounded if it contains the following:
   • A statement that content posted on the Website infringes copyright or any other intellectual property rights.
   • Jurisdiction of the copyright or other intellectual property rights.
   • Name of the content, URL of the content on the Website.
   • Indication of precise rights infringed and the manner of infringement.
   • Contact details, so that the Administrator could contact the complaining party
   • A statement that posting of content protected by copyright law on the website is not authorized by the copyright owner (or a third party competent to make such decisions on behalf of the rights holder) or is against applicable law.
   • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and that the complaining party has the copyright or other intellectual property rights to the content in question.
4. Upon receipt of such notification, the Administrator shall within 5 (five) work days either remove or disable access to the content in question, or, where the information provided in the notification is not sufficient or where there are doubts as to the powers of the complaining party, contact the sender of the notification for more information.
5. Agreements between the author (rights holder) and the Administrator or Administrator’s agents can be executed by exchanging signed documents, whether by original copies or through electronic document management systems. Independently of the option of choice for the author (rights holder), the Administrator advises all authors (rights holders) who intend to execute a relevant license agreement to contact the Administrator at [email protected] prior to such execution.

1. The users bear full liability for any content or any other information they upload on the website. The User must not upload, transfer or publish on the Website any Content if they do not have the rights for such actions either purchased or transferred to them in accordance with the applicable law
2. When a user posts content on the website through the user interface, the Administrator shall not conduct checks if such content and the grounds for posting thereof comply with the present Conditions and the User Agreement. However, the Bookmate Administrator reserves the right to assess the content posted on the website and remove, move or restrict access to any content posted by users, without notice, at its discretion, for any ground or without a ground, where the Administrator believes that the essence or the very posting of the content on the Website constitutes a violation of the User Agreement, applicable law, or rights and legal interests of a third party.
3. Links to any websites, products, services, commercial or non-commercial information on the Website shall not be relied on as an approval or advice regarding such products (services) on the part of the Administrator.