Children’s Personal Information

Acadecraft does not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not submit any Personal Information through our websites or service(s). We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce this policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Information through our service(s) or websites without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 18 has provided Personal Information to us through our websites or service(s), please report to us and we will endeavor to delete that information and terminate the child’s account from our databases.

Retention of Personal Information

We retain Personal Information that you provide us as long as an account is active or as needed to provide the service(s) or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, maintain accurate financial and other records, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. If you wish to terminate your account or request that we no longer use your Personal Information, please contact us.

We will retain your information for no longer than necessary, taking into account the following:

• the purpose(s) and use of your information both now and in the future (such as whether it is necessary to continue to store that information in order to continue to perform our obligations under a contract with you or to contact you in the future);
• whether we have any legal obligation to continue to process your information (such as any record-keeping obligations imposed by relevant law or regulation);
• whether we have any legal basis to continue to process your information (such as your consent);
• how valuable your information is (both now and in the future);
• any relevant agreed industry practices on how long information should be retained;
• the levels of risk, cost, and liability involved with us continuing to hold the information;
• how hard it is to ensure that the information can be kept up to date and accurate;
• any relevant surrounding circumstances (such as the nature and status of our relationship with you); and
• the time period your account remains active.

Use of Cookies & Similar Technologies

Cookies are data files that are sent from a website to a browser to record information about users for various purposes. We use cookies, including essential, functional, and analytical cookies. For further information on how we use cookies, please see our cookies policy.

Social Media Features

Our Website may include integrations with social media sites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and ORCID, the “Share This” button, or interactive mini- programs. Where we have your consent, these features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on our Websites and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Websites. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.

Security of Your Personal Information

PublishPub has put in place the following security practices and procedures to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure:

• We secure the Personal Information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure
• All our Information security processes are ISO/IEC 27001:2013 compliant.
• All our employees and service providers have signed confidentiality agreements where they have undertaken that they will not make any Personal Information available to anyone, unless authorized in writing by the user.
• Personal Information will not be made available to any third party, except as provided herein or by obtaining your prior written consent.
• Wherever applicable all documents submitted are managed through a secure online job management system; the documents that are sent to us can only be viewed by service professionals working on your assignment.
• Payment-related Personal Information:

Hyperlinks

Our Company websites contain links to other websites, including without limitation those websites of our affiliates. Their inclusion cannot be taken to imply any endorsement or validation by us of the content of the said websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, nor do we accept any liability about the content of such websites including those of our group companies that have their own privacy policies tailored for the business practices and sectors in which they operate.

Testimonials & Public Forums

• We post on our Website customer testimonials/comments/reviews that may contain Personal Information. Prior to posting the testimonial, we obtain the customer’s consent to post their name along with their testimonial. If you want your testimonial removed, please contact us.
• Our Websites offer publicly accessible blogs, community forums, or discussion board posts. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. You agree and acknowledge that the use of such information is not confidential, does not constitute Personal Information, and is not subject to protection under PublishPub’s Privacy Policy.

Corporate Events

In the event Acadecraft goes through a business transition, such as a merger or acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your user account and personal data will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via a prominent notice of any such change in ownership or control. During such event, we may also disclose your Personal Information to any other third party with your prior consent.

Responsibility with You

When you submit any Personal Information to us, you represent that you have the lawful right to submit the Personal Information and agree that you will not submit any information unless you are legally entitled to do so and that such Personal Information is true, complete, and accurate. You may not use a false email address or other identifying information to impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any content.

Any improper collection or misuse of Personal Information is in violation of this Privacy Policy and of the applicable terms and conditions of use. You agree not to misuse any Personal Information available on our Website or to gather it or use robots or other automated scripts, codes, or functionalities to do so. We may immediately suspend or terminate your access to our Website without notice if we become aware that you are in breach of applicable terms and conditions of use or of this Privacy Policy.

Opting Out and Unsubscribing

To Unsubscribe from Our Communications

Your registered email address will be automatically subscribed to our newsletters, which will contain information on industry updates, author resources, upcoming webinars, latest offers, and new services by PublishPub. You may unsubscribe from our marketing communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of our e-mails, or by contacting us. Customers cannot opt out of receiving transactional emails related to their account with us.

Sensitive Personal Information

What Is Sensitive Personal Information?

“Sensitive Personal Information” is information about an individual that reveals their racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic information, biometric information for the purpose of uniquely identifying an individual, information concerning health, or information concerning a person’s sex life or sexual orientation. We do not knowingly or intentionally collect sensitive Personal Information from individuals, and you must not submit sensitive Personal Information to us. If, however, you intentionally or unintentionally transmit sensitive Personal Information to us, you will be considered to have explicitly consented to us processing that sensitive Personal Information.

Amendments to Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to keep up with changing legislation and best practices. We encourage you to check our Website frequently to see the current privacy policy so that you are informed of how Acadecraft is using and protecting your Personal Information. If we make any significant change, we will place a prominent notice on the Website and provide an updated effective date. Your continued use of this Website or the service(s) following the posting of any amendment, modification, or change to this Policy shall constitute your acceptance of the amendments to this Policy. You can choose to discontinue use of the Websites or service(s) if you do not accept the terms of this policy or any modified version of this policy.