General

Books For School respects the privacy of every individual who visits our website.

• BooksForSchool.ca will not collect any personally-identifiable information about you (ie. your name, address, or email address) unless you provide it voluntarily.
• BooksForSchool.ca will not give, trade, sell, or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us with unless you specifically give us permission to do so.
• BooksForSchool.ca will often provide links to websites that are out of our control, but that we feel are appropriate for viewers. BooksForSchool.ca is not responsible for the content or privacy policy of the Web sites we may link to.

Networking Aspect

BooksForSchool.ca's technology uniquely matches up students with other students based on various criteria that we ask for you to supply us with. This information is used to ensure that the environment within our web site is safe and secure for all members. In addition, this information is not personally identifiable and is deemed safe and secure.

 

Why We Ask For Personal Information

When you do provide us with personal information voluntarily, we can use that information to deliver better content to you. The more we know about what our visitors like, the better we are able to create the kind of site you want.

In order to ensure the safety and legitimacy of our users and their listings, we require that users join our service to participate on BooksForSchool.ca. Membership accounts allow us to track users and ensure that the products listed on our web site are legitimate. Your membership also provides you with added benefits such as instant messaging and a book closet.

What Information Is Revealed?

The following information is available to all members of the service:

• First and Last name*
• School
• Province
• Field of Study (Major)
• Picture*

 

Items marked with a * are voluntary.

Getting the Info

BooksForSchool.ca has a handful of ways of gathering personal information about the visitors to our site which include surveys, message boards, mailling lists, contact forms and contests. We ask for your personal info when signing up to the service in order to ensure the legitimacy of this service. All information is kept in confidentiality and never released. You need to keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily give personal information online, by using message boards or in chat areas, it can be collected and used by other people (We recommend you always use an alias or first name only in these places). If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from others in return. All we're saying is, there are weirdos out there who make a hobby of collecting information about unsuspecting surfers - so remember that whatever personal information you disclose to anyone online you do at your own risk!

Why We Ask For Your Email Address

We will use your email address to notify you if you have sold a book, received a private message or to contact you about a new service from BooksForSchool.ca. BooksForSchool.ca will also send out bi monthly newsletters to keep you updated on the service.

Further questions? Contact us by filling out the form.