The privacy of our readers and bookbuyers is important to us. Cormorant Books Inc. and its imprint, DCB Young Readers, gather information about the vis-tors to our website. This privacy policy is intended to enable you to understand the terms and conditions associated with our collection of this data, as well as how we use it. This policy also explains our privacy and security practices with respect to all personal information in the possession and control of the Company.
What We Collect and How We Collect It
The type of information that we may collect includes your name, address, phone number, email address, and other information you choose to provide.
We only collect personal information from you with your knowledge and consent. Generally, this means that we collect such information directly from you, through email, online forms, telephone, mail, or otherwise.
Collection of Anonymous Information and Cookies
When you visit our website, we collect anonymous technical information from your visit to the company’s website. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times, and referring website addresses. We use this anonymous information for purposes such as diagnosing problems with our company’s servers, improving the operation and content of our website, and compiling aggregate and statistical information.
We will not attempt to link or match such anonymous information with any personally identifiable information unless we have obtained your consent to do so, unless we (or our service providers) have detected or reasonably suspect any unlawful use of our company’s services or a security breach, or we have a legal duty to do so.
We may use small text files known as “cookies” on the company’s website. Web browsers typically allow users to disable permanent and/or temporary cookies.
Our website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices followed by other websites. Cormorant Books/DCB uses Google Analytics. There is more information about how Google collects, uses, and processes data at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.
Personal Information Collection
The only personal information collected through our website is information that is provided by you. This personal information may be requested on certain pages, including our order form and mailing requests (for example, through the Newsletter Sign Up). The information you give us or that we collect about you will only be used for the specific purposes you have requested (e.g. to add you to the mailing list for your newsletter, or to provide you with requested products, which may require sharing your personal information with the service providers who process orders and payments, and ship products to you), or for internal business purposes (e.g. analysis of how to improve our products). We will not collect or use your personal information for any purposes other than those for which you have provided us with consent.
Disclosing Personal Information to Third Parties
We only use or disclose personal information as required to facilitate your requests. Third parties that may be provided such information include our distributor, UTP Distribution, MailChimp, and Moneris. Each of these third parties has their own privacy policy in place.
Your personal information will not be sold, shared, or exchanged with any other organizations except as specifically provided in this privacy policy.
Managing the Collection and Use of Your Personal Information
You provide your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by Cormorant Books/DCB when you provide your personal information to the Company or use the Company’s products or services.
You are free to deny or withdraw your consent to the Company’s collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information at any time upon reasonable notice, subject to any legal or contractual requirements; however, if you deny or withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you.
Cormorant Books/DCB and its affiliates may use personal information to inform you of current and/or new books or developments that we believe will be of interest to you, all in accordance with applicable laws including Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation. Such communications may be made by way of telephone, text message, direct messaging, email, facsimile or regular mail. You provide your consent for Cormorant Books/DCB to contact you in this manner when you use our products or services. You may opt out of receiving such communications by contacting us at the address below.
Storage and Processing
Your personal information will be stored on our internal servers and/or with our service providers. Our service providers may store and/or process personal information outside of Canada (including the United States of America). When information is stored or processed outside of Canada, it may be subject to the laws of those jurisdictions and may be accessible by legal authorities. We have taken appropriate technical, organizational, and legal steps to secure this information.
Accuracy and Access to Your Personal Information
Cormorant Books/DCB will provide you with access to the personal information we hold about you in accordance with applicable laws. We reserve the right to require that any request for access to personal information be made in writing.
Safeguarding the Information We Collect
We use commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect your Personal Information against accidental loss, as well as unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure; however, we cannot promise 100% security. You have a responsibility, as well, to safeguard your information through the proper use and security of any online credentials. If you believe your personal information in our possession has been compromised, please notify us immediately.
The protection of personal information is of paramount concern to us, and we are prepared to take appropriate and timely steps in the event of any incidents involving personal information in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
We retain your personal information only as long as is reasonable to fulfill the purposes for which the information was collected, or for legal or business purposes.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this privacy policy, or the manner in which the Company collects, uses and discloses your personal information, would like to make a request to access your personal information or would otherwise like to exercise any other rights outlined in this privacy policy, we encourage you to contact us at:
email:
info@cormorantbooks.com
Mail:
Cormorant Books Inc.
260 Spadina Avenue, Suite 502
Toronto, ON
M5T 2E4
This privacy policy was last updated on and is effective as of March 27, 2025. We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time in accordance with applicable laws — please check our website for updates.