1. Introduction
Welcome to ScoreRead (“we”, “our”, or “us”). We operate the website scoreread.com (the “Service”). This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website or interact with our content.
By using ScoreRead, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our Service. This Privacy Policy should be read alongside our Terms of Service, which govern your use of ScoreRead generally.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information in two ways: information you provide directly, and information collected automatically when you use our Service.
Information you provide
- Name and email address when you subscribe to our newsletter
- Name, email, and message content when you submit our contact form
- Any information you include when submitting an article pitch or contributor application
Information collected automatically
- IP address, browser type, operating system, and referring URLs
- Pages visited, time spent on each page, and links clicked
- Device identifiers and approximate geographic location (country/city level)
- Cookie and tracking technology data (see Section 4)
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Deliver, operate, and improve the ScoreRead website and content
- Send you our newsletter and editorial updates (only if you subscribed)
- Respond to your messages, inquiries, or contributor applications
- Analyse site usage so we can create better book insight content
- Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell your personal data to third parties. As described in Section 5 (“Advertising & Google AdSense”) below, we do work with Google and other advertising partners who may use cookies and similar technologies, including for personalised advertising, subject to the consent choices described in that section.
4. Cookies & Tracking
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to understand how visitors interact with our site. Cookies are small text files placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
Types of cookies we use
- Essential cookies: required for the site to function correctly
- Analytics cookies: help us understand page views, sessions, and content performance (e.g. Google Analytics)
- Preference cookies: remember your settings such as theme or newsletter dismissal
- Advertising cookies: used by Google and its advertising partners to serve and measure ads, and, where you have given consent, to personalise the ads you see (see Section 5 below)
You can opt out of analytics cookies at any time via your browser settings or by using a browser extension such as the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on. Advertising cookies can be controlled through the consent choices described in Section 5 and Section 6 below, or through your browser settings.
5. Advertising & Google AdSense
ScoreRead displays advertisements served by Google AdSense to help fund the free content on this site. Google, as a third-party vendor, and its advertising partners use cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites across the internet.
You can learn more about how Google collects and uses data in connection with our use of Google's advertising services by reading “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services”.
Your ad choices
- Opt out of personalised advertising at any time via Google's Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com)
- Opt out of participating third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices
- Adjust or block cookies entirely through your browser settings, which may limit personalised ads but will not stop ads from being shown
6. Your Consent Choices (EEA / UK)
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we use a Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP), participating in the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework, to ask for your consent before non-essential cookies (including advertising and analytics cookies) are set on your device, in line with the GDPR, the UK GDPR, and Google's EU User Consent Policy.
When you first visit ScoreRead from one of these regions, you will see a consent banner where you can accept, reject, or customise which categories of cookies and data uses (including ad personalisation) you allow. You can change your choice at any time by reopening the consent preferences from the link in our site footer, or by clearing your cookies and revisiting the site.
7. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may share it only in the following limited circumstances:
- Advertising partners: Google AdSense and its advertising partners, as described in Section 5, subject to the consent choices in Section 6
- Service providers: trusted third-party tools that help us operate the site (e.g. email delivery, analytics, hosting), bound by data processing agreements
- Legal requirements: if we are required to disclose information to comply with a law, court order, or government request
- Business transfers: if ScoreRead is acquired or merged, your data may transfer as part of that transaction, with prior notice to you
- With your consent: for any other purpose, only with your explicit agreement
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law.
- Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe
- Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months
- Analytics data is retained in aggregated, anonymised form indefinitely
You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us at [email protected].
9. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Rectification: ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erasure: request deletion of your personal data
- Restriction: ask us to limit how we process your data
- Portability: receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
- Objection: object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Withdraw consent: withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent
To exercise any of these rights, please email us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.
10. Children's Privacy
ScoreRead is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately and we will delete it.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. For significant changes, we will notify newsletter subscribers by email. Your continued use of the Service after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: