Privacy and Terms Basics - this section is not a legal disclaimer

Snowball Reads LLC collects your email for login and email marketing purposes. You are not required to opt-in to email marketing and no email marketing will take place unless you opt in. You can also opt-out at any time. Snowball Reads will also track your reading and purchase history in order to enable the delivery of appropriate content when you use the app. Snowball Reads LLC uses standard Android and IOS systems to enable notifications. If you request removal, all identifying information within the app (e.g. your email) will be removed.

Effective Date: 29 July 2024

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy summarizes (1) the types of personal information collected by Snowball Reads, (2) the reasons why Snowball Reads collects personal information, (3) how Snowball Reads uses and protects personal information, and (4) the circumstances in which personal information is shared with Snowball Reads's partners and other third parties, where applicable laws require or permit it. This privacy policy also describes decisions that can be made regarding the collection, use and storage of personal information and access to it.

Collecting and Using Personal Information

As part of the operation of the Snowball Reads application ("Application"), Snowball Reads will collect and/or process information about you, as described below. Personal information is collected and used only for purposes outlined in this privacy policy and for no other purpose.

Snowball Reads is not responsible for using or protecting the personal information you will provide to third parties, which the third parties manage according to their policies. Please contact them directly to learn more about its privacy and privacy policy.

To offer our services, we also collect, when necessary, your reading history, purchase history, referral history and any referrals by which you were introduced to the app.

Information Obtained Through Cookies

When you use the Application, some information (such as interactions with the Application or any other information described below) may be collected through the following cookies:

You can block cookies unless they are necessary to make the Application work. However, all cookies, even those that cannot be blocked without compromising the ability to use the Application, are temporary and will disappear when the navigation software is shut down or the device is turned off. Anyone with problems with the Application's features can contact us at [email protected].

In addition to Cookies, the Snowball Reads app can track user access through unique access tokens and device identifications generated by the application. These device ids can not be used to identify your device in any other contexts. This tracking only applies within the app and is only used to facilitate the proper presentation of content and the user experience. These tokens and IDs are not used for other marketing purposes.

More Information

Snowball Reads may collect information about how you interact with the Application through statistical tools such as Google Analytics. To collect this information, codes will be placed on the Application that will allow us to know, among other things what content was accessed, and the browser and device used. This information will be processed and updated whenever you interact with the Application.

Use and Sharing of Information Collected

Snowball Reads does not sell, lease or commercially exploit the collected personal information. The collected personal information is not shared with third parties or used by third parties other than for the purposes for which it was collected as described in this policy unless the law requires or authorizes it or appropriate consent has been obtained, as the case may be.

We use the collected personal information for the following purposes:

Personal Information

Personal information may be used and disclosed if Snowball Reads, acting reasonably, believes that use and disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable laws, a court proceeding or a government request, or otherwise for any purpose set out in the applicable law allowing or requiring disclosure of personal information.

Anonymous Information Used on an Aggregate Basis

Snowball Reads can use anonymized information aggregated to improve the Application. Anonymous information can also be used aggregated for research and statistical purposes, including projects with Snowball Reads’s partners.

For clarity, anonymized information used on an aggregate basis is not personal information and may not, and will not be, used to re-identify you or another person.

Access, Correction and Update of Personal Information

In accordance with applicable laws, you can make requests for access to, correct or delete personal information by contacting Snowball Reads:

Email Address: [email protected]

Depending on the case, you can also correct the information online or in the Application. Snowball Reads cannot correct data collected from third parties. You should contact these third parties to correct this information.

Security Measures

Snowball Reads implements security measures based on what may reasonably be necessary to protect the security and confidentiality of personal information. In this regard, Snowball Reads has implemented the following measures:

EVEN IF SNOWBALL READS USES TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE MARKETABLE QUALITY TO OPERATE THE APPLICATION AND ITS SERVERS - AS WELL AS ANY TYPE OF FILE - THEY ARE NOT FOOLPROOF AND FULLY PROTECTED AGAINST UNPREDICTABLE EVENTS OR FORCE MAJEURE, CYBERATTACKS OR UNAUTHORIZED USES AND ACCESS, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS A RISK ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC DATA TRANSMISSION. THIS RISK IS INHERENT IN ALL ELECTRONIC OPERATIONS AS WELL AS ALL OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNICATION. THEREFORE, SNOWBALL READS CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT INFORMATION WILL NEVER BE INTERCEPTED, ACCESSED OR COMPROMISED IN OTHER INCIDENTS. SUCH EVENTS CAN OCCUR AND MAKE DEVICES OR SYSTEMS ACCESSIBLE TO UNAUTHORIZED OR CONTROLLED BY OTHER PERSONS AND RESULT IN THE RECEIPT OF UNWANTED COMMUNICATIONS AND INVITATIONS. IF YOU RECEIVE A MESSAGE THAT APPEARS TO BE FROM THE APPLICATION IN WHICH YOU ARE ASKED TO SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION, YOU SHOULD AVOID REPLYING. SNOWBALL READS WILL NEVER REQUEST FINANCIAL AND OTHER SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN THIS MANNER. IF YOU OR ANOTHER PERSON HAS PROVIDED PERSONAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A SUSPICIOUS EMAIL, POP-UP OR FAKE WEBSITE DECLARING THAT IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPLICATION, OR IF ANY OF THE ABOVE EVENTS OCCUR, PLEASE CONTACT SNOWBALL READS IMMEDIATELY.

Storage of Personal Information

Subject to applicable laws, Snowball Reads retains and stores personal information for use and disclosure in accordance with this privacy policy as long as it is necessary to do so for the purposes described here. To this end, Snowball Reads may retain personal information once a specific purpose has been fulfilled if reasonably necessary to do so: (i) to comply with applicable laws or to avoid any infringement; (ii) to resolve disputes; and (iii) to enforce this privacy policy. Once they are no longer needed, the information will be deleted.

Third-Party Websites

Suppose a link to third-party websites is provided on the Application. In that case, you should be aware that these websites are operated independently and are subject to separate terms of use and privacy policies. It is strongly recommended that you be aware of the terms of use and separate policies related to these third-party websites, as Snowball Reads is not responsible for the content or practices of these websites.

Modifications

Snowball Reads reserves all its rights to change this privacy policy anytime. Any significant changes will be communicated through a pop-up or any other means before it takes effect. Subsequently, an updated version of this privacy policy will be published and readily available. In addition, an updated version of this privacy policy will be published each time a minor change is made. It is possible to determine whether this privacy policy has been changed by verifying the effective date in this policy. Snowball Reads recommends that this privacy policy be reviewed periodically to assess its current practices, as continuing to use the Application is an acceptance of any changes made. If you disapprove of changes to this privacy policy or any other applicable modality, you should stop using the Application immediately.

How to Reach Snowball Reads

All questions and comments regarding this privacy policy or requests related to this policy should be forwarded to Snowball Reads at [email protected].

Terms of Use

Acceptance of Terms of Use

Please read the following terms and conditions and the documents incorporated by reference therein (collectively, the “Terms of Use”) carefully before you begin using the Snowball Reads application (the “Application”).

If you disagree with these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you should not access or use our Application.

Using the Application, you agree to be bound by and comply with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference. Any user who ticks the box "Accept Privacy and Terms" indicates and confirms that they have read and accepted them. The user declares that he/she is a physical person, alive, non-professional, of legal age, and with total legal capacity, enabling him/her to accept the said Conditions.

Initial Registration

The Application allows you to read eBooks (the “Books”) that are hosted by Snowball Reads. When you log in to the Application for the first time, you must respond to an email verifying your identity. Once the verification process is completed, you can access the Application using your email address. You can then read books hosted on the Snowball Reads application. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account access information and must immediately report to Snowball any unauthorized use of your email in connection with the Application.

By using the Application, you acknowledge the validity of the conditions for using your digital library.

Access to the Application

We reserve the right to withdraw or modify the Application and any service we provide. We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or part of the Application is inaccessible at any time or during any period. Occasionally, we may limit users' access to certain sections or the entire Application.

Continuous Agreement

We may change the Terms of Use from time to time. We will notify you by posting the revised Terms of Use on this page, and the date on which the last changes were made will be noted at the top of the page. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable laws, rules, regulations and requirements (collectively, “Applicable laws”), you understand and agree that your continued access or use of the Application following the posting of changes to the Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

Ownership and Use of the Application

Snowball Reads LLC is the owner of the Application, including all copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos, patents, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights relating thereto. The “Snowball” trademarks and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of Snowball Reads or its affiliates or licensors. Snowball Reads may license third parties for the use or operation of the Application or use Content in the Application that is owned by third parties which Snowball Reads uses under license.

In any case, the user does not have and will acquire no rights in the Application, other than the right to use it under the Terms of Use. Nothing in the Application or the Content may be interpreted as conferring on you any right, title, interest or other license in the software integrated into the Application or the Content or that can be downloaded into the Application, including, in particular, any intellectual property rights in the software making up the Application and its components, except the right to use it according to the Terms of Use. In addition, you may not rent, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or transfer the Application in whole or in part. You may not use any device, software or routine to interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the Application in whole or in part.

You may use the Application only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. Without limiting the scope of the foregoing, you agree not to use the Application in any way that violates any federal, provincial, local or international law or regulation to impersonate or attempt to impersonate it. identity of another person or to adopt any other conduct that restricts or hinders anyone's use or enjoyment of the Application.

Suppose you have authorized a minor to use the Application and its Content. In that case, you acknowledge that you are responsible for i) their behavior online, ii) controlling their access and use of the Application and its Content, and iii) the consequences of any misuse of the Application and its Content on its part. You acknowledge that certain sections of the Application and its Content may contain inappropriate Content for a minor. We recommend that you exercise reasonable supervision over minors' use of the Application and its Content in your care.

Intellectual Property of the Content

Snowball Reads, its licensors or other suppliers hold the necessary rights and authorizations allowing it to display and disseminate the content displayed on the Application, including Books, texts, images, notices and front covers (the “Content”).

These Contents are protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of the Contents and all the elements that compose them does not violate any intellectual property right or any other right. Without limiting the foregoing, access to any digital Content is only available to users authenticated by their Library for personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of the Content accessed from the Application is strictly prohibited. You may not modify, transmit, publish, participate in the transfer or sale, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or exploit the Content, in whole or in part. Snowball Reads LLC assumes no responsibility in this regard.

Confidentiality

Please read our privacy policy for information on how Snowball Reads uses and protects the personal information you may provide on this Application. This policy is incorporated into these terms of use by reference and explains Snowball Reads privacy practices. By using the Application, you accept the terms of the privacy policy.

Links to Other Sites or Resources

To provide the Application and for your convenience, users of the Application may rely on third-party services such as password retrieval systems or payment systems not operated by Snowball Reads. Snowball has no control over such third-party sites or resources and is not responsible for their availability, security, Content or resources. Where Snowball provides integration to these third-party sites or resources, it is only as a convenience, and including such links does not imply an endorsement or a recommendation by Snowball of the third-party site or resource in question. Snowball is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of or reliance on any Content, information, products, goods or services available on or through any third party site.

Limitation of Warranty

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE APPLICATION AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", "AS AVAILABLE," AND WITHOUT CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION, FREEDOM FROM ERROR, ACCESSIBILITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, PUNCTUALITY, LEGALITY, PRIVACY, COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, QUALITY, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NO WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION OF YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR MOBILE DEVICE AND SOFTWARE THAT MAY BE REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF VIRUSES, ERRORS OR OTHER PROBLEMS OF ANY KIND THAT YOU MAY EXPERIENCE AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE APPLICATION.

Without limiting the foregoing, De Marque makes no representation as to the availability of the Books and cannot incur any liability in this regard.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE BRAND, ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY AND AFFILIATE COMPANIES, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, LICENSORS, LICENSEES AND ASSIGNS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "SNOWBALL READS PARTIES") SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE APPLICATION OR THE CONTENT, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LAW ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR OPERATION OF THE CONTENT, THE APPLICATION OR THE INFORMATION ACCESSED FROM OR RELATED TO THE APPLICATION. THE BRAND PARTIES ASSUME NO LIABILITY, EVEN IF THEY OR ONE OF THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SUCH DAMAGES MAY INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES OR INJURY RESULTING FROM ANY ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, LINE FAILURE, OR FROM ANY COMPUTER VIRUS, WORM, TROJAN HORSE OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENT.

Some applicable laws may not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Therefore, some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. In all cases of exclusion, direct and indirect damage is limited to the price paid to obtain the right to use the Application.

Snowball Parties cannot be held liable for any damage suffered due to limits on access to Content or rules imposed by a third-party service.

Snowball Reads Parties, their affiliated companies and their directors, employees, agents, licensors or their respective successors and beneficiaries disclaim all liability for the acts, omissions or conduct of any third party user and the Content and any advertiser or sponsor (“Third Party Users”). They can in no way be held liable for any prejudice, loss, damage (including, in particular, special, indirect or incidental damages) or costs arising in any way i) from acts, omissions or conduct of a Third Party User; and ii) the use or inability to use anything, software, content, goods or services of a site or offered through a website, Content or other link related to the Application.

You acknowledge that the Snowball Reads Parties have no obligation to monitor the Content or any content accessible through the Application. However, you acknowledge that the Snowball Reads Parties have the right to monitor the use of the Application at their sole discretion and to disclose any information necessary to comply with any law, regulation or government request to operate the Application adequately or to protect themselves or their users under the "Privacy Policy".

Compensation

You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Snowball Reads Parties from and against any claims, actions or proceedings of any nature whatsoever and all damages, judgments, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses (including those incurred to enforce this provision), arising out of your use of the Application, the Content, any actual or alleged breach by you of these Terms of Use, or any violation by you of any applicable law or the rights of any other person or entity.

Severability

Suppose any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed unlawful, void, or unenforceable. In that case, that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. The Terms of Use shall be construed to the greatest extent possible to give the closest possible effect to the invalid provision within the bounds of legality.

Absence of Waiver

The fact that Snowball Reads does not require the execution of any part of these terms of use does not constitute a waiver of its rights hereunder for past or future actions on the part of anyone.

Applicable Laws and Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use and any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws in force in the State of Wyoming without reference to its conflict of law rules. Any action, suit or proceeding arising out of these Terms of Use (whether for breach of contract, wrongful conduct or otherwise) shall be brought exclusively in the State of Wyoming or the federal courts, as the case may be, located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts for any action, suit or proceeding arising out of these Terms of Use.

Contact Us

All questions, comments or requests regarding these terms of use should be sent to Snowball Reads at: [email protected].