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Privacy Policy - Scribd Help Center
Privacy Policy - Scribd Help Center
Privacy Policy - Scribd Help Center
4.3 Business Partners Customers in the greater European Union should also refer to the related EEA+
4.4 Information Disclosed for Our Disclosures.
Protection and the Protection of
Customers in California should also refer to the California Privacy Notice.
Others
4.5 Information Disclosed in
Connection with Business
2.0 Personal Information We Collect and
Transactions
How We Use It
4.6 Data Transfers
Our privacy practices and the Personal Information that We collect, whether directly
9.1 Information Regarding Children
from You or from third-party service providers (a “Third Party” or “Third Parties”),
9.2 United States Privacy Rights depend on the nature of the relationship that You have with Scribd and any applicable
9.3 EEA+ Disclosures laws. In this section, We describe some of the ways that Scribd collects and uses
Personal Information and the legal bases for doing so. Scribd collects limited amounts
9.4 Links to Third-Party Websites
of Your Personal Information. We endeavor to collect information that is relevant only
9.5 Changes to the Privacy Policy for the purposes of Processing as described in this policy and its related policies as
9.6 Contact Information noted in Section 1.0.
Some of the ways that Scribd may collect Your Personal Information as You use the Sites
and Apps include:
collecting Personal Information from You when You visit or engage with the Sites,
the Apps, surveys, business or marketing events, and any occasion when We
deliver programs and services to You.
We may also o er You the ability to use Third Parties to enable certain additional
features on the Sites and Apps. If You choose to do this, Scribd may receive information
about You from these Third Parties.
2.3 Surveys
Scribd may occasionally engage Third Parties to conduct surveys on Our behalf. The
voluntary survey responses may be utilized to determine the e ectiveness of the Sites
and the Apps, Scribdʼs communications, advertising campaigns and/or promotional
activities. If You participate in a survey, the information given will be used along with
that of other study participants. The information collected will be used to help Us to
learn more about Your needs and the quality of the products and services We provide to
You. We may occasionally share pseudonymized and anonymized data for research and
analysis purposes.
Providing Information and Services that You Requested. Scribd may use the
Personal Information about You to provide You information that You may request
(such as information about a product or service We are o ering). Scribd may also
use Your Personal Information to deliver a specific program or service to You,
when You enroll to receive the program or service. Such use may include: (a)
generally managing Your information and accounts; (b) responding to questions,
comments and requests (e.g. customer support requests and legal requests); (c)
providing access to certain areas and features; and (d) permitting You to register
for, and participate in, online and in-person events.
Administrative Purposes. Scribd may use the Personal Information about You for
its administrative purposes, including, without limitation, to: (a) measure interest
in Scribdʼs Sites, Apps, programs or services; (b) perform internal quality control;
(c) verify identity; (d) send communications regarding the Sites, Apps, programs,
services, Your account, or any changes to any Scribd policy or terms of service; (e)
process payments; (f) prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities; and (g)
enforce Our General Terms of Use. [Link]
Marketing Products and Services. Scribd may use the Personal Information about
You to provide You with materials about o ers, products, and services that We
o er, including new contents, products, Sites, Apps, or services. Scribd may
provide You with these materials by notification via the Sites or Apps, postal mail,
email, or other electronic notification as permitted by applicable laws. If You do
not wish Us to use Your Personal Information for marketing purposes, You may
contact Us at any time to opt out of the use of Your Personal Information for such
purposes, as further described below. Scribd may work with Third Parties, such as
advertisers, ad serving companies, and advertising companies, to provide You
with interest-based ads through the automatic collection of Personal Information
(including third party cookies). For information on how to accept or reject cookies
(including third party cookies) please click the “Cookie Preferences” link in the
footer of the Sites.
Research and Development. Scribd may use Your Personal Information to create
non-identifiable anonymous information that We may use, alone or in the
aggregate, along with information obtained from other sources, in order to help
Us to optimally deliver Our existing products and services or develop new
products, processes and services.
Information Submitted Via Scribd. You agree that Scribd is free to use the content
of any communications or other information submitted by You via Scribd,
including any narratives, images, ideas, inventions, concepts, techniques, or
know-how disclosed therein, for any purpose including developing,
manufacturing, and/or marketing goods or services. You understand that Scribd
will not release Your name or otherwise publicize the fact that You submitted
materials or other information to Us unless: (a) You grant Us permission to do so;
(b) We first send notice to You that the materials or other information You submit
to a particular part of a site will be published or otherwise used with Your name
on it; or (c) We are required to do so by law.
Sharing Content with Friends or Colleagues. Scribd may o er various tools and
functionality that will allow You to forward or share certain content with a friend
or colleague. Email addresses that You may provide for a friend or colleague will
be used to send Your friend or colleague the content or link You request, but will
not be collected or otherwise used by Scribd or any other Third Parties for any
other purpose.
Fraud protection. Scribd may use the Personal Information about You in order to
prevent fraud and to protect the accuracy and integrity of financial transactions
made throughout the Sites and Apps. Scribd may share the Personal Information
with a third party service provider for such a purpose.
Other Uses. Scribd may use Personal Information for other purposes for which We
have a legitimate interest, such as direct marketing, individual or market research,
or any other purpose disclosed to You at the time You provide Personal
Information or else with Your consent.
absence management;
acquisitions, divestitures and integrations;
benefits and personnel administration;
compensation, including bonuses and long-term incentive administration, stock
plan administration, compensation analysis, including monitoring overtime and
compliance with labor laws, and company recognition programs;
compliance with statutory requirements;
diversity and inclusion initiatives;
emergency contacts and services;
employee safety;
helpdesk and IT support services;
human resources administration and communication;
internal or external audits;
job grading activities;
litigation evaluation, prosecution and defense;
organizational development and succession planning;
payroll and the provision of benefits;
performance and employee development management;
processing of employee expenses and travel charges;
regulatory compliance;
restructuring and relocation; and
workflow management, assigning, managing and administering projects.
Scribd may collect Personal Information to enable You to use online social media
resources o ered either by Scribd or a Third Party Service. We may also enable You to
use these Third Party services to post or share Personal Information with others. Please
carefully consider what Personal Information You share with others when using Third
Party services.
If You use on online social media resource o ered by a Third Party Service through the
Sites or Apps, You acknowledge that Scribd may be able to access any information You
make public through a Third Party Service (such as Your username, comments, posts
and contacts) and any other information that Your privacy settings on such Third Party
services permit Scribd to access. Scribd will comply with the terms of this Privacy Policy
and the privacy policies applicable to Third Party services it uses.
2.8.1 Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed in Your Deviceʼs browser to store Your preferences.
Most browsers allow You to block and delete cookies. However, if You do that, the Sites
may not work properly.
A pixel tag (also known as a web beacon) is a piece of code embedded on Sites that
collects information about Your engagement on that web page (such as whether You
clicked a particular web page or advertisement).
Our uses of such Technologies fall into the following general categories:
Scribd a iliates with Publisher First, Inc. dba Freestar ("Freestar") for the purposes of
placing advertising on the Site, and Freestar will collect and use certain data for
advertising purposes. To learn more about Freestarʼs data usage, click here.
If You would like to opt-out of the Technologies We employ on Our sites, services,
applications, or tools, You may do so by blocking, deleting, or disabling them as Your
browser or device permits. Click here for more information about opting out of interest-
based advertising.
3.1 General
You may withdraw your prior consent of Scribdʼs Processing of Your Personal
Information at any time and opt out by contacting Scribd through the Privacy Rights
Request form or via email at privacy@scribd.com and by providing adequate
information necessary for Scribd to identify You and Your account. Additionally, before
We use Personal Information for any new purpose not originally authorized by You, We
will provide information regarding the new purpose and give You the opportunity to opt
out.
Scribd will endeavor to obtain Your explicit consent (also known as opt-in) in areas
where such consent is required by law or contract prior to disclosing Personal
Information to a Third Party, or Processing Personal Information for a purpose other
than its original purpose or the purpose subsequently authorized by You. Scribd will
a irmatively Process Your request to opt-out of Scribdʼs use of Your Personal
Information upon request.
Scribd has executed appropriate contracts with the service providers that prohibit them
from using or sharing Your personal information except as necessary to perform the
contracted services on Our behalf or to comply with applicable legal requirements.
Scribd will share Your information with a Third Party for as long as You use the Third
Party feature. You can disable this at any time in Your Scribd settings under Settings.
In addition, from time to time, server logs may be reviewed for security purposes – e.g.,
to detect unauthorized activity. In such cases, server log data containing IP addresses
may be shared with law enforcement bodies in order that they may identify users in
connection with their investigation of the unauthorized activities.
Scribd reserves the right to refuse to share Personal Information with any Third Party
if Scribd determines that sharing such information could be unlawfully harmful to
You.
Although Scribd makes good faith e orts to provide You with access to Your Personal
Information, there may be circumstances in which Scribd is unable to provide access,
including but not limited to: (i) where the information contains legal privilege; (ii) would
compromise othersʼ privacy or other legitimate rights; (iii) where the burden or expense
of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to Your privacy. If Scribd
determines that access should be restricted in any particular instance, We will provide
You with an explanation of why that determination has been made and a contact point
for any further inquiries. To protect Your privacy, Scribd will take commercially
reasonable steps to verify Your identity before granting access to or making any changes
to Your Personal Information.
6.0 Retention
Scribd retains the Personal Information that We receive as described in this Privacy
Policy for as long as You use Our Services or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for
which it was collected, provide Our products and services, resolve disputes, establish
legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce Our
agreements and comply with applicable laws.
7.0 Security
The security of all Personal Information provided to Scribd is important to us, and
Scribd takes reasonable steps designed to protect Your Personal
Information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or storage of
information is guaranteed to be secure. As a result, while Scribd strives to protect Your
Personal Information, We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information You
transmit to Scribd, and You do so at Your own risk. You are responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of Your own passwords. If You have reason to believe that Your passwords or
Personal Information is no longer secure, please promptly notify Us
at privacy@scribd.com.
Scribd will address Your concerns and attempt to resolve any privacy issues in a timely
manner.
If You are a citizen of the EU, UK, or Switzerland, and feel that Scribd is not abiding by
the terms of this Privacy Policy, please contact Scribd at the contact information
provided above. If any request remains unresolved, You may contact the national
data protection authority for Your EU Member State.
Protecting a Minorʼs privacy is especially important. For that reason, Scribd does not
knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information from Minors under
13. If Scribd learns that personally-identifiable information of minors has been collected
on or through Scribd, then Scribd will take the appropriate steps to delete this
information. If You are the parent or legal guardian of a minor who has become Scribd
member, then please contact Scribd at privacy@scribd.com to have that minorʼs
account terminated and information deleted.
The following are some resources that may help parents and legal guardians in
monitoring and limiting Your childrens' access to certain types of material on the
internet. Scribd is not a iliated with, nor do We endorse, any particular service.
WiredSafety
Netsmartz.org
Childrenʼs Safety Network
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