Privacy Policy
Your Privacy
CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com believe that your privacy is of utmost importance. We make every effort to protect your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. This Privacy Policy is provided to inform you about our collection, use, and disclosure of information you share with us through the use of our sites.
This Privacy Policy is to be considered a part of CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com's User Agreement. By accessing any site in the CornerCafeSites.com network, you agree to the terms and conditions of our User Agreement, including this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
Information You Give Us
Use of this Web site requires that you register and supply personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and other information, which is stored by CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com. When you register as a member of one of our sites, we may also collect additional information from you in order to provide you with specific services and features and to personalize your experience on our site.
Information Generated Automatically
This site uses cookies to automatically recognize returning and logged-in users. Cookies used by the CornerCafeSites.com network and by LiteraryCornerCafe.com may contain your user name, email address, IP address, or zip code. A cookie is a small file on your hard drive that allows us to display your previously defined search criteria, notification preferences and other information whenever you visit our site. "Clear gifs" are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and may be used to track the online movements of Web users or to let us know if you have opened an email we have sent to you.
Your Internet access provider assigns an Internet protocol address to your computer when you use the Internet. We collect each IP address that accesses our site, computer and connection information, such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; your behavior on the site and related services, as well as the url you come from and go to next, cookie number, participating merchants or advertisers you visit, and the items you may purchase. We use this data, as well as other data in our databases to analyze site and user behavior, resolve technical problems, resolve disputes, address complaints, prepare aggregated reports that we share with others, and customize your experience on our sites.
You may block cookies by changing the settings in your browser, but doing so will prevent us from delivering certain services to you. Your browser must be set to accept cookies in order to access this site or any site in the CornerCafeSites.com network as a registered member.
Other Data Collection
It is possible that we may obtain information about you not specifically set forth in this Privacy Policy. For example, you may contact us directly yourself, or we may receive a third party complaint about you, e.g., a DMCA complaint.
Use of Information
Information you provide to us through our sites is used by us to operate our sites, provide you with the information and services you request, and to communicate with you. Your information may also be used to contact you when necessary. You may, of course, choose not to provide us with this information, however, you should be aware that this may limit our ability to provide you with a specific service. While you may choose to opt out of certain mailings, such as newsletters, you may not choose to opt out administrative emails while you are a member of our site.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information
Advertisers
CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com make use of third-party advertising. These companies may use information about your visit to our site or sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of special interest to you. When we do this, please be assured that we do not provide them with your name, address, email address, or telephone number.
Third party advertisers may place a cookie or recognize a cookie and, whether they make use of the cookie or not, they do collect and use data regarding your visit to our sites and to other Web sites in deciding which ads to place.
Other
We may, from time to time, share your information with our sister sites, consultants, service providers, and others, who help us in maintaining the site and who provide certain services. In addition, we may disclose information when required to do so by law or under the good faith belief that such a disclosure in necessary in order to conform to applicable law, comply with legal process, or to protect the property or interests of CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com, its agents and employees, personal safety, or the public. Under such circumstances, CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com reserve the right not to provide such notice to our members.
Member Content
Members of our site can publish comments, engage in discussion, vote in surveys, and, in some instances, publish their own reviews and other original writings. All text is displayed publicly except that in Member Profiles. Members who set up profiles may choose to display their writings publicly or keep them private. All member names are displayed on our Forum and in our comment section, however. No one is permitted to comment anonymously.
Email Tools
If you choose to send email through our site, your email will include your email address and any personal message you include. Although we do not store the email address of the person you are emailing, you should be aware that these emails, by their very nature, are not totally private communications between you and the receiver. In addition, use of your email tools, or of our site, in any way, to send spam, is expressly prohibited and constitutes a violation of our User Agreement.
Feedback
From time to time, we may contact you and ask for feedback, or we may ask for feedback through the use of a survey. We are interested in knowing what you want to see on our site and what you want to do, as well as what you aren't interested in. We use the results of these surveys and questionnaires for our own internal site development, and we may share the results with our sister sites, consultants, and service providers.
Links to Other Sites
LiteraryCornerCafe.com contains links to other Web sites. Neither CornerCafeSites.com nor LiteraryCornerCafe.com can assume any responsibility whatsoever for the privacy policies or content of these sites.
Changing or Deleting Information
Members may update or edit their personal information or delete their membership by accessing Account Information. Although we try to keep our database as current as possible, deleted accounts might not be deleted from our database immediately. You should be aware that some old data may remain in our archives and records. If your account is being terminated due to a violation of our User Agreement, we reserve the right to maintain enough data to prevent re-registration. In addition, due to legal concerns, information regarding the resolution of disputes is never fully deleted from our records.
Opting Out of Emails and Newsletters
At any time, except for administrative emails, any member may opt out of receiving communications such as emails and newsletters from CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com. To opt out, simply email us at with the word "unsubscribe" either in the subject line or body of the message. You may also opt out of receiving our newsletter by accessing your Account Information and de-selecting the check box next to the option titled "I wish to receive the Literary Corner Café newsletter". In addition, each of our communications, with the exception of administrative emails, contains a link at the bottom for the purpose of removing your name from our mailing list.
Security
CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com use the most advanced physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards, including, but not limited to, advanced firewall and password protection for all of our databases. This is designed to protect the security of your personal data. We restrict access to your personally identifying data to certain employees who need to know that information in order to help us provide the services our site offers.
Anti-Spam Policy
CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com, as well as all its sister sites, is 100%, totally opposed to unsolicited commercial email or "spam." We do not, have never, and never will sell or provide your email address to any unauthorized third party. If you receive unsolicited emails from "spammers," please be assured that CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com did not sell or give your address to such spammers. However, you should be aware that spam does happen on the Internet, and that there is really no foolproof way to prevent it.
If you believe you have received an email purporting to be from us, but which you feel is not from us, please contact us at: and we will investigate immediately.
Notification of Changes
CornerCafeSites.com and LiteraryCornerCafe.com may amend this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will post the new Privacy Policy and the date it takes effect. Please check our site on a regular basis for information about revisions to our Privacy Policy. By continuing to access our site, you agree to be bound by these revisions.