WVU Press Privacy Statement

West Virginia University Press is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of consumers of its interactive products and services. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you , as a welcome visitor to our website, what kind of information we may gather about you when you visit, how we may use the information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information. Finally, please note that this policy applies to WVU Press’s website and Web Sites that carry our brand or trademark, and not to other companies’ or organizations’ Websites to which we link.

Information About Web Visitors

In general, our service automatically gathers certain usage information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to our web site and its areas, very much like television ratings that tell the networks how many people tuned into a program. We only use such data in the aggregate. This collective data helps us determine how much our customers use parts of the site, so we can improve our site to assure that it is as appealing as we can make it for as many of you as possible. For example, we use a technology nicknamed cookies that tells how and when pages in our site are visited and by how many people. Our cookies do not collect personally identifiable information to tell us who you are or even what your screen name or e-mail address is. We also may provide statistical “ratings” information, never information about you personally, to some of our affiliates about how our members, collectively use our site. We do this so they, too, can understand how people use our site.

Information About You

Sometimes, we specifically ask for information about you when you sign up to use a service or when you order a product. We will need certain information such a name, internet address, billing address, credit card number, and phone number in order to provide service to you. Unless you otherwise grant us permission for additional uses, we use information about you as follows:

1. We will fulfill you order based on this information.
   
2. We provide you with information about your order (such as whether your order has been received, processed, or shipped.
   
3. We ask for your telephone number in the event that we need to contact you about your order. We save information about products you purchased to provide you with the best possible customer service and the most up-to date information.
   
4. We use you mailing address to ship your orders.
   
5. Credit Card information is used to bill you for products that you have ordered