Overview
Pearson Education, Inc.,
221 River Street, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, (Pearson) presents this site to provide information about Peachpit products and services that can be purchased through this site
.
This privacy notice provides an overview of our commitment to privacy and describes how we collect, protect, use and share personal information collected through this site. Please note that other Pearson websites and online products and services have their own separate privacy policies.
Collection and Use
of Information To
conduct business and offer products and services, Pearson collects and uses personal information in various ways in connection with this site, including:
Questions
and inquiries
For inquiries and questions, we collect the inquiry or question, along with name, contact details (email address, telephone number and postal address) and any other additional information you voluntarily submit to us. through a contact form or an email. We use this information to address the query and answer the question.
For
orders and purchases made through our online store on this site, we collect order details, name, name and address of institution (if applicable), email address, telephone number, shipping and billing addresses, credit/debit card information, shipping options and any instructions. We use this information to complete transactions, fulfill orders, communicate with people who place orders or visit the online store, and for related purposes.
Surveys
Pearson
may offer opportunities to provide feedback or participate in surveys, including surveys evaluating Pearson products, services or sites. Participation is voluntary. Pearson collects the information requested in the survey questions and uses the information to evaluate, support, maintain, and improve products, services, or sites; develop new products and services; conducting educational research; and for other purposes specified in the survey.
Contests and Sweepstakes
From time to time, we may sponsor a contest or sweepstakes. Participation is optional. Pearson collects the name, contact information, and other information specified on the contest or sweepstakes entry form to conduct the contest or sweepstakes. Pearson may collect additional personal information from winners of a contest or sweepstakes to award the prize and for tax reporting purposes, as required by law.
Newsletters
If you have chosen to receive email newsletters or promotional mailings and special offers, but wish to unsubscribe, simply send an email to ask@peachpit.com
.
Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send an announcement strictly related to the service. For example, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we may send users an email. In general, users cannot opt out of receiving these communications, although they can deactivate their account information. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a
regular basis to provide the requested services and, with respect to issues related to their account, we respond by email or telephone in accordance with users’ wishes when a user submits their information through our contact form.
Other Information Collection and
Use Pearson
Application and System Logs automatically collects log data to help ensure the delivery, availability, and security of this site. Log data may include technical information about how a user or visitor connected to this site, such as browser type, computer/device type, operating system, Internet service provider, and IP address. We use this information for support purposes and to monitor site health, identify problems, improve service, detect unauthorized access and fraudulent activity, prevent and respond to security incidents, and appropriately scale computing resources.
Web Analytics Pearson may use third-party web trend analytics services, including Google Analytics, to collect information from visitors, such as IP addresses, browser types, referring pages, pages visited, and time spent on a particular site. While these analytics services collect and report information anonymously, they may use cookies to gather information about web trends. The information collected may allow Pearson (but not third-party web trending services) to link the information to application and system log data. Pearson uses this information for system administration and to identify problems, improve the service, detect unauthorized access and fraudulent activity, prevent and respond to security incidents, appropriately escalate computing resources, and support and deliver this site and its services.
Cookies
and related technologies
This site uses cookies and similar technologies to personalize content, measure traffic patterns, monitor security, track usage of and access to information on this site, and provide interest-based messaging and advertising. Users can manage and block the use of cookies through their browser. Disabling or blocking certain cookies may limit the functionality of this site.
Do
Not Track This site
does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals
.
Security
Pearson uses appropriate physical, administrative, and technical safeguards to protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure
.
Children
This site is not directed to children under the age of 13
.
Marketing
Pearson
may send or target marketing communications to users, provided that
Pearson
- does not use personal information collected or processed as a K-12 school service provider for the purpose of targeted or targeted advertising
- Such marketing is consistent with applicable law and Pearson’s legal obligations.
- Pearson will not knowingly direct or send marketing communications to an individual who has expressed a preference not to receive marketing.
- Where required by applicable law, express or implied consent to marketing exists and has not been withdrawn.
.
Pearson may provide personal information to a third-party service provider on a restricted basis to provide marketing solely on behalf of Pearson or an affiliate or customer for which Pearson is a service provider. Marketing preferences may change at any time.
Correcting/Updating
Personal Information If a
user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as their mailing address or email address), we provide a way to correct or update that user’s personal data that you provide to us. This can be done on the Account page. If a user no longer wants our service and wishes to delete their account, please contact us at customer-service@informit.com and we will process the deletion of a user’s account.
Choice/Opt-Out
Users can always make an informed decision about whether to continue with certain services offered by Adobe Press. If you decide to remove yourself from our mailing list(s), simply visit the following page and uncheck any communications you no longer wish to receive: www.peachpit.com/u.aspx.
Sale
of Personal Information Pearson does not rent or sell personal information in exchange for any payment of money. While
Pearson does
not sell personal information,
as defined in Nevada law, Nevada residents may email a request not to sell their personal information to NevadaDesignatedRequest@pearson.com
. Supplemental Privacy Statement for California Residents California residents should read our
Supplemental Privacy Statement for
California Residents in conjunction with this Privacy Notice. The Supplemental Privacy Statement for California Residents explains Pearson’s commitment to comply with California law and applies to personal information of California residents collected in connection with this site and the Services.
Sharing and Disclosure
Pearson may disclose personal information, as follows:
- As required by
- With the consent of the individual (or his/her parents, if the individual is a minor)
- response to a subpoena, court order, or legal process, to the extent permitted or required by
- To protect the security of individuals, data, assets and systems
- In connection with the sale, joint venture or other transfer of some or all of your business or assets, subject to the provisions
- investigate or address actual or suspected fraud or other illegal activities To
- exercise your legal rights, including enforcing this site’s Terms of Use or other agreement
- To Pearson affiliated companies and other companies and organizations that perform work for Pearson and are required to protect the privacy of personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice To
- where Pearson collects or processes personal information in or on behalf of a school setting, company or government agency.
law.
In
law
, in accordance with applicable law
of this Privacy Notice To
a school, organization, business or government agency,
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personal information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Requests and
Contact Please contact us about this Privacy Notice or
if you have any requests or questions regarding the privacy of your personal information
. Changes to this Privacy Notice We may revise
this Privacy Notice
through an updated posting. We will identify the effective date of the review at publication. Often, updates are made to provide greater clarity or to meet changes in regulatory requirements. If the updates involve material changes in the collection, protection, use or disclosure of Personal Information, Pearson will provide notice of the change through a conspicuous notice on this site or other appropriate form. Continued use of the site after the effective date of a published revision evidences acceptance. Please contact us if you have questions or concerns about the Privacy Notice or any objection to any revision.
Last updated: November 17, 2020
