Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: 4/8/2025

INTRODUCTION:

Welcome to Pastor Birai Books. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you purchase books from us.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By purchasing books from us, providing your information, or otherwise interacting with our business, you consent to the practices described in this policy.

WHO WE ARE

Pastor Birai Books (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a book publishing and distribution business based in Minnesota, United States. We can be contacted at:

Email: pastorbirai@pastorbiraibooks.com

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect the following types of information:

Personal Information

• Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, shipping address, and billing address.

• Payment Information: Last four digits of your credit card (we do not store complete credit card numbers).

• Order History: Books purchased, dates of purchases, and amount spent.

• Correspondence: Records of any communications you have with us regarding orders, inquiries, or feedback.

How We Collect Information

• Direct interactions: When you place an order, we collect the information you provide through our order form.

• Automated technologies: When you visit our website, we may collect technical data about your device and browsing actions through cookies and similar technologies.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To process and fulfill your orders: Including managing payments, shipping, and providing you with invoices and order confirmations.

• To manage our relationship with you: Responding to your inquiries, notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy.

• To maintain our business records: For accounting, tax, and legal compliance purposes.

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING

We process your personal information on the following legal grounds:

• Contract performance: When we need to process your information to fulfill your book order.

• Legitimate interests: For purposes that are in our legitimate business interests, such as fraud prevention and business recordkeeping.

• Legal compliance: When we need to process your information to comply with a legal obligation.

• Consent: When you have given us consent to process your information for specific purposes.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may share your personal information with:

• Service providers: Third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as shipping carriers to deliver your books.

• Government bodies: When required by law, regulation, or legal process.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal information and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal information for their own purposes.

DATA RETENTION

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including:

• Order information (including addresses and emails): We retain this information for 7 years after your transaction to comply with tax regulations and to provide customer service.

• Payment information (last four digits of credit card): We retain this information for 2 years after your transaction to help resolve any potential payment disputes.

After these periods, we will securely delete or anonymize your personal information, unless we are required by law to keep it longer.

YOUR RIGHTS AND DATA DELETION REQUESTS

You have the right to:

• Access: Request access to your personal information.

• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate personal information.

• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information.

• Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your personal information.

• Objection: Object to processing of your personal information.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at:

Email: pastorbirai@pastorbiraibooks.comSubject Line: “Privacy Request”

In your request, please clearly state what information you would like to access, correct, or delete. For security purposes, we may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request, typically by confirming details from your order.

We will respond to all privacy requests within 30 days of receipt. If we require additional time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period.

Exceptions

Please note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes. For example, we may need to retain some information to prevent fraud, comply with tax regulations, or fulfill legal obligations. Additionally, we may retain anonymized or aggregated data that no longer identifies you.

DATA SECURITY

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

We have procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our services are not intended for individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 18, we will delete that information promptly.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email or through a notice on our website prior to the change becoming effective.

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

• Right to Know: You can request what personal information we have collected, used, disclosed, and sold about you.

• Right to Delete: You can request deletion of personal information we have collected about you.

• Right to Opt-Out: You can opt-out of the sale of your personal information.

• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.

To exercise your California privacy rights, please contact us using the contact information provided above.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Email: pastorbirai@pastorbiraibooks.com

By using our services, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy.