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Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Debiv collects, uses, and protects information when you visit and use our website. By using Debiv, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
1. Who we are
Debiv (“Debiv”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) operates this website as a premium cinematic ebook discovery publication. We publish legally distributable literary texts as editorial book pages, together with original editorial framing, curated collections, and reference links to authoritative sources such as Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia.
For privacy questions or requests, contact the editorial team at editors@debiv.com.
2. Information we collect
Debiv is engineered to be lightweight and respectful of your attention. We collect only what is necessary to operate the site, improve site performance, and comply with applicable laws.
2.1 Information you provide directly
When you email us at editors@debiv.com, you may share your name, email address, and the contents of your message. We use that information solely to respond, document corrections, and maintain a reasonable record of editorial correspondence.
2.2 Information collected automatically
When you visit Debiv, our hosting and analytics infrastructure may automatically receive standard log information, including:
- Your IP address and approximate geographic region.
- Browser type, version, and language preferences.
- Operating system and device category.
- Pages visited, referring URL, and time on page.
- Date and time of each request.
We use this data in aggregate to understand traffic patterns, improve page load times, detect abuse, and keep the library stable. We do not attempt to identify individual readers from server logs for marketing profiling.
2.3 Cookies and similar technologies
Debiv uses a minimal set of cookies and similar technologies to:
- Remember essential preferences (such as dismissing a notice banner).
- Measure aggregate traffic and engagement depth across the library.
- Serve and measure advertising, where applicable.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some features may work less reliably if you block essential cookies entirely.
3. How we use information
We use the information described above to:
- Operate, secure, and maintain Debiv.
- Improve editorial coverage, chapter formatting, and site performance.
- Diagnose technical problems and prevent automated abuse.
- Respond to reader messages, rights inquiries, and correction requests.
- Comply with applicable legal obligations.
We do not sell your personal information. We do not use information you share with us to build a cross-site marketing profile of you.
4. Analytics
We may use privacy-conscious analytics tools to understand how readers move through the library — for example, which shelves attract attention or which book pages load slowly on mobile networks. Analytics data is reviewed in aggregate. We do not use analytics to reconstruct individual reading histories for sale to data brokers.
5. Advertising and Google services
Debiv may display advertising provided by third-party networks, including Google AdSense. These partners may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to serve and measure ads based on your visits to this and other websites.
Third-party ad vendors operate independently of Debiv. Their use of information is governed by their own policies. You can learn how Google uses data from partner sites at Google’s partner sites policy.
You may opt out of personalized advertising from many networks at aboutads.info/choices or youronlinechoices.eu.
6. Embedded content and external links
Book pages may link to or reference external services — including Project Gutenberg, Wikipedia, Standard Ebooks, and bookseller pages. When you follow those links, you leave Debiv and become subject to the practices of the destination site. We are not responsible for third-party content or privacy policies.
We do not embed unauthorized book files, torrent indexes, or piracy-oriented widgets.
7. Data retention
We retain server logs and aggregate analytics for as long as reasonably necessary to operate and improve the library. We retain editorial emails for as long as needed to respond and maintain an accountable correction record.
8. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of personal information we hold about you, or to object to certain processing. To exercise these rights, email editors@debiv.com with enough detail for us to verify and fulfill your request within a reasonable timeframe.
9. Children’s privacy
Debiv is intended for general audiences. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us and we will take appropriate steps to remove it.
10. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information transmitted to and stored on Debiv. No internet transmission is fully secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. International transfers
Debiv may be served from infrastructure in multiple jurisdictions. Where personal data crosses borders, we rely on appropriate safeguards recognized by applicable law, such as standard contractual clauses, where required.
12. Legal bases (EEA & UK)
If you are in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, we process personal data only where we have a lawful basis: legitimate interests in operating a secure editorial library (balanced against your rights), compliance with legal obligations, performance of pre-contractual steps, or consent where required for optional cookies or communications.
13. United States state privacy notices
Depending on your state of residence, you may have additional rights regarding access, deletion, or opt-out of certain processing (including targeted advertising as defined locally). Email editors@debiv.com to exercise state-specific rights. We do not discriminate against readers for exercising privacy rights granted by law.
14. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in technology, law, or our practices. The current version will always be posted at this URL with the revision date shown above.
15. Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy: editors@debiv.com.