privacy policy

Privacy Policy for Afaq Library

One of our main priorities at Afaq Library is the privacy of our visitors. This privacy policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Afaq Library and how we use it.

If you have any additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to information shared and/or collected in Afaq Library. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent form

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. To view our Terms and Conditions, please visit our Terms page.

Collecting information

The personal data that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide that information, will be made clear at the point you are asked to provide your personal data.
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the content of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.
When you register for an account, we may ask for your contact information, including name, company name, address, email address, and phone number.

Use of information

We use the information we collect in various ways, such as:

  • Improving and maintaining our website
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website
  • Develop new products, services, features and functionality.
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Website, and for marketing and advertising purposes
  • Send emails
  • Fraud detection and prevention

Log files

Afaq Store follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files record visitors when they visit websites. Each hosting service provider does this, and they use this as part of their hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purposes of collecting this information are for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, Afaq Library uses “cookies” and “web beacons.” These files are used to store information including which pages the visitor has visited on the website. This information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information.

For more general information about cookies, please read “What are cookies”.

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie

One of the third-party vendors that uses our site is Google. Google also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to other sites on the internet. However, visitors may decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following link: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads .

Our Advertising Partners

Some of our advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For your convenience, we have created links to their Privacy Policies below:

Our Advertising Partners' Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of our advertising partners at Afaq Library.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, and Web Beacons that are used in their advertisements and links on Afaq Library, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Please note that Afaq Library does not have access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Afaq Library's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Therefore, we are advising you to check the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. These may include practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

California consumers have the following privacy rights:

  • Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific personal data that have been collected about them.
  • Request that the business delete any personal data about the consumer that was collected by the business.
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data not sell their personal data.

If you request this, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We want to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user has the right to:

  • Right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • Right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, in certain circumstances.
  • Right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, in certain circumstances.
  • Right to object to processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data by us, in certain circumstances.
  • Right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization or directly to you, in certain circumstances.

If you request this, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children's information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the Internet. We encourage parents and guardians to participate in and/or monitor and guide their children's online activity.

Afaq Library does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you think that your child has provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will use our best efforts to remove such information from our records as quickly as possible.