Anti-Harassment Policy

Publishers Weekly is committed to providing a safe and equal space for professional participation for all event attendees, exhibitors, and staff. We believe that everyone has the right to professional interaction without fear, intimidation, or belittlement, and that everyone has the right to fair and equal participation and treatment at the U.S. Book Show.

As representatives of the publishing industry, we believe the industry’s strength is its people, and we cherish their diversity. We value all of our members, partners, and attendees equally, and will not accept any treatment in any arena of association business which goes contrary to this.

Publishers Weekly is dedicated to providing a harassment-free virtual conference experience at the U.S. Book Show for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We have a zero-tolerance policy for hostile or harassing conduct of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including within exhibits, in session chat, or anywhere throughout the virtual conference space. U.S. Book Show participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference [without a refund] at the discretion of the conference organizers.

Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Exhibitors participating in the virtual exhibit hall, as well as speakers and presenters in the pre-recorded or live program are both protected by and subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, exhibitors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material.

Consequences
If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund.

Reporting Hostile or Harassing Conduct; Investigations
If you believe you are being harassed or that someone else is being harassed, or you have any other concerns in this regard, please contact bookshowsupport@publishersweekly.com immediately.

Where a report of hostile or harassing conduct is made, reasonable measures will be taken to establish the facts. This will typically include discussion with witnesses, if any, and the person accused of engaging in the prohibited conduct. Inquiries will be carried out as confidentially as possible given the circumstances.

Knowingly making a false accusation of harassment or knowingly providing false information in the course of an investigation of a complaint may be grounds for discipline. A complaint made in good faith, even if found to be unsubstantiated, will not be considered a false accusation.

Retaliation Prohibited
It is a violation of this policy to retaliate against or harass any person who asserts his or her rights regarding harassment including, but not limited to, threats, reprimands, negative harassment.

Privacy Policy

Last Revised: March 2024

Our site visitors' privacy and trust are important to us. We provide this notice in order to make sure that your expectations and our practices are aligned, and that you are aware of your choices with regard to our use and disclosure of the information you provide to this site.

This Privacy Policy describes the policies of PWxyz ("PWxyz" or "we" regarding the collection, use, disclosure and protection of the following types of information:

Information obtained when you ("you" or "User") visit the Publishers Weekly web site (this "Site").
Information obtained through e-mail communications with you related to the Site.

This privacy policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources. Your use of this Site constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and your consent to any action we take with respect to your information in compliance with this Privacy Policy.

We may change the terms of this Privacy Policy, so Users are encouraged to review this page from time to time. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of changes to the Privacy Policy means that you accept the changes.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

We require you to provide certain information about yourself when you register with this Site and when you request products and services. We also collect information when you participate in contests and surveys, when you respond to requests for feedback and when you submit postings to public areas of this Site (e.g., blogs, moderated discussions and bulletin boards).

The information we collect may include information from which you may be personally identified ("Personally Identifiable Information"), such as name, postal address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address, and certain business information such as employer name, occupation, job function, job title and buying information (e.g., preferences or history). We also will collect credit card and related information when you request a product or service (including, if applicable, registering for the Site) for which there is a charge. This Site only collects Personally Identifiable Information with your knowledge.

When you visit this Site, we may collect the IP address of your computer. We also use automatic data collection technology to record other information that identifies your computer and tracks your behavior on this Site. Methods used to collect this information may include "cookies" and "clear GIFs" (also known as "pixel tags" or "beacons"). A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Most browsers allow Users to block the receipt of cookies, but doing so may compromise your ability to use certain features of this Site. A clear GIF is a small graphic image, typically used in connection with cookies, that is placed on a web site or in an email message. A clear GIF can monitor certain user behavior, such as your usage of the web site, whether you opened an email message or whether you clicked on a URL in an email message. We do not collect Personally Identifiable Information in this way, but if you provide us with Personally Identifiable Information, we may associate that information with the information that is collected automatically.

Some of the materials included on this Site, including advertising, may be served by third parties. These third parties, in the course of serving such materials, may collect information regarding your use of this Site and how you respond to e-mail communications, using methods that may include automatic data collection, and may use this information in order to present advertisements or other content that may be of interest to you on both this Site and other web sites. Collection, use, disclosure and security of information collected by third parties are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties.

Here is the list of third parties we use along with how we use them and a link to their respective privacy policies:

Amazon Web Service
Hosting our website and its relevant code and content
https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/

Facebook
Providing the comments module on our website; collecting names for giveaways via Rafflecopter.
https://www.facebook.com/legal/FB_Work_Privacy

Omeda
Manage subscriptions for our print and digital editions, manage subscriptions to our email newsletters and eblasts, collect and store information about website visits.
https://www.omeda.com/privacy-policy/

GTxcel
Creating, hosting, and archiving of digital editions; notifying users of the availability of the latest digital edition.
http://gtxcel.com/privacy-policy/

Google Analytics
Collecting website traffic data.
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Doubleclick for Publishers
Managing the presentation of ads on our website including statistics about them.
https://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/.

Google Ad Sense
Delivering ads on our website to fill unsold inventory.
https://www.google.com/adsense/new/localized-terms

Rafflecopter
Creating, hosting, and archiving giveaways and entrants data, sourced from Facebook or others.
https://www.rafflecopter.com/privacy-policy

Eventbrite
Creating, hosting, and archiving of event sign ups, including credit card transactions and lists those who have signed up.
https://www.eventbrite.com/support/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/eventbrite-privacy-policy?lg=en_US

Stripe
Collection and processing of credit card orders on our website.
https://stripe.com/us/privacy

Quantcast
General demographic data collection for website visitors.
https://www.quantcast.com/privacy/

Chartbeat
Collecting traffic--not demographic---data on current visitors on our website.
https://chartbeat.com/privacy/

Comscore
Collecting traffic data on website visitors.
https://www.comscore.com/About-comScore/Privacy-Policy

Alexa
Collecting traffic data on website visitors.
https://www.alexa.com/help/privacy

Zoom
Creating, hosting, and archiving of events and event sign ups, including credit card transactions and lists those who have signed up.
https://explore.zoom.us/en/zoom_events_privacy/

Mailchimp
Collecting and storing email subscriber data for some segments of our email subscribers.
https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

ESP Computer Services
Processing subscriber data in conjunction with management of our print subscriptions.
https://www.espcomp.com/about-us/

You can also obtain more information about interest-based advertising, and how to opt-out of receiving interest-based ads from participating third-party providers and ad networks, through the following:

For Users in the US:
http://www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp (Network Advertising Initiative)
http://www.aboutads.info/choices (Digital Advertising Alliance)

For Users in the EU:
http://www.youronlinechoices.eu (European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance)

For Users in Canada:
http://youradchoices.ca/choices/ (Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada)

Opting out of participating providers and ad networks does not opt you out of being served advertising. If you opt-out, we will not send you targeted ads based on behavioral information we or our partners have obtained about you, but you may continue to receive generic or contextual ads on our Sites.

To successfully opt-out, you must have cookies enabled in your web browser. Please see your browser’s instructions for information on cookies and how to enable them. Your opt-out only applies to the web browser you use so you must opt-out of each web browser on each device that you use. Once you opt out, if you delete your browser’s saved cookies, you may need to opt-out again.

How We Use Your Information

We use Personally Identifiable Information collected on this Site for the following purposes:

To provide you with this Site and other products and services.
To respond to your inquiries and contact you about changes regarding the Site.
To provide you with e-mail, fax and other notices (such as expiration and renewal notices) regarding your account and the products or services that you are receiving, and for billing and collection purposes.
For any other purpose disclosed at the time the information is collected or to which you consent.
As otherwise specifically described in this Privacy Policy.

We also may use your information to better understand our Users and to improve our Site. For example, we may use this information to determine what portions of this Site are most popular and the demographics of our Users generally. Cookies and other User information also enable us to customize your experience on the Site. We may use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our servers or to administer our Site. We may also use IP addresses to help identify a User during a particular session and to gather data regarding use of this Site.

We may use the information you provide us to send you e-mail, fax and other communications on behalf of PWXyz and our affiliates. These communications may include e-mail newsletters, as well as offers for other PWXyz services. All email newsletters will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of receiving future issues of the newsletter. All promotional offers will include an opportunity to opt out of receiving future promotions from the brand whose product/service is being promoted.

We also may use your information to send you e-mail and other communications on behalf of third parties. Each of these communications will include instructions for opting out of receiving future third party offers from us. You may also opt out of receiving third party offers from this Site at any time by sending an e-mail to service@publishersweekly.com with the subject line "opt out - third party."

Our Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated, anonymous statistics about many Users, and individual information that is not Personally Identifiable Information without restriction as long as no individual is identifiable by the information disclosed, and otherwise will not disclose your Personally Identifiable Information except as follows:

Name and/or business name and title (but not information by which you may be contacted (i.e. name, postal address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address ) in representative lists of our magazine circulation and/or web site membership, but not for further use or dissemination by the recipient.
To third parties engaged to provide services under contractual requirement to keep Personally Identifiable Information confidential and use it only to perform the services.
Portions of this Site may be provided as "Premium" or "Sponsored" content. Premium or Sponsored content is made available to Users on the condition that we may share certain of the User's registration information with the Premium or Sponsored content's sponsors and advertisers and/or their service providers. We will always disclose when you are registering or being provided with Premium or Sponsored content.
To other third parties (and/or to their service providers on their behalf) to market their products or services under contractual requirement to keep Personally Identifiable Information confidential and use it only to market and provide their products or services. You may opt out of such disclosures by sending an e-mail to service@publishersweekly.com with the subject line: "do not disclose."
To any successor pursuant to an asset sale, merger, consolidation, restructuring, reorganization, liquidation or other similar transaction involving PWxyz or this Site.
When we believe such disclosure is required by law, regulation or securities exchange requirement or for the protection of persons or property.
When disclosure is necessary to accomplish the purpose for which you provide it.
To other PWyxz member companies for any uses consistent with those disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

Security

We use reasonable safeguards to protect Personally Identifiable Information we collect on this Site from unauthorized access, use, modification or disclosure. However, due to the design of the Internet and other factors outside of our control, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and our servers will be free from unauthorized access by third parties.

Right to Access and Change Information

You may view and update information that you previously submitted to this Site by visiting the newsletter or website registration page for this Site, or which you submitted to request a print publication, by sending an e-mail to service@publishersweekly.com. However, a request to change information may not be accommodated if the request would conflict with legal requirements or result in incorrect information. Requests to view or change personal information may take a few days to process.

Links

This Site contains content, services, advertising and other materials that link to Web sites operated by third parties. We have no control over those other sites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them. We encourage you to refer to the privacy policies, if any, of those sites.

This Site is operated by:
PWxyz, LLC
49 West 23rd Street
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