Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 23, 2026

Hope for Books ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website www.hopeforbooks.com (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information in connection with your use of the Site.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information about you in two ways: information you choose to send us, and information collected automatically through standard site analytics.

Information you provide. The Site does not use contact forms, account registration, or newsletter sign-ups. The only way we receive personal information directly from you is if you voluntarily send us an email using the email address published on the Site. If you choose to email us, we may receive:

Your name and email address
Any other information you choose to include in your message (such as a phone number, mailing address, or details about your inquiry)

Information collected automatically. Like most websites, the Site uses standard analytics tools provided by our website platform, Wix.com, to understand how visitors use the Site. This may include information such as your IP address, general geographic location, browser and device type, pages visited, time spent on the Site, and referring website. This information is collected automatically through cookies and similar tracking technologies and is used in aggregate form; it is not used to personally identify you. See Section 4 for more detail.

2. How We Use Information

Any information you send us by email is used solely to:

Respond to your inquiry, question, or message
Maintain a record of our correspondence, where appropriate

We do not use information you send us for advertising, marketing, or profiling purposes, and we do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

3. Book Bank and Book Donation Organization Database

The Site hosts a database of information about book banks and book donation organizations. This information is compiled from publicly available sources and is intended to help visitors locate and learn about these organizations. This database does not contain personal information about Site visitors, and its compilation does not involve the collection of any personal data from you.

If you believe information about an organization is inaccurate or should be removed, please contact us using the email address on the Site.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

The Site uses standard site analytics provided through our website platform, Wix.com. Wix uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about visitors' use of the Site, such as pages viewed, time on site, approximate location, device and browser type, and general usage patterns. This information helps us understand how visitors interact with the Site so we can improve it.

This analytics data is aggregated and does not identify you by name. We do not use it for advertising or to build individual profiles of visitors, and we do not sell this information.

Because the Site is built on the Wix platform, Wix may also independently collect and process certain data as part of operating and securing the Site, in accordance with its own privacy practices. You can review Wix's privacy policy at https://www.wix.com/about/privacy for more information about how Wix handles data.

Most browsers allow you to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect how some parts of the Site function.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not share, sell, or disclose any personal information you send us via email to third parties, except:

If required to do so by law or in response to valid legal process
To protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of others

Our website platform, Wix.com, acts as our website host and analytics provider and processes certain visitor data (such as the automatically collected analytics data described in Section 4) on our behalf in order to operate and secure the Site. This is standard for any website built on a hosting platform like Wix, and is not a sale or disclosure of your information for Wix's own marketing purposes.

6. Data Retention

We retain emails and any personal information they contain only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry or as needed for our records, after which they may be deleted.

7. Your Choices

Because the only personal information we receive is what you choose to send us by email, you control what information you share with us. You may also contact us at any time to ask that we delete correspondence you have sent us.

8. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the email address listed on www.hopeforbooks.com.