AET Book Club has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and security.   In recognition of the trust you have placed in us, AET Book Club pledges that:

• All of the information is confidential and is used solely to improve this website and to fulfill your orders. And like our circulation list, personal information is never sold, transferred, or given to anyone—ever.

Information gathered through our website
AET Book Club automatically collects anonymous information about usage of our website. For instance, when you visit www.middleeastbooks.com, our website recognizes the type of browser you are using, the address of the Internet Service Provider you are using, the addresses you visit at our site, and similar information. None of this information identifies you personally. AET Book Club does not currently use "cookies" at our website.

Information gathered through the order form and survey
Our site uses a secure shopping cart order form for customers to order products. We collect visitor's contact information (like their email, billing & shipping addresses) and financial information (like their credit card numbers). Contact information from the order form is used to send orders to our customers. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor regarding their order when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Financial information that is collected is used solely to bill the user for products and services.

Our online surveys ask visitors for contact information (like their email address) and demographic information (like their age and gender). The information from our online feedback form is used solely for the purpose of improving our website. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Internal Use of Information
We reserve the right to store on our server the information you voluntarily provide us, as well as the anonymous information that is automatically collected. We may use the anonymous information to understand better how our website is being used. We may use personal information that you have voluntarily submitted to provide the products or services that you have requested, to adjust our website to your personal preferences, to send to you via e-mail or postal mail newsletters, new product announcements or other information that we feel may be of value to you, and for other similar business purposes. If you do not want information collected, please do not submit it to us. Users may also opt-out of receiving future mailings at any time; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Security

This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.

When our order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'.

While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to support@middleeastbooks.com.

If you still have any concerns about ordering online, please call the AET Book Club (800-368-5788, ext. 3 or 202-939-6050) to place your order over the phone.

Choice/Opt-Out

This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications. To opt-out of receiving future communications, you can send an email to info@middleeastbooks.com.

This site gives users the option for changing and modifying information previously provided. To correct or update information you have previously provided, email info@middleeastbooks.com.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact