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Who We Are

This website, thestocktonpapers.com ("the Site"), is operated by Stockton Holiday and Cactus Equity Group, LLC ("we," "us," or "our"). The Site serves as the author platform for Stockton Holiday, featuring information about published and forthcoming books, blog posts, and occasional dispatches of varying degrees of relevance.

Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

• Contact form submissions. When you use the contact form on the Site, we collect your name, email address, and any message you choose to include. This information is provided voluntarily and is used solely to respond to your correspondence.
• Newsletter and notification sign-up. If you opt in to receive notifications, we collect your email address for the purpose of informing you when the Site is fully operational, when books become available, and for occasional updates about the author's work. We do not send unsolicited communications beyond what you have requested.
• Blog comments. If and when blog functionality is available on the Site, we may collect your name, email address, and comment content when you submit a comment. Your email address is not displayed publicly.
• Automatically collected information. Like most websites, our server automatically records certain information when you visit, including your IP address, browser type, referring URL, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit. This data is used for site administration, security monitoring, and understanding general usage patterns. It is not used to personally identify individual visitors.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To respond to messages submitted through the contact form.
• To send newsletters, book announcements, and site updates to subscribers who have opted in to receive them.
• To administer and improve the Site.
• To monitor the Site for security and prevent abuse.
• To comply with applicable legal obligations.

We do not use your information for targeted advertising, behavioral profiling, or any purpose unrelated to the operation of this Site and the author's work.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. Period.

We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:

• Service providers. We may use third-party services for email delivery, web hosting, and site analytics. These providers access your data only to perform services on our behalf and are obligated not to use it for other purposes.
• Legal requirements. We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or governmental regulation, or if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others.

Cookies and Tracking

The Site may use cookies — small text files stored on your device — for basic site functionality and analytics. These may include:

• Essential cookies. Required for the Site to function properly, such as session management.
• Analytics cookies. Used to understand how visitors interact with the Site in aggregate. This data is anonymized and is not used to identify individual users.

You may disable cookies through your browser settings. Doing so may affect certain features of the Site, though in the author's experience, the consequences are generally manageable.

Data Retention

We retain contact form submissions and subscriber information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, or until you request that we delete your data. Server logs are retained for a reasonable period for security and administrative purposes and are then deleted.

Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate information.
• Request deletion of your personal information.
• Withdraw consent for communications at any time.
• Object to certain processing of your data.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the form on the main page. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe — which is to say, as promptly as circumstances allow.

Unsubscribing

Every email we send includes an unsubscribe link. You may also contact us directly to be removed from any mailing list. We honor all unsubscribe requests promptly and without the sort of guilt-inducing follow-up that has become fashionable elsewhere.

Third-Party Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, including booksellers, social media platforms, and other external resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party site you visit.

Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed at individuals under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete it promptly.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. This is true of all websites, though few of them will tell you so in plain language.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Your continued use of the Site after such changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please reach us through the contact form on the main page. Correspondence will be forwarded to the appropriate undisclosed location.

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