Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 24, 2026

Kyle Adams Writes respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, stored, and shared when you visit this website, subscribe to the email list, read preview content, or contact us.

By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

Subscribe to the Kyle Adams Writes email list
Submit a contact form
Send an email or other message
Participate in a survey, giveaway, or promotional activity

This information may include your:

Email address
Name
Message content
Any other information you choose to provide

You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the website or read publicly available content.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website platform, hosting provider, analytics tools, security services, or similar technologies.

This information may include:

Internet Protocol address
Browser and device type
Operating system
Referring website
Pages viewed
Approximate geographic region
Date and time of access
Interactions with the website
Cookie and similar technology data

This information is generally used to operate, secure, maintain, and understand the performance of the website.

2. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

Deliver requested book updates, excerpts, and publication news
Manage the email subscriber list
Respond to questions or messages
Provide and improve website content
Understand how visitors use the website
Maintain website functionality and security
Detect spam, fraud, abuse, or technical problems
Comply with legal obligations
Protect our rights, property, and users

We will not use your email address to send unrelated messages without your permission.

3. Email Communications

When you subscribe to the Kyle Adams Writes email list, you consent to receive emails relating to Kyle Adams, The Illuminated, other writing projects, preview chapters, behind-the-scenes updates, announcements, and publication news.

You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in an email or by contacting us through the website.

Unsubscribing will stop marketing emails, although we may retain limited information when reasonably necessary to document your request, comply with the law, or prevent you from being added back to the list without permission.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used to:

Keep the website functioning properly
Remember visitor preferences
Measure traffic and website performance
Understand how visitors interact with pages
Prevent spam and malicious activity
Improve the visitor experience

Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect how portions of the website function.

Where required by law, nonessential cookies will be used only after appropriate consent has been obtained.

5. Analytics

We may use analytics services to better understand website traffic and visitor behavior. These services may collect technical information such as page views, general location, device type, referral source, and interactions with the website.

Analytics information is used to evaluate and improve the website and is not intended to personally identify individual visitors.

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may disclose information to trusted service providers that assist with activities such as:

Website hosting
WordPress site operation
Email-list management and email delivery
Website analytics
Form processing
Spam prevention
Data storage
Website security and maintenance

These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services or as otherwise permitted by their own terms and privacy policies.

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:

Comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
Enforce website policies
Investigate fraud, abuse, or security concerns
Protect the rights, safety, or property of Kyle Adams Writes, its visitors, or others
Complete a business transfer, reorganization, or succession involving the website or author business

7. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

Kyle Adams Writes does not sell personal information for money.

Kyle Adams Writes also does not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Should these practices change, this Privacy Policy and any legally required opt-out mechanisms will be updated.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Email subscription information may be retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion. Contact messages may be retained for as long as necessary to respond, maintain appropriate records, resolve disputes, or protect legal rights.

Certain information may be retained longer when required for legal, security, fraud-prevention, or recordkeeping purposes.

9. Data Security

Reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures are used to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, loss, or disclosure.

However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information through the website at your own discretion.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to:

Request access to personal information held about you
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of certain information
Withdraw consent
Object to or restrict certain uses of information
Request a portable copy of certain information
Opt out of certain sales, sharing, or targeted advertising
Appeal the denial of a privacy request
Submit a complaint to an appropriate data-protection authority

These rights may be limited by applicable law and may not apply in every circumstance.

To submit a privacy request, use the Contact page on this website. Please include enough information to identify your records and explain the nature of your request. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling it.

You will not be discriminated against for exercising an applicable privacy right.

11. Information for Visitors in the European Economic Area and United Kingdom

Where European or United Kingdom data-protection law applies, personal information may be processed under one or more of the following legal bases:

Consent, such as when you voluntarily subscribe to the email list
Legitimate interests, such as operating, securing, and improving the website
Contractual necessity, when processing is needed to provide something you requested
Legal obligation, when processing is required by law

You may withdraw consent to email communications at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

Because Kyle Adams Writes is based in the United States, information may be processed or stored in the United States or in other countries where service providers operate. Those countries may have different data-protection laws from your country of residence.

Where required, reasonable safeguards will be used for international transfers of personal information.

12. California Privacy Information

California residents may have rights under applicable California privacy law, including rights to know, access, correct, or delete certain personal information and to opt out of certain sales or sharing.

Kyle Adams Writes does not sell personal information and does not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

California residents may submit a request through the Contact page on this website.

13. Children’s Privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through this website, please contact us so the information can be reviewed and, where appropriate, deleted.

14. Third-Party Websites and Services

This website may contain links to third-party websites, social-media platforms, retailers, publishing services, or other external resources.

Kyle Adams Writes does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of third parties. Visitors should review the privacy policies of any external services they use.

15. Embedded Content

Pages on this website may include embedded content such as videos, images, social-media posts, audio, or other material hosted by third parties.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third party’s website directly. Those services may collect information, use cookies, or track your interaction with the embedded content according to their own privacy policies.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes to the website, service providers, information practices, or legal requirements.

The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Continued use of the website after a revision becomes effective constitutes acknowledgment of the updated policy.

17. Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or requests concerning your personal information, please use the Contact page on the Kyle Adams Writes website.

Website owner: Kyle Adams
Website: Kyle Adams Writes