Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 2026
Information We Collect
We collect information you voluntarily provide — name, email, shipping address, and message content — when you contact us, subscribe to our newsletter, or order a book. We also collect anonymized usage data via Microsoft Clarity as described below.
How We Use Your Information
We use your information to respond to enquiries, fulfill book orders, send our newsletter (if you subscribed), and improve our website. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
Analytics (Microsoft Clarity)
We use Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors use our Site. Clarity may use cookies and similar technologies to collect usage data such as pages visited and general interaction patterns. This data is used only to improve the Site and is not sold to third parties.
Microsoft's Privacy Statement is available at https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement.
Cookies
We use minimal cookies — Microsoft Clarity analytics cookies and a session cookie (PHPSESSID) for basic functionality. No advertising cookies. See our Cookie Policy for details.
CCPA – California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the CCPA as amended by the CPRA:
- The right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell
- The right to delete personal information we have collected from you
- The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information
- The right to correct inaccurate personal information
- The right to limit the use of sensitive personal information
- The right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: We do not sell or share personal information with third parties for advertising purposes. To submit a privacy request, email privacy@gardenreads.site with the subject "CCPA Request".
To submit a verifiable consumer request, email privacy@gardenreads.site. We will verify your identity before processing requests and respond within 45 days.
Children's Privacy
Our Site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware of such collection, we will delete it promptly. Contact privacy@gardenreads.site if you believe this has occurred.
Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information. We retain data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy.
Contact
For privacy enquiries: privacy@gardenreads.site or Garden Reads, 456 Blossom Avenue, Portland, OR 97202.