Privacy Policy

About This Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the official Robert A. Clark website, including its contact forms, newsletter forms, book pages, retailer links, and direct purchasing features when available.

By using the website, you acknowledge the practices described in this policy. The Terms of Use also apply to your use of the website.

Information You Provide

The website may collect information that you choose to provide, including your name, email address, message content, newsletter preferences, and other details submitted through a form.

When direct purchasing is available, order information may include your billing name, shipping address, email address, telephone number, purchased items, and transaction details needed to process and fulfill the order.

Payment information is processed by the payment provider shown during checkout. That provider handles payment details under its own privacy policy and terms.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, the hosting system and security tools may automatically record technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, requested pages, date and time of access, and basic error or security logs.

This information is used to operate the website, protect it from abuse, diagnose technical problems, and understand general website activity.

Cookies and Similar Technology

The website may use cookies or similar browser storage for essential functions such as security, form operation, shopping carts, checkout, and saved preferences.

Analytics, embedded media, retailer tools, or other optional services may use additional cookies when those features are enabled. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings, although disabling essential cookies may prevent some website features from working correctly.

How Information Is Used

Information may be used to:

• Respond to messages, questions, and appearance enquiries.
• Send newsletters or book updates requested by the subscriber.
• Process, fulfill, and support direct book orders.
• Maintain website security and prevent fraud or abuse.
• Diagnose errors and improve website performance.
• Meet legal, accounting, tax, or recordkeeping obligations.

Newsletter Communications

Newsletter messages are sent only when a visitor signs up or otherwise requests them. Each marketing email will include an unsubscribe link.

An unsubscribed email address may be retained on a suppression list so that the website can respect the request and avoid sending future marketing messages to that address.

How Information May Be Shared

Personal information may be shared only when reasonably necessary with service providers that help operate the website or complete a requested transaction. These may include website hosting, email delivery, payment processing, security, analytics, printing, fulfillment, and shipping providers.

Information may also be disclosed when required by law, to respond to a valid legal request, to protect the website or its users, or to investigate fraud, abuse, or security threats.

This website does not sell personal information. Third-party retailers collect information directly under their own privacy policies when you leave this website to make a purchase.

Data Retention

Information is kept only as long as reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was collected, to maintain business and transaction records, to comply with legal obligations, to resolve disputes, or to protect the website.

Retention periods may vary depending on whether the information relates to a contact request, newsletter subscription, order, payment record, security log, or legal requirement.

Data Security

Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used to protect personal information. However, no website, storage system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.

Visitors should avoid sending sensitive personal, financial, medical, or confidential information through a general contact form.

Your Choices and Privacy Rights

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time. You may also request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information associated with you, subject to applicable law and any information that must be retained for legitimate business, legal, security, or recordkeeping purposes.

Depending on where you live, additional privacy rights may apply. Requests can be submitted through the official contact page. The website may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information may use the contact page to request its removal.

External Websites

This website may link to Amazon, other retailers, social platforms, audio services, or external websites. Their privacy practices are controlled by their own policies. This Privacy Policy does not apply after you leave this website.

Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when website features, service providers, purchasing options, or legal requirements change. The date shown at the top of this page identifies the current version.