Privacy Policy

1. What we collect

When you use this site we may receive:

• Account data — your name, email address, and a securely hashed password if you create an account
• Purchase data — items you buy, donation amounts, and payment confirmation (we do not see or store your card number — Stripe handles that)
• Subscription data — your monthly support tier and billing status (managed by Stripe)
• Usage data — pages you visit, basic device/browser info (kept anonymized)
• Cookies — small files used to keep you signed in and, with your consent, to display ads

2. How we use it

• To deliver the products and services you request (digital downloads, library access, receipts)
• To process payments and detect fraud (via Stripe)
• To send you transactional emails (purchase confirmations, donation receipts, subscription updates) via Resend
• To improve the site and understand what content serves the outreach
• To show non-intrusive ads from Google AdSense (only if you consent via the cookie banner)

We do not sell your personal data. Ever.

3. Third-party services

We use trusted services to run the site:

• Stripe — payments and subscriptions (privacy policy)
• Resend — transactional emails (privacy policy)
• Google AdSense — advertising (privacy policy)
• MongoDB Atlas — encrypted database storage

4. Cookies & advertising consent

On your first visit we ask whether you accept advertising cookies. If you decline, Google AdSense will not be loaded on this device. You can change your choice anytime by clearing your browser's site data for this site — the banner will reappear.

5. Your rights (GDPR / CCPA)

You have the right to:

• Request a copy of your personal data
• Ask us to delete your account and all associated data
• Withdraw consent for advertising at any time
• Lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority

To exercise any of these rights, email us via the contact link on the About page.

6. Data retention

Account data is kept while your account is active. Order records are kept for 7 years for tax and accounting reasons. You can delete your account at any time by contacting us.

7. Changes to this policy

If we materially change how we handle data, we'll update the date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you by email.