Last updated: September 18, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how the Jack Adkins website (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit authorjackadkins.com, purchase products, subscribe to a mailing list, or otherwise interact with the website.
Questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information may be sent to jack@authorjackadkins.com.
Information We Collect
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including your name, email address, billing address, shipping address, telephone number, and other information necessary to process an order or respond to a request.
We may also automatically receive limited technical information when you visit the website, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, and information collected through cookies or similar technologies.
Purchases and WooCommerce
We use WooCommerce to operate our online store.
When you make a purchase, we collect information necessary to process and fulfill your order. This may include your name, email address, billing and shipping addresses, telephone number if provided, products purchased, order history, and transaction information.
We use this information to:
- Process and fulfill orders
- Collect and account for payments
- Ship physical products
- Provide order confirmations and customer service
- Process refunds or resolve disputes
- Detect or prevent fraud and abuse
- Maintain business, tax, and accounting records
Payment Processing
Payments made through this website may be processed by third-party payment providers, including WooPayments, PayPal, and Square, including payment methods offered through those services such as Cash App Pay.
These payment providers receive information necessary to process your transaction and handle that information according to their own privacy policies and security practices.
We do not directly store your complete credit or debit card number on our website.
Shipping and Order Fulfillment
If you purchase a physical product, we may provide information such as your name and shipping address to postal services, shipping carriers, or other service providers as necessary to deliver your order.
Email Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter or mailing list, we collect information such as your name, if provided, and email address.
We use SendFox to manage email subscriptions and send newsletters and other author-related communications. Information you provide when subscribing may therefore be processed by SendFox on our behalf.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those messages.
Transactional messages relating to purchases, downloads, or other services you request are separate from marketing emails and may still be sent when necessary to provide those services.
BookFunnel and Digital Content
We may use BookFunnel to distribute ebooks, reader magnets, promotional books, or other digital content.
If you request or download content delivered through BookFunnel, information necessary to provide that content may be processed by BookFunnel according to its own privacy practices.
Some promotions may involve other participating authors or services. We will not add you to another author’s mailing list merely because you visited this website. If a promotion asks you to provide information to another author or service, the privacy practices of that party will apply to the information you provide to them.
Cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies to provide essential website functionality.
For example, WooCommerce may use cookies to remember the contents of your shopping cart and maintain your session while you shop. WordPress and other website services may also use cookies for security, preferences, account functionality, or other necessary purposes.
Third-party services used on the website may set their own cookies when their features are used.
You can control or delete cookies through your web browser. Disabling certain cookies may prevent portions of the website, including shopping and checkout functions, from working correctly.
Embedded Content and External Websites
Pages on this website may contain embedded content or links to other websites, such as videos, images, social-media content, retailer pages, or book-related services.
Embedded content from another website may behave in substantially the same way as if you visited that website directly. Those websites may collect information about you, use cookies, or monitor your interaction with their content.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites. Their own privacy policies apply when you interact with their services.
Comments and Contact
If commenting is enabled and you leave a comment, we may collect the information entered in the comment form along with technical information used for spam prevention and website security.
If you contact us directly, we may retain your message, email address, and other information you provide so that we can respond to your inquiry and maintain appropriate business records.
How We Use Your Information
We use personal information only for legitimate business purposes associated with operating this website and author business. These purposes may include operating and securing the website, fulfilling purchases, delivering requested content, communicating with readers and customers, sending newsletters to subscribers, providing customer service, preventing fraud and spam, and complying with legal, tax, and accounting obligations.
Who We Share Your Information With
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with service providers when necessary to operate the website or provide services you request. Depending on how you use the website, these providers may include:
- WooCommerce and related services
- WooPayments
- PayPal
- Square and Cash App Pay
- SendFox
- BookFunnel
- Website hosting, security, backup, and anti-spam providers
- Postal services and shipping carriers
We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect our legal rights, customers, website, or business.
These third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
How Long We Retain Your Information
We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and to meet legitimate business and legal obligations.
Order and transaction records may be retained for accounting, tax, fraud-prevention, warranty, refund, and other business-record purposes.
Newsletter subscription information may be retained until you unsubscribe or the information is otherwise removed from our mailing system.
Communications with customers and readers may be retained when reasonably necessary for customer service, business records, or legal purposes.
How We Protect Your Information
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures designed to protect information handled through this website. We also use established third-party providers for services such as payment processing rather than attempting to store sensitive payment credentials ourselves.
However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may give you rights concerning your personal information.
You may contact us to request information about personal data we hold about you, request correction of inaccurate information, or request deletion of personal information when applicable.
Certain information may need to be retained despite a deletion request when required for legal, administrative, security, tax, accounting, or other legitimate purposes.
To make a privacy-related request, contact jack@authorjackadkins.com.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link contained in the email.
Children’s Privacy
This website and its store are intended for a general audience and are not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through the website without appropriate parental consent, please contact us at jack@authorjackadkins.com.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, services, or legal obligations change. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will indicate when the policy was most recently revised.
Contact
For questions about this Privacy Policy or requests concerning your personal information, contact:
Jack Adkins
Email: jack@authorjackadkins.com
Website: authorjackadkins.com