Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Linear Habits ("Linear Habits", "we", "us") collects, uses, stores and protects personal information when you visit this website, purchase our books, or otherwise interact with us.

Linear Habits is a publishing brand. We collect the minimum information required to operate this website and to fulfil orders and correspondence. We do not sell personal information.

We collect information in two ways: information you choose to give us, and information collected automatically when you use the website.

You may provide personal information when you:

• subscribe to our newsletter (your email address)
• contact us by email or through a contact channel (your name, email address and the content of your message)
• purchase a book through a linked retailer (order details are processed by that retailer, not by us, unless otherwise stated at checkout)

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• device and browser type
• approximate location derived from IP address
• pages visited and interactions with the site
• referring page or link
• date, time and duration of visits

We use personal information to:

• send the newsletter you have subscribed to
• respond to enquiries and correspondence
• operate, maintain and improve the website
• understand, in aggregate, how the website is used
• meet legal, accounting or regulatory obligations

Where the GDPR or similar law applies, we process personal information on the following bases: your consent (for example, when you subscribe to the newsletter); the performance of a contract or steps toward one (for example, responding to an enquiry); our legitimate interests in operating and improving the website, where those interests are not overridden by your rights; and compliance with legal obligations.

The website may use cookies and similar technologies to function, to remember preferences and to understand aggregate usage. Full details are set out in our Cookie Policy, available from the footer of every page.

We may use privacy-conscious analytics to understand how the website is used in aggregate. Analytics information is used to improve the website and is not used to build advertising profiles.

The website may link to or rely on third parties, including book retailers (such as Amazon), hosting and content-delivery providers, and email service providers. These third parties process information under their own privacy policies. We encourage you to read them.

We do not sell or rent personal information. We share personal information only with service providers who help us operate the website and communications (under appropriate confidentiality obligations), when required by law, or in connection with a transfer of the business, subject to this Policy.

We keep personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy: newsletter subscription data until you unsubscribe; correspondence for a reasonable period after the matter is closed; and technical logs for a limited operational period. We then delete or anonymise it.

We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss or misuse. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Where information is transferred outside your country or region (for example, to service providers located elsewhere), we take steps intended to ensure an adequate level of protection, such as appropriate contractual safeguards where required.

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• access the personal information we hold about you
• correct inaccurate or incomplete information
• request deletion of your personal information
• restrict or object to certain processing
• receive your information in a portable format
• withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent (this does not affect processing that has already taken place)

If you are in the EU or EEA, you have the rights listed above under the GDPR, including the right to withdraw consent and the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [Contact Email]. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.

The website and our books are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us at [Contact Email] and we will delete it.

We may update this Policy from time to time. The current version is always available on this page, and the "Last updated" date above shows when it was last revised. Material changes will be indicated on this page.

Privacy questions, requests and concerns can be sent to [Contact Email].

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