Terms of service

Your privacy is important to us. At Canonball Books, we have a few fundamental principles:

  • We are thoughtful about the personal information we ask you to provide and the personal information that we collect about you through the operation of our services.

  • We store personal information for only as long as we have a reason to keep it, which is to sell great stories. 

  • We aim to protect you from over-reaching government demands for your personal information. No one works in house to go around selling your data.  

  • We aim for full transparency on how we gather, use, and share your personal information.

Below is our Privacy Policy, which incorporates and clarifies these principles.

Who We Are and What This Policy Covers

Cheers! Canonball Books is where stories are soul food. 

This Privacy Policy applies to information that we collect about you when you use:

  • Our website (canonballbooks.com);

  • Our mobile applications (including any upcoming Canonball Books apps for Android and iOS).

Throughout this Privacy Policy we’ll refer to our website, mobile applications, and other properties collectively as “services.”

Below we explain how we collect, use, and share information about you, along with the choices that you have with respect to that information.

Creative Commons Share-Alike License

We’ve made this Privacy Policy available under a Creative Commons Share-Alike license. You’re welcome to copy, adapt, and repurpose it—just revise the language so your policy reflects your actual practices.

Information We Collect

We only collect information about you if we have a reason to do so—such as to provide our services, to communicate with you, or to improve our services so they better serve you.

We collect information (1) when you provide it to us and (2) automatically when you interact with our services.

1. Information You Provide

  • Basic account information: To create an account, we ask for an email address, password, and a username or name—nothing more.

  • Public profile information: Anything you add to your public profile (e.g., a photo, “About Me,” display name) is, by its nature, public.

  • Payment and contact information: If you buy something, we collect the data needed to process payment (e.g., name, billing address, card details) and keep a record of the purchase.

  • Content information: Comments, reviews, browsing history of products or articles, etc.

2. Information We Collect Automatically

  • Log information: Browser type, IP address, device identifiers, language, referring site, date/time, OS, mobile-network info.

  • Usage information: Actions taken within our services (e.g., “[username] scrolled [book title] 25 % through on 2025-06-26”).

  • Location information: Approximate location derived from IP address to understand geographic reach.

  • Cookies & similar tech: Cookies and pixel tags help us recognize visitors, understand usage, gauge email-campaign effectiveness, and deliver targeted ads.

In addition, you agree to our Messaging Terms (https://terms.pscr.pt/legal/shop/ashtown-burials/terms_of_service) and Messaging Privacy Policy (https://terms.pscr.pt/legal/shop/ashtown-burials/privacy_policy).

How and Why We Use Information

We use information about you to:

  1. Ensure quality, maintain safety, and improve our services.

  2. Market our services and measure the effectiveness of that marketing.

  3. Protect our services, our users, and the public (e.g., fight fraud, comply with legal obligations).

  4. Fix problems (debugging, repairing, preventing issues).

  5. Customize the user experience with relevant recommendations and content.

  6. Communicate with you (feedback requests, product updates). You can opt out of marketing emails at any time; account-related notices will still be sent.

Legal Bases (EU)

Our processing is grounded in contractual necessity, legal obligation, vital interests, legitimate interests, or your consent, as applicable.

Sharing Information

  • We don’t sell your data—period.

  • We may display anonymized engagement stats (e.g., “1,470 people bought Ashtown in Moscow, Idaho”).

  • Anything you willingly make public (profile photo, display name, etc.) is public.

How Long We Keep Information

We discard data once it’s no longer needed for its collected purpose and we’re not legally required to keep it (e.g., pixel logs 28-180 days; engagement data 14-30 days).

Security

No online service is 100 % secure, but we monitor for vulnerabilities and take reasonable steps to protect your data.

Your Choices

  • Provide less: Purchase as a guest or leave optional fields blank.

  • Limit mobile permissions: Disable app location or storage permissions (may limit features).

  • Opt out of marketing: Use the unsubscribe link or email us.

  • Reject cookies: Set your browser to block them (some features may break).

  • Close your account: Request deletion; some data may remain for legal or business reasons.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or port your data, or to object to processing. California residents also have CCPA rights, including the right to know, delete, opt out of “sales,” and be free from discrimination for exercising those rights.

Your Agreements

You confirm any data you provide is accurate and yours. You’re responsible for your password and device security.

Contacting Us

For any privacy questions or to exercise your rights, reach us via our contact page or call 1-208-892-8074. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Canonball Books may update this policy from time to time. Check back for changes; continued use of our services after an update constitutes acceptance of the new policy.

Disclaimer: While modified to suit our business, much of this policy was adapted from openly licensed sources.