Privacy Policy
Hidden Treasure Books
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 20, 2026
Hidden Treasure Books (“Hidden Treasure Books,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the information you provide when you visit our website, purchase our books, communicate with us, submit material, or use our services.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we may use it, when we may share it, and the choices you have concerning your information.
By using the Hidden Treasure Books website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. About Hidden Treasure Books
Hidden Treasure Books is a faith-based, family-owned business established to promote books, support authors, provide publishing-related resources, and connect authors and readers with people and services that may be helpful to them.
Our website may include:
- Books and book listings.
- Author profiles.
- Author-submitted information.
- Vendor recommendations.
- Publishing resources.
- Promotional opportunities.
- Contact forms.
- News and announcements.
- Reviews and testimonials.
- Links to third-party websites.
- Online purchasing or payment services.
- Social-media integrations.
- Other services developed in the future.
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through our website and through communications directly associated with Hidden Treasure Books.
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you interact with Hidden Treasure Books, we may collect different types of information.
Information You Provide Directly
You may voluntarily provide information such as:
- Name.
- Mailing address.
- Email address.
- Telephone number.
- Billing or shipping information.
- Business name.
- Author information.
- Book titles and descriptions.
- Photographs.
- Biographical information.
- Website and social-media information.
- Messages and correspondence.
- Reviews and testimonials.
- Other information you choose to provide.
You are not required to provide information simply to browse portions of our website. However, certain information may be necessary to purchase products, contact us, submit a book, participate in a promotional program, or use certain services.
3. Payment Information
If you purchase a product or service through Hidden Treasure Books, payment information may be processed by a third-party payment processor.
Depending on the payment method and service used, payment processors may collect information such as:
- Name.
- Billing address.
- Shipping address.
- Payment-card information.
- Email address.
- Transaction information.
Hidden Treasure Books generally does not need to store your complete payment-card number.
Payment information may be handled directly by the applicable payment processor under that company’s privacy policy and terms of service.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any payment provider used to complete a transaction.
4. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically by our website platform, hosting provider, analytics services, security services, or other technology providers.
This information may include:
- IP address.
- Browser type.
- Device type.
- Operating system.
- Approximate geographic location.
- Pages visited.
- Time spent on pages.
- Referring website.
- Date and time of visits.
- Website interactions.
- Technical information concerning your device.
This information may be used to operate, secure, analyze, and improve our website.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Hidden Treasure Books may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files or pieces of information that may be stored on your device when you visit a website.
Cookies may be used to:
- Keep the website functioning properly.
- Remember preferences.
- Improve website performance.
- Understand how visitors use the website.
- Analyze website traffic.
- Provide security.
- Support advertising or marketing activities, when applicable.
Some cookies may be placed by third-party service providers.
You may be able to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the website.
6. How We Use Information
Hidden Treasure Books may use information we collect to:
- Respond to questions and requests.
- Process and fulfill orders.
- Deliver purchased products.
- Communicate with customers and authors.
- Provide requested services.
- Maintain author profiles.
- Promote books and authors.
- Publish submitted material when authorized.
- Provide vendor recommendations.
- Improve our website.
- Improve our services.
- Understand website usage.
- Prevent fraud and abuse.
- Maintain website security.
- Communicate about products, services, announcements, or promotions.
- Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations.
- Protect the rights, property, and safety of Hidden Treasure Books and others.
We will not use personal information for purposes materially different from those described in this Privacy Policy without appropriate notice when required by applicable law.
7. Author Information
Authors who voluntarily submit information to Hidden Treasure Books may choose to provide information for promotional purposes.
For example, an author may provide:
- Name.
- Photograph.
- Biography.
- Book title.
- Book description.
- Author website.
- Social-media information.
- Contact or business information.
- Promotional photographs.
- Videos.
- Reviews or testimonials.
Information specifically submitted for publication or promotion may be displayed publicly on our website or associated promotional channels.
Authors should not submit information they do not want publicly displayed.
8. Publicly Available Information
Certain information submitted to Hidden Treasure Books may be intended for public display.
For example, an author may intentionally provide a name, photograph, biography, book title, or website address for publication on an author profile.
Once information is intentionally published publicly, it may be copied, indexed, shared, or reproduced by third parties beyond our control.
Hidden Treasure Books cannot guarantee that information once made publicly available will be completely removed from the internet.
9. Vendor Recommendations
Hidden Treasure Books may publish recommendations concerning individuals who work for publishing-related companies or other businesses.
If we identify a person whom we have personally dealt with and recommend that individual, the information may be published for the purpose of helping authors locate a trusted professional contact.
We will make reasonable efforts to avoid publishing unnecessary personal information.
Our recommendation does not constitute a guarantee of the individual’s current employment, position, availability, or future performance.
If a recommended individual leaves a company or changes positions, we may update or remove the recommendation.
10. When We Share Information
Hidden Treasure Books does not sell personal information simply because you visit our website.
We may share information when reasonably necessary to operate our business, including with:
- Website hosting providers.
- Website-management providers.
- Payment processors.
- Shipping and fulfillment companies.
- Book distributors and retailers.
- Technology providers.
- Email service providers.
- Analytics providers.
- Advertising and marketing providers.
- Professional advisors.
- Contractors working on behalf of Hidden Treasure Books.
- Government agencies or law-enforcement authorities when legally required.
We may also disclose information when necessary to protect the safety, rights, property, or security of Hidden Treasure Books, our users, or others.
11. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including:
- Book retailers.
- Publishers.
- Printers.
- Distributors.
- Vendor websites.
- Social-media websites.
- Payment providers.
- Advertising platforms.
- Author websites.
When you click a third-party link, you are leaving the Hidden Treasure Books website.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.
We encourage you to read the privacy policy of each third-party website you visit.
12. Email Communications
If you provide your email address, we may use it to:
- Respond to your inquiries.
- Process orders.
- Provide requested information.
- Communicate about services.
- Send newsletters or announcements when appropriate.
- Send promotional communications where permitted by law.
You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in the applicable message.
Even if you opt out of promotional communications, we may still send transactional or administrative communications necessary to complete an order, provide a requested service, or manage your account.
13. Children’s Privacy
Hidden Treasure Books may provide books and educational material intended for families and children.
However, our website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information directly from children without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.
We encourage parents and guardians to supervise children’s use of the internet and our website.
If a parent or guardian believes that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate permission, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
14. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect information under our control from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
However, no website, electronic communication system, or method of transmitting information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by us.
15. Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Provide services.
- Complete transactions.
- Maintain business and financial records.
- Communicate with customers and authors.
- Resolve disputes.
- Prevent fraud.
- Comply with legal obligations.
- Protect our legitimate business interests.
The length of time information is retained may vary depending on the nature of the information and the reason it was collected.
16. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information.
These rights may include the ability to:
- Request information about personal data we maintain about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of certain information.
- Opt out of certain marketing communications.
- Request information about how personal information is used or shared.
These rights may be subject to legal limitations and exceptions.
To make a privacy-related request, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.
17. Virginia Residents
Hidden Treasure Books operates in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Virginia residents may have privacy rights under applicable Virginia law, including the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”), as amended from time to time.
Where applicable, Hidden Treasure Books will honor rights required by law.
Depending on the circumstances, applicable rights may include rights concerning access, correction, deletion, portability, and certain choices concerning the processing of personal data.
To exercise an applicable privacy right, contact us using the information provided below.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests in order to protect your information.
18. Do Not Sell or Share
Hidden Treasure Books does not sell personal information for money.
If our business practices change in the future in a way that creates a legal obligation to provide additional notice or an opt-out opportunity, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any notices required by applicable law.
19. Social Media
Hidden Treasure Books may maintain or use social-media accounts and may display links to social-media platforms.
Interactions with social-media platforms are governed by the privacy policies and terms of those platforms.
Information you voluntarily post publicly on social-media platforms may be visible to others.
Hidden Treasure Books is not responsible for information you choose to publish publicly on third-party social-media services.
20. Business Transfers
If Hidden Treasure Books is involved in a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, reorganization, financing, bankruptcy, or other business transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction where legally permitted.
Any successor organization may be required to honor applicable privacy obligations concerning information previously collected.
21. Legal Disclosures
Hidden Treasure Books may disclose personal information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Respond to a valid legal process.
- Protect the rights or property of Hidden Treasure Books.
- Protect the safety of users or others.
- Investigate fraud or abuse.
- Protect the security of our website or services.
22. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
When changes are made, we will update the “Effective Date” at the beginning of this document.
We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy so that you understand how we handle information.
Your continued use of the website after an updated Privacy Policy is posted constitutes acknowledgment of the updated policy to the extent permitted by law.
23. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to make a privacy-related request, or believe that your personal information has been handled improperly, please contact:
Hidden Treasure Books
Virginia, United States
Email: hiddentreasurebooks911@gmail.com
Website: www.hiddentreasurebooks.com
24. Our Commitment
At Hidden Treasure Books, we believe that trust is earned.
Our goal is to build a business where authors, readers, vendors, and customers can interact with confidence and where personal information is treated with respect.
We will make reasonable efforts to collect only information that is useful to operating our business, providing our services, communicating with our customers, and supporting the authors we serve.
Thank you for trusting Hidden Treasure Books.
Books That Reveal Eternal Treasures.
Last Updated: August 20, 2026
This Privacy Policy is a general business template and should be reviewed by a qualified attorney or privacy professional before publication. Depending on how the Hidden Treasure Books website is configured, additional provisions may be necessary concerning cookies, analytics, advertising, payment processing, children’s data, email marketing, and applicable state privacy laws.