Privacy Policy
Use of This Website and Privacy
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(1) General Disclaimer
Alex and Books, LLC (“Alex and Books” and “Us”) provides the information on these pages as a public service for informational purposes only. Information contained in these pages is not intended to be, and should not be taken as, advice. All information provided through this website, on our blog or through Alex and Books’ email subscription are provided “as-is, where-is” and without any warranties of any kind, including the warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Your use of this website does not constitute or establish a contractual relationship with Alex and Books. However, you may subscribe to certain services through this website, in which case you agree to Alex and Books’ Terms and Conditions or Design Services Agreement.
Sometimes book publishers or authors send over free books in exchange for a post of an honest review on the Alex and Books website and/or social media accounts. This does not influence the rating of the book. The vast majority of the books I’ve rated I’ve bought myself.
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog may accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content. The owner of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
Many of my posts contain affiliate links. If you click on an affiliate link and buy something, I may receive a very small commission. It does NOT result in additional charges to you or cost you anything extra. Mentions of associated products/services/businesses within the content of my blog may or may not be noted as an affiliate in every reference. The affiliate money I earn per month helps pay the fees to keep this site up and running. Thanks so much for your support!
I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
(2) Affiliate Disclosure
Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, Alex and Books may earn a small commission. It costs you nothing extra, and it never decides which books or products are recommended.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Alex and Books is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
Pages with affiliate links say so near the top, and those links are marked for search engines as sponsored. When you follow one to Amazon, Amazon sets its own cookies under its own privacy notice, so it can tell that the visit came from this site.
(3) Third Party Information Disclaimer
Certain links on this site lead to websites controlled by other parties over whom Alex and Books has no control. Therefore, Alex and Books makes no representation or warranty concerning the content or accuracy of third party information and expressly disclaims any liability therefore.
(4) Copyright & Trademark
This site and all the information it contains, including, but not limited to, articles, blog posts, designs, drawings, illustrations, photographs, videos, opinions, text, guides, trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos (“Protected Information”) are the property of Alex and Books, its contributors, and licensors and is protected from unauthorized use, copying, distribution and dissemination by U.S. Copyright law, trademark law, international conventions, and other intellectual property laws. All rights reserved. You may not use our Protected Information without Alex and Books’ express written consent.
(5) Privacy Policy
This policy explains what personal information Alex and Books, LLC ("Alex and Books", "we") collects through alexandbooks.com, why, who handles it for us, how long it is kept, and the rights you have over it. It applies to this website, the newsletter signup and the contact forms.
Alex and Books is the controller of your personal information. For any question or request about it, email alex@alexandbooks.com.
Alex and Books does not sell your personal information, does not share it for targeted or cross-context advertising, and does not use it to make automated decisions about you.
(6) What we collect and why
Newsletter signup. When you subscribe we collect your email address and which page you signed up on. We use it to send the weekly newsletter and the book list you asked for. The legal basis is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time with the unsubscribe link in every email. If you previously unsubscribed, we only add you back after you confirm from your own inbox.
Contact and enquiry forms. When you write to us we collect your name, email address, your message and any details the form asks for, such as an event date or a budget. We use them to reply and to deal with your enquiry. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in answering you, or taking steps at your request before a possible agreement. Your details are not added to the newsletter.
Book waitlist. The waitlist on the My Book page is a Google Form. Google collects what you enter there on our behalf, and we use it only to tell you about the book.
Analytics, only if you agree. If you allow analytics in the cookie banner, Google Analytics records which pages are visited, roughly where visitors come from and what device they use, so we can see what readers find useful. The legal basis is your consent. Google signals and advertising features are switched off, and Google Analytics does not store IP addresses.
Technical data. Like any website, the servers that deliver this site process your IP address and basic browser information to send you pages and protect the site from abuse. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in running a secure website.
We do not ask for or knowingly collect sensitive information, such as health, financial or government identity details.
(7) Who handles your data for us
We use a small number of service providers. Each processes personal information only on our instructions and under its own data protection terms.
- beehiiv (United States) sends the newsletter and stores subscriber email addresses.
- Brevo (France) delivers contact form messages to Alex and keeps a record of form submissions and newsletter signups.
- Google (United States) provides Google Analytics, loaded through Google Tag Manager and only with your consent, and Google Forms for the book waitlist.
- Vercel (United States) hosts the website and processes technical data to deliver it.
- Sanity (Norway and United States) stores the site's content and keeps open pages up to date, which involves your browser connecting to its servers.
- Amazon (United States) serves some book cover pictures straight from its image servers, which receive your IP address and browser details when a picture loads. It sets no cookies through this site.
Links to Amazon, Kajabi (courses), social networks and other sites take you to services we do not control. Their own privacy policies apply once you are there.
(9) How long we keep it
- Newsletter: until you unsubscribe. A record that you unsubscribed is kept so you are not emailed again.
- Enquiries: for as long as needed to deal with your enquiry and any follow-up, and no longer than three years after our last contact, unless the law requires longer.
- Analytics: up to 14 months, after which Google deletes it.
- Technical logs: for a short period, typically days, for security and troubleshooting.
(10) Your rights
Depending on where you live, you have the right to:
- know what personal information we hold about you and get a copy of it,
- have it corrected or deleted,
- object to or restrict how we use it, and receive it in a portable format,
- withdraw consent at any time, without affecting what was done before,
- opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. We do neither, so there is nothing to opt out of.
To use any of these rights, email alex@alexandbooks.com. We will reply within one month, or within 45 days for California residents, and may need to confirm your identity first. You can also ask someone to make a request for you as your authorized agent. We will never treat you differently for using your rights.
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom and are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to your local data protection authority.
(11) International transfers
Some of our service providers are in the United States. Where personal information from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland is transferred there, it is protected by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework where the provider is certified, or by the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
(12) Children
This website is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us their details, email alex@alexandbooks.com and we will delete them.
(13) Security
The site is served only over encrypted connections, form data goes straight to our providers, and access to their accounts is limited to the people who need it. No method of storing or sending data is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect yours.
(14) Changes to this policy
We will update this page when our practices change and change the date below. If a change is significant, we will say so on the site or in the newsletter.
Last updated: November 2026.