Website Privacy Policy – Invisible Empire Publishing

Last Updated: 03/07/2026

Invisible Empire Publishing LLC (“Invisible Empire Publishing,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect personal information when you visit or use InvisibleEmpirePublishing.com, create an account, subscribe to our newsletter or digital library, contact us, or make a purchase through our website.

By accessing or using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. Your use of the website is also subject to our Terms and Conditions.

1. Who We Are

Invisible Empire Publishing LLC operates this website and is the controller of the personal information we collect through it, except where a third-party service provider acts as an independent controller for its own services.

Company: Invisible Empire Publishing LLC
Website: InvisibleEmpirePublishing.com
Email: [email protected]

2. Scope of This Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through our website, store, checkout, newsletter signup forms, account registration, customer support communications, digital library access, and related services.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, services, or platforms that may be linked from our website or used in connection with payments, shipping, analytics, email delivery, hosting, or other services. Those third parties may have their own privacy policies and terms.

3. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal information, depending on how you interact with us:

A. Information You Provide Directly

We may collect information you provide when you place an order, create an account, sign up for our newsletter, subscribe to the digital library, contact us, submit a support request, or otherwise communicate with us. This may include:

name
email address
phone number
billing address
shipping address
account login information
order details
customer service messages
newsletter preferences
subscription details
any other information you choose to provide

B. Payment and Transaction Information

When you make a purchase, donation, tip, subscription payment, or other transaction, payment information may be collected and processed by our payment processors or financial service providers. Depending on the payment method used, we may receive limited transaction details such as billing name, billing address, payment status, payment type, transaction identifier, partial payment details, and fraud-prevention signals.

If you pay by check, money order, or another offline method we accept, we may collect and retain the information necessary to process, document, and reconcile that payment.

C. Shipping and Fulfillment Information

If you place an order for physical goods, we collect the information needed to fulfill and ship your order, including your name, shipping address, email address, phone number where provided, order contents, shipping method, tracking details, and delivery-related communications.

D. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit or use our website, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:

IP address
browser type and version
device type
operating system
language settings
approximate location derived from IP
pages viewed
referring and exit pages
date and time of visits
clickstream and browsing behavior
session data
cookie identifiers and similar tracking data

E. Information from Third Parties

We may receive information from third parties that support our business operations, such as payment processors, ecommerce platforms, shipping carriers, email service providers, analytics providers, fraud-prevention vendors, customer support tools, and marketing partners.

4. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

to operate, maintain, and improve our website, store, and digital library
to process and fulfill orders, payments, subscriptions, and tips
to provide shipping, tracking, delivery, and fulfillment services
to create and manage accounts
to authenticate users and protect account security
to provide customer support and respond to inquiries
to send transactional messages, such as order confirmations, receipts, service notices, renewal notices, and shipping updates
to send newsletters, promotions, and marketing communications, where permitted by law
to personalize content, product recommendations, and user experience
to monitor usage, analyze traffic, and improve performance
to prevent fraud, abuse, chargebacks, unauthorized access, and other harmful activity
to enforce our Terms and Conditions and other policies
to comply with legal obligations, tax requirements, accounting requirements, lawful requests, and dispute resolution processes
to protect our rights, property, systems, users, authors, and business operations

5. How We Share Information

We do not disclose personal information except as described in this Privacy Policy, with your consent, or as permitted or required by law.

We may share personal information with the following categories of recipients:

A. Service Providers

We may share personal information with vendors and service providers that perform services for us, including providers of:

payment processing
ecommerce and checkout systems
hosting and infrastructure
website security
fraud prevention
email delivery
newsletter management
customer support tools
analytics
shipping and fulfillment
cloud storage
accounting, legal, and administrative services

These parties are authorized to use personal information only as needed to provide services to us or as otherwise permitted by their own terms and privacy policies where they act independently.

B. Shipping Carriers and Fulfillment Partners

For physical orders, we may share the information necessary to pack, ship, track, insure, and deliver your order with carriers, postage providers, fulfillment partners, and related logistics vendors.

C. Legal and Compliance Disclosures

We may disclose personal information when we believe in good faith that doing so is necessary to:

comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
enforce our agreements and policies
detect, investigate, or prevent fraud, abuse, chargebacks, security incidents, or illegal activity
protect the rights, safety, and property of the Company, our customers, our authors, or others

D. Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, asset sale, restructuring, bankruptcy, or other business transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

E. With Your Direction or Consent

We may share information when you direct us to do so or otherwise consent.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, local storage, log files, scripts, and similar technologies to:

keep the website functioning properly
remember your preferences
maintain login sessions
measure traffic and usage
understand user behavior
improve performance and user experience
support marketing and communications

You can usually manage cookies through your browser settings. Blocking or disabling cookies may affect website functionality.

7. Newsletter and Marketing Communications

If you sign up for our newsletter or otherwise opt in to receive marketing communications, we may use your contact information to send news, releases, promotions, offers, and updates about our books, services, subscriptions, and related content.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the message or by contacting us at the email listed below. Transactional communications relating to orders, payments, subscriptions, account activity, or legal notices may still be sent even if you opt out of marketing messages.

8. Digital Library and Account Usage

If you subscribe to or use our digital library, we may collect and use information necessary to provide access and manage the service, including:

account credentials
subscription status
login activity
access history
device and browser information
content usage data
customer support interactions
billing and renewal information

We use this information to operate the service, authenticate access, prevent unauthorized sharing or abuse, improve the library, and enforce our Terms and Conditions.

9. Payment Processing

Payments made through our website may be processed by third-party payment processors. Those processors may collect, use, and store payment information according to their own privacy policies and legal obligations. We do not guarantee the privacy or security practices of independent payment processors, though we select providers we believe are commercially reasonable for our business.

Your bank, card issuer, payment processor, or financial institution may also retain records of your transaction. Your statement may display our business name or payment descriptor associated with the transaction.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to:

provide products, shipping, subscriptions, and digital access
maintain business and accounting records
comply with tax, legal, regulatory, and reporting obligations
resolve disputes
enforce agreements
detect and prevent fraud and abuse
maintain backups, audit trails, and security records

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the nature of the transaction, the services involved, and our legal or operational needs. When we no longer need personal information, we will delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it where reasonably practicable, subject to lawful retention requirements.

11. Data Security

We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, destruction, misuse, and loss. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, which may include the right to:

request access to personal information we hold about you
request correction of inaccurate information
request deletion of certain information
object to or restrict certain processing
withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
request portability of certain information
opt out of certain marketing communications

We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request. We may also deny or limit requests where permitted by law.

To exercise a privacy request, contact us at:
[email protected]

13. International Users and Cross-Border Transfers

If you access our website from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, processed in, and stored in the United States or other countries where we or our service providers operate. These jurisdictions may have data protection laws that differ from those in your country.

Where required by applicable law, we will take appropriate steps to address cross-border transfers.

14. Additional Notice for EEA and UK Users

If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we may process your personal information on one or more of the following bases, as applicable:

performance of a contract with you
compliance with a legal obligation
our legitimate interests, where those interests are not overridden by your rights
your consent, where consent is required

If you are in the EEA or UK, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

15. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate authorization where required by law. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 in a manner that requires deletion, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us at [email protected].

16. Third-Party Links and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, services, checkout systems, content platforms, or tools that are not owned or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or data practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing information to them.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on this page and update the effective or last-updated date above. Your continued use of the website after the revised policy becomes effective means the revised policy will apply on a going-forward basis, subject to applicable law.

18. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your inquiries as soon as possible.

Invisible Empire Publishing LLC

[email protected]