Privacy Policy

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Effective Date: September 7, 2026
Last Updated: September 7, 2026

Brian’s Books & Things respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and shared when you visit our website, make a purchase, contact us, register for an event, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with Brian’s Books & Things.

By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you use our website, we may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

• Your name

• Email address

• Telephone number

• Billing and shipping information

• Information associated with an order or purchase

• Messages or information submitted through contact forms

• Event registration or RSVP information

• Communication and customer-service information

• Any other information you voluntarily provide to us

Our website and service providers may also automatically collect certain technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, approximate location, referring pages, pages visited, and information about how you interact with the website.

2. Payment Information

When you make a purchase, payment information may be processed by third-party payment processors or other commerce providers.

Brian’s Books & Things does not intentionally collect or store complete credit- or debit-card numbers on its own systems when those payments are handled by a third-party payment processor.

Payment providers process information according to their own privacy and security practices.

3. How We Use Information

Information collected through our website may be used to:

• Process and fulfill orders

• Accept and process payments

• Arrange shipping or delivery

• Communicate about purchases or orders

• Respond to questions and customer-service requests

• Manage event registrations or RSVPs

• Provide information customers request

• Maintain and improve our website

• Detect or prevent fraud, abuse, and security problems

• Maintain appropriate business and transaction records

• Comply with legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory obligations

• Send promotional communications when permitted by law and consistent with your choices

We do not use personal information for purposes materially different from those described in this Privacy Policy without providing appropriate notice when required.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate website features, remember preferences, understand website usage, maintain security, process transactions, and improve the visitor experience.

Some cookies may be provided by third-party services used to operate the website.

Depending on your browser, device, location, and the technologies used on the website, you may be able to restrict or disable certain cookies. Disabling cookies may affect the operation of some website features.

5. Analytics

We or our website service providers may use analytics technologies to better understand how visitors use the website. Analytics information may include pages visited, approximate geographic information, device and browser information, referral information, and interactions with website features.

This information may be used to improve the performance, usability, content, and security of the website.

6. How Information May Be Shared

Brian’s Books & Things does not sell your personal information for money.

We may share information when reasonably necessary with companies that help us operate our business, such as:

• Website hosting and e-commerce providers

• Payment processors

• Shipping and delivery providers

• Email and communication services

• Analytics and security providers

• Professional advisers and service providers

These companies may receive information necessary to perform services on our behalf or provide services you request.

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful legal requests, protect our rights or property, investigate suspected fraud or misuse, or protect the safety and security of our customers, business, or others.

7. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services.

Once you leave the Brian’s Books & Things website, the privacy practices of the third party apply. We are not responsible for the privacy policies, security practices, content, or operation of independently operated third-party websites.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of websites they choose to visit.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable measures appropriate to the nature of our business to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, electronic transmission, or data-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Data Retention

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, complete transactions, maintain business and tax records, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, enforce agreements, and comply with applicable legal obligations.

Information that is no longer reasonably required may be deleted or anonymized where appropriate.

10. Email and Marketing Communications

If you choose to receive promotional emails from Brian’s Books & Things, you may unsubscribe from marketing communications using the unsubscribe option provided in those communications when available.

Even if you unsubscribe from promotional communications, we may still send non-promotional messages when necessary regarding an order, transaction, customer-service request, or other interaction you initiated.

11. Children's Privacy

Brian’s Books & Things may sell books and merchandise that appeal to children and families. However, our website and online purchasing services are not intended to knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental or legal authorization.

If we learn that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected in circumstances requiring parental consent and such consent was not obtained, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information.

Parents or guardians who believe a child has provided personal information through our website may contact us.

12. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, which can include the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information.

You may contact Brian’s Books & Things through our website to make a privacy-related request.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. Some information may need to be retained when required by law or for legitimate business purposes, including transaction, tax, fraud-prevention, and recordkeeping purposes.

13. Florida Residents

Brian’s Books & Things is based in Florida and operates in accordance with applicable privacy and consumer-protection requirements.

Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit privacy rights that cannot legally be waived.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our business, website, or legal obligations change.

When material changes are made, the revised Privacy Policy will be posted on this website and the "Last Updated" date will be changed accordingly.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to make a privacy-related request, please contact us through the Contact page on the Brian’s Books & Things website.

Brian’s Books & Things
Florida, United States

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