Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 23, 2026
Welcome to S.W. Fowler. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you visit our website, https://swfowler.com.
By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. Where required by applicable law, we will request your consent before collecting or using certain information.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
Personal Information
When you contact us, use our contact form, chatbot, newsletter form, submit a review, or make an inquiry, we may collect details such as your name, email address, phone number, and message.
Non-Personal Information
We may collect basic website usage and technical information such as browser type, device type, IP address, pages visited, date and time of visits, time spent on the website, referring links, and general geographic information.
Order or Purchase Information
If products or books are available for purchase through this website or through third-party platforms, we may collect or receive limited information related to your purchase, depending on the platform used. Payment information may be processed directly by third-party payment providers, and we may not have access to your complete payment card information.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use your information to:
Respond to your messages or inquiries
Provide customer support
Improve our website and content
Send updates, newsletters, or promotional messages if you have opted in
Process book or product-related inquiries
Process or assist with orders where applicable
Monitor website performance and user experience
Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity
Understand how visitors interact with our website
Display relevant advertisements through third-party advertising services, where permitted by applicable law and based on the user’s consent or applicable advertising settings
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience, analyze website traffic, remember preferences, and support advertising services.
Cookies are small files stored on your device that help websites remember certain information about your visit.
We may use cookies and similar technologies for:
Essential website functionality
Analytics and performance measurement
Remembering user preferences
Advertising and advertising measurement
Personalized or interest-based advertising, where permitted and where appropriate consent has been provided
Security, fraud prevention, and website functionality
Some cookies may be placed by third-party service providers that provide analytics, advertising, payment, social media, or other services on our website.
Where required by applicable law, we may request your consent before placing or using non-essential cookies.
You may manage or disable cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through the cookie or consent preferences provided on this website. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
For more information about the specific cookies used on this website, please review our Cookie Policy.
4. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising
We may use Google AdSense and other third-party advertising services to display advertisements on this website.
Google and other third-party advertising providers may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, device information, and similar technologies to provide, measure, personalize, and improve advertising services.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies and similar technologies to serve advertisements based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
Google may use information collected through its advertising technologies to provide personalized or interest-based advertising. Depending on the user’s location, consent choices, and applicable laws, advertisements may be personalized or may be served without personalization.
We may use advertising technologies to:
Display advertisements
Measure advertising performance
Limit repetitive advertisements
Understand advertising engagement
Provide personalized or interest-based advertisements where permitted
Provide non-personalized advertisements where applicable
Users may manage their Google advertising preferences through Google’s advertising settings. Users may also be able to control or withdraw certain advertising or cookie consents through the consent preferences available on this website.
For more information about how Google uses information from websites and apps that use its services, users may review Google’s applicable privacy and advertising information.
We do not sell personal information directly to advertisers. Third-party advertising providers may process information as necessary to provide, measure, and improve their advertising services in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable laws.
5. Google Analytics and Website Tracking
We may use analytics tools such as Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website.
These tools may collect information such as:
Pages visited
Session duration
Browser type
Device type
Referring website
Approximate/general location information
Website interactions and usage patterns
This information helps us improve website content, design, performance, and user experience.
Where required by applicable law, analytics technologies may be used only after the appropriate consent has been obtained.
6. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including book retailers, social media platforms, payment providers, publishing platforms, advertising providers, or other external resources.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies and terms of any third-party website before sharing personal information with them.
7. How We Protect Your Information
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational steps to protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no method of online transmission or electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our website may include content suitable for families, parents, children, or young readers. However, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 without appropriate parental consent where required by law.
The website is intended primarily for parents, guardians, educators, adult readers, and other visitors interested in children’s literature.
We ask that children do not submit personal information through our contact forms, chatbot, newsletter forms, review forms, or other interactive features without the involvement and permission of a parent or guardian.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through this website without appropriate consent, please contact us. We will take reasonable steps to review and remove the information where appropriate.
9. Email Communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us through the website, we may send you updates, announcements, responses, or promotional communications.
You can unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in the email or by contacting us directly.
We will not use your email address for promotional communications where you have opted out, except where necessary to respond to an existing inquiry, transaction, or other legitimate communication.
10. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you may have the right to:
Request access to your personal information
Ask us to correct inaccurate information
Request deletion of your personal information
Request information about how your personal information is used
Opt out of marketing communications
Withdraw certain consents
Manage or disable cookies through available controls
Object to or restrict certain processing activities where applicable
To make a privacy-related request, please contact us using the information provided below.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide services, respond to inquiries, maintain business records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
The length of time information is retained may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, technologies, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact us:
Website: https://swfowler.com
Email: scturtle16@gmail.com
Related Privacy Information
For additional information about cookies and similar technologies used on this website, please review our Cookie Policy.
For information about the use of this website, please review our Terms & Conditions.
