Privacy Policy of COLNOVA INC

COLNOVA INC determines the purposes and methods associated with personal information processing under this Policy unless a separate privacy notice identifies another entity.

COLNOVA INC operates COLNOVA PUBLISHING, COLNOVA PRESS, COLNOVA MARKET, and COLNOVA LABS. These companies operate within the COLNOVA corporate structure for purposes described in this Policy unless another notice states a different arrangement.

COLNOVA INC may process information you submit through forms, accounts, subscriptions, purchases, customer support, publishing relationships, business communications, mobile applications, surveys, feedback, reviews, or privacy requests.

Information may include your name, email address, telephone number, billing address, shipping address, company name, account details, communication preferences, transaction records, product preferences, publishing information, and support communications.

A Platform offering account registration may process your name, email address, username, protected authentication credentials, settings, communication preferences, purchase history, subscription status, account activity, and security information.

You remain responsible for protecting account credentials and reporting suspected account compromise.

Transactions involving COLNOVA MARKET or another COLNOVA Platform may involve customer name, billing address, shipping address, email address, telephone number, order details, purchase amount, tax information, shipping method, delivery status, return information, refund information, customer service records, and transaction identifiers.

Third-party payment gateways, financial institutions, marketplace providers, or payment processors may handle payment transactions.

Those providers may process payment-card details, cardholder information, billing information, bank information, digital-wallet details, and fraud-prevention data under their own privacy policies and security requirements.

COLNOVA INC generally receives transaction identifiers, payment status, limited payment information, fraud indicators, and information needed for transaction administration when an external processor handles complete payment credentials.

COLNOVA PUBLISHING may process author identity, contact details, professional biography, manuscript information, publication metadata, ISBN information, author photographs, promotional assets, distribution instructions, rights information, licensing information, royalty information, accounting information, tax documentation where legally required, and publishing communications.

COLNOVA PUBLISHING may transmit relevant information to publishing and distribution providers when necessary for an authorized publishing or distribution project.

COLNOVA PRESS and related COLNOVA services may process information connected with newsletter subscriptions, digital content registration, comments, feedback, surveys, editorial communications, media requests, and interaction with articles, video, audio, or other digital content.

COLNOVA INC may measure readership, referral traffic, newsletter engagement, content performance, and related interaction signals where applicable law permits such processing.

Applications developed or operated by COLNOVA LABS may process device type, operating system, application version, device identifiers, IP address, crash reports, performance information, language settings, regional settings, application activity, and notification preferences.

An application requesting access to location, camera, microphone, photos, media, Bluetooth, notifications, or another device feature relies on device or operating-system permission controls. The application describes the relevant purpose when requesting optional permission.

Servers, cookies, analytics systems, pixels, software development kits, and similar technologies may process IP address, browser details, operating system, device type, identifiers, approximate location derived from IP address, referral information, pages viewed, internal search activity, session duration, access date, access time, advertising identifiers, cookie identifiers, conversion information, application events, errors, crash reports, and security logs.

COLNOVA INC may publish Schema.org and JSON-LD structured data to identify corporate entities, publications, products, authors, applications, business information, and digital content for search engines and automated systems.

Structured data primarily describes a webpage or entity in machine-readable form. Structured data does not operate as an independent personal tracking mechanism.

Search engines and external platforms may process public structured data after indexing a COLNOVA webpage according to their own privacy practices.

COLNOVA INC may place cookies or similar technologies for security, fraud prevention, sessions, shopping carts, authentication, network management, consent preferences, analytics, performance measurement, functionality, advertising measurement, and personalization where applicable.

Essential technologies support core Platform operation. Analytics technologies may measure traffic, page activity, referral sources, technical performance, and conversions.

Functionality technologies may remember language, regional settings, account choices, or display preferences.

Advertising technologies may process advertising interactions, conversions, audience signals, frequency information, or interest-related activity where enabled and legally permitted.

Consent controls apply to nonessential technologies where applicable law requires consent.

COLNOVA INC may process information for purchases, order administration, shipping, returns, refunds, publishing projects, book distribution, royalties, editorial services, newsletters, media operations, application functions, software delivery, account management, customer support, marketing, security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, accounting, and protection of legal rights.

COLNOVA INC seeks to process information in a manner reasonably connected with disclosed business purposes and applicable legal requirements.

COLNOVA INC does not sell personal information to data brokers for monetary consideration.

COLNOVA INC may disclose personal information to service providers involved in hosting, cybersecurity, data storage, email delivery, customer relationship management, analytics, advertising, application infrastructure, content delivery, accounting, customer support, shipping, logistics, or payment processing.

COLNOVA INC may disclose relevant information to publishing distributors, marketplaces, payment providers, app stores, advertising providers, authorities, or transaction participants when a business, contractual, security, or legal purpose requires disclosure.

COLNOVA PUBLISHING may provide relevant project information to publishing and distribution providers such as Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, IngramSpark, digital bookstores, print-on-demand providers, wholesalers, libraries, retailers, metadata distributors, and other publishing services involved in an authorized project.

An external provider may operate as an independent business for some processing activities and may maintain a separate privacy policy.

A third-party marketplace may independently collect customer, account, payment, transaction, shipping, or device information under its own privacy policy.

COLNOVA INC may receive information needed for order administration, fulfillment, returns, customer support, inventory, accounting, fraud prevention, and marketplace compliance.

COLNOVA INC does not sell personal information in exchange for money.

Certain privacy statutes define sale or sharing more broadly. Advertising disclosures connected with cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising may fall within statutory sale or sharing definitions in some jurisdictions.

COLNOVA INC provides legally required opt-out mechanisms where an applicable statute classifies an activity as sale, sharing, or targeted advertising.

COLNOVA INC maintains privacy and security practices with attention to applicable Florida requirements, including the Florida Information Protection Act.

Florida law requires covered entities to maintain reasonable measures for protecting electronic data containing covered personal information.

Florida law also establishes notification duties for qualifying data security incidents. Statutory duties depend on the facts and legal scope of each incident.

The Florida Digital Bill of Rights grants qualifying consumers rights involving access, correction, deletion, portability, targeted advertising, sale, profiling, sensitive data, and certain recognition technologies when statutory requirements apply.

The statute contains specific business-scope requirements. COLNOVA INC applies statutory duties when the company and processing activity fall within those requirements.

COLNOVA INC maintains administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized access, unauthorized disclosure, loss, alteration, destruction, account compromise, fraud, and security threats.

Safeguards may include access restrictions, authentication controls, password protections, encryption where appropriate, secure network protocols, application security controls, monitoring, backups, software updates, security logging, vendor requirements, and incident-response procedures.

No website, application, electronic communication system, payment platform, or storage environment provides absolute security.

COLNOVA INC retains personal information for periods reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy or for periods required by law.

Retention decisions may reflect account status, customer relationships, transactions, publishing agreements, distribution requirements, tax obligations, accounting rules, fraud prevention, security requirements, contracts, limitation periods, disputes, and regulatory duties.

After the relevant retention period, COLNOVA INC may delete, deidentify, aggregate, or securely dispose of information according to applicable requirements.

When the California Consumer Privacy Act applies to COLNOVA INC for a specific processing activity, qualifying California residents may hold rights involving access, disclosure, correction, deletion, portability, sale opt-out, sharing opt-out, and limits involving qualifying sensitive personal information.

California law applies when statutory criteria are satisfied. COLNOVA INC evaluates each California request according to applicable law in effect when the request arrives.

Where California law requires recognition of qualifying browser-based opt-out preference signals, COLNOVA INC processes eligible signals according to applicable requirements.

State privacy laws may grant qualifying residents rights involving access, correction, deletion, portability, sale opt-out, targeted advertising opt-out, profiling opt-out, sensitive-data restrictions, or appeals.

COLNOVA INC evaluates each privacy request according to jurisdiction, applicable statute, identity verification requirements, and relevant processing activity.

Send a request to hello@colnova.com or submit a request through https://colnova.com/contact/.

Include “Privacy Request” in the subject line or message when practical. Identify the privacy right involved and provide enough information for COLNOVA INC to evaluate the request.

COLNOVA INC may request information reasonably necessary to verify identity and protect personal information from unauthorized disclosure.

Where applicable law grants an appeal right, send an appeal to hello@colnova.com with “Privacy Appeal” in the subject line.

Include information identifying the original request and the reason for reconsideration. COLNOVA INC reviews qualifying appeals within legally required procedures and timeframes.

COLNOVA INC general corporate, publishing, media, commerce, and technology Platforms serve a general audience. They do not primarily target children under 13.

COLNOVA INC does not knowingly process personal information from children under 13 through general-audience services in a manner violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

A parent or legal guardian concerned about information submitted by a child may contact COLNOVA INC through the privacy contact methods on this page.

Some COLNOVA content or products may reach teenagers.

Where applicable law grants enhanced protections to minors concerning targeted advertising, sale, sharing, or sensitive information, COLNOVA INC applies legally required protections.

COLNOVA INC and its companies may send commercial email related to books, publishing announcements, media newsletters, editorial updates, commerce promotions, product announcements, application releases, company information, events, or offers.

Eligible marketing messages provide a clear method for ending future promotional email. COLNOVA INC processes qualifying opt-out requests according to applicable CAN-SPAM requirements.

An advertising opt-out does not prevent transactional or operational communications involving purchases, security alerts, account administration, publishing relationships, contractual matters, customer service, or requested transactions.

COLNOVA INC is based in the United States. Personal information associated with international Platform activity may move to, remain in, or undergo processing in the United States or another jurisdiction where a service provider operates.

Privacy laws differ between jurisdictions. When applicable law requires additional transfer safeguards, COLNOVA INC or the relevant provider may rely on recognized contractual or legal mechanisms appropriate to the transfer.

COLNOVA Platforms may connect with independent third parties such as Amazon, IngramSpark, marketplaces, social platforms, video platforms, payment processors, app stores, analytics services, advertising providers, shipping companies, and digital bookstores.

An independent third party governs its own processing through its privacy policy when you interact directly with its service.

COLNOVA INC does not control independent privacy practices maintained by external websites or services.

Third-party app stores may distribute applications associated with COLNOVA LABS.

An app-store provider may independently process account information, device information, purchase information, subscription information, download information, and payment information.

Review privacy settings and policies connected with your device and app-store account.

COLNOVA INC may create aggregated or deidentified information for analytics, research, product development, business intelligence, audience measurement, performance analysis, security, and reporting.

COLNOVA INC may process properly deidentified information according to applicable law when the information no longer remains reasonably linkable to an identifiable individual.

COLNOVA INC may operate automated systems for fraud detection, spam prevention, security monitoring, content recommendations, internal search, product recommendations, advertising measurement, and analytics.

COLNOVA INC does not intend to make solely automated decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects concerning individuals unless the relevant Platform provides a specific disclosure and applicable rights.

COLNOVA INC seeks to limit collection of sensitive personal information.

Depending on applicable law and the service involved, sensitive information may include account credentials, financial information, precise geolocation, government identifiers, biometric information, or information connected with protected characteristics.

COLNOVA INC does not request sensitive information unless a legitimate disclosed business purpose or legal requirement supports the request.

COLNOVA INC seeks to limit personal-data collection to information reasonably relevant and necessary for disclosed purposes.

COLNOVA INC may review forms, account fields, application permissions, tracking technologies, provider access, and retention periods to reduce unnecessary collection and storage.

Some browsers transmit Do Not Track signals. No single universal standard governs every DNT implementation.

Where applicable law requires recognition of a qualifying universal opt-out mechanism or Global Privacy Control signal, COLNOVA INC processes the qualifying signal according to applicable requirements.

COLNOVA INC does not unlawfully discriminate against an individual for exercising an applicable privacy right.

Some Platform features depend on specific information. Deletion of information or withdrawal of consent may affect a feature when the feature depends on the relevant information.

Some jurisdictions require identification of a legal basis for processing.

Depending on the processing activity and applicable law, COLNOVA INC may rely on performance of a contract, steps requested before a contract, legal obligations, legitimate business interests, consent, protection of legal rights, fraud prevention, or security requirements.

Where processing depends on consent, applicable law may permit withdrawal of consent. Withdrawal does not invalidate processing lawfully completed before withdrawal.

COLNOVA INC may revise this Privacy Policy following changes in laws, regulations, business operations, corporate companies, applications, websites, e-commerce functions, publishing services, vendors, advertising technologies, or security practices.

COLNOVA INC publishes the revised version on this page with a new Last Updated date.

Where applicable law requires additional notice or consent for a material change, COLNOVA INC provides the required process before applying the change to affected information.