Adore Blackwood Privacy Policy

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PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: August 27, 2026
Last Updated: August 27, 2026

Williams Management and Consulting LLC operates adoreblackwood.com and the Adore Blackwood brand. In this Privacy Policy, “Adore Blackwood,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Williams Management and Consulting LLC.

We respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use and share it, and the choices available to you when you visit our website, create an account, join our mailing list, contact us, place an order, or preorder a product.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Information You Provide

We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:

• Your name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Billing and shipping addresses
• Account username and password
• Order, preorder, and purchase information
• Product preferences and saved account information
• Newsletter subscription preferences
• Messages submitted through our contact form
• Reviews, survey responses, or other content you submit
• Any other information you choose to provide

Payment Information

When you make a purchase or preorder, your payment information is collected and processed by the payment provider connected to our online store. Depending on the payment method selected, this may include GoDaddy Payments, Stripe, Square, PayPal, Apple Pay, or another payment provider.

We generally do not receive or store your complete credit or debit card number. Payment providers process your information according to their own privacy policies and security practices.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies, including:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• Pages viewed and links selected
• Date, time, and length of visits
• Referring website or source
• General geographic location
• Shopping-cart and checkout activity
• Website interactions and performance information

1. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We may use your information to:

• Process and fulfill purchases and preorders
• Collect payments and issue refunds
• Create and manage customer accounts
• Provide order, shipping, preorder, and release updates
• Respond to questions, requests, and contact-form messages
• Send newsletters, book announcements, promotions, and Adoreland updates when permitted
• Personalize and improve your website experience
• Remember shopping-cart and account preferences
• Measure website traffic and performance
• Protect the website, customers, and our business from fraud or misuse
• Maintain business and transaction records
• Comply with legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory requirements
• Enforce our website policies and agreements

1. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS

If you subscribe to our newsletter, request updates, or otherwise agree to receive marketing messages, we may send you information about books, releases, preorders, events, merchandise, promotions, and other Adore Blackwood news.

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by selecting the unsubscribe link included in the email. Unsubscribing from marketing messages will not prevent us from sending necessary transactional communications, such as order confirmations, shipping updates, account notices, or preorder information.

1. COOKIES AND ANALYTICS

Our website may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, maintain shopping carts, support customer accounts, understand website traffic, and improve performance.

Cookies may include:

Essential Cookies: Necessary for website security, checkout, shopping carts, accounts, and basic website operation.

Functional Cookies: Used to remember preferences and improve website functionality.

Analytics Cookies: Used to understand how visitors find and use the website.

Marketing Cookies: Used, when enabled, to measure promotions or provide more relevant advertising.

You may manage available cookie preferences through the cookie banner or settings tool on our website. You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may prevent parts of the website from functioning properly.

1. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION

We may share personal information with service providers that help us operate our website and business, including:

• GoDaddy and website-hosting providers
• Payment processors
• Shipping and fulfillment providers
• Email-marketing providers
• Website analytics providers
• Customer-service and account-management providers
• Fraud-prevention, security, accounting, tax, and legal-service providers

These providers may use information only as allowed by their agreements, their privacy policies, and applicable law.

We may also disclose information:

• To comply with a law, subpoena, court order, or legal process
• To protect our rights, customers, property, or safety
• To investigate fraud, security concerns, or misuse
• In connection with a merger, sale, reorganization, financing, or transfer of all or part of the business
• With your direction or consent

We do not sell personal information for money.

1. PREORDERS

When you place a preorder, we collect and use your information to process payment, reserve the product, communicate release or fulfillment updates, and deliver the order when it becomes available.

Estimated release and shipping dates may change. Information concerning cancellations, refunds, and fulfillment will be governed by the terms displayed when the preorder is placed and by our Refund and Return Policy.

1. CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS

If you create a customer account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and limiting access to your account.

Please contact us promptly if you believe your account has been accessed or used without authorization.

1. DATA RETENTION

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Provide the services you requested
• Maintain your account
• Fulfill orders and preorders
• Meet tax, accounting, legal, and recordkeeping requirements
• Resolve disputes
• Enforce our agreements
• Protect against fraud and security threats

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

1. DATA SECURITY

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information. However, no website, electronic transmission, payment system, or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Please do not submit Social Security numbers, medical information, financial-account passwords, or other highly sensitive information through our general contact form or by ordinary email.

1. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to request that we:

• Confirm whether we hold personal information about you
• Provide access to certain personal information
• Correct inaccurate information
• Delete certain personal information
• Provide a portable copy of certain information
• Limit or object to certain uses of your information
• Honor applicable requests concerning the sale or sharing of personal information
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

These rights may be subject to legal exceptions. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

To submit a privacy request, email hello@adoreblackwood.com with “Privacy Request” in the subject line.

1. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

This website is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information through the website, please contact us at hello@adoreblackwood.com so we can review and, when appropriate, delete the information.

1. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES

Our website may contain links to social-media platforms, payment providers, retailers, event websites, or other third-party services. We do not control the privacy or security practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.

1. INTERNATIONAL VISITORS

Our business is based in Georgia, United States. If you access the website from another country, your information may be processed and stored in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.

1. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, services, or legal obligations change. The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.

Your continued use of the website after an updated policy is posted is subject to the revised policy.

1. CONTACT US

For questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact:

Williams Management and Consulting LLC
Adore Blackwood
Website: adoreblackwood.com
Email: hello@adoreblackwood.com
Georgia, United States