Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 10, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how Authors Hike handles the information collected through our website, authorshike.com. This notice applies only to information gathered through this website. It outlines:

  • What personal information do we collect

  • How your information is used

  • Who it may be shared with

  • What choices do you have regarding your data

  • How we protect your information

  • How can you correct or update your information

  • Our confidentiality and originality practices

We use the information you provide only to respond to your requests or to complete the services you contacted us for. We do not share your information with any third party outside of Authors Hike unless it is required to complete your request, such as payment processing or service fulfillment. Unless you request otherwise, we may contact you through email or phone to share updates about services, new options, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You have full control over your personal information. At any time, you may contact us using the information provided on our website to:

  • Check what data we have about you

  • Ask for corrections to your information

  • Request that we delete your information

  • Share concerns about how your data is being used

  • Stop future communication from us

We will respond to your requests as soon as reasonably possible.

Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your information. Personal information is stored in secure systems, and only employees or contractors who need access to perform their job—such as billing, customer support, or service delivery—are allowed to view it.

All devices, databases, and servers used to store personal information are kept in a protected environment. While no system is perfect, we take your privacy seriously and work to safeguard your information responsibly.

Payment Information

To process your order, we may need to collect basic details such as your name, email address, phone number, and billing address.

Authors Hike does not handle or store your credit card information directly. All payments are processed securely through trusted third-party payment providers such as PayPal or Square. These providers manage your payment details according to their own security and privacy standards.

IP Address and Cookies

When you visit our website, non-personal information such as your IP address may be recorded automatically. This information helps us understand website performance, diagnose server issues, and manage the site.

Our website may also use cookies. Cookies help improve your browsing experience and allow us to collect general usage statistics. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, though some site features may not function properly without them.

Information About Our Services

We try our best to describe our services clearly and accurately on authorshike.com. However, we cannot guarantee that descriptions, service details, or any content on the website will always be error-free, complete, or fully current.

If you believe information on our website does not match the service you received, please contact us directly so we can address the issue.

Confidentiality and Ownership

Everything you share with Authors Hike is kept strictly confidential. We do not disclose your information, content, or communication to anyone outside our company.

All content we write, edit, or develop for you becomes your property. We do not claim authorship, ownership, or rights to your material. If you hire us, you alone are recognized as the author or owner of the work.

GDPR Data Protection Authority

The following rights have been given to the website users:

  • Access to their personal information
  • Correction of inaccurate or incomplete details
  • Erasure of personal information (in specific situations)
  • Restriction of data processing (in certain cases)
  • Objection to data processing (in some circumstances)
  • Transfer of data to another organization (in particular cases)

For any such request, please contact us, and we will do our best to process it within one month.

California Privacy Rights (CalOPPA & CCPA Compliance)

If you are a resident of California, you are entitled to certain privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA). The summary below explains how those rights apply when you interact with Authors Hike.

Right to Know / Access

You can ask us to share the types of personal information we hold about you, along with specific details such as what information we collected, where it came from, why we collected it, and which categories of service providers or third parties we have shared it with.

Right to Deletion

You may request that we delete personal information we have collected from you, as long as no legal or operational exception prevents us from doing so (for example, for record-keeping, compliance, or security purposes).

Right to Opt Out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell your personal data. If our practices ever change in a way that constitutes a “sale” or certain types of “sharing” under California law, we will update this notice and provide a clear “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link or equivalent option as required.

Right to Non-Discrimination

You will not be treated differently for exercising any of your privacy rights. This means we will not deny services, charge different prices, or provide a lower level of service simply because you chose to exercise your rights under CCPA or CalOPPA.

Do Not Track (DNT) Signals

Some browsers allow you to send “Do Not Track” signals. Where technically and legally appropriate, we respect browser-based DNT settings and do not use them to engage in tracking practices that would conflict with CalOPPA requirements.

How to Submit a California Privacy Request

If you live in California and wish to exercise any of the rights described above, you can contact us at:

We will verify your request and respond within the time period required by law, generally within 45 days.

Data Sharing

We do not sell or share personal information.

We may disclose limited data only to trusted service providers who assist us with:

  • Website hosting
  • Email delivery
  • Analytics
  • Advertising placement and measurement (e.g., Microsoft Advertising)

These partners are contractually prohibited from selling or using your data for their own marketing purposes.

We may share limited personal information with carefully selected third-party service providers who help us run our business, such as analytics and reporting tools, website hosting and infrastructure providers, email and communication platforms, and advertising and measurement partners (including Microsoft Advertising).

These partners are allowed to use your information only to perform services on our behalf and are not permitted to sell your data or use it for their own independent marketing.

Data Retention

We keep personal information only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purposes described in our Privacy Policy, our business operations, compliance with legal or regulatory obligations, and ongoing customer relationships and support.

Once information is no longer required for these purposes, we take steps to securely delete, anonymize, or aggregate it, in line with our internal policies and applicable laws.

Changes to This Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we’ll update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page and, where appropriate, let you know through a notice on our website or by email. By continuing to use our website after any updates, you indicate that you accept the revised policy.

Personalized Advertising & Opt Out Option

We partner with external advertising providers, including Microsoft Advertising, to analyze and improve our marketing efforts and to present ads that are more relevant to your interests. These partners may use cookies and similar technologies to gather information about how you interact with this website and others, so that they can deliver targeted (“interest-based”) advertisements.

If you do not wish to receive interest-based ads from participating companies, you can opt out by visiting:

– Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) consumer opt-out page: https://optout.networkadvertising.org

– Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) WebChoices tool: https://optout.aboutads.info

On mobile devices, you can also download the DAA AppChoices app from your app store to manage your interest-based advertising settings. If you use Windows, you can further restrict data used for interest-based ads by going to Windows Settings > Privacy > General and disabling “Let apps use advertising ID to make ads more interesting to you based on your app usage.”

Use of Microsoft Advertising / UET & Third-Party Tracking

We use Microsoft Advertising and its Universal Event Tracking (UET) tag to help show our ads, measure results, and understand how visitors use our site. In doing so, Microsoft may collect or receive data like cookies, identifiers, device details, and IP addresses. For more on how Microsoft handles this data, see their Privacy Statement: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement.

SMS And Email Terms & Conditions

Product Information

By providing your phone number and email, you agree to receive messages and emails from Authors Hike about book-related services.

Opt-Out Option

You can stop receiving messages or emails at any time by replying STOP to any message or email that you receive from our side. You will receive a confirmation message or email, and we will no longer send messages or emails to your number. You can also click here to confirm that you no longer want to receive messages and emails.

Help and Support

If you need help or have questions about our SMS service, reply HELP to any message or contact our support team at info@authorshike.com