Privacy Policy

1. About This Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how the official RESET website, operated by Elijah Canfield, collects, uses, and protects information when you visit resetnovels.com, subscribe to receive RESET: First Contact, join the RESET mailing list, or contact us.

For questions about this policy or your personal information, contact:

resetnovels@gmail.com

2. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

• Your first name
• Your email address
• Information included in messages you send to us
• Your newsletter and communication preferences

You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the website.

Advance Reader Applications

When you apply to join the RESET advance-reader team, we may collect information you submit through the application, including your name, email address, reading habits, science fiction preferences, ability to meet the reading deadline, review platforms you use, and other information you voluntarily provide.

ARC application responses are not added to the general RESET marketing list unless the applicant separately subscribes or expressly agrees to receive broader RESET news.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, our hosting and technical service providers may automatically collect limited information needed to operate, secure, and improve the site. This may include:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• Referring page
• Pages visited
• Approximate location derived from an Internet Protocol address
• Date and time of access
• Technical logs and diagnostic information

This information is generally used for security, troubleshooting, performance, and aggregate website analysis.

3. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

• Deliver RESET: First Contact
• Send RESET news, book announcements, release information, and occasional author updates
• Respond to questions or messages
• Maintain and secure the website
• Diagnose technical problems
• Understand general website usage
• Prevent misuse or fraudulent activity
• Comply with applicable legal obligations
• Protect our rights and the rights of others
• Review and evaluate advance-reader applications
• Select and contact potential advance readers
• Deliver advance copies through BookFunnel
• Administer reminders and release-related ARC communication
• Protect advance copies from unauthorized distribution

We will not use your email address for unrelated third-party marketing.

4. Email Communications

When you request RESET: First Contact or join the mailing list, you agree to receive email communications related to RESET and Elijah Canfield’s books.

Email subscriptions may be managed through Kit or another email service provider acting on our behalf. That provider may process your name, email address, subscription activity, and email engagement information for the purpose of delivering and managing communications.

You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in an email. You may also contact resetnovels@gmail.com to request removal.

Unsubscribing from marketing emails will not prevent us from sending a direct response to a message you initiated.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website and its hosting providers may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for site functionality, security, performance, and preference management.

The website does not currently use advertising cookies or sell information for targeted advertising.

If analytics, advertising, or additional tracking technologies are added later, this policy and any required consent controls will be updated before those technologies are used.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain technologies may affect how the website functions.

6. How Information May Be Shared

We may share information only as reasonably necessary with:

• Website hosting and infrastructure providers
• Email delivery and mailing-list providers
• Security, technical, and professional service providers
• Government authorities or other parties when legally required
• Parties involved in protecting the website, its users, or our legal rights
• A successor entity in connection with a sale, transfer, restructuring, or continuation of the RESET publishing business

ARC application information may be processed by Google Forms and Google Sheets, BookFunnel, and email or technical service providers used to administer the ARC campaign.

Service providers may access information only to perform services on our behalf, subject to their own contractual and legal obligations.

We do not rent or sell mailing-list information to unrelated third parties.

7. Legal Bases for Certain Users

Where applicable, personal information may be processed based on:

• Your consent, such as when you subscribe to email communications
• Our legitimate interests in operating, improving, and protecting the website
• The need to respond to a request you initiated
• Compliance with legal obligations

You may withdraw consent for future email communications at any time by unsubscribing.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

Mailing-list information may be retained while you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, limited records may be retained as necessary to honor your request, maintain suppression lists, resolve disputes, protect legal rights, or comply with applicable law.

Technical logs may be retained for a limited period for security, troubleshooting, and operational purposes.

9. Your Choices and Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to:

• Request access to information held about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of information
• Withdraw consent
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Request a portable copy of certain information
• Submit a complaint to an appropriate privacy regulator

To make a request, email resetnovels@gmail.com.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests. Privacy rights vary by location, and some requests may be subject to legal exceptions.

10. Children’s Privacy

The website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information through the website, contact resetnovels@gmail.com so that we can review and delete it where appropriate.

11. Data Security

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

12. International Visitors

The website is operated from the United States. Information may be processed or stored in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

Privacy and data-protection laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you live.

13. External Links

The website may link to third-party websites, including booksellers, social platforms, media pages, RIPT Apparel, and other outside services.

We do not control the privacy practices, content, or security of external websites. Review the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as the website, mailing list, service providers, or legal requirements change.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Material changes may also be communicated through the website or mailing list when appropriate.

15. Contact

For questions, concerns, or privacy requests, contact:

resetnovels@gmail.com