Last updated: October 11, 2026
WhistlePig Publishing respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share information when you visit https://whistlepigpublishing.com, subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, or purchase products through our online store.
1. Who We Are
WhistlePig Publishing is an independent publishing business offering books and related content.
Website: https://whistlepigpublishing.com
For privacy-related questions, contact us at whistlepigpublishing@gmail.com.
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect:
- Contact information: Your name, email address, and information you provide in messages or forms.
- Newsletter information: Your email address, name if provided, and subscription preferences.
- Order information: Products purchased, billing and shipping addresses, contact details, order history, and transaction information.
- Account information: Login and account details if you create a customer account.
- Technical information: Browser and device information, IP address, pages visited, referral sources, and website activity collected through analytics, cookies, and security tools.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use information to:
- Process purchases, payments, shipping, returns, and customer-service requests.
- Deliver newsletters and publishing announcements to subscribers.
- Respond to messages and inquiries.
- Maintain website functionality and security.
- Understand website traffic and improve our content, products, and services.
- Meet applicable legal, tax, and recordkeeping obligations.
4. Newsletter Subscriptions
Visitors may subscribe to the WhistlePig Publishing newsletter through signup forms or other subscription opportunities.
We use an email marketing service to manage subscriptions and deliver newsletters. Subscriber information may be processed and stored by that service.
Newsletters may include new book announcements, publishing news, special offers, and occasional updates.
You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link included in marketing emails.
Contacting us or placing an order does not automatically subscribe you to marketing emails.
5. Online Store, Orders, and Payments
When customers purchase products directly through our website, we may collect the information necessary to complete their orders, including names, email addresses, billing and shipping addresses, purchased items, and order details.
Payment information is handled through the payment services configured for our store. Information necessary to process or support a payment, such as the transaction amount and billing details, may be shared with the payment provider.
Our website may retain order records and payment references, but we do not intentionally store complete payment-card numbers or security codes in our customer records.
We may share necessary shipping information with fulfillment and delivery providers to complete purchases.
Order records may be retained for customer service, accounting, tax, fraud prevention, and legal purposes.
6. Contact Forms and Correspondence
When you contact WhistlePig Publishing through our website or by email, we use the information you provide to respond and manage the correspondence.
Contact-form submissions may be processed by form-management, email-delivery, and spam-prevention services.
7. Analytics
We use website analytics services, including Jetpack, to understand visitor activity and improve our website.
Depending on the services and settings enabled, analytics may collect page visits, referral sources, browser or device information, approximate geographic information, and other usage data.
8. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website and third-party services may use cookies or similar technologies for:
- Essential website and security functions.
- Shopping cart, checkout, and customer account functionality.
- Analytics and website performance.
- Newsletter and other interactive features.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may prevent some features, including shopping cart or checkout functions, from working properly.
9. How We Share Information
We do not sell our customer or newsletter subscriber lists.
We may share information with service providers as necessary to operate our business, including:
- Website hosting and security providers.
- Newsletter and email delivery providers.
- Payment processors.
- Shipping and fulfillment services.
- Analytics providers.
- Website form and spam-prevention services.
We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect our business, customers, or website.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy or as required by applicable law.
Newsletter information may be retained while a subscription remains active, subject to our email provider’s retention practices.
Order and transaction records may be retained for accounting, tax, customer service, and legal purposes.
Contact messages, website analytics, and security records may be retained according to our operational needs and the settings of the services involved.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time.
To submit a privacy-related request, contact:
whistlepigpublishing@gmail.com
We will review and respond to requests as required by applicable law. Certain records may need to be retained for legal, tax, or other permitted purposes.
12. Children’s Privacy
WhistlePig Publishing publishes books for children and other readers. Our online store, contact forms, and email newsletter are intended for adults, including parents, guardians, educators, and book buyers.
We do not knowingly solicit personal information from children under 13 through these services. If you believe a child has provided personal information without appropriate parental consent, please contact us so we can review the situation.
13. External Websites
Our website may link to external retailers, author websites, review platforms, social media services, and other third-party websites.
Those websites have their own privacy practices, and we encourage visitors to review their policies.
14. Information Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect personal information.
However, no website or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.
15. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, store, services, or legal obligations change.
Updates will be posted on this page with a revised date.
16. Contact Information
For questions about this Privacy Policy or requests concerning personal information, contact:
WhistlePig Publishing
Email: whistlepigpublishing@gmail.com
Website: https://whistlepigpublishing.com