Privacy Policy

1. Overview & Scope

This Privacy Policy describes how Tales N Tools LLC ("Company," "we," "us," or "our"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal information when you visit our websites, engage with our digital publication platforms, purchase merchandise, or communicate with us (collectively, the "Services").

2. Information We Collect

We collect information directly from you when you choose to share it, automatically as you navigate our Services, and from third-party integrations as outlined below:

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect strictly for legitimate business and operational purposes, including:

• Responding to your customer service, business, or licensing inquiries.
• Sending the newsletter topic you explicitly selected and consented to receive. Contact and fan-art submissions do not enroll you in marketing emails.
• Reviewing and featuring community fan art submissions with proper artist credit.
• Maintaining the security, performance, and legal integrity of our Services.

4. Information Sharing & Third-Party Service Providers

We may share information only in limited, necessary business circumstances:

• Service Providers: When configured, MailerLite processes newsletter subscriptions and FormSubmit processes contact and fan-art messages. These submissions pass through our forms API. The static website is hosted separately. Form contents are not published to the website.
• External Platforms: Links to third-party services (Patreon, WEBTOON, Discord, external merchandise storefronts) operate under their respective privacy policies.
• Legal & Compliance: When required by law, subpoena, court order, or governmental regulation under Virginia or United States federal jurisdiction.

5. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

Our Services are not intended for or directed toward children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided personal data without parental consent, we will promptly delete such information.

6. Your Privacy Rights & State Disclosures (VCDPA)

Under applicable US privacy legislation, including the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), residents have specific rights regarding their personal data:

• Right to Access & Confirm: You may request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and request a copy of such data.
• Right to Correct & Delete: You may request that we correct inaccuracies or permanently delete your personal information from our active databases.
• Right to Opt-Out: You may opt out of receiving promotional emails at any time by using the "Unsubscribe" link in any newsletter email or contacting us directly.

7. Data Security & Storage

We maintain reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.