Effective date: November 2, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how charlotteeverhartbooks.com (“this site”) collects, uses, and protects information about visitors. This site is the author website of Charlotte Everhart, an author based in Michigan, USA. In this policy, “Charlotte Everhart,” “we,” and “us” refer to the site owner.
Charlotte Everhart respects the privacy of every reader. The goal of this policy is to explain, in plain language, what information this site collects, why, who helps handle it, and the choices visitors have.
If you have any questions, please email connect@charlotteeverhartbooks.com.
1. Information this site collects
Information you choose to share
- Newsletter sign-up. When you join the reader community, the sign-up form asks for your name and email address.
- Contact form. When you send a message through the Contact page, the form asks for your name, email address, and your message.
- Emails you send. If you email Charlotte Everhart directly, she receives your email address and anything you include in your message.
Information collected automatically
When you visit this site, some information is collected automatically by the site, its hosting company, and the third-party tools described below. This may include:
- your IP address and approximate location (such as city or region, based on IP address)
- browser type, device type, and operating system
- the pages you visit, the time of your visit, and the page that referred you
- information stored in or read from cookies, pixels, and similar technologies (see Section 5)
This site does not ask for or knowingly collect sensitive information such as payment card numbers, government ID numbers, or health information. Books are sold through outside retailers, not on this site.
2. How this information is used
Charlotte Everhart uses the information described above to:
- send the reader newsletter to those who sign up, including book news, new releases, bonus content, and book recommendations
- reply to messages sent through the contact form or by email
- protect the site and its forms from spam, bots, and abuse
- understand how visitors use the site so it can be improved
- measure how well book advertising works and show relevant ads to readers (see Section 5, Meta Pixel)
- keep the site running, secure, and backed up
- comply with legal obligations, when needed
3. The reader newsletter (MailerLite)
The newsletter sign-up forms on this site are provided by MailerLite, an email marketing service. When you sign up, your name and email address are sent directly to MailerLite and stored in Charlotte Everhart’s MailerLite account. MailerLite may also record details such as the date and time of sign-up, your IP address, and whether you open newsletter emails or click links in them. This helps Charlotte Everhart understand which content readers enjoy.
How to unsubscribe: Every newsletter email includes an unsubscribe link at the bottom. Click it at any time to stop receiving emails. You can also email connect@charlotteeverhartbooks.com and ask to be removed.
MailerLite’s privacy policy: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy
4. The contact form
The Contact page uses the WPForms plugin for WordPress. When you send a message, your name, email address, and message are emailed to Charlotte Everhart so she can reply. This information is used only to respond to you and is not added to the newsletter unless you sign up separately.
5. Cookies, analytics, and tracking
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device. Similar technologies include pixels (tiny invisible images or scripts) and local storage. Some are needed for the site to work; others help with security, measurement, or advertising.
Spam protection (Google reCAPTCHA)
The newsletter forms and the contact form use Google reCAPTCHA to tell real people apart from bots. reCAPTCHA collects hardware and software information, such as device and browser data, and sends it to Google for analysis. Use of reCAPTCHA is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and Terms of Service (https://policies.google.com/terms).
Fonts (Google Fonts)
Some of the typefaces on this site are loaded from Google Fonts. When a page loads, your browser connects to Google’s servers, which receive your IP address and browser information.
Analytics
This site may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, to understand how many people visit, which pages they view, and how they found the site. These tools use cookies and collect information such as pages visited, time on site, device type, and approximate location. This information is used in summary form to improve the site. If analytics is used, you can opt out of Google Analytics with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Meta (Facebook) Pixel
This site uses, or may use, the Meta Pixel (formerly the Facebook Pixel), a tool provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. The Meta Pixel is a small piece of code that, together with cookies, lets Meta and Charlotte Everhart:
- measure advertising. It shows whether people who saw or clicked a Facebook or Instagram ad for Charlotte Everhart’s books later visited this site or took an action, such as joining the newsletter.
- show relevant ads. It allows ads to be shown to people who have visited this site (sometimes called “retargeting”) and to similar audiences on Facebook, Instagram, and Meta’s ad network.
- improve ad delivery. It helps Meta show ads to people most likely to be interested.
What the Meta Pixel may collect: your IP address, browser and device information, the pages you visit on this site and when, the page that referred you, actions you take on the site (for example, a page view or a newsletter sign-up), and identifiers stored in cookies. If you are logged in to Facebook or Instagram, Meta may connect this activity to your account. The site may also send some of this event information to Meta directly from its server (Meta’s “Conversions API”).
Charlotte Everhart does not receive information that personally identifies you from the Meta Pixel. She sees only summary reports, such as how many people visited after seeing an ad. Meta uses the information under its own Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/.
How to opt out of Meta ads based on your activity:
- On Facebook or Instagram, go to Settings & privacy > Accounts Center > Ad preferences (or visit https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences). There you can review and limit how activity from other websites is used to show you ads, including under “Activity information from ad partners” and “Your activity off Meta technologies.”
- You can also opt out of interest-based ads from many companies at https://optout.aboutads.info (US), https://youradchoices.ca (Canada), or https://www.youronlinechoices.eu (EU/UK).
- You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, or use browser privacy features and extensions that block tracking pixels.
Managing cookies
Most browsers let you see, block, or delete cookies through their settings. If you block all cookies, some parts of this site, such as the sign-up and contact forms and their spam protection, may not work correctly.
6. Videos
The book trailers and videos on this site are stored on this site’s own web hosting and play directly on the page. They are not embedded from YouTube or Vimeo.
7. Third-party services
This site relies on outside companies to run. Each one handles information under its own privacy policy:
| Service | What it does | Privacy policy |
|---|---|---|
| MailerLite | Newsletter sign-up and email delivery | https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy |
| Google (reCAPTCHA, Google Fonts, and any Google Analytics) | Spam protection, fonts, visitor statistics | https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| Meta Platforms (Meta Pixel) | Ad measurement and advertising | https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ |
| Bluehost (Newfold Digital) | Web hosting; the server keeps standard logs, including IP addresses | https://www.newfold.com/privacy-center |
| WordPress and plugins (such as WPForms, Yoast SEO, Elementor) | Run the site, the contact form, and search features | — |
| StoryOrigin | Free book downloads and reader giveaways linked from this site | https://storyoriginapp.com/privacy |
| Books2Read (Draft2Digital) | “Universal book links” that send you to the retailer of your choice | https://www.draft2digital.com/privacy-policy/ |
| Book retailers (such as Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and others) | Selling the books | See each retailer’s own site |
| Goodreads | Charlotte Everhart’s author profile, linked from the site | https://www.goodreads.com/about/privacy |
StoryOrigin: When you claim a free book or enter a giveaway through a StoryOrigin link, you leave this site and give your information to StoryOrigin. Some StoryOrigin giveaways and downloads may ask you to join the author’s newsletter. When they do, your name and email may be shared with Charlotte Everhart and added to her MailerLite list, and the StoryOrigin page tells you before you sign up.
Books2Read and retailers: Book links on this site go through Books2Read, which may remember your preferred store. If a link includes an affiliate code, Charlotte Everhart may earn a small commission on a purchase at no extra cost to you. Purchases are made on the retailer’s site, under that retailer’s privacy policy, and this site never sees your payment details.
8. No selling of personal information
Charlotte Everhart does not sell, rent, or trade your name, email address, or other personal information to anyone for money.
Personal information is shared only with the service providers listed above, as needed to run the site and the newsletter, or when required by law. Please note that under some laws, such as California’s, using advertising tools like the Meta Pixel may be considered “sharing” personal information for targeted advertising. See Section 10 to opt out.
9. How long information is kept
- Newsletter subscribers: your name and email stay on the list until you unsubscribe or ask to be removed. After you unsubscribe, MailerLite may keep a record of your email address marked as unsubscribed so that you are not emailed again.
- Contact messages: kept in Charlotte Everhart’s email for as long as needed to reply and keep a record of the conversation. You can ask for them to be deleted.
- Website logs and backups: kept by the hosting company and in site backups for a limited time for security and recovery, then deleted or overwritten.
- Cookie and pixel data: kept by each third party according to its own policy.
10. Your privacy rights
Charlotte Everhart is happy to help any reader, wherever they live, who wants to know what information is held about them, correct it, or have it deleted. To make a request, email connect@charlotteeverhartbooks.com with the subject line “Privacy Request.” To protect your information, you may be asked to confirm your identity, for example by replying from the email address on the newsletter list. Charlotte Everhart will reply within the time required by law, and within 30 days in most cases.
Visitors in the European Union, European Economic Area, and United Kingdom (GDPR / UK GDPR)
If you live in the EU, EEA, or UK, you have the right to:
- access the personal information held about you
- correct inaccurate information
- delete your information (“right to be forgotten”)
- restrict or object to certain uses, including direct marketing
- data portability (receive your information in a common format)
- withdraw consent at any time, for example by unsubscribing from the newsletter
- lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority
Legal bases for using your information:
- Consent. This covers the newsletter, and the advertising and analytics cookies where consent is required.
- Legitimate interests. This covers replying to messages, keeping the site secure, and preventing spam.
- Legal obligations, where they apply.
International transfers: This site is run from the United States, and its service providers may process information in the United States and other countries. Where required, these providers use recognized safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
California residents (CCPA / CPRA)
If you live in California, you may have the right to:
- know what personal information is collected, used, and disclosed, and the categories of sources and recipients
- delete personal information
- correct inaccurate personal information
- opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. Charlotte Everhart does not sell personal information. To opt out of any “sharing” through advertising tools such as the Meta Pixel, email connect@charlotteeverhartbooks.com with the subject “Do Not Share,” and use the Meta ad settings described in Section 5.
- limit the use of sensitive personal information. This site does not collect sensitive personal information.
- not be discriminated against for using any of these rights
Categories of information collected in the past 12 months:
- identifiers, such as name, email address, and IP address
- internet or other electronic network activity, such as pages viewed and interactions with the site and ads
- general geolocation, based on IP address
These come from you, your device, and the service providers listed in Section 7, and they are used for the purposes in Section 2. You may use an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf.
Michigan residents and other U.S. states
Charlotte Everhart is based in Michigan. Michigan readers, and readers in every other U.S. state, may use the same requests described above: to access, correct, or delete their information, and to opt out of the newsletter and targeted advertising. Some states, including Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and others, give their residents specific privacy rights by law, and Charlotte Everhart will honor those rights where they apply.
11. Children’s privacy
This site is intended for adult readers. It is not directed at children under 13, and Charlotte Everhart does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information through this site, please email connect@charlotteeverhartbooks.com, and it will be deleted.
12. Security
Reasonable steps are taken to protect information on this site. For example, the site uses a secure (HTTPS) connection, forms have spam protection, and the site is kept updated and backed up. No website or online service is 100% secure, however, so absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
13. Links to other websites
This site links to other websites, such as Books2Read, book retailers, StoryOrigin, Goodreads, and Canva. When you click a link and leave this site, the other site’s privacy policy applies. Charlotte Everhart is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of other websites, so please review their policies.
14. Changes to this policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time, for example when a new tool is added to the site or the law changes. When it changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Significant changes may also be announced in the newsletter. Continuing to use the site after an update means the updated policy applies.
15. Contact
Questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your information can be sent to:
Charlotte Everhart
Michigan, USA
Email: connect@charlotteeverhartbooks.com
Website: https://charlotteeverhartbooks.com