Your privacy matters. This policy explains what information may be collected when you visit this website, how it is used, and the third-party services involved.
1. Information You Provide
This website does not require you to create an account simply to view the website.
If you contact us by email, we may receive information you choose to provide, such as your email address, name, and the contents of your message. Please do not send highly sensitive personal, medical, or mental-health information by email.
2. Founding Reader Program
If you choose to participate in the Founding Reader Program, we ask for your first name and email address so we can send you a complimentary copy of the book, communicate with you about the program, and receive your feedback.
We may also record basic technical information associated with a submission, such as the date and time it was submitted, for administration, security, and spam prevention.
You are not required to provide details about your pornography use, sexual behavior, medical history, mental-health history, or religious beliefs to become a Founding Reader. Please do not include highly sensitive personal information in your signup or feedback unless you independently choose to do so and believe it is necessary.
Feedback you provide will be treated as private. We will not publish or attribute your feedback to you without first obtaining your explicit permission for the specific quotation or use.
3. Website Analytics
We use Statcounter, a web analytics service, to help us understand how visitors find and use this website. This information helps us improve the site's content, design, usability, and performance.
Statcounter may collect information such as:
- the date and time of a visit;
- IP address;
- browser and operating system;
- device type and screen size;
- referring information, such as the website or search engine that led you here; and
- pages viewed and other visitor activity.
4. Microsoft Advertising and Universal Event Tracking (UET)
We use Microsoft Advertising, including Universal Event Tracking (UET), to measure advertising performance, understand what visitors do after interacting with an advertisement, track conversions, and support advertising and remarketing activities where permitted.
Microsoft Advertising may collect or process information such as:
- IP address;
- browser, device, and operating-system information;
- page URLs and referring URLs;
- session and visitor identifiers;
- advertising click identifiers;
- conversion and website-interaction information; and
- cookies or similar identifiers used for advertising measurement and related purposes.
Microsoft Advertising may use cookies and identifiers including _uetvid, _uetsid, _uetmsclkid, MUID, MSPTC, or related technologies. The specific cookies used may change as Microsoft updates its services.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
This website may use cookies and similar technologies for analytics, conversion measurement, advertising, and site functionality.
Statcounter may place an analytics cookie named “is_unique” in your browser. Statcounter states that this cookie is used to help determine whether a visitor is new or returning and to estimate unique visits.
Microsoft Advertising may use cookies or similar identifiers in connection with UET, advertising attribution, conversion measurement, and remarketing.
You can configure your browser to refuse or delete cookies. Statcounter also provides information about refusing its analytics cookies at:
Statcounter Analytics Cookie Opt-Out
Depending on your location and applicable law, we may ask for consent before enabling non-essential analytics or advertising cookies.
6. Consent Choices
Where required by applicable law, including for certain visitors in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we may use a consent-management mechanism to obtain or record your choices regarding analytics and advertising technologies.
We may also use Microsoft Advertising Consent Mode or another supported mechanism to communicate applicable consent choices to Microsoft Advertising.
You may also manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect analytics, advertising measurement, or some website functionality.
7. Statcounter
Statcounter operates independently and processes analytics information under its own privacy practices. For more information, please review:
8. Microsoft Privacy
Microsoft operates independently and processes information associated with Microsoft Advertising under its own privacy practices. For more information, please review:
9. How We Use Information
Information collected through this website may be used to:
- operate and maintain the website;
- understand website traffic and visitor behavior;
- measure advertising effectiveness and conversions;
- perform attribution and remarketing where permitted;
- improve the content, design, and functionality of the site;
- administer the Founding Reader Program, including sending complimentary copies and communicating with participants;
- receive and evaluate Founding Reader feedback about the book and its approach;
- respond to questions or support requests;
- help prevent fraud, abuse, or security problems; and
- comply with applicable legal obligations.
10. Sensitive Information
This website concerns pornography recovery, which can be a sensitive subject. The Founding Reader signup does not ask you to describe your sexual behavior, pornography history, medical history, mental-health history, or religious beliefs.
Founding Readers may later choose to share personal experiences when providing feedback. If you do, please share only what you are comfortable providing and what you believe is reasonably necessary. We will not publish or attribute that feedback to you without your explicit permission.
11. Sharing of Information
We do not sell your personal information.
Information may be processed by service providers that help operate the website, measure advertising, analyze traffic, or complete transactions, including Statcounter and Microsoft Advertising. We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect rights or security, investigate fraud or abuse, or respond to a lawful request.
12. Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, subject to the retention practices of third-party providers such as Statcounter and Microsoft and any legal or accounting requirements that may apply.
13. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
You may disable or restrict cookies through your browser settings and may use Statcounter's cookie opt-out option described above.
Depending on where you live, privacy laws may give you additional rights regarding personal information, such as the right to request access, correction, deletion, or information about how your data is used.
To make a privacy-related request, email:
We may need to verify your request before taking action. Some information may be exempt from deletion or other requests where retention is required or permitted by law.
14. Children's Privacy
This website, the digital book, and the Founding Reader Program are intended for adults age 18 or older. We do not knowingly accept Founding Reader participants under 18.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
15. External Links
This website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of websites we do not operate. Review the privacy policy of any third-party site you visit.
16. Security
We take reasonable steps to protect information associated with this website. However, no method of transmitting or storing information on the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, the effective date at the top of this page will be revised.
18. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how information is handled, contact:
Note: This policy currently covers the Founding Reader Program, Statcounter, and Microsoft Advertising/UET. If you later add an email-marketing service, another advertising pixel, affiliate tracking system, or analytics platform, this policy should be updated to describe it.