Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 27, 2026

At the Nonfiction Authors Association (“NFAA,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how we protect it, and the choices you have regarding your information.

The Nonfiction Authors Association is a division of Stephanie Chandler Enterprises, LLC. This policy also applies to our affiliated websites, including:

  • NonfictionAuthorsAssociation.com
  • NonfictionWritersConference.com
  • NonfictionBookClub.com
  • AuthorityPublishing.com
  • StephanieChandler.com

By using our websites or services, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with our websites and services, we may collect the following information.

Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

  • Join our membership
  • Purchase courses, products, or event registrations
  • Register for webinars
  • Download free resources
  • Subscribe to our newsletter
  • Submit contact forms
  • Create a member profile
  • Leave comments on our website

This information may include:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Mailing address
  • Phone number
  • Company name
  • Biography
  • Book information
  • Website URL
  • Social media links
  • Payment-related information (processed by third-party payment providers)
  • Any other information you choose to provide

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our websites, we may automatically collect information including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device information
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on pages
  • Referral source
  • General geographic location
  • Cookies and similar technologies

This information helps us improve our websites and services.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Process purchases
  • Deliver memberships, courses, and digital products
  • Register you for webinars and events
  • Provide customer support
  • Send newsletters and educational content
  • Send promotional offers you have requested
  • Improve our websites and services
  • Analyze website performance
  • Prevent fraud and protect our websites
  • Comply with legal obligations

We only use your personal information for legitimate business purposes or with your consent where required by law.

Email Communications

If you subscribe to our newsletter or download one of our free resources, you may receive educational content, announcements, promotional offers, and updates from us.

You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in every email or by contacting us directly.

Payment Processing

We do not store credit card information on our servers.

Payments are securely processed through trusted third-party payment providers, including:

  • Stripe
  • PayPal
  • Square

These providers maintain their own privacy policies and security standards.

Third-Party Service Providers

We use carefully selected third-party providers to help operate our business.

These may include services for:

  • Email marketing
  • Payment processing
  • Webinar hosting
  • Website hosting
  • Analytics
  • Customer support
  • Membership management
  • Cloud storage
  • Spam prevention

Examples of providers may include:

  • Constant Contact
  • Leadpages
  • Stripe
  • PayPal
  • Square
  • Google Analytics
  • WordPress
  • Carbonite

These providers receive only the information necessary to perform their services and are responsible for protecting the information they process.

Cookies

Our websites use cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience.

Cookies help us:

  • Remember your preferences
  • Keep you logged into your account
  • Analyze website traffic
  • Improve website performance
  • Understand visitor behavior

Some cookies are essential for our websites to function properly.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that some website features may not function correctly if cookies are disabled.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our websites.

Google Analytics may collect information such as:

  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on the site
  • Device type
  • Browser type
  • Approximate geographic location

This information is aggregated and helps us improve our websites.

You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

You may opt out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s browser add-on.

Member Profiles

As a benefit of membership, members may choose to create a public profile listing information about themselves and their books.

Participation is completely optional.

Members may edit or remove their public profile information at any time.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the information shown in the comment form along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information to help detect spam.

If you use the Gravatar service, an anonymized hash of your email address may be provided to Gravatar to determine whether your account is associated with that service.

Embedded Content

Articles on our websites may include embedded videos, podcasts, images, or other content from third-party websites.

Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited those third-party websites directly.

Those websites may collect data about you according to their own privacy policies.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to:

  • Provide requested services
  • Maintain memberships
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Resolve disputes
  • Enforce our agreements

Comments may remain on our website indefinitely unless removal is requested or moderation requires deletion.

Financial transaction records are retained as required by applicable laws.

How We Protect Your Information

We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

While no system can guarantee absolute security, we continuously work to maintain appropriate safeguards for the information entrusted to us.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information
  • Correct inaccurate information
  • Delete personal information
  • Restrict certain processing
  • Receive a copy of your information
  • Object to certain uses of your information
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

California residents may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

Residents of the European Union and United Kingdom may have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information below.

California Privacy Notice

The Nonfiction Authors Association does not sell your personal information.

We also do not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

If our data practices change in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy accordingly.

International Visitors

Our websites are operated from the United States.

If you access our websites from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your country.

By using our services, you consent to this transfer.

Children’s Privacy

Our websites and services are intended for adults and are not directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we become aware that such information has been collected, we will promptly delete it.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our business practices, legal requirements, or technology.

Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

Your continued use of our websites after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:

Stephanie Chandler Enterprises, LLC
Nonfiction Authors Association

Website: https://NonfictionAuthorsAssociation.com

Email: support@nonfictionauthorsassociation.com

We will respond to privacy-related requests within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.

This version is significantly more current, easier for visitors to read, and better aligned with today’s privacy expectations while remaining appropriate for a U.S.-based membership organization serving authors. It also removes outdated references to the Data Protection Act 1998 and unnecessary internal employee procedures that are better suited to an internal information security policy rather than a public-facing privacy policy.

The Nonfiction Authors Association is a division of Stephanie Chandler Enterprises, LLC. The above policy applies to our sister websites as well: NonfictionWritersConference.com, NonfictionBookClub.com, AuthorityPublishing.com, and StephanieChander.com.

To these ends, the company has published this privacy statement, setting out how data relating to individuals is used by the company. Contact us with any questions.