Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 1, 2026
Authors Success Center is a project of Bourgeois Media & Consulting, LLC. We respect your privacy and are committed to being clear about the information we collect, why we collect it, and how we use it.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, and protect personal information when you visit the Authors Success Center website, create an account, join the community, purchase services or memberships, submit materials, register for workshops or events, or otherwise interact with us.
By using this website or submitting information to us, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
Authors Success Center is owned and operated by:
Bourgeois Media & Consulting, LLC
1401 Lavaca St. 1112, Austin TX 78701
Authors Success Center provides author education, community opportunities, reviews, ReadSafe Ratings, Author Verified profiles, promotional services, workshops, resources, and related author-support programs.
2. Information We May Collect
We may collect information you provide directly to us, including:
- Name, pen name, email address, mailing address, and phone number
- Username, password, and account information
- Author biography, website links, social-media links, book information, genre, and professional profile details
- Membership selections and payment-related information
- Book files, manuscripts, excerpts, cover images, promotional materials, and review submissions
- Workshop registrations, event registrations, contest entries, and survey responses
- Communications you send to us through forms, email, community forums, or social-media channels
- Testimonials, comments, reviews, or other content you choose to submit
- Information needed to provide services you request
We may also automatically collect limited technical information when you use the website, such as:
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Pages visited
- Referring website
- Date and time of visits
- Cookies and similar tracking information
- Website activity used to improve site performance and security
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use personal information to:
- Create and manage your account
- Process memberships, registrations, purchases, and service requests
- Deliver reviews, ReadSafe Ratings, Author Verified profiles, promotional services, workshops, and other requested programs
- Communicate with you about your account, order, membership, submission, or service
- Send newsletters, author opportunities, program announcements, and promotional communications when you have opted in or where otherwise permitted
- Display author profiles, book information, badges, reviews, ratings, or other public-facing content when you choose to participate in those programs
- Improve our website, services, community tools, and educational offerings
- Protect the safety, security, and integrity of our website and community
- Prevent fraud, abuse, spam, or violations of our Terms and Conditions
- Meet legal, accounting, tax, and recordkeeping obligations
We will not sell your personal information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
4. Membership Profiles and Community Areas
Some ASC services may include public or member-only profiles, community forums, author directories, discussion areas, event pages, or other interactive features.
Information you choose to post in public or member-accessible areas may be visible to other users or visitors, depending on the setting for that feature. This may include your name, pen name, biography, book details, website links, social-media links, comments, posts, photos, or other content you voluntarily share.
Please use care when sharing personal information in community spaces. Do not post private contact details, financial information, passwords, sensitive personal information, or information about others without their permission.
ASC may remove content that violates our Terms and Conditions, community standards, applicable law, or the rights of others.
5. Payments
Payments may be processed through third-party payment processors. ASC does not intend to store complete credit-card or debit-card numbers on its own systems.
Payment processors may collect and process information necessary to complete a transaction, including billing details and payment information. Their handling of your information is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.
6. Email Communications
You may receive emails from ASC when you:
- Create an account
- Purchase a service or membership
- Register for an event or workshop
- Submit a book, manuscript, review request, or other service request
- Join our mailing list
- Participate in an ASC program or community feature
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those messages or by contacting us at [Insert Contact Email].
Even if you opt out of marketing messages, we may still send important non-promotional communications about your account, purchase, membership, service request, or legal notices.
7. Cookies and Analytics
Our website may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to help operate the site, remember preferences, understand visitor activity, improve performance, and measure the effectiveness of communications or promotions.
You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain website features, including account access, memberships, or personalized settings.
If ASC uses third-party analytics, advertising, email, payment, membership, forum, or social-media tools, those providers may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
8. How We Share Information
We may share personal information only when reasonably necessary to operate the Authors Success Center, including with:
- Payment processors
- Website hosting providers
- Email and newsletter platforms
- Membership, forum, profile, and community software providers
- Event-registration and workshop platforms
- Contractors or service providers assisting with ASC operations
- Legal, accounting, insurance, or professional advisers
- Government agencies, courts, or law-enforcement authorities when required by law or necessary to protect rights, safety, or property
We may also disclose information when needed to enforce our Terms and Conditions, investigate suspected fraud or misuse, respond to legal claims, or protect ASC, its users, or the public.
We do not sell personal information to data brokers or unrelated advertisers.
9. Book Submissions, Reviews, and Promotional Materials
When you submit a book, manuscript, excerpt, cover image, biography, author photo, or other materials for review, rating, promotion, verification, publication, or related services, you retain ownership of your original work unless a separate written agreement states otherwise.
By submitting materials, you grant ASC a limited permission to use those materials only as reasonably necessary to provide the requested service, display approved public-facing results, promote the service or program, and maintain our records.
For example, if you purchase a True Voice Review, ReadSafe Rating, Author Verified profile, or author feature, ASC may display the approved review, rating, author name, book title, cover image, and related promotional information on ASC platforms unless you and ASC agree otherwise in writing.
10. Data Retention
We keep personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide services, maintain records, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and protect the security of our systems.
The amount of time we retain information may vary depending on the nature of the information, your relationship with ASC, and applicable legal requirements.
11. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
No website, online service, payment system, or data transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. You are responsible for protecting your account password and notifying us promptly if you believe your account has been accessed without permission.
The Federal Trade Commission recommends that businesses collect only the information they need, protect the data they keep, and plan for security incidents. ASC follows those principles as part of its privacy and security approach.
12. Your Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live and the nature of your interaction with ASC, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain personal information
- Opt out of marketing emails
- Change or update your member profile
- Ask questions about how your information is used
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
To make a request, contact us at:
[Insert Privacy Contact Email]
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
Privacy notices are expected to explain who collects information, how it is used, and whether it is shared with others.
13. Children’s Privacy
Authors Success Center is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate parental consent.
If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to ASC without parental permission, please contact us at [Insert Privacy Contact Email], and we will take appropriate steps to remove the information where required.
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act imposes additional requirements on websites and services directed to children under 13.
14. Third-Party Links
Our website may include links to third-party websites, bookstores, social-media platforms, payment processors, publishing services, software providers, event platforms, or other resources.
ASC is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites. You should review the privacy policy of any outside website before providing personal information.
15. International Visitors
ASC is based in the United States. If you access the website or submit information from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to, processed in, and stored in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.
If ASC expands services internationally, this Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect additional rights or compliance requirements.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as ASC grows, adds services, changes technology providers, or responds to legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this page. Material changes may also be communicated through the website, email, or member account notices when appropriate.
17. Contact Us
For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact:
Authors Success Center
A Bourgeois Media & Consulting, LLC
1401 Lavaca St. 1112, Austin TX 78701
https://AuthorsSuccess.info