PRIVACY POLICY
Effective October 28, 2026
OUTPOST 27 (the “Site,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of people who read, contact, subscribe to, or purchase from our publishing imprint. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information when you use https://www.outpost-27.com or communicate with us about our publications. OUTPOST 27 is operated by Mission Ready Learning LLC, doing business as OUTPOST 27.
1. Information we collect
Information you choose to provide. When you contact us, submit a website form, join an email list, inquire about a signed book, or place a direct order, we may receive your name, email address, telephone number (if provided), message, subscription preferences, order details, shipping address, and information needed to fulfill your request. If you send a manuscript or other material in a message, we also receive the information in that submission.
Information associated with direct purchases. If we arrange a book sale directly, we may retain the item ordered, amount charged, payment confirmation or transaction reference, shipping details, and correspondence about delivery or a refund. Payments may be processed through an agreed third-party method; we do not ask you to send passwords or full card numbers through the site contact form.
Information collected automatically. Our Wix-hosted website and enabled integrations may process IP address, approximate location derived from IP, device and browser characteristics, pages visited, referral sources, timestamps, diagnostic information, and cookie or similar identifiers. The particular information depends on the services currently enabled and your privacy choices. See our Cookie Notice for more detail.
2. How we use information
We use information to answer inquiries; administer email subscriptions; send requested publishing news, essays, and book updates; process and ship directly ordered books; provide customer service, handle returns, and maintain transaction records; operate and secure the website; measure site performance where permitted; comply with legal requirements; and protect against fraud or misuse.
For readers in jurisdictions requiring a specified legal basis, our processing may rely on your consent (for optional marketing and nonessential tracking), steps taken at your request or performance of an agreement (for orders and inquiries), compliance with legal obligations (such as records), or our legitimate interests in operating and securing the site where that basis is permitted. We do not use consent as a substitute for a legal basis where a different basis applies.
3. Email subscriptions and messages
If you subscribe to OUTPOST 27 updates, we may email you new writing, book news, recommendations, and related announcements. You can unsubscribe through the link in a marketing email or by contacting us. Unsubscribing from promotional messages does not prevent us from sending necessary order or service messages. A contact-form message alone does not automatically authorize unrelated promotional emails; the website's actual opt-in settings must reflect this.
4. Providers, embeds, affiliate links, and external sites
We use Wix to host and operate the website and its forms or email tools. We use Usercentrics for Wix to offer cookie choices and manage consent preferences on the Site. Depending on enabled functionality, other providers may help with analytics, email delivery, payments, hosting, fulfillment, or security. We share only information reasonably needed for those services or when required by law.
If you use an embedded Spotify player, Spotify may process information under its own privacy terms. Clicking an affiliate link to Bookshop.org or a retailer link to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or another seller takes you to that provider's website, where its own privacy policy and checkout rules apply. We may receive referral or transaction-level reporting from affiliate programs; we do not control those third-party sites.
We do not intentionally sell mailing-list contact details as a standalone list. Depending on actual tracking technologies and applicable legal definitions, some disclosures for analytics or advertising could be regulated as a “sale” or “sharing.” We will review the live cookie and tag configuration and provide any legally required choice mechanism.
5. Cookies and consent
Cookies and similar technologies can be essential for security and site operation, or optional for preferences, analytics, advertising, and embedded media. Where consent is legally required, nonessential technologies should not run before valid consent. Use the consent banner or its available settings control to review or change cookie choices. You can also use browser controls to limit or delete cookies. See our separate Cookie Notice.
6. Retention and security
We keep information for as long as reasonably needed for the purposes stated above, including ongoing correspondence, subscriptions, fulfillment, records required by law, dispute resolution, and security. Subscription details remain until you unsubscribe or we remove them; limited suppression information may be kept to respect opt-out choices. We use reasonable administrative and technical measures appropriate to the data, but no online service can guarantee absolute security.
7. Your privacy choices and rights
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information that we control, subject to legal exceptions. Depending on your residence and laws that apply to us, you may also have rights to data portability, to restrict or object to processing, to withdraw consent, or to opt out of particular data uses. We will review requests under the laws applicable to our activities and may reasonably verify your identity before acting. You may also contact an appropriate data-protection regulator where that right applies.
For requests, write to our About & Contact page. If you are asking about an order placed through another retailer, you may also need to contact that retailer directly because it controls its own order data.
8. International visitors, children, and changes
Our website is operated from Washington, United States. Service providers may process information in the United States or other countries. If legally required, appropriate safeguards must be assessed for international transfers. The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13; we do not knowingly solicit their personal information. If you believe a child has submitted data, please contact us.
We may revise this Policy to reflect changes in technology, law, or our practices. We will update the effective date and provide additional notice where required. Questions may be sent to our About & Contact page.
