Privacy Policy

At Publishing Squad, we respect your privacy and are dedicated to securing your details. We will do everything possible to protect your privacy, and we highly regard your confidential data. Our Privacy Policy is regularly checked and updated with the aim of its consistency with the existing practices and legal obligatory demands, and is subject to the Terms and Conditions valid on our website.

The terms we, us, our, and service in this Privacy Policy are used to represent Publishing Squad. By visiting our site, you can accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, which controls the gathering and distribution of your data on our site.

All the information collected when you visit us is utilized to create better services and improve your experience as a user. Accessing of our site automatically implies your agreement with the collection and use of data in accordance with this policy.

Information Collection and Use

publishingsquad.com gathers a number of types of information that helps to offer better services. The corresponding types of data that can be obtained are the following:

• We collect personal information including name, email, phone number, and manuscript files solely to provide publishing, editing, design, and marketing services.
• We do not sell, rent, or share client data with any third parties.
• All files, manuscripts, and communication remain confidential.
• Clients may request access, updates, or deletion of their data at any time.

Email Marketing Consent

When you provide your email address to download resources (like our Publishing Blueprint), sign up for our newsletter, or contact us, we may use it to send you information about our publishing services, industry tips, and occasional promotional offers. You explicitly consent to this by affirmatively checking the consent box on our forms. This box is never pre-checked. You are not required to consent to marketing to receive our free resources or services. You can withdraw your consent and unsubscribe at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in the footer of every email we send.

SMS Communication and Consent

By checking the consent box on our contact form, you agree to receive SMS text messages from Publishing Squad regarding customer questions, order updates, and other support inquiries.

• Message and data rates may apply depending on your carrier.
• Message frequency may vary based on your interactions with us.
• You may reply STOP at any time to opt out of SMS messages.
• You may reply HELP for customer care contact information.
• Your consent to receive messages is not a condition of purchase, and you may continue to communicate with us via email or phone if you prefer. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service to understand how your personal information, including phone number and communication preferences, is collected, used, and safeguarded.

Personal Data

We can gather and save your Personal Data; it should include but is not restricted to:

• Your complete name
• Your email ID
• Your phone number
• Your full address
• Cookies and Usage Statistical Data
• IP address, browser type, and device information

Personal Data can be obtained by Publishing Squad in one of the following ways: direct contact with a person, newsletter, marketing or promotional offers, and so on. You can, however, decide not to give us some of the information, which can influence the series of services we can guarantee you.

Cookies and Usage Statistical Data

IP address, browser type, and device information.

Usage Data

When you access our website, your Usage Data can possibly be collected automatically, including Usage Data consisting of information about your:

• The IP of your device
• The time and date you were visiting
• How long and what did you look at
• Browser type and version
• Additional diagnostic results

Cookies Data

We employ cookies and other technologies, including beacons, tags, and scripts, to track your behaviour over our site. To avoid this sort of data being collected, you can choose to turn off cookies using your browser preferences. Nevertheless, please understand that such action could limit the number of features available to you when using our service.

• Session Cookies
• Preference Cookies
• Security Cookies
• Advertising Cookies

Other Data

Other information that we might obtain that is useful to determine our services is also captured. This can contain various data on your age, sex, birthplace, passports, citizenship, registration, residence, contact information, educational data, qualifications, professional education, employment contracts, non-disclosure agreement (NDA), marriage status, Social Security number, tax identification number, office space, and any other waivers of essential data.

Why We Collect Information

We use your information to:

• Provide professional publishing services, such as editing, design, distribution, or marketing, to help your book succeed.
• Stay in touch about your project, send updates, or respond to your questions.
• Enhance our website and services based on how users interact with them.
• Process payments securely for the services you choose.
• Meet legal requirements and protect our business interests.

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active, as needed to provide you services, or until you unsubscribe from our communications. We will delete or anonymize your data upon request or after a prolonged period of inactivity, as permitted by law.

How We Store Information

Your information is kept on secure servers in the United States, where we're based in Chandler. We hold onto personal details only as long as needed for the purposes in this policy or as required by law. Your manuscript is stored carefully to protect your creative work.

Intellectual Property & Copyright Policy

• Publishing Squad does not claim ownership over any manuscript or creative material provided by clients.
• Authors retain full copyright, royalty rights, and creative control unless mutually agreed otherwise in writing.

Anti-Fraud & Verification Policy

We verify client identity and project details to ensure a secure, ethical publishing environment. Any suspicious activity may require additional documentation.

Data Transfer

We put very strict measures to ensure that your data is not accessed unauthorised. We use in place great security measures that make your data safe and not shared with an organisation of your choice. We implement stringent security measures in case there is some need to transfer some data, as in the case of a merger or when we are transferring some data to a third-party payment provider.

Share of Information

Your personal information can be revealed in the following cases:

• Law Enforcement
• Mergers and Business Acquisitions
• Other Situations

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location (for example, if you are in the European Economic Area or California), you have specific rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erase your data ("right to be forgotten").
• Restrict or object to our processing of your data (including objecting to direct marketing).
• Data portability (receive your data in a structured, commonly used format).
• Opt out of the "sale" of your personal information (we do not sell your data, but you have the right to know this).

Data Security

Publishing Squad strives to ensure the greatest level of security to the storage, transferring, and gathering of information concerning you.

Third-Party Services

One of the companies and resources that we may outsource its operations to is trusted third-party resources. These third-party organisations will only be provided with such data that is required in doing their intended work, and we never allow any rogue use or share your information.

Contact Us

For privacy-related inquiries, please contact: