Privacy Policy
What we collect, why we collect it, and the choices you have.
Last updated: August 30, 2026
Hunt Down We Read ("HDWR", "we", "us", or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly. This policy explains what information we may collect, why we collect it, how we use it, when it may be shared, how we protect it, and the choices available to you when you use huntdowns.com and our related services.
By using our website or submitting information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information we may collect
Depending on how you use HDWR, we may collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number where provided
- Country or general location where provided
If you create an account, we may collect a username, password credentials in appropriately protected form, profile information, reading preferences, and community activity.
Authors may provide:
- Author name and biography
- Book title, description, and genre
- Book cover artwork
- Purchase or book links
- Social media links
- Author photographs
- Promotional materials
- Information submitted through our author forms
When you participate in the community, we may process:
- Discussion posts
- Reviews and comments
- Challenge participation
- Voting activity
- Badges or completion records
- Public profile information
Online payments for author packages and donations are currently unavailable on the website. If payment options reopen, payment information may be processed through a third-party payment provider. HDWR does not ask you to send your full payment card number, CVV, PIN, OTP, banking password, or other sensitive payment credentials through email, social media, chat, or ordinary website forms.
Donation information
Donations are currently unavailable online. If donations reopen, information required to process the transaction may be collected by the payment provider.
This may include information such as:
- Name
- Email address
- Donation amount
- Currency
- Transaction reference
- Payment status
Payment-card information is handled through the applicable payment provider's payment infrastructure.
HDWR does not ask donors to send full card numbers, CVV codes, PINs or OTPs through email, social media, chat or other informal communication channels.
2. How we use your information
- Provide our services
- Create and manage accounts
- Process and review author submissions
- Organize reading challenges
- Facilitate discussions
- Communicate with members
- Process payments
- Provide customer support
- Send service-related communications
- Maintain community records
- Manage awards and recognition
- Prevent fraud and abuse
- Improve website performance
- Protect the security of our services
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
3. Information you choose to make public
Some information you provide may be displayed publicly if you choose to participate in public HDWR activities. This may include your display name, author profile, book information, public reviews, public discussion posts, awards, community recognition, and public challenge participation. Do not publish information that you do not want other users to see.
4. Payment security
Payments are not currently accepted through the HDWR website. If online checkout reopens, transactions may be handled through a third-party payment provider with its own security and privacy policies.
HDWR does not intentionally store full payment card numbers or CVV/security codes on its own website systems. Never send your card number, CVV, PIN, OTP, or banking password to HDWR by email, chat, or social media. If someone asks you for these details while claiming to represent HDWR, do not provide them and contact us at support@huntdowns.com.
5. Third-party services
We may use trusted third-party providers to operate parts of our service, including:
- Payment processing
- Website hosting
- Email delivery
- Analytics
- Security
- Communications
- Social media integrations
These providers may process information according to their own terms and privacy policies. We only intend to provide third parties with information reasonably necessary for the service they provide.
6. Cookies and similar technologies
HDWR may use cookies and similar technologies to keep the website functioning, remember preferences, maintain sessions, understand website usage, improve performance, and support security. You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings, although some website functions may not work correctly if essential cookies are disabled. See our Cookie Policy for more detail.
7. Data security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We encourage users to use strong passwords, avoid sharing account credentials, keep devices secure, avoid sending sensitive payment information by email, and contact us immediately if they believe an account has been compromised.
8. Data retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including providing services, maintaining records, resolving disputes, preventing fraud, and satisfying legal or regulatory requirements. When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete or anonymize it subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.
9. Your privacy rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including the right to request access, correction, deletion, restriction of certain processing, or a copy of information you provided to us, and the right to object to certain uses or withdraw consent where consent is the basis for processing. To make a request, contact support@huntdowns.com. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.
10. Children's privacy
HDWR is not directed at young children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate consent, contact us so we can review and, where appropriate, remove it.
11. International transfers
HDWR is a global community. Information may be processed in countries other than your own by us or by our service providers. Where required, we take reasonable steps intended to protect information handled across borders.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updated versions will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.
13. Contact
Questions about privacy can be sent to support@huntdowns.com.