If you’re reading this, you’re probably one in a million! The majority of the policy is boilerplate/standard wording used on most sites. The data policies are customized specifically for Gothic Sci-Fi Books.

Who we are

Gothic Sci-Fi Books is owned and operated by Pendletyn & Bromptyn, LLC. Pendletyn & Bromptyn is registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia by Erzsebet Carmean.

• Our website address is: https://gothicscifibooks.shop
• Our mailing address is: 8 Holly Drive, Newport News, VA, 236021
• Our email address is: hello@gothicscifibooks.shop

Mailing List

You are added to the Gothic Sci-Fi Books mailing list in one of three ways: 1) direct subscription from the https://gothicscifibooks.shop popups or form embeds; 2) direct subscription via the standalone signup hosted at https://subscribepage.io/gsfb; 3) by purchasing an item from Gothic Sci-Fi Books.

You can unsubscribe from the list at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of emails from hello@gothicscifibooks.shop.

We adhere to anti-spam laws by providing unsubscribe functionality and giving the physical location of Pendletyn & Bromptyn, LLC, the business that owns Gothic Sci-Fi Books.

Comments

We don’t have comments enabled but…. if we did, then we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Cookies

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

The gothicscifibooks.shop site uses the CookieAdmin WordPress plugin to maintain compliance with GDPR laws.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Gothic Sci-Fi Books does not sell user data to anyone. Only a subpoena from a legit legal entity will compel me to share your name, address and/or email. Please be good and save us both the hassle!

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

As of 1VIII25 (August 1st, 2025), Gothic Sci-Fi Books does not support creation of user accounts, comment functionality, or product reviews. This means the only data Gothic Sci-Fi Books has is what you submit to make a purchase, send an email via the contact form, or provide to subscribe to the GSFI mailing list. (FYI: You can go to https://subscriber.io/gsfb to join). You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of the emails.

In the event Gothic Sci-Fi Books ever does enable any of those extras (accounts, comments, reviews) you can request that Gothic Sci-Fi Books delete any personal data we hold about you from the public-facing website (comments, reviews). Behind the scenes (and multiple levels of security) Gothic Sci-Fi Books will retain data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. I estimate the amount of data required for us to retain is about zero percent of the total you submit.

Where your data is sent

• Data is only sent within the reader/writer ecosystem required to enable website functionality and to process orders.
• If you purchase a physical item from Gothic Sci-Fi Books, your name and address are (pretty obviously) exposed to anyone in the chain of custody during mail delivery.
• Digital book purchases from Gothic Sci-Fi books share your email address with BookFunnel to facilitate digital delivery.
• Information submitted via the Contact Form is sent through automated spam detection service.
• Payments are processed by Stripe. Gothic Sci-Fi Books never has access to your credit card number. I chose Stripe because I am impressed with their security. You can read about it here: https://docs.stripe.com/security