PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: April 14, 2026

JDD BOOKS LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company, and its affiliates (“JDD”,” “we”, “us”, or “our”) take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through our websites, mobile applications, social media pages, emails, email newsletters, advertisements, or any other online services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, our “Site”). This Privacy Policy also explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you interact with our Site (our “Services”). This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that we collect in other ways, such as over the phone, by mail, or in person, except where we specifically state otherwise or as required by law.

Please note that this Privacy Policy only applies to our Site and not to third-party websites or applications, even if you access such third-party websites or applications through links on our Site. To understand the privacy practices of operators of third-party service providers, please visit the privacy policies of such third-party service providers.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU SHOULD NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE.

1. WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED ON THIS SITE.

We obtain a variety of information from and about you as you use the Site; this Policy covers that information when it is personal data or personal information, as defined by applicable law (“Personal Information”).

If you do not provide information that we need to collect by law, we will not be able to provide services to you. Similarly, if we need certain information from you pursuant to the terms of a contract with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you. In this case, we will not be able to provide services to you.

We collect Personal Information that you provide to us directly, such as when you:

Register to use our Services;

Create a user profile on any of our Services and input any information, such as photos, videos, or other information about you or your interests, on such user profile;

Make a purchase or transaction through our Services;

Subscribe to or agree to receive our email newsletters;

Respond to a survey;

Participate in a sweepstakes, contest, giveaway, or preorder (collectively, “Promotion”) that we sponsor;

Interact with us via social media platforms;

Post content on our Services;

Make search queries on our Services;

Contact us via telephone, email, text message, or other electronic communication for any purpose; and/or

Otherwise voluntarily provide us with personal information on or through the Services.

We, and partners we work with, may also collect personal information automatically from you when you use our Services through Cookies.

We may collect personal information about you if another individual provides it to us in connection with the Services (for example, in connection with an event or an email newsletter). If you wish to provide personal information about another individual, please only do so if you have the permission of such individual. We may also collect personal information about you if you have made statements about our Services on publicly accessible third-party sites and/or services.

We may collect the following Personal Information from you through your use of our Services and interactions with our Site:

Personal identifiers, such as your name, username, or email address;

Contact and demographic information, such as your address, telephone number, email address, age, gender, sex, marital status, or familial status;

Payment information, such as your credit or debit card information;

Records of your commercial transactions with us, such as your subscriptions and purchases with us;

Profile information, such as photos, videos, or other information about you or your interests that you may post to any user profile that you create in connection with the Services;

Your marketing preferences;

Online identifiers and related information, including your Internet Protocol address and data collected from cookies, pixels, and other similar digital tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies”);

Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as your browsing history, search history, or other information regarding your interaction with our Services;

Geolocation data, such as information related to your location when you use our Services;

Inferences that we may create about you based on any of the personal information described above; and/or

Any other personal information that you voluntarily provide to us.

Please note that some personal information may fall within more than one category, and not every category or example of personal information that we have identified in this Privacy Policy will apply to every user of our Services from whom we collect personal information.

2. HOW INFORMATION IS USED AND DISCLOSED.

We may use or disclose your information for these purposes:

To provide you with our Services.

To communicate with you.

To market, advertise, and promote our Services.

To improve and grow our business.

To protect and secure our Services, prevent fraud, and comply with legal obligations.

To operate and maintain the integrity of our business.

Any additional purpose requested or specifically consented to by you.

We may disclose your information to:

Service Providers. Our vendors and subcontractors may access your information to provide services for us, including: fulfilling orders and delivering packages, payment processing, providing customer service, hosting and serving content and general website operations, sending marketing communications, fulfilling subscription services, and conducting research and analysis. These vendors and subcontractors can only use your information as specifically allowed by us and as needed to perform the business purposes for which they are engaged, and are not permitted to use your Personal Information for any other purposes.

Targeted Advertising Partners. We or our third-party partners may use Cookies, similar technologies and non-cookie technology, to deliver targeted advertising to you when you visit other web sites or our Site. Such partners may use data gathered via this technology for their own purposes.

Corporate Changes. We may transfer your information in connection with or in contemplation of a corporate change or dissolution, including for example a merger, acquisition, reorganization, consolidation, bankruptcy, liquidation, sale of assets or wind down of business; and due diligence related to these events.

Legal Obligation/Government Entities. We may disclose the information we collect and maintain about you if required or permitted to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with law or legal process (e.g., a subpoena or court order); (ii) enforce our Terms of Use, this Privacy Policy, or other contracts with you, including investigation of potential violations thereof; and/or (iii) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Scholastic, its agents and affiliates, its users, and/or the public. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection, spam/malware prevention, and similar purposes.

Anonymized Information. We may share anonymized data with others, for their own use, in a form that does not include your name or contact information.

3. DATA PRIVACY RIGHTS.

Your local laws (such as those in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, the UK and the EU) may entitle you (or your authorized agent) to exercise certain rights with respect to the information we collect from and about you.

Please note that your rights vary depending upon your location, and that we may request you provide us with information necessary to confirm your identity before responding to your request as required or permitted by applicable law. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. For example, we need certain types of information so that we can provide you with access to the Site and the Services available through it, or to comply with a legal obligation. In some circumstances, if you still ask us to delete your information, you may no longer be able to access or use our Site.

If you or your authorized agent would like further information regarding your legal rights or would like to exercise any of them, email us at teamnerd@brocksmithandthedaggerofsouls.com.

Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to appeal our decision to deny your request, if applicable, including in Montana, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Colorado, and Connecticut. To exercise such an appeal right, contact us at teamnerd@brocksmithandthedaggerofsouls.com. We may also provide you with an appeals form to complete when your request is denied.

Depending on the local laws applicable to you, you may have the following rights:

Right to Access. You have the right to request access to the personal data that we have collected from or about you.

Right to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal data that we collected from or about you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.

Right to Correct Inaccurate Personal Data. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data that we may have about you (taking into account the nature of such personal data and our purposes for processing it).

Right to Data Portability. You have the right to request and receive a copy of the personal data that you previously provided to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit such personal data to another business without hindrance, where the processing is carried out by automated means, subject to certain exceptions.

Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing of Personal Information to Third Parties. You have the right to opt-out of us processing your personal data for purposes of targeted advertising, selling such personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.

Right to Non-Retaliation. You have the right to not be discriminated against by us for exercising any of your rights under the privacy law applicable to you.

To exercise any of your rights under applicable privacy laws, please contact us at teamnerd@brocksmithandthedaggerofsouls.com and provide us with the following information: (a) your name; (b) your email address; (c) your ZIP/postal code; (d) whether you are completing this inquiry on behalf of yourself or another as their authorized agent; (e) if acting on behalf of another as their authorized agent, your personal name, phone number, and email address; and (f) any other relevant information. To verify your request, we will ask you to provide personal identifiers that we can match against information that we have collected from you previously. When providing us any information pursuant to your request regarding any of your rights under applicable privacy laws, you represent that all such information that you provide to us is true and accurate.

If we decline to act regarding a request that you make pursuant to this Privacy Policy, we will inform you of our reason for declining your request and provide you with instructions for how to appeal our decision.

4. OPT OUT POLICIES AND OPTIONS: MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, COOKIES, AND ANALYTICS.

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You can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us by clicking on the opt-out link in those emails. You will still receive transaction emails from us.

You can control the use of cookies through settings at the individual browser level, but if you disable cookies, it may limit your use of our Site. For more information about cookies, go to https://www.allaboutcookies.org/. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Please note, except as provided herein, we do not respond to or honor “do not track” (a/k/a/ DNT) signals transmitted by web browsers. For more information about “do not track”, go to https://allaboutdnt.com/.

5. SECURITY, RETENTION, AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

We follow generally accepted standards designed to protect your information and have in place appropriate security measures designed to prevent your information from being accidentally lost or used or accessed in an unauthorized way. We use appropriate security measures while your information is in transit and at rest, including encryption. You can verify whether a website is secure by looking for “https” at the beginning of the web address of the Site page you are on.

No website, however, can guarantee that information will be absolutely safe from intrusion or other unauthorized access. Except as expressly required by applicable statute or regulation, we will have no liability for disclosure of information due to errors or unauthorized acts of third parties during or after transmission.

We typically keep information related to marketing activities for as long as you accept marketing communications from us, and on request, we will securely delete such data in accordance with applicable law. For information that we collect and process for other purposes, as described above, we typically keep such information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, and as otherwise needed to address tax, corporate, compliance, litigation, and other legal rights and obligations. In some cases we may de-identify your data instead of deleting it.

Information provided to or collected by us on our Site is transmitted to us and processed in the United States and other countries, either by us or our service providers on our behalf, and will be protected subject to this Privacy Policy and applicable laws, which may not be as protective as the laws in other countries. To the extent permitted by law, your use of the Site or provision of any Personal Information constitutes your consent to the cross-border transfer of Personal Data and the other activities identified in this Privacy Policy.

JDD is the data controller of all Personal Information collected through our Site. If you are situated in the UK or EU and have any complaints regarding our privacy practices, you have the right to make a complaint at any time to your local supervisory authority. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach your supervisory authority so please contact us in the first instance. If you have a complaint, please contact us at: teamnerd@brocksmithandthedaggerofsouls.com.

Some jurisdictions require an explanation of the legal basis for the collection and processing of your Personal Information. We have several different legal grounds on which we collect and process Personal Information, including: (1) as necessary to perform a contract (which may include responding to your requests); (2) as necessary to comply with a legal obligation (such as when we use Personal Information for record keeping to satisfy legal and compliance obligations); (3) consent (where you have provided consent as appropriate under applicable law, such as for marketing); and (4) necessary for legitimate interests (such as when we act to maintain or improve our business generally or to prevent fraud) to the extent permitted by law.

6. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES, APPS, AND SERVICES.

We may use social networking platforms, such as Facebook, X and Instagram, to communicate with our customers and integrate social networking services with our Site. Information you voluntarily submit to or post in a publicly accessible social network or other online forum may be viewed and used by others. Our Site may also contain links, banners or ads that lead to other third party sites, apps or services. We cannot control such third party uses of your information, so by using or navigating to those services, you assume that risk.

We encourage you to read the policies and terms of every web site, app or service you visit.

7. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE.

If you are a California resident, California law requires us to provide you with some additional information regarding how we collect, use, and share your “personal information” (as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CCPA”)).

The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. For purposes of this California Privacy Policy, “CCPA Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household, but does not include (i) information that is lawfully made available from federal, state, or local government records or (ii) personal information about consumers that has been aggregated or de-identified. This section of the California Privacy Policy describes the rights that California residents have under the CCPA and explains how they can exercise those rights.

To the extent that we collect CCPA Personal Information, we are required to provide you with a list of the categories of such information that we have collected about or from consumers in the last 12 months. The table below sets forth such categories, as well as examples of the types of personal information that may fall within such categories:

Identifiers. Examples include name, username, address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol (IP) address, email address, other similar identifiers.

Customer records information. Examples include name, signature, address, telephone number.

Commercial information. Examples include records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.

Internet or other electronic network activity information. Examples include browsing history, search history, information regarding consumer interaction with our Services.

Geolocation data. Location tracking information, Internet Protocol (IP) address.

Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. Examples include recordings of telephone calls placed to a consumer service department.

Inferences drawn from any of the above categories to create a profile reflecting a consumer’s preferences or characteristics. Examples include your purchase preferences and literary interests.

As described above in our general Privacy Policy, we have or may collect CCPA Personal Information from you and/or from other categories of sources such as data brokers.

Also as described above, we may use this CCPA Personal Information to operate, manage, and maintain our business, to provide our products and services, and to accomplish our business purposes and objectives, including, for example, to: develop, improve, repair, and maintain our products and services; personalize, advertise, market, sell and distribute our products and services; communicate with customers; conduct research, analytics, and data analysis; maintain our facilities and infrastructure; undertake quality and safety assurance measures; conduct risk and security control and monitoring; detect and prevent fraud; perform identity verification; perform accounting, audit, and other internal functions, such as internal investigations; comply with law, legal process, and internal policies; maintain records; and exercise and defend legal claims.

Under the CCPA, certain features on our Site may be considered a financial incentive program, such as coupons or content offered in connection with joining our email mailing list or a “refer a friend” campaign. You can opt out of receiving email marketing from us at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link contained in emails we send you. We do not discriminate against California consumers who exercise their rights under the CCPA; if you do opt out, you can still get the benefit of any coupon or other similar benefit previously provided to you.

Generally, we do not assign monetary value to consumers’ personal information. To the extent the CCPA requires a value to be assigned to certain programs, the value of the data is related to the estimated cost of providing the relevant financial incentive.

Children’s CCPA Personal Information

Under the CCPA, sale of CCPA Personal Information of children ages 13 through 16 requires opt-in consent from the child. CCPA Personal Information under the age of 13 cannot be sold without parent or guardian permission. We do not knowingly sell children’s CCPA Personal Information.

Your California “Shine the Light” Rights

Under California “Shine the Light” law, California residents have the right to opt out of disclosures of Personal Information (as defined by the law) to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose such personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing use. You can opt out of our share of information for targeted advertising purposes as described in this Privacy Policy.

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices or our business. If we make any material changes we may notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address in your account) and/or by a notice on this Site when the change becomes effective, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

9. CONTACT INFORMATION.

Questions about this Privacy Policy should be sent to us at: teamnerd@brocksmithandthedaggerofsouls.com. Alternatively, you may contact us by mail. Our physical mailing address is:

JDD Books LLC

Attn: Registered Agent

1928 Riverside Drive

Green Bay, WI 54301

Phone: (920) 393-1190

Email – info@llattorneys.com