Privacy policy

Last updated: July 14, 2026

The Midnight Nook respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how information is collected and used when you visit our website.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, why we collect it, and the choices available to you.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

When you use our contact form, you may choose to provide information such as:

  • Your name

  • Your email address

  • The subject of your message

  • Any information you include in your message

Please do not submit sensitive personal, financial, medical, or confidential information through the contact form.

The Midnight Nook currently does not sell products or accept payments through the website. We therefore do not intentionally collect payment card details, billing information, shipping addresses, or order information.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically through Shopify, cookies, analytics tools, or similar technologies. This information may include:

  • Your IP address

  • Browser and device type

  • General location information

  • Pages viewed and time spent on the website

  • Referring websites or links

  • Website interaction and performance information

This information generally helps the website operate properly and provides insight into how visitors use the site.

How We Use Your Information

Information may be used to:

  • Respond to questions or messages submitted through the contact form

  • Provide requested information or assistance

  • Maintain, protect, and improve the website

  • Understand general website traffic and visitor activity

  • Prevent spam, fraud, misuse, or security issues

  • Meet applicable legal obligations

Contact-form information will not be used to send promotional emails unless you separately agree to receive them.

How Information May Be Shared

The Midnight Nook does not sell the personal information you submit through the contact form.

Information may be processed or shared with service providers that help operate the website, including Shopify and website hosting, analytics, security, or communication providers.

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:

  • Follow applicable laws, regulations, or legal requests

  • Protect the rights, safety, and security of The Midnight Nook or its visitors

  • Investigate suspected fraud, spam, or misuse of the website

These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and legal obligations.

Shopify

The Midnight Nook is hosted through Shopify. Shopify may process information about visitors to provide hosting, security, analytics, and other website services.

More information about Shopify’s data practices can be found in Shopify’s privacy and cookie policies.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate correctly, remember preferences, measure website activity, and improve the visitor experience.

You may be able to control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website work.

Where required, visitors may also be shown a cookie-consent banner or additional privacy controls.

Information Retention

Contact-form messages will be kept only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to the message, maintain appropriate records, resolve concerns, protect the website, or meet legal obligations.

Information that is no longer reasonably needed may be deleted.

Your Privacy Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request:

  • Access to personal information you submitted

  • Correction of inaccurate information

  • Deletion of your personal information

  • Information about how your personal information is used

  • Withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent

To make a privacy request, please contact The Midnight Nook through the Contact page. Enough information may be requested to confirm your identity and locate the relevant message.

Data Security

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to help protect personal information. However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Visitors should avoid sending sensitive or confidential information through the contact form.

Third-Party Links

The website may contain links to books, authors, social-media platforms, or other third-party websites. The Midnight Nook does not control the privacy practices or content of those websites.

Visitors should review the privacy policies of any third-party websites they choose to visit.

Children’s Privacy

The Midnight Nook is not directed toward children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the website, please contact us so that the information can be reviewed and deleted when appropriate.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, its features, or applicable privacy requirements change.

Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy, the website’s information practices, or a privacy request, please contact The Midnight Nook through the Contact page on the website.