A.P. STEIN
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 21, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how A.P. Stein, the author and operator of apstein.com (“Website,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, protects, and handles information provided by visitors to this Website.
A.P. Stein is the legal author name under which the author operates and publishes his work.
By using this Website or submitting information through our contact form, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
The Website is operated by A.P. Stein, an author based in Colombia.
For questions, requests, or concerns regarding privacy or personal information, please contact:
Email: privacy@apstein.com
2. Information We Collect
We collect limited personal information when you voluntarily submit our contact form.
The contact form may request:
- Name
- Email address
- Country
- Message
We do not intentionally request sensitive personal information through the contact form.
Please do not submit passwords, financial information, government identification numbers, health information, or other sensitive personal information through the Website.
3. How We Use Your Information
Information submitted through the contact form may be used to:
- Respond to your message or inquiry.
- Communicate with you regarding your inquiry.
- Maintain a record of communications when reasonably necessary.
- Contact you in the future regarding special events, important announcements, or the launch of a new book, where you have provided your information for such communications.
We do not intend to send frequent newsletters or regular promotional emails. Communications may be infrequent, and several months may pass between messages.
4. No Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell, rent, or otherwise commercially distribute your personal information.
We do not share information submitted through the contact form with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
Your information may only be disclosed where reasonably necessary to operate the Website, provide a requested service, comply with a legal obligation, respond to a lawful request, or protect the rights, security, or property of the Website or its operator.
5. Storage of Contact Information
The Website is built using HTML and server-side processing.
Messages submitted through the contact form are processed through the Website's contact.php system. The Website does not maintain an online database containing contact form submissions.
Contact information may be retained in local records for communication, administrative, security, legal, or recordkeeping purposes.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
6. Google Analytics
The Website uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors interact with the Website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
- Device and browser information
- Approximate geographic information
- Pages visited
- Interactions with the Website
- Technical information associated with website visits
- Information associated with cookies and similar technologies
Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to distinguish users and sessions and to provide statistical reports about Website activity. Google states that Analytics does not log or store IP addresses when collecting Analytics data.
We use Google Analytics for statistical and analytical purposes only.
We do not use Google Analytics for Google Ads remarketing or behavioral advertising.
We do not intentionally send personally identifiable information submitted through our contact form to Google Analytics.
Google Analytics only loads after you accept analytics cookies through the consent banner shown on this Website. See our Cookie Policy for details.
7. Google Fonts
The Website may use fonts provided through Google Fonts.
When these resources are loaded, your browser may communicate with Google's servers in order to retrieve the required font resources.
Google may process technical information associated with such requests according to its own policies.
8. YouTube
The Website may embed or link to YouTube content.
If YouTube content is embedded on a page, YouTube and Google may process information about your interaction with that content according to their respective policies.
We do not control the privacy practices of YouTube.
9. Third-Party Links
The Website may contain links to external websites, including:
- DetectiveDavid.com
- Sion Creativos
These websites are operated independently from apstein.com.
Once you leave apstein.com, this Privacy Policy no longer governs information collected by those external websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external website you visit.
10. Children's Privacy
apstein.com is an author website intended for adults, parents, and other mature visitors. It is not designed, marketed, or intended as a children's website.
The Website does not intentionally solicit personal information from children.
Visitors under 18 are instructed not to use the contact form and are directed to DetectiveDavid.com instead.
If we become aware that personal information has been submitted through this Website by a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to review and delete that information where appropriate.
The U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) generally applies to websites directed to children under 13, or to general-audience websites that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information from children under 13.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
- Know what personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction or updating of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion or suppression of your personal information where legally permitted.
- Request information about how your personal information is being used.
- Withdraw or revoke consent where applicable.
- Request that we stop using your information for optional communications.
For visitors whose information is subject to Colombian data protection law, these rights are supported by the applicable provisions of Law 1581 of 2012 and related regulations. Colombian data protection rules recognize rights including access, correction, updating, and deletion of personal information, subject to applicable legal exceptions.
To exercise a privacy-related right, contact:
Please provide sufficient information for us to identify your request.
12. Email Communications
If you provide your email address through the Website, we may use it to respond to your inquiry.
If you have also agreed to receive occasional communications, we may contact you regarding:
- Special events
- Important author announcements
- New book launches
- Other significant updates directly related to A.P. Stein's work
These communications are not intended to be frequent.
You may request removal from these communications at any time by contacting privacy@apstein.com.
13. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no method of transmission or electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted over the Internet.
14. International Visitors
Although A.P. Stein is based in Colombia, the Website may be accessed by visitors from around the world.
If you access the Website from another country, your information may be processed in accordance with the applicable laws and systems involved in operating the Website and the services described in this Privacy Policy.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, technologies, legal requirements, or our privacy practices.
When changes are made, the updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
16. Contact
For privacy questions, requests, or concerns:
A.P. Stein
Email: privacy@apstein.com
Last Updated: August 21, 2026