Privacy Policy
Effective Date: June 16, 2026
1. General
Own or Be Owned, operated by Contrarian Thinking, LLC (“Own or Be Owned,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, purchase products, register for events, sign up for emails or text messages, or otherwise interact with us.
By using this website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including your name, email address, phone number, billing address, shipping address, payment information, and any other information you provide when making a purchase, registering for an event, completing a form, contacting us, or signing up for communications.
We may also automatically collect certain information when you visit our website, including your IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, links clicked, referring website, and other usage information through cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect to process orders, fulfill purchases, register you for events, provide customer support, send transactional messages, send marketing communications, improve our website, personalize your experience, prevent fraud, comply with legal obligations, and operate our business.
We may also use your information to send emails, SMS messages, RCS messages, or other communications about products, events, promotions, updates, and offers that may be of interest to you.
4. Purchases and Payments
If you make a purchase through our website, your payment information may be collected and processed by third-party payment processors or ecommerce platforms. We do not store full credit card numbers on our own servers.
Payment processors, shipping providers, fulfillment partners, and other service providers may collect and use information as necessary to complete your transaction and deliver your order.
5. Email Marketing
If you sign up for our email list or otherwise consent to receive marketing emails, we may use your email address to send you promotional messages, updates, offers, and related content.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of our emails. Transactional or service-related emails, such as order confirmations or customer support responses, may still be sent when necessary.
6. SMS and RCS Messaging
If you opt in to receive SMS, RCS, or other mobile messages from Own or Be Owned, we may use your phone number to send recurring automated marketing and informational messages. Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply. Consent is not a condition of purchase.
You may opt out at any time by replying STOP. For help, reply HELP or contact us using the information below.
We will not share your Text message opt-in or consent status with any third party for purposes unrelated to providing the messaging service. We may share this data with vendors who help us deliver text messages, including platform providers and phone companies.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies, pixels, tags, analytics tools, and similar technologies to understand how visitors use our website, improve site functionality, measure marketing performance, personalize content, and support advertising efforts.
Third-party services, such as analytics providers, advertising platforms, ecommerce tools, and email or SMS marketing platforms, may also use cookies or similar technologies in connection with our website.
8. How We Share Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third-party data vendors or marketing companies.
We may share information with service providers and business partners who help us operate our website, process payments, fulfill orders, ship products, provide customer support, host events, send emails or messages, analyze website performance, prevent fraud, and comply with legal obligations.
We may also disclose information if required by law, to respond to legal process, to protect our rights or property, to prevent harm, or in connection with a business transfer such as a merger, acquisition, sale, or reorganization.
9. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may link to third-party websites, platforms, social media pages, payment processors, fulfillment providers, or other services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of those third parties. Please review their privacy policies before providing information to them.
10. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to process orders, provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and operate our business.
12. Your Choices
You may opt out of marketing emails by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails. You may opt out of SMS or RCS messages by replying STOP. You may also contact us to request access, correction, or deletion of your personal information, subject to applicable law and our need to retain certain information for legal or operational purposes.
13. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided personal information, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
14. California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you may have rights under California privacy laws, including the right to request access to certain personal information, request deletion of personal information, request correction of inaccurate information, and learn more about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information.
We do not sell personal information as the term is commonly understood. To exercise applicable California privacy rights, please contact us using the information below.
15. Virginia and Other State Privacy Rights
Residents of Virginia and other states with applicable privacy laws may have rights to access, correct, delete, or opt out of certain processing of personal information. To exercise applicable rights, please contact us using the information below.
16. International Visitors
If you access our website from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States. Where required by applicable law, we will process personal information in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Your continued use of the website after updates are posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.
18. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact us at support@ownerbook.com.
Own or Be Owned
Operated by Contrarian Thinking, LLC