Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 14, 2026

Patrick K. Peltier respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit this website, how that information may be used, when it may be shared, and the choices available to you.

By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information You Choose to Provide

Personal information may be collected when you voluntarily provide it through the website.

This may include information such as:

• Your name
• Your email address
• Information included in a contact form or message
• Information provided when subscribing to The Current
• Responses or information you voluntarily submit through future reader features, surveys, contests, or similar activities

You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the publicly available portions of this website.

2. The Current

If you choose to join The Current, your email address and any other information requested during signup may be used to send you communications from Patrick K. Peltier.

These communications may include:

• Book and publication news
• Release announcements
• Behind-the-scenes material
• Writing updates
• Reader-exclusive content
• Personal reflections or letters
• Events or appearances
• Promotions or other information related to Patrick K. Peltier and his work

Joining The Current is voluntary.

You may unsubscribe from promotional email communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided in those emails.

Unsubscribing will stop future promotional communications, although certain information may be retained where reasonably necessary for recordkeeping, legal compliance, or to maintain an unsubscribe request.

3. Contact Form

If you contact Patrick K. Peltier through the website, the information you provide may be used to:

• Read and respond to your message
• Answer questions or requests
• Address technical or website issues
• Manage professional, media, event, or reader inquiries
• Maintain reasonable records of correspondence

Information submitted through the Contact page will not automatically subscribe you to The Current unless you separately choose to subscribe.

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

4. Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, certain technical information may be collected automatically when you visit.

Depending on the website configuration and services in use, this may include:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Approximate geographic region
• Referring website or page
• Pages visited
• Date and time of visits
• General website interaction or performance information

This information may be used to operate, secure, maintain, understand, and improve the website.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website may use cookies or similar technologies to support website functionality, remember preferences, improve performance, understand general website traffic, or support third-party services integrated into the website.

Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function correctly.

Other cookies, including analytics or marketing technologies, may be introduced as the website develops.

Where required by applicable law, visitors will be provided with appropriate information or choices regarding non-essential cookies.

You may also be able to restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings. Doing so may affect the functionality of certain website features.

6. Analytics

This website may use website analytics services to better understand how visitors discover and use the site.

Analytics may provide aggregated information such as popular pages, general traffic sources, device types, visitor regions, and patterns of website use.

If additional analytics or advertising technologies are introduced, this Privacy Policy may be updated accordingly.

7. Third-Party Service Providers

Certain information may be processed by trusted third-party service providers that help operate the website and its features.

These may include providers responsible for:

• Website hosting
• Website security
• Email delivery and mailing-list management
• Contact forms
• Website analytics
• Spam prevention
• Data storage or backup
• Technical website services

These providers may process information as necessary to perform services on behalf of the website and may operate in Canada, the United States, or other jurisdictions.

As a result, information may be processed or stored outside your province or country and may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is processed.

Personal information is not sold or rented to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.

8. Third-Party Links

This website may contain links to external websites and services, including social media platforms, booksellers, publishing platforms, or other websites.

Once you leave this website, the privacy practices of the external website or service apply.

Patrick K. Peltier is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.

Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy policies of services they choose to use.

9. Book Purchases

Books may be offered through third-party retailers or distributors.

When you follow a link from this website to purchase a book from an external retailer, information you provide to that retailer is governed by the retailer’s own privacy policy and terms.

This website does not receive or store your payment-card information when purchases are completed entirely through third-party retailers.

If direct purchasing becomes available through this website in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated as appropriate.

10. How Personal Information Is Used

Personal information collected through this website may be used for purposes including:

• Providing requested communications
• Managing The Current
• Responding to messages and inquiries
• Operating and maintaining the website
• Protecting against spam, abuse, fraud, or security threats
• Understanding website usage
• Improving website content and reader experience
• Complying with applicable legal obligations
• Protecting legal rights and interests

Information will not knowingly be used for materially different purposes without appropriate notice or consent where required.

11. How Long Information Is Kept

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, legitimate administrative or business purposes, applicable legal requirements, or the protection of legal rights.

Different categories of information may therefore be retained for different periods.

Information that is no longer reasonably required will be deleted, anonymized, or otherwise handled appropriately where practicable.

12. Protecting Your Information

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, internet transmission, email system, or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Visitors should therefore use reasonable care when deciding what information to submit online.

13. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information.

These may include the ability to:

• Request information about personal information held about you
• Request access to that information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Withdraw consent where consent is the basis for processing, subject to applicable limitations
• Request deletion of certain information where appropriate
• Unsubscribe from promotional communications

Requests may be submitted through the website’s Contact page.

Reasonable steps may be taken to verify your identity before fulfilling a privacy-related request.

14. Children

This website is intended for a general audience and is not designed specifically to collect personal information from young children.

Personal information from children is not knowingly solicited through the website.

If it becomes known that personal information from a child has been collected inappropriately, reasonable steps will be taken to address or delete that information as appropriate.

15. International Visitors

This website may be accessed by readers from different countries.

Privacy laws vary by jurisdiction. Where applicable privacy laws provide additional rights or protections, reasonable efforts will be made to honour those requirements.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically as the website, technology, services, or legal requirements change.

The Last Updated date at the top of this page indicates the most recent revision.

Visitors are encouraged to review this page occasionally for changes.

17. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, the handling of your personal information, or wish to make a privacy-related request, please use the Contact page on this website.