Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 2026

1. We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. (We can’t stand services that ask you for things like your gender or income level for no apparent reason.) 2. We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights. 3. We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the ongoing operation of one of our services.

Below is our privacy policy, which incorporates these goals.

If you have questions about deleting or correcting your personal data please contact us at privacy@scribemedia.com.

Bond Financial Technologies Holdings, LLC (“Scribe”) operates several websites including scribemedia.com, lioncrest.com, and houndstoothpublishing.com. It is Scribe's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Scribe collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Scribe's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Scribe's visitors use its website. From time to time, Scribe may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Scribe also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on our blog or submitting a form. Scribe only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Scribe's websites choose to interact with Scribe in ways that require Scribe to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Scribe gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who want to leave a comment on our blog to provide a username and email address. Those who inquire to engage in business with Scribe—by requesting to be contacted by a Scribe representative, for example—are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal information required to process those transactions. In each case, Scribe collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Scribe. Scribe does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Scribe may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Scribe may monitor the most popular blogs on the Scribe site or use spam screened by Automattic's Akismet service to help identify spam. Scribe may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Scribe does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Scribe discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Scribe's behalf or to provide services available at Scribe's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Scribe's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Scribe will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Scribe discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Scribe believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Scribe, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Scribe website and have supplied your email address, Scribe may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Scribe and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Scribe takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Scribe may use cookies to help Scribe to identify and track visitors, their usage of Scribe website, and their website access preferences. Scribe visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Scribe's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Scribe's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Scribe, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Scribe goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Scribe may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Scribe and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Comments

Comments and other content submitted is subject to review and approval by a representative by Scribe prior to publishing.

Contact Us About Your Data

If you have questions about your personal data, wish to request access to your data, or want to request deletion of your personal information, please contact us at:

We will respond to all legitimate requests within 30 days. In some cases, we may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

Your Privacy Rights

California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

  • Know what personal information we collect, use, and share about you
  • Request deletion of your personal information
  • Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information
  • Not be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights

Scribe does not sell personal information. To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@scribemedia.com.

European Residents (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have additional rights including:

  • Access to your personal data
  • Rectification of inaccurate data
  • Erasure of your data (right to be forgotten)
  • Restriction of processing
  • Data portability
  • Objection to processing

To exercise these rights, contact privacy@scribemedia.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When personal information is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

Specifically:

  • Account and project data is retained for the duration of our business relationship and for a reasonable period thereafter
  • Marketing data (email subscriptions, form submissions) is retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion
  • Website analytics data is retained in aggregate form and is not personally identifiable

Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child under 18 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete that information. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us at privacy@scribemedia.com.

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may collect information about you:

  • HubSpot:

    CRM, forms, email marketing, and analytics

  • Google Analytics:

    Website traffic and usage analysis

  • Stripe:

    Payment processing (we do not store credit card information on our servers)

  • Amazon:

    Book sales and distribution (links to Amazon may include affiliate tracking)

Each of these services has its own privacy policy governing how it handles your data.

Data Breach Notification

In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify affected individuals and relevant authorities as required by applicable law, typically within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Scribe may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Scribe's sole discretion. Scribe encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.