We Get To Serve Books (WGTS)

Effective Date: May 18, 2026

Last Updated: June 18, 2026

This Privacy Policy governs the collection, use, and protection of your personal information when you visit, shop, donate to, or otherwise interact with wegettoservebooks.com. Please read it carefully.

1. About We Get To Serve Books

We Get To Serve Books (“WGTS,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a faith-based movement and publishing brand founded by Dr. Colleen Damon-Duval — an educator, author, and advocate for servant leadership with over 25 years of experience in mission work and disaster relief.

WGTS offers inspiring books, coloring books, journals, word search activity books, lesson plans, and merchandise designed to promote kindness, compassion, leadership, and faith in children and adults alike. A portion of all proceeds supports education, community service initiatives, and faith-based programs for children and families.

Our products are available for purchase directly on our Website and through our Amazon Store. We also offer digital (PDF) downloads, custom coloring book creation for events, and a donation program to further our mission.

Contact Information:

Email: wegettoservebooks@gmail.com
Website: https://wegettoservebooks.com/
Contact Form: https://wegettoservebooks.com/contact/

2. Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information collected through:

Our Website at https://wegettoservebooks.com/
Our online bookstore and WooCommerce-powered shop
Our digital download and PDF product offerings
Our custom coloring book order service (“Your Event, Your Coloring Book”)
Our donation platform
Our newsletter, mailing list, and community communications
Our contact forms and direct email correspondence
Our blog content and interactive features

This Policy does NOT apply to third-party websites, platforms, or stores (such as Amazon) that may carry WGTS products. Purchases made through Amazon or other third-party retailers are governed exclusively by those platforms’ own privacy policies.

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Information You Provide Directly

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you interact with our Website, including:

a) Account and Contact Information

Full name and email address
Phone number (if provided)
Messages or content submitted through our contact form at https://wegettoservebooks.com/contact/
Email correspondence sent to wegettoservebooks@gmail.com

b) Purchase and Order Information (WooCommerce Store)

When you purchase physical books, merchandise, or other products directly from our Website, we collect:

Billing name, billing address, and billing country
Shipping name and shipping address
Email address and phone number for order communications
Payment method type (e.g., credit card, PayPal) — Note: We do not directly store full payment card numbers; payment processing is handled by our third-party payment processors, including PayPal
Order history, products purchased, and transaction amounts
Special instructions or notes submitted with your order

c) Digital Download Purchases

When you purchase PDF downloads (such as the Women in Recovery: A Reflective Journal for Healing, Growth, and Renewal or other digital products), we collect:

Your email address for delivery of the digital file
Purchase and transaction details
Download activity and access records

d) Custom Coloring Book Orders

When you use our ‘Your Event, Your Coloring Book’ service, we may collect:

Your name, email address, and contact information
Event details including type, theme, date, and any specific design preferences or messages
Any artwork, photos, or content you submit for inclusion in your custom book
Communication history related to your custom order

e) Donation Information

When you donate through our Website (https://wegettoservebooks.com/donate-to-heal-serve/), we collect:

Your name and email address
Donation amount and payment method
Any message or dedication you include with your donation
Payment transaction records processed through our payment partners

f) Newsletter and Community Subscriptions

When you subscribe to our newsletter or community communications, we collect:

Your name and email address
Subscription preferences and communication history

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our Website, certain information is collected automatically through cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar tracking technologies:

IP address and approximate geographic location (country, city)
Browser type, version, language, and operating system
Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet) and device identifiers
Pages visited, time spent on each page, scroll depth, and referring URLs
Search queries entered on our Website
Products viewed, added to cart, and purchased
Clickstream data and interactions with Website content
Cookie identifiers and session data
Advertising identifiers used by Google AdSense and other third-party services

3.3 Information from Third-Party Services

We receive or access information through the following third-party platforms and integrations:

Google AdSense: Advertising data and behavioral signals used to serve targeted advertisements on our Website.
PayPal: Transaction confirmation data when you use PayPal as your payment method.
Google Analytics (if active): Aggregated and anonymized website traffic and behavior data.
Amazon: We do not receive personal data from Amazon purchases. Amazon manages all customer data for transactions conducted on their platform independently.
WooCommerce: Our e-commerce platform built on WordPress that processes and stores order data on our Website’s server.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

4.1 To Operate Our Website and Fulfill Orders

Process and fulfill physical book, merchandise, and digital download orders

All purchases are subject to our No Refund Policy — all sales are final. See our full No Refund Policy at https://wegettoservebooks.com/no-refund-policy/

Send order confirmations, shipping notifications, and delivery updates
Deliver purchased digital products (PDF downloads) to your email
Manage custom coloring book orders and communicate design progress
Process donations and send acknowledgment receipts
Maintain your account (if you create one) and order history

4.2 To Communicate With You

Respond to your inquiries, questions, and support requests submitted through our contact form or email
Send newsletters, product updates, and community news (where you have opted in)
Notify you of new book releases, free downloads, workshops, or events
Follow up on custom book orders, event planning, or donation activities

4.3 To Display Advertising

Serve personalized and non-personalized advertisements through Google AdSense based on your interests and browsing behavior
Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on our Website

4.4 To Improve Our Website and Services

Analyze traffic patterns, usage trends, and customer behavior to improve our Website
Understand which books, products, and content resonate most with our community
Develop new books, activities, and resources based on community feedback
Conduct internal research and analytics

4.5 For Legal and Security Purposes

Detect, prevent, and address fraud, unauthorized access, and security breaches
Comply with applicable legal obligations, court orders, or regulatory requirements
Enforce our Terms of Service and other applicable policies
Protect the rights, property, and safety of WGTS, our community, and the public

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

5.1 What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by a website when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites function properly, improve user experience, and provide information to website owners and their advertising partners.

5.2 Types of Cookies We Use

Essential / Functional Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our Website and WooCommerce store to function. They enable core functions such as your shopping cart, secure checkout, and account login. These cannot be disabled without significantly affecting your ability to use our Website.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting anonymized statistical data — such as which pages are most visited and how users navigate our site. This helps us improve the experience for all visitors.

Advertising / Targeting Cookies (Google AdSense)

These cookies are placed by Google AdSense and its advertising network partners. They are used to build a profile of your interests and display relevant, personalized advertisements — both on our Website and on other websites you visit across the internet.

Preference Cookies

These cookies remember your settings, preferences, and choices (such as currency, language, or products viewed) to provide a more personalized experience on return visits.

5.3 Third-Party Cookies

Google AdSense places third-party cookies on your browser that may track your browsing behavior across multiple websites. These cookies are governed by Google’s own Cookie Policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies

5.4 Managing and Opting Out of Cookies

You have multiple options for managing cookies:

Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to refuse all cookies, accept only certain types, or delete cookies already stored on your device. Please consult your browser’s help section for instructions specific to your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, etc.).
Google Ad Settings: Opt out of personalized Google advertising at: https://adssettings.google.com/
Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): Opt out from participating ad networks at: https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): Use the DAA opt-out tool at: https://optout.aboutads.info/
Your Online Choices (EU/UK): Opt out at: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/

Please note: Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our shopping cart, checkout process, and other interactive features of our Website.

6. Google AdSense and Online Advertising

6.1 What Is Google AdSense?

We participate in the Google AdSense program, an advertising service provided by Google LLC (“Google”), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google AdSense allows us to display advertisements on our Website that help fund our mission and the creation of new books and resources.

6.2 How Google AdSense Works

Google AdSense uses cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to:

Collect information about your visits to our Website and other websites across the internet
Analyze your browsing behavior and infer your interests and demographics
Serve advertisements tailored to your interests (interest-based or “personalized” advertising)
Measure the performance of advertisements (impressions, clicks, conversions)
Limit the frequency with which you see particular advertisements
Prevent fraudulent or invalid ad clicks

6.3 Interest-Based Advertising Disclosure

By using our Website, you acknowledge that Google AdSense and its advertising partners may use your browsing data — collected through cookies and similar technologies — to display personalized advertisements based on your past online behavior. This activity occurs both on our Website and on other websites and apps across the internet that participate in the Google Display Network.

We do not control which specific advertisements Google displays on our Website. The content of those advertisements is determined by Google’s algorithms based on your browsing history and interests.

6.4 Google’s Privacy Policy

Google’s collection and use of data through AdSense are governed by the Google Privacy Policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google’s advertising technology policies are available at:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

6.5 Opting Out of Personalized Advertising

You can opt out of Google’s interest-based advertising using the following resources:

Google Ad Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/
Google’s Opt-Out Plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
AboutAds.info (US): https://www.aboutads.info/choices/
YourOnlineChoices.eu (EU): https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/

Even if you opt out of personalized advertising, you may still see non-personalized (generic) advertisements on our Website.

7. Payment Processing and Financial Data

7.1 How Payments Are Processed

All financial transactions on our Website — including book purchases, merchandise orders, digital download purchases, custom coloring book orders, and donations — are processed through secure third-party payment processors. We currently accept payments via:

PayPal — for direct checkout and PayPal account payments
Credit and debit cards — processed through our payment gateway integrated with WooCommerce

7.2 What We Do and Do Not Store

We do NOT store your full credit or debit card numbers, CVV/security codes, or full payment card details on our servers. Payment card data is transmitted directly to and stored by our payment processors in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS).

We DO retain the following financial records:

Your name, billing address, and email associated with each transaction
The amount, date, and type of each transaction
Order details (products purchased, quantities, shipping address)
Payment confirmation and transaction reference numbers
Donation records and acknowledgment receipts

7.3 Third-Party Payment Processor Policies

Payments processed through PayPal are subject to PayPal’s Privacy Statement:

https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of all payment processors you use when transacting on our Website.

8. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their own independent marketing purposes. We share your information only in the following limited circumstances:

8.1 Service Providers and Vendors

We share information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our Website and delivering our services, including:

Web hosting and cloud infrastructure providers: To host our Website and store operational data.
WooCommerce / WordPress: To power our e-commerce store and process orders.
Email service providers: To send order confirmations, newsletters, and customer communications.
Shipping and fulfillment partners: To deliver physical orders (your name, shipping address, and order details may be shared).
Payment processors (PayPal and others): To securely process financial transactions.
Customer support tools: To manage and respond to customer inquiries.

These service providers are contractually bound to use your information solely to provide services to us and are not permitted to use it for their own independent purposes.

8.2 Advertising Partners

We share website usage data (through cookies and tracking technologies) with Google AdSense and its advertising network partners for the purpose of displaying relevant advertisements on our Website, as described in Section 6.

8.3 Amazon

We may reference or link to our Amazon Store for product sales. When you click through to Amazon and make a purchase, Amazon independently collects and processes your personal information under its own privacy policy. We do not receive your personal data from Amazon transactions.

8.4 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, subpoena, or governmental authority, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation or regulatory requirement
Protect and defend the rights or property of WGTS
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our Website
Protect the personal safety of our users, community members, or the general public

8.5 Business Transfers

In the event that WGTS is involved in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar transaction, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website of any such change in ownership or use of your personal data, and any choices you may have regarding your information.

8.6 With Your Consent

We may share your information with third parties in any other circumstances where you have provided explicit, informed consent.

9. Children’s Privacy and COPPA Compliance

Important: While many of our books and resources are designed for children, our Website and online store are intended to be used by adults (parents, educators, and guardians) on behalf of children — not directly by children themselves.

We Get To Serve Books is committed to protecting the privacy of children. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the European Economic Area).

9.1 Our Approach to Children’s Data

Our Website, shop, and online accounts are intended for use by adults aged 18 and over, including parents, teachers, ministry leaders, and community organizers who purchase our products on behalf of children.
We do not direct our data collection practices toward children, and we do not knowingly allow children under 13 to create accounts, make purchases, or submit personal information through our Website.
Google AdSense is configured not to serve interest-based (personalized) advertising to known users under the age of 13, in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Google’s own policies.

9.2 If You Believe a Child Has Submitted Information

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us without your consent, please contact us immediately at wegettoservebooks@gmail.com. We will promptly investigate and take steps to delete such information from our records.

9.3 Parental Controls and Supervision

We encourage parents and guardians to supervise their children’s online activities. If your child uses any of our free downloadable resources, coloring pages, or interactive features on our Website, please ensure their activity is appropriately supervised.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, to provide our services, and to comply with applicable legal obligations. Specific retention periods include:

Order and transaction records: Retained for up to 7 years to comply with financial record-keeping obligations and tax laws.
Donation records: Retained for up to 7 years for financial and charitable reporting purposes.
Customer account information: Retained for the duration of your account and up to 3 years following account closure, unless a longer period is required by law.
Contact form submissions and email correspondence: Retained for up to 3 years, or until your request for deletion.
Newsletter subscriber data: Retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
Custom book order project files and communications: Retained for up to 2 years following order completion.
Website analytics data: Aggregated and anonymized data may be retained indefinitely; personally identifiable analytics data is subject to the retention policies of our analytics providers.
Google AdSense advertising data: Governed by Google’s own data retention policies.

When personal data is no longer needed, we will securely delete, anonymize, or destroy it in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

11. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

11.1 General Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

Right of Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions (e.g., financial record-keeping obligations).
Right to Restriction: Request that we restrict or pause the processing of your personal data.
Right to Data Portability: Request that we provide your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
Right to Object: Object to our processing of your personal data where we rely on legitimate interests as our legal basis.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where processing is based on your consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

11.2 How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of the above rights, please contact us by:

Email: wegettoservebooks@gmail.com
Contact Form: https://wegettoservebooks.com/contact/

Please identify yourself clearly in your request and describe the right you wish to exercise. We will respond within 30 days (or within any shorter period required by applicable law). We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

11.3 Email Marketing and Newsletter Opt-Out

You may unsubscribe from our marketing emails and newsletters at any time by:

Clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link in any marketing email you receive from us
Emailing us directly at wegettoservebooks@gmail.com with your request to unsubscribe

Please note that even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send you transactional emails related to your orders, donations, or account (e.g., order confirmations, shipping notifications).

11.4 California Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the following additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

Right to Know: You may request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which we collected it, and the business or commercial purposes for which we use it.
Right to Delete: You may request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Correct: You may request correction of inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing: We do not sell your personal information for monetary consideration. We do share limited data with advertising partners (Google AdSense) for cross-context behavioral advertising. You may opt out of this sharing by using the tools described in Section 5.4.
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your California privacy rights.

To submit a verifiable California consumer request, contact us at wegettoservebooks@gmail.com. We will respond within 45 days.

11.5 Nigerian Data Protection (NDPA / NDPR)

We are committed to compliance with the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023 and the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR). Nigerian data subjects have the right to:

Be informed about the collection and processing of their personal data
Access their personal data held by us
Correct inaccurate personal data
Request deletion of personal data where we no longer have a lawful basis for retaining it
Object to the processing of their personal data
Lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) at https://ndpc.gov.ng/

To exercise your rights under Nigerian data protection law, contact us at wegettoservebooks@gmail.com.

11.6 European / UK Privacy Rights (GDPR / UK GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or UK GDPR respectively, including all rights described in Section 11.1 above. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority:

EU: Your national data protection authority (list available at https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en)
UK: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at https://ico.org.uk/

12. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, we process your personal data on the following lawful grounds under GDPR:

Contract Performance: Processing necessary to fulfill an order you have placed, deliver a digital download, process a donation, or complete a custom book order.
Consent: Where you have given explicit consent — for example, subscribing to our newsletter, accepting advertising cookies, or submitting contact information through our contact form.
Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as improving our Website, preventing fraud, ensuring security, and understanding our community — provided those interests are not overridden by your privacy rights.
Legal Obligation: Where we must process or retain your data to comply with a legal requirement, such as financial record-keeping laws.

13. Data Security

We take the security of your personal information seriously. We implement reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include:

HTTPS/SSL encryption for all data transmitted between your browser and our Website
Secure hosting environments with access controls and regular security updates
PCI-DSS compliant payment processing through our third-party payment providers
Restricting access to personal information to authorized personnel only, on a need-to-know basis
Regular review of our data collection, storage, and processing practices

Important Limitation: No method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information using commercially reasonable means, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. In the event of a data breach that is likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify you and relevant authorities as required by applicable law.

14. International Data Transfers

We Get To Serve Books is based in the United States. Our Website and WooCommerce store may be accessed by visitors from around the world, including Nigeria, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and other countries.

When you access our Website or make a purchase, your personal information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those in your home country.

For transfers of personal data from the EEA or UK to countries not recognized as providing adequate data protection (including the US), we rely on appropriate transfer mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, or other lawful transfer mechanisms as applicable.

Google AdSense independently manages its own international data transfer mechanisms for advertising data. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information.

15. Third-Party Websites and Amazon

Our Website contains links to third-party websites, platforms, and resources, including:

Amazon: We maintain an Amazon Store where WGTS products are also sold. If you click through to Amazon and make a purchase, Amazon independently collects and processes your personal information under Amazon’s Privacy Notice at https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GX7NJQ4ZB8MHFRNJ. We are not responsible for Amazon’s privacy practices.
Social media platforms: Links or sharing buttons to social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram) are governed by those platforms’ own privacy policies.
Faith-based and community organizations: Links to partner organizations, churches, schools, or nonprofits are governed by those organizations’ own privacy policies.

This Privacy Policy applies solely to our Website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third-party websites and encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any personal information to them.

16. Donations and Charitable Giving

We accept donations through our Website to support our mission of providing books, activities, and resources to children, families, and communities in need. When you make a donation:

Your name, email address, and donation amount are collected and retained for our records
Donation transactions are processed through our secure payment partners (PayPal and others)
Donor information is not sold or shared with third parties for marketing purposes
Donation records may be retained for up to 7 years for financial and reporting purposes
We may acknowledge your donation publicly (e.g., in a donor list or newsletter) only with your explicit prior consent

A portion of proceeds from all product sales also supports our education and service initiatives. These allocations are handled internally and do not result in additional sharing of your personal data.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our business practices, legal requirements, or the services we offer. Any changes will become effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on this page, with a revised “Last Updated” date at the top.

For material changes — such as changes in how we collect, use, or share your personal data — we will provide more prominent notice, which may include:

A notice posted on our Website’s homepage or in a pop-up banner
An email notification to subscribers or registered account holders
A notice in our newsletter or community communications

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of our Website and services following the posting of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

18. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or your personal information, please contact us through any of the following means:

We Get To Serve Books (WGTS)

Founder: Dr. Colleen Damon-Duval

Email: wegettoservebooks@gmail.com
Website: https://wegettoservebooks.com/
Contact Form: https://wegettoservebooks.com/contact/

We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 5 business days, and to all formal rights requests within 30 days (or within any shorter period required by applicable law).

If you have an unresolved privacy or data use complaint that we have not addressed satisfactorily, you may also contact your applicable data protection authority — including the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), the relevant EU supervisory authority, or the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

This Privacy Policy was prepared specifically for We Get To Serve Books (WGTS)

Founded by Dr. Colleen Damon-Duval | wegettoservebooks.com | wegettoservebooks@gmail.com