Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 27, 2026
Last Updated: August 27, 2026
1. Who We Are
Dry Bones Entertainment LLC, operating the Justin De Santos Books website (“Justin De Santos Books,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), operates www.justindesantos.com (the “Website”).
The Website provides information about Justin De Santos Books, the “Do I Have To?” Timmy children’s book series, related content, and resources and printables for parents, caregivers, educators, and families.
This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect through the Website, how we use and share that information, and the choices available to you.
2. Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us
We collect information that you voluntarily provide through the Website.
When you use our contact form, we may collect:
Your name, if you choose to provide it
Your email address
The contents of your message
Any other information you voluntarily include in your communication
When you join Timmy’s World, request the Waiting Kit, sign up for a free resource, or otherwise subscribe to receive emails from us, we collect your email address and any other information specifically requested by the signup form.
You may also provide personal information when you contact us directly by email.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically through Squarespace and related technologies. This may include:
Your IP address
Browser, network, and device information
Pages you visited before arriving at the Website
Pages you visit on the Website
Clicks and internal links
Scrolling and searches
Referring URLs
Timestamps
Information about how visitors navigate and use the Website
Approximate geographic information derived from your IP address
We use Squarespace Analytics to understand Website traffic and activity.
We do not request precise GPS location from Website visitors.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use information collected through the Website to:
Respond to questions, inquiries, or messages
Deliver resources you request, including free printables such as the Waiting Kit
Manage email subscriptions
Send news about Timmy stories, books, resources, printables, promotions, and related updates when you have chosen to receive them
Understand Website traffic and how visitors use the Website
Evaluate the effectiveness of our content and promotional efforts
Maintain, operate, protect, and improve the Website
Detect spam, automated abuse, technical problems, or security issues
Comply with applicable legal obligations
Protect our rights and the rights and safety of others
Where applicable law requires consent for a particular use of your personal information, we will rely on consent for that processing.
4. Email Communications
If you subscribe to Timmy’s World, request the Waiting Kit, or sign up through another form that tells you that you will receive communications from us, we may send you the requested resource and occasional emails concerning Justin De Santos Books.
These communications may include:
New Timmy stories and book releases
Free printables and family resources
Website or project updates
Promotions or special offers
Other content related to Justin De Santos Books
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in those emails.
After you unsubscribe, we may retain limited information necessary to document and honor your opt-out request and prevent you from being inadvertently added back to marketing communications.
5. Cookies, Analytics, and Similar Technologies
The Website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate properly, protect forms and Website functionality, and understand Website traffic.
Necessary Cookies
Squarespace uses necessary and required cookies that allow it to securely host and operate the Website. These cookies may be necessary for Website functionality and security.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
We use Squarespace Analytics to understand how visitors use the Website. Squarespace may use cookies and similar identifiers to measure visitor sessions, traffic, and Website activity.
Non-essential cookies are restricted until you make a choice through our cookie banner where applicable.
Security and Spam Prevention
Our Website forms use Google reCAPTCHA or similar technology to help identify automated submissions, spam, and abuse. These technologies may process technical information such as IP address, browser or device information, and other signals used to determine whether Website activity is legitimate.
Persistent Identifiers and Children
Cookies, IP addresses, and similar persistent identifiers may be used for Website operation, analytics, statistical reporting, security, spam prevention, optimization, and related internal Website functions.
We do not currently use these technologies to build behavioral profiles of children, contact children, or serve behavioral or cross-site targeted advertising to children.
Managing Cookies
You can accept, decline, or manage applicable cookies through the cookie controls provided on the Website. You may also return to the Cookie Preferences control to change your choices later.
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect Website functionality.
6. How We Share Information
We do not currently sell personal information or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
We may provide personal information to service providers that help us operate the Website and communicate with visitors.
Squarespace
Squarespace hosts the Website and provides Website functionality, analytics, forms, subscriber management, and related services.
Information submitted through Website forms and email signup features may therefore be processed and stored by Squarespace on our behalf.
Google reCAPTCHA
Google may process technical information when reCAPTCHA is used to protect Website forms from spam and automated activity. Google’s handling of information is governed by its applicable privacy terms.
Other Service Providers
If we use another service provider to deliver emails or provide Website functionality, that provider may process the information necessary to perform those services on our behalf.
We may also disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to:
Comply with applicable law or legal process
Respond to a valid governmental or regulatory request
Protect the security or integrity of the Website
Investigate fraud or abuse
Protect our legal rights or the rights and safety of others
Complete a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or transfer of business assets
7. Book Purchases and Third-Party Websites
We do not currently process book purchases directly through this Website.
When you select a purchase link, such as an Amazon link for one of our books, you leave our Website and complete the transaction through the third-party retailer.
We do not receive the payment card information, shipping information, passwords, or other checkout information you provide directly to Amazon or another retailer.
Your interaction with those third-party websites is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.
The Website may also contain links to social-media platforms and other third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites or services we do not operate.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and for legitimate legal, administrative, security, or recordkeeping purposes.
Email Subscribers
Email subscription information may be retained for as long as you remain subscribed.
If you unsubscribe, we may retain limited information necessary to maintain a suppression or opt-out record and honor your request.
Contact Messages
Contact-form submissions and correspondence may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to the inquiry, maintain appropriate business records, resolve disputes, protect our rights, or comply with legal obligations.
Analytics and Technical Information
Analytics and technical information may be retained according to our settings and the retention practices of the service providers that process the information.
Information may also be aggregated or anonymized so that it can no longer reasonably identify an individual.
When personal information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete or anonymize it.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our books, characters, stories, illustrations, and printable activities are created for families and may appeal to children, including children under 13.
However, areas of the Website that request personal information—including email subscriptions, free-resource signups, and contact forms—are intended for parents, caregivers, educators, and other adults.
We do not knowingly solicit names, email addresses, messages, or other personal information directly from children under 13 through these features.
If you are under 13, please do not submit your name, email address, message, or other personal information through the Website. Please ask a parent or guardian to contact us or submit a request on your behalf.
As described above, the Website may automatically process persistent identifiers such as cookies and IP addresses for Website operation, analytics, security, spam prevention, statistical reporting, and similar internal functions. We do not currently use such information to behaviorally advertise to children, contact individual children, or build behavioral profiles of children.
If we learn that we have collected personal information directly from a child under 13 in a manner not permitted by applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information.
A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information directly to us may contact us at info@justindesantos.com.
10. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply to our activities, you may have rights concerning personal information we maintain about you.
These rights may include the ability to:
Request access to personal information associated with you
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of information
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Object to or restrict certain processing
Request a portable copy of certain information
Opt out of certain forms of targeted advertising, sale, or sharing where applicable
You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in our emails.
To make a privacy request, contact info@justindesantos.com.
We may need to take reasonable steps to verify a request before acting on it. Certain rights may be subject to exceptions or limitations under applicable law.
11. Visitors From the European Economic Area and United Kingdom
If European or United Kingdom data-protection law applies to our processing, Dry Bones Entertainment LLC acts as the controller of personal information collected through the Website.
Depending on the circumstances, our lawful bases for processing may include:
Consent, such as when you agree to receive marketing communications or consent to non-essential cookies
Legitimate interests, such as operating, securing, analyzing, and improving the Website, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights
Legal obligations, when processing is necessary to comply with applicable law
Processing necessary to respond to a request you initiate
Personal information may be processed in the United States and in other countries where our service providers operate. Those countries may have different data-protection laws than the country where you live.
12. Security
We use reasonable technical and administrative measures intended to protect personal information processed through the Website.
The Website is hosted by Squarespace and uses HTTPS/SSL technology for communications with visitors. We also use anti-spam technology such as reCAPTCHA on Website forms.
No website, method of electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, our information practices, our service providers, our books, resources, or services, or applicable privacy laws.
When we update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the Last Updated date at the top of the page.
If a change materially affects how we use personal information, we may provide additional notice where appropriate or required by law.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or personal information associated with you, contact:
Dry Bones Entertainment LLC
Justin De Santos Books
Website:www.justindesantos.com
Email:info@justindesantos.com