CDJ Enterprises · Legal
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how CDJ Enterprises collects, uses, discloses, stores, and protects personal information when you visit our website, purchase products, contact us, or participate in our affiliate program.
Plain-language summary: We collect information needed to operate this website, process orders, provide customer support, administer our affiliate program, protect the website, and improve our services. We do not collect more information than reasonably necessary for these purposes.
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Who We Are
This website is operated by CDJ Enterprises. CDJ Enterprises is the parent organization behind CDJ Books and related publishing, media, educational, ecommerce, affiliate, speaking, partnership, and licensing activities.
In this Privacy Policy, “CDJ Enterprises,” “CDJ Books,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the organization responsible for this website and the personal information processed through it.
Website: cdjenterprises.com
Privacy inquiries: Use our contact form
Business mailing address: Add the official CDJ Enterprises business mailing address before publication.
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Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through:
- The CDJ Enterprises website and online store.
- Book and digital-product purchases.
- Customer accounts and order records.
- Contact, inquiry, and support forms.
- Affiliate applications, accounts, referrals, and payouts.
- Email communications and transactional messages.
- Website security, fraud prevention, and access logs.
- Embedded videos and other third-party content.
This policy does not govern the privacy practices of independent third parties whose websites or services may be linked from our website.
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Information We Collect
Information you provide directly
We may collect information you provide when you place an order, create an account, complete a form, apply to become an affiliate, or otherwise communicate with us.
This information may include:
- Your name.
- Email address.
- Telephone number.
- Billing and shipping addresses.
- Account username and login-related information.
- Products purchased and order history.
- Messages, questions, and information submitted through forms.
- Affiliate website, social-media, or promotional information.
- Affiliate payment and tax-related information where required.
- Preferences and consents you provide.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the website, our systems and service providers may automatically collect technical and usage information, including:
- Internet Protocol address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages viewed and referring pages.
- Date and time of visits.
- Approximate geographic region derived from an IP address.
- Cookie and similar technology identifiers.
- Login, security, fraud-prevention, and error-log information.
- Affiliate referral identifiers and referral activity.
Information we generally do not receive
Payment-card details are processed through the payment provider presented at checkout. CDJ Enterprises generally receives transaction confirmations and limited payment-related details rather than complete payment-card numbers.
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How We Collect Information
We collect information:
- Directly from you when you submit it.
- Automatically through the website and its technical systems.
- Through WooCommerce when you browse, order, or create an account.
- Through payment processors when a transaction is completed.
- Through AffiliateWP when you apply, refer customers, or earn commissions.
- Through Fluent Forms when you submit a contact or inquiry form.
- Through security, hosting, caching, and anti-spam services.
- From service providers assisting with shipping, email, analytics, or site operations.
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How We Use Information
We may use personal information to:
- Process, fulfill, deliver, and manage orders.
- Create and administer customer accounts.
- Provide order confirmations, receipts, and shipping updates.
- Respond to questions, support requests, and business inquiries.
- Review and administer affiliate applications and accounts.
- Track referrals, calculate commissions, and process affiliate payouts.
- Prevent fraud, spam, unauthorized access, and abuse.
- Secure, maintain, diagnose, and improve the website.
- Comply with accounting, tax, legal, and regulatory obligations.
- Enforce our terms, policies, and agreements.
- Send marketing messages where you have consented or where otherwise permitted by law.
- Maintain records related to transactions and business operations.
We may also use information in aggregated or de-identified form for reporting, planning, performance analysis, and service improvement.
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Payments and Transactions
Our online store uses WooCommerce to manage products, customer accounts, orders, checkout information, and related ecommerce records.
Payments may be processed by Stripe or another payment provider identified during checkout. Payment providers process payment information under their own terms and privacy policies.
We may receive limited transaction information such as:
- Payment status.
- Transaction identifier.
- Payment method type.
- Billing name and address.
- The last digits of a payment card where provided by the processor.
- Fraud or risk-assessment results.
We use this information to complete transactions, issue refunds, resolve payment disputes, prevent fraud, and maintain financial records.
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Embedded Content and YouTube Videos
Pages on this website may include embedded content such as YouTube videos. Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party provider’s website directly.
We use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced embed domain where practical. YouTube or Google may still receive technical information when you interact with embedded content, including your IP address, device information, browser information, and video interaction data.
Your interaction with YouTube is governed by Google’s applicable privacy terms and settings.
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Affiliate Program
CDJ Enterprises operates an affiliate program using AffiliateWP. When someone applies for or participates in the affiliate program, we may collect and process:
- Name and contact information.
- Account and login information.
- Website, social-media, audience, and promotional information.
- Application responses and approval status.
- Referral visits and referral URLs.
- Campaign and conversion information.
- Commission and payout records.
- Payment and tax information where required.
- Fraud-prevention and compliance information.
We use this information to evaluate applications, administer affiliate accounts, attribute referrals, calculate commissions, process payouts, prevent abuse, and enforce the Affiliate Partner Agreement .
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Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, including:
- Completing and supporting transactions.
- Maintaining required tax, accounting, and financial records.
- Administering customer and affiliate accounts.
- Resolving disputes, refunds, chargebacks, and claims.
- Preventing fraud, abuse, and unauthorized activity.
- Enforcing agreements and protecting legal rights.
- Meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
Different categories of information may be retained for different periods. For example, transaction and tax records may need to be kept longer than routine contact-form submissions.
When information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely archive it as appropriate.
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Information Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
These safeguards may include:
- Encrypted website connections.
- Account authentication and access controls.
- Security monitoring and malware protection.
- Software and plugin updates.
- Restricted administrative permissions.
- Backups and recovery procedures.
- Payment processing through specialized providers.
- Spam and fraud-prevention controls.
No website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You are responsible for protecting your account password and notifying us promptly of suspected unauthorized activity.
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Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of eligible personal information.
- Request a portable copy of eligible information.
- Object to or restrict certain processing.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Opt out of certain marketing communications.
- Appeal a decision concerning an eligible privacy request.
- Lodge a complaint with an applicable privacy authority.
How to submit a request
Submit a request through our Contact page and select or state that your message concerns a privacy request.
To protect personal information, we may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request. We may also retain information where required or permitted by law, including transaction, tax, fraud-prevention, dispute, and legal records.
Marketing choices
You may unsubscribe from promotional email messages using the unsubscribe option included in the message or by contacting us. You may still receive non-promotional communications related to orders, accounts, security, or other transactions.
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Children’s Privacy
Some CDJ Books products are written for children and families. However, the website, ecommerce services, account features, and affiliate program are intended for adults who can enter into legally binding transactions.
We do not knowingly request that children submit personal information, create purchasing accounts, or join the affiliate program without appropriate involvement from a parent or legal guardian.
A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information without authorization should contact us so we can review and address the request.
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International Visitors
Our website may be accessed from countries other than the country in which CDJ Enterprises operates. Personal information may be processed or stored in countries where our hosting, payment, email, security, affiliate, shipping, and other service providers operate.
Privacy and data-protection laws may differ between jurisdictions. Where required, we will use appropriate measures for applicable international processing or transfers.
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Third-Party Links and Services
Our website may link to third-party websites, retailers, social networks, payment providers, media platforms, or other services. We do not control the privacy, security, or content practices of independent third parties.
Review the privacy policies and terms of third-party services before providing personal information to them.
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Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, technology, business practices, legal requirements, or service providers.
The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. Material changes may also be communicated through an additional website notice or another appropriate method.
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Contact Us
Contact CDJ Enterprises with questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or a request concerning your personal information.