Privacy Policy

This site — TheAbsorbedMind.com — is a public information site about the forthcoming book The Absorbed Mind and the Unified Absorption Model (UAM) developed by John O. Wylie, CHt. This policy describes what personal information the site actually collects, why, and how it is handled.

What we collect

The site collects personal information only in two places:

• Early-reader signups. When you join the early-reader list, we store your first name (if provided), your email address, the date of signup, which page you signed up from, the consent version, and a private token used to process unsubscribe requests.
• Contact-form submissions. When you submit the contact form, we transmit your name, email address, selected inquiry type, and message so it can be delivered to John.

Why we collect it

• To send early-reader emails about UAM, the book, publication and launch updates, and related developments — only to people who have signed up.
• To reply to contact-form inquiries.

We do not use this information for advertising, and we do not sell personal data.

Infrastructure and processors

Subscriber records are stored in a database hosted through Lovable Cloud (which uses Supabase for storage). Outgoing email — for both early-reader messages and contact-form notifications — is sent through Lovable Emails. Contact-form submissions are delivered to John's monitored Gmail inbox at hello@theabsorbedmind.com, where Google acts as the mail provider.

Cookies and local storage

The site does not set advertising or tracking cookies. It uses only the minimum browser storage required for the site to function.

Retention and deletion

Subscriber records are kept while your subscription is active. If you unsubscribe, your record is marked as unsubscribed and is retained only so that we can honor that choice and avoid contacting you again. Contact-form messages live in the destination email inbox and are retained under ordinary email retention practices.

You can request deletion of your subscriber record or contact-form message at any time by emailing hello@theabsorbedmind.com.

Unsubscribing

Every early-reader email includes an unsubscribe link. You can also unsubscribe by emailing hello@theabsorbedmind.com.

Children

The site is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children under 13.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update the date above. Material changes affecting how existing subscriber data is used will be communicated by email.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to hello@theabsorbedmind.com. See also the Disclaimer.