This policy covers information collected by Novelists, Inc.

No information is sold or released to any outside party about our members, or those submitting information, without prior consent or a court order. In other words, no information is released to any outside party unless you give permission first. The information we do collect is used only for our own record-keeping.

**Please be aware that authors who use a pen name or pseudonym will be asked to disclose their real name as part of our membership process. Your legal name will not be placed in any public part of this website, but it will be published in our members-only newsletter as part of our application process. If this is an issue, please use our Contact Page to discuss this.

Reports: Aggregate reports for website visitors may be generated. These reports do not contain any personally identifiable information.

Cookies: Only temporary internet cookies are generated by this site, and only for NINC members, for the purpose of allowing access to restricted areas, and for tracking information during the processing of an application or submission.