Your Ad Choices
We believe in transparency about how we serve ads and use your data. This page explains our advertising practices and your choices.
How We Use Advertising
NotaeBooks displays ads to support our platform and help authors reach readers. We use three types of advertising:
1. Author Self-Promotion
Authors can promote their own works to readers. These ads are contextual and do not use tracking cookies.
2. Affiliate Ads
We show ads for writing tools, software, and products relevant to authors and readers. These use minimal tracking for affiliate commissions.
3. External Ad Networks
We partner with third-party ad networks (like Google AdSense) to serve personalized ads. These require your consent for marketing cookies.
How We Use Cookies for Advertising
Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us improve your experience and measure ad performance.
Marketing Cookies (Your Choice)
Used for personalized ads based on your interests, reading history, and behavior. Required for targeted advertising and external ad partners.
⚠️ You can opt out of these cookies without affecting core site functionality.
Functional Cookies (Your Choice)
Enable enhanced features like remembering your preferences and ad frequency caps. Used by ad serving systems.
Analytics Cookies (Your Choice)
Help us understand which ads perform well and how to improve our ad placements. All data is anonymized.
Essential Cookies (Always Active)
Required for basic site functionality like login sessions and security. Cannot be disabled.
Our Ad Partners
We work with trusted advertising partners who may collect data subject to their own privacy policies:
- •Amazon Associates: Affiliate links for books and writing tools. Privacy Policy
- •Google AdSense: Contextual and personalized display ads. Privacy Policy | Ad Settings
These partners may use cookies and similar technologies. By accepting marketing cookies, you consent to data sharing with these partners.
Your Privacy Choices
You have control over how we use your data for advertising:
🍪 Manage Cookie Preferences
Update your cookie settings at any time. Changes take effect immediately.
🚫 Opt Out of Personalized Ads
Reject marketing cookies to see contextual ads only (based on page content, not your behavior).
You'll still see ads, but they won't be personalized to your interests.
🌐 Browser-Level Controls
Most browsers allow you to block all cookies or third-party cookies:
- • Chrome:
Settings → Privacy → Cookies - • Firefox:
Settings → Privacy & Security - • Safari:
Preferences → Privacy
📧 Do Not Track (DNT)
We respect browser "Do Not Track" signals. If enabled in settings, we will not serve personalized ads regardless of cookie consent.
Your Legal Rights
If you are located in the EU (GDPR) or California (CCPA), you have additional rights:
GDPR Rights
- ✓ Right to access your data
- ✓ Right to rectification
- ✓ Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
- ✓ Right to data portability
- ✓ Right to withdraw consent
CCPA Rights
- ✓ Right to know what data is collected
- ✓ Right to delete personal data
- ✓ Right to opt-out of sale (we don't sell data)
- ✓ Right to non-discrimination
To exercise your rights: Visit Privacy Settings or contact us at privacy@notaebooks.com
Questions or Concerns?
If you have questions about our advertising practices or privacy policies, please contact us: