The Plain Word

Privacy, in plain English.

Last updated July 11, 2026

We wrote this page the way we wrote the book: so you can actually read it. Here is what we collect, why, and what we will never do with it.

What we collect

• Your email address, if you request the free chapter or buy the book. We use it to deliver your files, send the occasional update about The Plain Word, and nothing else. Every email we send has an unsubscribe link that works.
• Your order details (what you bought and when), so we can support you, honor the guarantee, and deliver the free New Testament upgrade we promised.
• Basic site analytics — pages visited and where visitors came from, so we know which of our ads are working.

What we never see

Your payment details. Checkout runs entirely on Stripe, the same payment processor used by millions of businesses. Your card number never touches our servers.

Services we rely on

A few carefully chosen companies process data on our behalf: Stripe (payments), Resend (delivery emails), Klaviyo (our email list), Vercel (website hosting), and advertising measurement tools from Meta and Google that use cookies to tell us when an ad led to a visit or a purchase. Each has its own privacy policy and safeguards.

What we will never do

We will never sell your email address, rent our list, or send you spam. That would be a strange way to run a company built on a book about honesty.

Your choices

• Unsubscribe from emails anytime with one click.
• Ask us what information we hold about you, or ask us to delete it, by emailing hello@theplainword.com. We answer, and we comply.
• Block advertising cookies in your browser; the book and the site work fine without them.

Who we are

The Plain Word is operated from Ontario, Canada. Questions about anything on this page: hello@theplainword.com. A person reads it and a person replies.