Privacy Policy

1. Scope and operator

This policy applies to THE SECRET SOCIETY website, support communications, membership administration, and operator-controlled community systems. The service is operated by Nick Bryant.

Third-party services also apply their own privacy policies when you use their platforms.

2. Information that may be received

Information you provide

• name, email address, Discord identity, and account identifiers;
• support requests, community messages, moderation reports, and feedback;
• purchase and entitlement information supplied by a checkout provider;
• content you choose to submit in the community.

Technical information

• IP address, browser or device details, timestamps, request logs, and security events;
• basic site-performance and error information when collected by hosting or infrastructure providers.

Full payment-card details are processed by the checkout provider and are not intended to be stored on this website's application servers.

3. How information is used

• when checkout is active, to process and verify membership purchases;
• when commerce is active, to grant, reconcile, suspend, or remove Discord access;
• to provide support, respond to requests, and enforce community rules;
• to prevent fraud, investigate security incidents, and maintain audit records;
• to operate, diagnose, improve, and protect the website and community;
• to comply with legal obligations and enforce agreements.

4. Service providers and disclosures

Information may be shared only as reasonably necessary with categories such as:

• checkout and payment providers, including Whop and a disabled Stripe contingency when activated;
• Discord for community identity and role management;
• hosting, database, security, logging, email, and support providers;
• professional advisers, authorities, or counterparties when required by law or necessary to protect rights.

Personal information is not sold for money. The site is not intended to use personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

5. Cookies and external resources

Essential cookies or similar storage may be used by the site or its service providers for security, session continuity, preferences, and checkout. Third-party fonts, embedded services, Discord, and checkout destinations may receive technical request information under their own policies.

6. Retention

Information is retained only for as long as reasonably needed for membership administration, support, fraud and dispute handling, audit integrity, security, legal compliance, and enforcement. Retention periods vary by data type and provider. Records may be preserved when a legal hold or active dispute applies.

7. Security

Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used for active systems. Where commerce is active, controls include restricted credentials, signature-verified commerce events, access controls, and limited operational permissions. No online system can be guaranteed completely secure.

8. Your choices and requests

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, or a copy of certain personal information, and to appeal or complain to an appropriate authority. Legal, security, fraud, transaction, and audit exceptions may apply.

Submit a request to nickbryantbusiness@gmail.com. Identity may need to be verified before a request is completed.

9. Age limitation

THE SECRET SOCIETY is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 18. Do not submit personal information if you do not meet the eligibility requirement.

10. Changes and contact

This policy may be updated as services, providers, or legal requirements change. The effective date will identify the current version.

Privacy questions and requests may be sent tonickbryantbusiness@gmail.com.