Legal
Privacy Policy
Effective date: June 25, 2026
1. Introduction
Alamut Studio LLC (“Rahim Snow,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit this website (the “Site”) and interact with our email sign-up form.
Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the Site. By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
2. Affiliate Disclosure
This Site contains affiliate links to third-party retailers, including Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Bookshop.org. If you click one of these links and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These commissions help support the work of Rahim Snow and Alamut.FM.
We only link to products we genuinely recommend. Our editorial content is not influenced by affiliate relationships.
3. Information We Collect
3.1 Information You Provide Directly
We collect information you voluntarily submit through our email sign-up form. This includes:
- Your email address
You are not required to provide this information. Submitting your email address constitutes your consent to receive the materials described at sign-up (a free sample chapter of the book). You may unsubscribe at any time.
3.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Site, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our hosting infrastructure and analytics tools. This may include:
- IP address and approximate geographic location (country or city level)
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Referring URL
- Pages visited and time spent on those pages
- Date and time of your visit
This information is collected in aggregate and is generally not linked to a specific individual unless combined with other identifying information.
3.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Site may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. We may use:
- Strictly necessary cookies — required for the Site to function.
- Preference cookies — to remember your settings, such as your selected color theme (light or dark mode).
- Analytics cookies — to understand how visitors interact with the Site in aggregate.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Some parts of the Site may not function properly if you disable cookies.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To deliver the free sample chapter you requested when signing up.
- To send you occasional communications about the book and Rahim Snow's work, if you have opted in.
- To improve the Site's content, functionality, and user experience.
- To comply with applicable legal obligations.
- To detect, prevent, or investigate security incidents or fraudulent activity.
We will not use your email address for purposes beyond those described above without your explicit consent. You may unsubscribe from any email communication at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in every message.
5. Legal Basis for Processing (EEA, UK, and Switzerland)
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:
- Consent — where you have given us clear consent to process your data for a specific purpose (e.g., submitting the email sign-up form).
- Legitimate interests — where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as improving the Site.
- Legal obligation — where processing is necessary to comply with a legal requirement.
6. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:
6.1 Email Service Provider
Your email address is transmitted to and stored by our email service provider on our behalf for the purpose of delivering the requested content and any subsequent communications you have opted into. We will identify our email service provider here once one is selected. That provider processes your data consistent with its role as a data processor under our direction.
6.2 Hosting
Our Site is hosted on Netlify, Inc., whose infrastructure processes network requests. Netlify may collect technical log data as described in Netlify's Privacy Policy.
6.3 Third-Party Retailers
When you click a link to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, or Bookshop.org, you leave this Site and are subject to those retailers' own privacy policies and terms. We do not transmit your personal information to these retailers on your behalf.
6.4 Legal Requirements
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal processes, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Rahim Snow, our users, or others.
7. Data Retention
We retain your email address for as long as you remain subscribed to our mailing list. When you unsubscribe, your email address will be removed from our active list within a reasonable time, as determined by our email service provider's processes. Server and access logs are typically retained for up to ninety (90) days.
8. Your Privacy Rights
8.1 Rights Under GDPR (EEA, UK, Switzerland)
If you are located in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access — to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification — to request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to erasure — to request deletion of your personal data.
- Right to restrict processing — to request that we limit how we use your data.
- Right to data portability — to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
- Right to withdraw consent — to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
- Right to lodge a complaint — with a supervisory authority in your country of residence.
8.2 Rights Under California Law (CCPA/CPRA)
If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect and how it is used, the right to delete it, the right to correct inaccurate information, and the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell your personal information.
To submit a request, please contact us at the email address below. We will respond within forty-five (45) days as required by law.
8.3 How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise any of the rights described above, please use the contact form on the Alamut Digital website. Please describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us to identify you and respond appropriately.
9. International Data Transfers
Rahim Snow is based in the United States. If you access the Site from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country. By using the Site and submitting your email address, you consent to this transfer.
10. Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information, including HTTPS encryption for data in transit. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Children's Privacy
The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we may have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us via the contact form on the Alamut Digital website.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after any changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.
13. Contact
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please use the contact form on the Alamut Digital website.