Last updated: February 5, 2026

‍This Privacy Policy describes how Vellum & Rouge Press, a brand and DBA of Vellum House Holdings LLC (“we” or “us”), collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you use our website vellumandrouge.com and any of our subdomains (the “Website”).

TOPICS
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● Personal information we collect
● How we use your personal information
● How we share your personal information
● How we store your data
● Email marketing
● Behavioral advertising
● Your data protection rights
● Third party websites
● Changes
● Contact us 

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
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When you visit the Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Website, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Website, and information about how you interact with the Website. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies: 

● Cookies are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org
● Log files track actions occurring on the Website, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
● Web beacons, tags, and pixels are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Website.  

We use Device Information for:
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● Functionality: To recognize you on our website and recognize your previously selected preferences, including your preferred language and your location.
● Advertising: To collect information about your visit, the content you viewed, the links you followed, and information about your web browser, device, and IP address. We sometimes share limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes.
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You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the website above tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. Some of our website features may not function if you disable cookies.

We also collect data you provide to us directly (“Provided Information”).

We collect and process data you provide when you:
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● Register online or place an order for any of our products or services
● Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback via our contact form or email
● Provide your email address in exchange for access to a free resource
● Sign up for our newsletter or subscribe to regular content 

The Provided Information we collect may include:
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● Personal identification information (such as name, email address, phone number)
● Billing information (such as billing address, shipping address, and payment details)

When we refer to “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we mean both Device Information and Provided Information.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use Provided Information to: 
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● Fulfill orders placed through the Website
● Process payments and deliver products
● Communicate with you
● Screen for potential risk or fraud
● Provide information or advertising consistent with your stated preferences

We use Device Information to: 
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● Screen for potential risk and fraud (particularly IP addresses)
● Improve and optimize the Website
● Generate analytics about Website usage and marketing performance

HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION 
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We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us operate the Website and provide services. For example, we may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Website.

You can read Google’s privacy policy here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

You can opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Third parties may include:
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● Payment processors engaged by us to securely store and handle payments information, such as credit or debit card information
● Providers of email management and distribution tools
● Providers of security and fraud prevention tools and services
● Providers of data aggregation and analytics software services that allow us to effectively monitor and optimize our site 

We may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations; to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful request for information; or to otherwise protect our rights.  

HOW WE STORE YOUR DATA 

‍We process and store data using the following providers:
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● Google Workspace
● Webflow
● MailerLite 

Please refer to each provider’s website for information on server locations and data security practices.

While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure. You submit information at your own risk. 

We retain Personal Information unless and until you request its deletion.

EMAIL COMMUNICATION 

If you sign up for our newsletter or download a free resource in exchange for your email address, we will use your email address to send you informational communications such as newsletters and site updates.

Marketing or promotional emails are sent only if you provide separate, explicit consent.

Delivery of emails may be affected by factors outside our control. You are responsible for ensuring our emails are not blocked or filtered as spam.

You may unsubscribe at any time. If you unsubscribe, you may no longer receive updates or promotional communications from the Website.

BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING  

As described above, we may use Personal Information to provide targeted advertising or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.

Learn more about targeted advertising at the Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work
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You may opt out of targeted advertising via:
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● Meta: https://accountscenter.facebook.com/ads
● Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
● Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
● TikTok: https://support.tiktok.com/en/account-and-privacy/personalized-ads-and-data/personalization-and-data

You may also use the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out portal: http://optout.aboutads.info/

YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS 
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If you are a European resident, you have the right to access, correct, update, or delete your Personal Information. You may also object to or restrict processing and request data portability. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the contact information below. 

We process Personal Information to fulfill contracts or pursue legitimate business interests. Your data may be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

‍THIRD PARTY WEBSITES 

Our privacy policy applies only to our website. We are not responsible for the data collection, privacy practices, or policies of any third-party site to which we may provide a link or that may link to our site. We encourage you to read the privacy statement and terms of use of other sites.

Books published by Vellum & Rouge Press may be sold through third-party retailers such as Amazon, Apple Books, or Kobo. These retailers operate as independent controllers under their own privacy policies.

CHANGES 
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We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The date of the last revision will be indicated by the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Any such changes are effective immediately upon publication on our Website.

COMPLAINTS 

If you have concerns about our data practices, please contact us. We will resolve the issue whenever possible.

EU residents may lodge complaints with their local data protection authority.

California residents may contact:
‍California Department of Consumer Affairs
1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112
Sacramento, CA 95834
Phone: (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254

CONTACT US 
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For questions or data requests, contact us at:

Email: hello@vellumandrouge.com
Mail: 82 Nassau St, Suite #61234 New York, NY 10038  

Last updated: February 5, 2026 

The following Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”) are entered into by and between you and Vellum & Rouge Press, a brand and DBA of Vellum House Holdings LLC (“Company,” “we,” or “us”).

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, and any other documents expressly incorporated by reference, govern your use of the website vellumandrouge.com and any subdomains (the “Website”), including all materials, resources, information, and services on the Website, whether as a guest or registered user.

Your access to and use of the Website is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users, customers, and others who access or use the Website.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms without modification and acknowledge that you have read them. If you disagree with any part of the Terms, you may not access the Website.

PRIVACY POLICY

‍Your use of the Website is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which governs the Website and informs users of our data collection practices. Your agreement to the Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms.

‍DISCLAIMER

Your use of the Website is also subject to our Disclaimer, which governs limitations regarding the information provided on the Website. Your agreement to the Disclaimer is incorporated into these Terms.

‍NO USE BY MINORS

To access or use the Website, you must be 18 years of age or older and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using the Website.

By accessing the Website, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and legally permitted to view adult-oriented content.

‍LAWFUL PURPOSES

‍You may use the Website for lawful purposes only. You agree to be financially responsible for all purchases made by you or by someone acting on your behalf through the Website.

You may use the Website and its content solely for your personal, informational, and non-commercial use. You may not reproduce, distribute, sell, license, exploit, or otherwise use the Website or its content for commercial purposes without our prior written consent.

You shall not post or transmit through the Website any material that violates or infringes the rights of others or that is threatening, abusive, defamatory, libelous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, or otherwise objectionable, or that encourages conduct constituting a criminal offense, civil liability, or violation of any law.

‍USE OF FREE DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT

‍We may make resources available on the Website in exchange for providing an email address (“Gated Content”). We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use Gated Content for personal use only.

You may not modify, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance, sell, redistribute, or exploit Gated Content in any manner, nor offer competing products or services based on it.

‍MATERIAL YOU SUBMIT TO THE WEBSITE

By submitting artwork, photos, written works, feedback, or other media (“Submissions”), you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual (except where prohibited by law) license to use your Submission for promotional, business development, and marketing purposes, including reproduction, distribution, display, editing, translation, and publication with attribution.

We claim no intellectual property rights over your Submissions. You retain copyrights and any other rights you may rightfully hold in any Submissions that you submit through the Website.

You shall not upload, post, submit, input, or otherwise make available on the Website any Submissions protected by copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right without the express written permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right, and the burden of determining that any Submissions are not so protected rests entirely with you.

You shall be liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, or other proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a Submission. By making a Submission to the Website, you represent or warrant that you own or otherwise control all the rights to your Submission described herein including the authority to use and distribute the Submission and that the use or display of the Submission as contemplated in this section will not violate any laws, rules, regulations, or rights of third parties.

You agree to hold us harmless from and against all claims, liabilities, and expenses arising out of any potential or actual copyright or trademark misappropriation or infringement claimed against you arising from your Submissions (to the extent permitted by law). You further grant us the right to use your Submission for the purpose of improving our Website, products, or services (and for any other purpose we deem necessary or desirable) without being obliged to pay you any compensation for our use of your Submission.

We are under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time at our sole discretion. If you do send us unsolicited ideas, such ideas will be deemed non-confidential, and we will not be required to provide any acknowledgement of their source. 

‍OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

‍The Website contains intellectual property owned by us, including trademarks, copyrights, proprietary information, and other intellectual property. We reserve all rights in and to our common law and registered trademarks, service marks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights, including but not limited to text, graphics, photographs, video, design, and packages, belonging to us or to our licensors (“IP”). You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, display, reproduce or perform, or in any way exploit in any format whatsoever any of our IP in whole or in part, without our prior written consent.

We may immediately block access to the Website if you violate this intellectual property policy.

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, revocable license to access and use the Website in accordance with these Terms. This license does not convey ownership.

As a condition of your use of the Website, you warrant that you will not use the Content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Content in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website.

You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Website.

Our name, logo, slogan, and all related names, logos, product and service names, and designs are the trademarks of our Company or of our affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without our prior written permission. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

‍CHANGED TERMS

‍We may at any time amend these Terms, including our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers. The date of the last revision will be indicated by the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Any such changes are effective immediately upon notice to you by us posting the new Terms on this Website.

We reserve the right to update any portion of our Website, including these Terms, at any time. If you continue to use our Website after we have made revisions, your continued use constitutes consent to the revised Terms, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimers.

NO WARRANTIES 

The Website and its content are provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

‍LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Under no circumstances shall we be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages arising from your use of the Website or products available through the website, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH (I) ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, DENIAL OF SERVICE, ATTACK, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE; (II) LOSS OF REVENUE, ANTICIPATED PROFITS, BUSINESS, SAVINGS, GOOD WILL OR DATA; AND (III) THIRD PARTY THEFT OF, DESTRUCTION OF, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION OR PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF OUR NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, FAILURE OF AN ESSENTIAL PURPOSE AND WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES IN NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LEGAL LIABILITY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF OR COULD HAVE FORESEEN THE DAMAGES.

IN THOSE STATES THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR THE DAMAGES, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

‍Our total liability shall not exceed the amount paid by you for any products or services purchased through the Website.

‍NO GUARANTEE OF AVAILABILITY

‍The Website may be unavailable from time to time. We are not liable for interruptions, delays, or unavailability of the Website or its content.

‍MALICIOUS CODE

‍Although we endeavor to prevent the introduction of viruses or other malicious code (“malicious code”) to our Website, we do not guarantee or warrant that our Website, or any data available on the Website, does not contain malicious code. We will not be liable for any damages or harm attributable to malicious code. You are responsible for ensuring that the process you employ for accessing our Website does not expose your computer system to the risk of interference or damage from malicious code.

SECURITY 

Thesecurity of your contact information is of utmost importance to us. However, you acknowledge the risk of unauthorized access to, or alteration of, your data.

We do not accept responsibility or liability of any nature for any losses you may sustain as a result of such unauthorized accessor alteration.

All information transmitted to or from you is transmitted at your own risk, and you assume all responsibility and risks arising in relation to your use of this Website and the internet.

We do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your computer system that may arise inconnection with your access to this Website or any outbound hyperlinks.

‍THIRD-PARTY RESOURCES

‍The Website may contain links to external websites that are not provided by, maintained by, or in any way affiliated with us. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the availability, accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of these external websites or any information thereon. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by or affiliation with us.

You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.

We may, from time to time, provide information from a third party in the form of a guest post or interview, in written, audio, video, or other medium. We do not control the information provided by such third-party guests, are not responsible for investigating the truth of any information provided, and cannot guarantee the veracity of any statements made by such guests.

‍INDEMNIFICATION

‍You shall indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, settlements, liabilities, costs, charges, assessments, and expenses, as well as third-party claims and causes of action, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees, arising out of your breach of any of these Terms; your use of the Website, its content, and any product or service purchased from the Website; or your failure to maintain the confidentiality and/or security of your password or access rights to this Website and its resources.

You shall provide us with such assistance, without charge, as we may request in connection with any such defense, including, without limitation, providing us with such information, documents, records, and reasonable access to you, as we deem necessary.

You shall not settle any third-party claim or waive any defense without our prior written consent.

‍EFFECT OF HEADINGS; SEVERABILITY

‍The subject headings of the paragraphs and subparagraphs of these Terms are included for convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any of its provisions.

If any portion of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or contrary to law, such portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent allowed by law, and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

‍ENTIRE AGREEMENT; WAIVER

‍These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Disclaimers, constitute the entire agreement between us pertaining to the Website and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings between us. Any waiver by us of a breach of or right under these Terms will not constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or right. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing.

‍GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION

‍These Terms, including the Privacy Policy and Disclaimers, shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of New York, and the courts of New York shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any dispute arising in relation to these Terms.  

You agree that any proceeding relating to use of this site must be filed exclusively in the appropriate courts located in Columbia County, New York, and you submit to the jurisdiction of those courts and waive any objection based on an inconvenient forum or other reasons.

Nothing in this section limits any consumer rights that may apply under mandatory local law.

‍ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

‍The parties agree to attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms through mediation before pursuing any other legal or equitable remedy.

‍Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief at any time, without first engaging in mediation, for the purpose of protecting its intellectual property rights or preventing unauthorized use, disclosure, or misappropriation of intellectual property.

This clause does not limit either party’s right to seek immediate relief in a court of competent jurisdiction where mediation would be ineffective or inadequate to prevent irreparable harm.

‍ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

‍All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved by us. If you do not see a usage scenario here that applies to your intended usage contact us at hello@vellumandrouge.com

‍CONTACT INFORMATION

‍The owner of this website is Vellum & Rouge Press, a brand and DBA of Vellum House Holdings LLC. You may contact us by email at hello@vellumandrouge.com, or by mail at 82 Nassau St, Suite #61234 New York, NY 10038.   

Creative and Expressive Content
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‍The content published on this Website, including fiction, essays, and other written works, is intended for artistic, literary, and expressive purposes only. Any depictions of intimacy, sexuality, relationships, or emotional experiences are fictional or personal expressions and are not intended as instructions, guidance, or advice of any kind.

No Professional or Therapeutic Advice

‍Content on this Website is not intended to provide medical, psychological, therapeutic, relationship, or counseling advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for professional care or guidance. The Company does not guarantee any emotional, relational, or personal outcomes from engaging with the content published on this Website.

Personal Responsibility and Adult Audience

‍This Website is intended for an adult audience. By accessing the Website, you acknowledge that you are at least 18 years of age and that you engage with its content voluntarily and at your own discretion. You are solely responsible for how you interpret and use any content made available through the Website.