Classified: Privacy Policy
Zero tracking. No cookies. No third-party data brokers. Just mysteries.
The Evidence Locker (Our Commitment)
We sell physical books. Our website is a digital archive for parents and a playground for Junior Detectives. We take online privacy as seriously as a locked evidence room.
When you browse the Mystery Files DB archive, you are not being followed. We do not use third-party tracking cookies or pixels. We do not build profiles on you. We just want to solve cases.
Newsletter Data (The Dispatcher)
The only Personal Identifiable Information (PII) we ever collect is an email address—and only if you explicitly choose to subscribe to our "Classified Updates" newsletter.
This is meant exclusively for parents (the Chief Inspectors). We use this email for one purpose: sending you updates about new case files and book releases. We will never sell, rent, or trade this information to any third-party data brokers.
Right to be Forgotten
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in the footer of our emails. If you wish to have your email address fully purged from our records, simply contact us, and we will destroy the file permanently.
Analytics & Tracking
To see which case files are the most popular without spying on our detectives, we use Cloudflare edge analytics. This is a 100% cookie-free, privacy-first system that measures broad traffic trends at the network level.
It does not log your IP address. It does not follow you around the web. It simply tells us how many people visited our headquarters today.
Junior Detectives & COPPA
Mystery Files is a series designed for children, but this website is directed toward parents who are purchasing books.
We do not knowingly collect or solicit any personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a Junior Detective under 13, please ask your Chief Inspector (parent or guardian) for permission before sending us any messages.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.