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PRIVACY POLICY

Kingsley Rights Agency ("Kingsley Rights Agency," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when visiting our website, contacting us, submitting a literary property, requesting information, or engaging our services.

Kingsley Rights Agency is a literary and intellectual-property representation firm working with authors and story-driven properties across traditional Information You Provide Directlyl publishing, film, television, streaming, and international markets. Our activities may include literary representation, publishing strategy, rights development, entertainment strategy, and related professional services.

By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.


1. Information We Collect


Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect:

Information You Provide Directly

This may include:
● Full name
● Email address
● Telephone number
● Mailing address
● Author or professional biography
● Manuscript or book information
● Literary property information
● Publishing history
● Sales information
● Author platform information
● Project descriptions
● Query letters
● Book proposals
● Synopses
● Loglines
● Pitch decks
● Treatments
● Screenplays
● Other submission materials
● Rights information
● Communications and correspondence
● Payment and billing information where applicable

Our submission materials may vary according to the project and intended market. The agency's website identifies materials such as query letters, book proposals, synopses, loglines, author biographies, pitch decks, comparable-title analysis, market research, audience profiles, sales information, editorial assessments, adaptation overviews, and screenplays or treatments.


Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
● IP address
● Browser type
● Device type
● Operating system
● Pages visited
● Date and time of access
● Referring website
● General website usage information

This information may be used to maintain website security, improve functionality, understand website traffic, and improve our services.


2. How We Use Your Information

We may use information we collect to:
● Respond to inquiries;
● Evaluate literary and intellectual-property submissions;
● Communicate with authors and rights holders;
● Provide requested services;
● Assess publishing opportunities;
● Assess film, television, streaming, and adaptation opportunities;
● Develop publishing or entertainment strategies;
● Prepare submission and presentation materials;
● Facilitate professional submissions;
● Communicate with publishers, producers, studios, distributors, or other relevant industry professionals where appropriate and authorized;
● Evaluate rights and licensing opportunities;
● Process payments and invoices;
● Maintain business and client records;
● Improve our website and services;
● Prevent fraud, misuse, or unauthorized access;
● Comply with applicable legal obligations.

Kingsley Rights Agency's stated process includes discovery, evaluation, positioning, development, targeting, representation, negotiation, and long-term development.


3. Literary and Intellectual Property Submissions

If you submit a literary property or project to Kingsley Rights Agency, we may use the information and materials you provide for the purpose of evaluating the project and, where appropriate, determining potential representation or opportunities.

Please do not submit confidential manuscripts, sensitive personal information, or other highly confidential materials through unsolicited channels. The agency specifically instructs authors to use its official submission process.

Submission of a project does not automatically create an agency-client relationship.


4. Sharing of Information

We may share information when reasonably necessary to provide our services or pursue an opportunity, including with:
● Publishers
● Publishing professionals
● Producers
● Production companies
● Studios
● Streaming companies
● Distributors
● International rights partners
● Translation or licensing partners
● Professional advisers
● Service providers
● Payment processors
● Technology providers
● Legal or regulatory authorities when legally required

We will seek to limit disclosure to information reasonably appropriate for the relevant purpose. The agency's stated business model involves connecting selected properties with publishers, producers, studios, distributors, and international rights markets.


5. Intellectual Property

Your submission remains your property unless otherwise agreed in a separate written agreement.

Submitting a manuscript, book proposal, screenplay, or other material to us does not by itself transfer ownership or copyright to Kingsley Rights Agency.

Any assignment, license, option, representation right, or other transfer of intellectual-property rights will be governed by a separate written agreement where applicable.


6. Confidentiality

We recognize the importance of confidentiality concerning authors, manuscripts, negotiations, and business information. Our stated core values include confidentiality and appropriate discretion.

However, website submissions should not be treated as creating a formal confidentiality agreement unless a separate written agreement expressly provides otherwise.


7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website may use cookies or similar technologies to:
● Maintain website functionality;
● Remember preferences;
● Analyze website traffic;
● Improve website performance;
● Understand visitor behavior;
● Support security.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings.


8. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.


9. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, to maintain business records, fulfill contractual obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, or comply with applicable law.

10. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services.

Kingsley Rights Agency is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites. We encourage users to review the privacy policies of those websites.


11. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed toward children under the applicable age of digital consent in the relevant jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate authorization.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including rights to:
● Request access to information we hold about you;
● Request correction of inaccurate information;
● Request deletion where legally applicable;
● Object to or restrict certain processing;
● Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
● Request information regarding how your information is used.

Requests may be submitted using the contact information below.


13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The updated version will be posted on this website with a revised "Last Updated" date.

14. Contact Us

Kingsley Rights Agency

Literary • Publishing • Film & Television

Email: info@kingsleyrightsagency.com
Address: 99 Wall Street New York, NY 10005
Website: www.kingsleyrightsagency.com

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