Privacy Policy

INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THIS SITE

BLOG OR NEWSLETTER

If you voluntarily sign up for my blog, this site will record your email address. You can refuse to supply personal information, but that will exclude you from certain related activities such as entering giveaways. When subscribers click on a link or fill out a form, the site may record this information (see below how this information is used).

Subscribers may unsubscribe at any time. You may ask for all your data to be deleted at any time.

If you’ve joined my email newsletter then you’ve provided me with your email address. In this case I only use your personal data to provide the newsletter and it is not used for any other purpose. I use Mailerlite to send out my email newsletter and will therefore share your email address with them. Mailerlite has its own privacy statement which can be read at https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy

If you enter a giveaway via my newsletter and/or blog where you were required to email me, your email information is used solely for that purpose and deleted afterwards. If you win, you will be asked for your physical address so that I can send your prize to you. The address will ONLY be used to send your prize and I will not keep your address on record.

Your privacy is important to me and your information is stored securely and will only be used for this purpose. The information is not passed on to any third party and you may unsubscribe at any time.

NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION

This website may collect non-personal information about visitors when they interact with the site. This information may include the browser name, means of connection to the site, and other non-identifying information.

COOKIES

This website may use “cookies” to enhance visitor experience. Typically, cookies may be placed on visitors' hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Visitors may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to send an alert when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the site may not function properly.

HOW IS THE INFORMATION USED?

Newsletter and blog subscribers’ names and emails will only be used for receiving the newsletters, the blog, or communication from me.
Giveaway entrants will be sent emails only about the giveaway, unless they also signed up for the newsletter or blog.

SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Subscriber information is never shared with a third party. The only exception is that email addresses may occasionally be used to create lookalike audiences for online marketing. This in no way distributes the emails or signs subscribers up to any other services.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

This website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that once you have used these links to leave my site, I don’t have any control over that other website. I cannot be responsible for the privacy and protection of any information you provide whilst visiting other sites and they aren’t governed by this privacy policy.

SECURITY OF INFORMATION

All information is saved by Squarespace and Mailerlite and only I can access it. Should a data breach ever occur, subscribers will be notified within 7 days.

USE OF THE WEBSITE BY MINORS

All subscribers must be 18 or older or have the consent of a parent or guardian.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS

By using this site and/or by subscribing to my newsletter, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes. I may change this policy occasionally by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to make sure that you’re happy with any changes.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or anything else on sharonboothwriter.com, please get in touch using the email address given on my contact page.

This policy came into effect on 13/08/2024