Privacy Policy
(updated 23 May 2018)
Emily Selby author (I/we) and her company our/the company) is committed to protecting your privacy online.
Any personal information you provide to Emily Selby Author such as your name and e-mail address will not be released, sold, or rented to any entities or individuals outside of our Company.
This policy (together with our Terms of Website Use (and any other documents referred to on it), updated on 23 .May.2018 to comply with the GDPR, for the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (The Act) presents which personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, and how it will be processed by us.
Read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By submitting personal data to us, you agree to us using your data as follows:
Information we collect
We may collect and process the following data about you:
• Information that you provide by filling in forms on our websites . This includes information provided at the time of opting-in to access any of the materials (such as free book or book previews) subscribing to our newsletter, posting material, contacting us via the webform or requesting advice or assistance. We may also ask you for information when you enter a competition or promotion and when you report a problem with our site.
• If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
• If you post, or comment under a blog post, the comments/postings made by you are also stored and may be published, together with the information on the date of the comment, your pseudonym/name chosen, the IP address, etc. The storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons, in case the data subject violates the rights of third parties, or posts illegal content. This collected data will not be given to third parties, unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the aim of the defence of the data controller
• Details of your visits to our sites including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, IP address, resources you access, required for smooth running of the website and better customer experience
• We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
How and where we store your personal data
As the data controller, Emily Selby Author, will process and store the personal data of the data subjects only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject to. If the storage purpose is not applicable, or the prescribed storage period as described above expires, the personal data are blocked or erased in accordance with requirements.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent un-authorised access.
We will do our best to protect your personal data, however, as the transmission of information via the Internet is never completely secure, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk.
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will do our best to ensure that any storage of your information is in accordance with the GDPR.
Where we have given you a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
How we use the information you provide to us
We use information held about you in the following ways:
• To send you our newsletters (weekly), providing updates on Emily's books as well as recommendations of interesting deals and promotions or giveaways on mystery/romance books
• Our newsletters contain so-called tracking pixels that enable log file recording and analysis (e.g. When the email is open or a link in the email is clicked on by data subjects = you). Personal data collected via these pixels are stored and analysed by the controller in order to optimise the content and delivery of the newsletter, as well as to adapt the content of the future newsletters even better to your interests.This personal data will not be shared with third parties. You can opt-out of receiving our newsletter at any time.
• To deliver the content of our sites correctly and optimise it for you and for your computer/ Internet -connected device.
• Provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case
• To notify you about changes to our service.
• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered between you and us.
• We do not share your personal data with any third party, unless this is required by law or serves the aim of the defence of the data controller.
Our sites may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Your rights
Your rights as the data subject under the GDPR:
• Right of confirmation – to obtain from the data controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed
• Right of access – to obtain from the controller free information about your personal data stored, including but not restricted to: the categories of the data stores, the purpose of the processing, the period for which the data is stored, the recipients or categories of the recipients to whom the data have been or will be disclosed, including third countries or international organisation, …
• Right to rectification – of any inaccurate personal data concerning you
• Right to erasure (to be forgotten) – the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay, where one of the GDPR legislation grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary as per GPDR legislations
• Right of restricting of the processing
• Right to data portability – to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
• Right to object – to processing of personal data concerning you
• We do not share your personal data with any third party, unless this is required by law or serves the aim of the defence of the data controller. You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by contacting us at joanna (at) shapeshifterscl u b /dot/ com
Read more about your rights here: https://gdpr-info.eu/
Cookies
A “cookie” is a small data text file that is placed in your browser and allows you to be recognized you each time you visit this site, but do not contain any personal information,. We may send cookies to your computer in order to uniquely identify your browser and improve the quality of our service. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies using your web browser settings. If you choose to disable cookies, some areas of the Site may not work properly. Cookies may also be collected by some of the services used on this website like Facebook Like Buttons, Twitter Tweet buttons, etc.
Changes to this policy
You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Site and this Policy periodically and to be aware of any modifications. I will notify you of any changes to this privacy policy by posting those changes on this page.
Contact
If you have questions about my privacy policy, please contact us below.
CHILDREN
To access or use the Site, you must be 18 years old or older and have the requisite power and authority to enter into this Privacy Policy. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using the Site.
UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION
You may access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences by contacting me via email
emily at emilyselbya u th o r . com
Updated: 23 May 2018
(updated 23 May 2018)
Emily Selby author (I/we) and her company our/the company) is committed to protecting your privacy online.
Any personal information you provide to Emily Selby Author such as your name and e-mail address will not be released, sold, or rented to any entities or individuals outside of our Company.
This policy (together with our Terms of Website Use (and any other documents referred to on it), updated on 23 .May.2018 to comply with the GDPR, for the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (The Act) presents which personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, and how it will be processed by us.
Read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By submitting personal data to us, you agree to us using your data as follows:
Information we collect
We may collect and process the following data about you:
• Information that you provide by filling in forms on our websites . This includes information provided at the time of opting-in to access any of the materials (such as free book or book previews) subscribing to our newsletter, posting material, contacting us via the webform or requesting advice or assistance. We may also ask you for information when you enter a competition or promotion and when you report a problem with our site.
• If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
• If you post, or comment under a blog post, the comments/postings made by you are also stored and may be published, together with the information on the date of the comment, your pseudonym/name chosen, the IP address, etc. The storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons, in case the data subject violates the rights of third parties, or posts illegal content. This collected data will not be given to third parties, unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the aim of the defence of the data controller
• Details of your visits to our sites including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, IP address, resources you access, required for smooth running of the website and better customer experience
• We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
How and where we store your personal data
As the data controller, Emily Selby Author, will process and store the personal data of the data subjects only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject to. If the storage purpose is not applicable, or the prescribed storage period as described above expires, the personal data are blocked or erased in accordance with requirements.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent un-authorised access.
We will do our best to protect your personal data, however, as the transmission of information via the Internet is never completely secure, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk.
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will do our best to ensure that any storage of your information is in accordance with the GDPR.
Where we have given you a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
How we use the information you provide to us
We use information held about you in the following ways:
• To send you our newsletters (weekly), providing updates on Emily's books as well as recommendations of interesting deals and promotions or giveaways on mystery/romance books
• Our newsletters contain so-called tracking pixels that enable log file recording and analysis (e.g. When the email is open or a link in the email is clicked on by data subjects = you). Personal data collected via these pixels are stored and analysed by the controller in order to optimise the content and delivery of the newsletter, as well as to adapt the content of the future newsletters even better to your interests.This personal data will not be shared with third parties. You can opt-out of receiving our newsletter at any time.
• To deliver the content of our sites correctly and optimise it for you and for your computer/ Internet -connected device.
• Provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case
• To notify you about changes to our service.
• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered between you and us.
• We do not share your personal data with any third party, unless this is required by law or serves the aim of the defence of the data controller.
Our sites may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Your rights
Your rights as the data subject under the GDPR:
• Right of confirmation – to obtain from the data controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed
• Right of access – to obtain from the controller free information about your personal data stored, including but not restricted to: the categories of the data stores, the purpose of the processing, the period for which the data is stored, the recipients or categories of the recipients to whom the data have been or will be disclosed, including third countries or international organisation, …
• Right to rectification – of any inaccurate personal data concerning you
• Right to erasure (to be forgotten) – the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay, where one of the GDPR legislation grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary as per GPDR legislations
• Right of restricting of the processing
• Right to data portability – to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
• Right to object – to processing of personal data concerning you
• We do not share your personal data with any third party, unless this is required by law or serves the aim of the defence of the data controller. You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by contacting us at joanna (at) shapeshifterscl u b /dot/ com
Read more about your rights here: https://gdpr-info.eu/
Cookies
A “cookie” is a small data text file that is placed in your browser and allows you to be recognized you each time you visit this site, but do not contain any personal information,. We may send cookies to your computer in order to uniquely identify your browser and improve the quality of our service. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies using your web browser settings. If you choose to disable cookies, some areas of the Site may not work properly. Cookies may also be collected by some of the services used on this website like Facebook Like Buttons, Twitter Tweet buttons, etc.
Changes to this policy
You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Site and this Policy periodically and to be aware of any modifications. I will notify you of any changes to this privacy policy by posting those changes on this page.
Contact
If you have questions about my privacy policy, please contact us below.
CHILDREN
To access or use the Site, you must be 18 years old or older and have the requisite power and authority to enter into this Privacy Policy. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using the Site.
UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION
You may access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences by contacting me via email
emily at emilyselbya u th o r . com
Updated: 23 May 2018