Data Privacy & Cookies
I want you to know exactly how I may use the information this website and my social media pages collect about you.
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WHY I COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION AND HOW
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I collect information from you via my website or social media pages to help promote me and my books to:
WHAT INFORMATION I COLLECT
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I'll collect personal information to identify and contact you when you purchase a signed book from me, sign up for my newsletter or enter ay of my giveaways. Also, I'll collect it if it is included in messages we exchange via social media.
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Most of the information I collect is aggregated, which means it is gathered together and presented to me in a way which means I cannot identify you. It provides me information like:
WHY CAN I COLLECT AND USE YOUR INFORMATION
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I can collect and use your personal information to:
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-ulfil your request (e.g. to enter you into a competition or manage your purchase)
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because you have agreed to it being used in that way - either directly to me when you sign up for the newsletter or via your preferences with the social media company.
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to make sure I can interact with you in the best way possible. I'll always consider your interests too and I'll never use your information in a way which is unfair to you.
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I'll only hold onto your information as long as necessary and I'll never share anything which might identify you with anyone else, unless it is necessary (e.g. to fulfil an order).
YOUR RIGHTS
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You have rights about how anyone uses your information. These include the right to access, rectify, restrict, port, erase and object.
Information about these rights and when they are applicable are available on the Your Data Matters page of the Information Commissioner's Office website here.
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You can contact me anyway to make your rights request and I will come back to you within a month. Some of the key rights which are most likely to be applicable to your information and the way I may use it are:
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