by Angel Sefer
Author, blogger, and controller at www.angelsefer.com
I respect the privacy of my readers, and I am committed to protecting it. I require only an email address in order to register my readers, as they wish, on my newsletter list.
My promise to you: I will never share your private details with anyone. When you sign up for my newsletter, you will only receive email communications from me, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
For more information, please read below my detailed data and privacy policy.
DATA COLLECTION FOR MY NEWSLETTER
Via my newsletter, I inform my readers by email about my new releases, book offers, and generally whenever I have something fun or newsworthy to report. I send out newsletters sparsely, about once a month. The only information I request for the registration is an email address. In every newsletter, I provide the option to unsubscribe.
DATA COLLECTION FOR COMMENTS
When you leave a comment on my website, WordPress and the plugin Jetpack store your Gravatar name, IP address, email address, and browser user agent string to help spam detection. Therefore, leaving a comment is considered a clear affirmative action as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) giving me consent to store this information. Your personal information will not be sold to any third parties under any circumstances. If you do not consent to this, please do not leave a comment.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so that any follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically instead of being held in a moderation queue.
If you require me to edit or delete a comment you have submitted on my site, kindly send me an email to angelsefer@ymail.com to advise your requirement, and I’ll assist you as soon as possible.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
MEDIA
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the site can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
ACCESS TO DATA AND RETENTION
All private details that I collect for my newsletter subscribers are stored on my site, www.angelsefer.com, with the use of the WordPress plugin, Jetpack.
I am the sole controller of the data I collect and store on my site and the only person who has access to it on a day-to-day basis. Only in the case of a technical problem, access to this data may be given to trusted members of my technical team. In every case, the data is treated as strictly confidential and remains solely available on my website.
I will never rent, sell, or share data with others. If a subscriber wishes to see a copy of their private data, I will happily provide the information upon receiving their request by email.
I retain data for present and past subscribers on my site. If a subscriber wishes for their data to be deleted, I will happily do so upon receiving their request by email.
In case of a major technical problem, backups of my website are stored on my Google Drive for recovery purposes. Click here to read Google’s Privacy Policy.
SECURITY
I value your trust in providing me with your personal information and have selected reliable resources to maximize security for my website itself and the data stored in it. As you appreciate, no method of electronic storage on the Internet can be 100% secure and reliable; therefore, I cannot guarantee its absolute security. However, if there is ever a breach, I promise to inform the authorities and the affected subscribers by email as soon as possible and within 72 hours.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
My website contains links to other Internet sites. I am not responsible or aware of the privacy policies of these sites and urge you to read their privacy and information collection practices before submitting any of your private details to them.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The information provided on this website, and my books themselves, are not meant for readers who are minors. I am not a children’s author, and it is not my intention to collect data of people who are underage. If, however, unbeknownst to me, I have collected the data of a minor, and you, being their parent or guardian, feel concerned, please email me so I can delete their private information.
COOKIES
Cookies on my website are used to ensure normal website functions and improve your experience. These cookies cannot be switched off because the site wouldn’t work properly anymore.
If you leave a comment on my website you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies are also set up to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
For more information, please read WordPress Privacy Policy and WordPress Cookie Policy.
YOUR RIGHT TO COMPLAIN
If despite my best intentions, you feel your data has been misused by this site, you have the right to complain to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA).
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This page was last updated on May 21, 2018
I may amend this policy in future without necessarily notifying my subscribers. If you are concerned about any future changes, please check this page from time to time.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via email.
