I value your privacy and will not collect unnecessary information about you, or spam you with marketing messages that you haven’t asked to receive.
Here is a brief summary of the data and information being collected by this website.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it:
Comments
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When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
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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.
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If you have left comments, you can request to have them removed. Just email me at tonya [dot] plank [at] gmail [dot] com and ask me to remove them.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Newsletter Sign-Up
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I operate a newsletter to notify readers of new books or blog posts, or provide occasional updates about my books and writing.
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I will only send you this newsletter if you requested it via the signup form on this website, by signing your name and email on my manual list if I meet you at a conference or book signing, or by specifically opting in online. You can unsubscribe any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in a newsletter email.
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The signup form will ask for your name and email address. The newsletter software is provided by MailChimp, and includes tracking facilities to monitor activity.
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I do not share your details with anyone else, and I certainly won’t sell your email address to other people so that they can spam you with marketing info you have not requested.
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All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely by MailChimp. For more information, you can read MailChimp’s privacy policy here.
Cookies
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If you leave a comment on our site 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.
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If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
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When you log in, we will also set up several cookies 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.
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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.
Embedded content from other websites
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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.
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These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
