Date of policy: April 7th, 2024
Introduction
I’m an Australian author writing fiction as Ellen Starsmore. Ellen Starsmore is the owner, operator and data controller for ellenstarsmore.com (this website) and can be contacted at ellen@ellenstarsmore.com.
Ellen Starsmore respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we manage information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit ellenstarsmore.com. By using this website, you consent to the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.
Types of information collected
Voluntary information – When you visit our website, we may collect personal data when you perform certain functions on our website, such as enter information into a newsletter sign-up form. This may include your name and email address. In the future, it may include additional information you voluntarily provide to us.
Automatic data collection – We may also collect information automatically through cookies and other tracking technologies, such as information about your internet connection, IP address, traffic and location data, logs and other information. The information we automatically collect helps us to improve our website and deliver a better service.
Embedded content from other websites
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 you have 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.
How we use collected data
Personal data we collect will only be used for the purposes specified in this policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our website.
Disclosure of personal data
We take your privacy seriously and will not share your information with others, except as permitted by applicable law or as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on our behalf and who require the information to provide those specific services to us.
These third parties may include MailerLite, a third-party provider of email marketing services. MailerLite hosts our newsletter subscription form, and as such has access to the following personal data: IP address, location, name, email address. MailerLite may process your personal data using industry-standard technologies to help us send, monitor and improve our newsletter. MailerLite’s privacy policy is available at https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy
Third parties will not be able to access user data beyond what is reasonably necessary to achieve the given purpose.
Security of Personal Information
We may store your information on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted. Your personal information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Right to opt out
If you have agreed to receive marketing material from Ellen Starsmore, you may opt out at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email. You can also ask to be manually removed by emailing us at ellen@ellenstarsmore.com.
Your data protection rights
For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Ellen Starsmore is the data controller. Under the GDPR you have the following rights:
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact ellen@ellenstarsmore.com.
Children Under 16
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are under the age of 16, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Updates to this Privacy Policy
The date of this policy is at the top of the page. If we make material changes to how we collect and manage users’ personal data, we will update this policy. You are responsible for periodically visiting our website and Privacy Policy to check for any changes. If necessary, we will notify users by email of changes to the Privacy Policy.
Contact
To inquire about my Privacy Policy, or to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided, please email ellen@ellenstarsmore.com.