Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. Please find our policy below when browsing this website.

Who We Are

TrudieSkies.com is the personal website of British author Trudie Skies and for the books written by and/or published by Trudie Skies.

Our website address is: http://www.trudieskies.com/

It is our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to trudieskies.com (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, or “trudieskies.com”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.

Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be updated and added to this page with the date these changes were made. Please check back for any updates to this Privacy Policy.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

Like most website operators, we collect non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use this website. From time to time, we may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

We also collect potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on blog posts. We only disclose logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

Certain visitors to our website choose to interact with in ways that require us to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an eShop account to provide a username and email address.

Blog Comments

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.

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.

Contact Forms

If you choose to email us either directly or through our contact form, your email address and personal data will only be used to respond to your email and will be deleted immediately after use. We do not share any sensitive or personal-identifying information including the contents of email, names, and addresses.

Newsletter

If you choose to sign up for our newsletter, your email address and personal data will only be stored on our mailing list in order to send a once monthly email. You may unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time. We do not share our mailing list, or any sensitive or personal-identifying information including the contents of email, names, and addresses.

Cookies

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.

If you visit our login page, 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.

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.

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.

By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to our use of cookies.

Embedded Content and External Sites

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.

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.

Our website may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.

Who We Share Your Data With

We may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. Trudie Skies may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, we do not disclose your personally-identifying information.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Any other user data such as emails through our contact form are deleted after use and are not passed onto any third parties.

Security of Your Data

The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Bookshop Data

Those who engage in transactions with our online Bookshop – by purchasing Trudie Skies’s services or products, are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, we collect such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with our website. We do not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Affiliate Disclosure

This site may use choose to use affiliate links in the future to earn a commission from certain links. This does not affect your purchases or the price you may pay.

Our Contact Information

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or would like more information, please contact us by email at: author@trudieskies.com or see our Contact page.