Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 14th February 2024
Welcome to the Louise Ashworth Author website, accessible at https://www.louiseashworthauthor.com/ (the "Website"). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, protect, and share personal information gathered about you in connection with your use of our Website. This policy is in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as it applies in the UK.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as your name, email address, and any other contact or personal information you choose to provide on our website. If you purchase products or services through our Website, we may also collect transactional information including payment details, subject to secure processing.
2. How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is used to:
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Provide, operate, and maintain our Website
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Improve, personalize, and expand our Website
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Understand and analyze how you use our Website
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Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
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Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
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Send you emails
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Find and prevent fraud
3. Sharing Your Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.
4. Data Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
5. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have various rights regarding your personal data, including the right to access, correct, erase, restrict processing of, or object to processing of your data, as well as the right to data portability.
6. Cookies
Our Website may use "cookies" to enhance User experience. Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about you. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us via the contact form on our website
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