Who we are

Our website address is: http://nicoleeatough.com. By usingnicoleeatough.com, you agree to follow the conditions outlined in this Privacy Policy, which was created to inform you about the data we collect from you. It also explains when and how this information can be used or disclosed.

Personal data we collect via our website

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.

When filling out a form on the site, you may be asked to provide your contact information. This personal information will only be used by Nicole Eatough to contact you as per your request and it will not be transferred, sold or provided to any other party unless required by law. You have the right to not provide your contact information, but by declining you may not be able to submit the contact form or use some of the services or features offered on this site.

We use MailerLite to manage our email marketing subscriber list and to send emails to our subscribers. MailerLite is a third-party provider, which may process your data using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our newsletter. MailerLite’s privacy policy is available at https://www.mailerlite.com/privacy-policy. Please note that you can unsubscribe from our newsletter by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided at the end of each newsletter. If you subscribe to our newsletter, your name and email address will be kept private and saved on MailerLite’s secure servers. We will only email you to send the newsletter you signed up for or books from other authors you may enjoy.

If you leave a book review or any other comment for other readers to see, your comments may be used and posted by Nicole Eatough without restriction and free of charge on our website and/or as deemed appropriate by Nicole Eatough in other marketing efforts. You can request to have these comments or reviews deleted at any time by submitting a request through our contact page.

Use of your personal data

We will only use your Personal Data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your Personal Data to:

• process and manage your use of our website;
• respond to your questions, comments and requests;
• where you have opted-in to receive marketing from us, deliver communications that are relevant to your preferences / may be of interest to you;
• improve our services and website through analysis of information.

Sharing of your personal data

We take your privacy seriously and will not share your personal data with others, except as permitted by applicable law or as set out below:

We share personal data 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 social media advertising platforms such as Facebook for the purpose of custom audience generation and the development of targeting criteria for other audiences. Note that this does not involve sharing your email address.

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.

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.

This site may use cookies and keep track of browsing behavior and traffic information such as URL, ISP, IP addresses, entry page, exit page and other statistical, demographic or aggregated information from its visitors. This non-personal information cannot be linked to your personal data but can be used to improve this website and the information it contains. You can change your browser configuration if you do not want to accept cookies from this site although it could result in problematic viewing of the site.

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.

If you provide your email by signing up for our newsletter, we will store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your Personal Data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise as communicated to you. We review the personal data we hold at regular intervals and permanently delete or anonymize any Personal Data which is no longer necessary

What rights you have over your personal data

You have legal rights under applicable law in relation to your personal data. You can ask the following questions, or take the following actions, at any time by contacting us via our contact page:

• see what personal data we hold about you (if any), including why we are holding it and who it could be disclosed to;
• ask us to change/correct your personal data;
• ask us to delete your personal data;
• withdraw any consents you have given us to the processing of your personal data; and
• express any concerns you have about third parties’ use of your personal data.

Affiliate links

The site may contain affiliate links for companies we sell from, trust, and recommend, such as Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, and other book sellers. If you click on one of our affiliate links, a cookie will be placed on your computer and, should you make a purchase on that website, Nicole Eatough will be paid a small commission. You will not pay a penny more by going through these links.

Limitation on liability

By using and viewing this site, you acknowledge that Nicole Eatough disclaims any contractual, tort, strict or any other type of liability for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive or any other type of damage associated with this site, including but not limited to, any virus that may infect your computer. All efforts are made to ensure such consequences don’t occur but you are held solely responsible for any damage related to downloading material obtained from this site or from sites linked to this site.

Nicole Eatough will not be held liable for the unavailability or failure of site functions except to the extent required by applicable laws. This site may contain links to other sites and other sites may link to this site. These links are added for pure convenience and Nicole Eatough is not responsible for the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the content from these other sites. Accessing these sites is done at your own risk.

Contact us

If you have any questions on the privacy policy, please email us at nicole@nicoleeatough.com.

This policy is effective as of 1/8/22. We review our privacy practices on an ongoing basis, and as such may change this privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page frequently to ensure you are familiar with its current content.