My website address is: http://bookreviewsandmorebykathy.com
What personal data I collect and why I collect it
I collect email addresses, twitter handles and facebook user names for the sole purpose of confirming you have subscribed to 2 of the requirements for entering giveaways that I sponsor. I do not share this information with anyone. This information is kept indefinitely for me to refer to and I store it on my own personal computer which NO ONE other than myself has access to. I use it for INFORMATIONAL purposes ONLY.
Contests I Sponsor
I collect your e-mail address for the SOLE purpose of emailing the prize to you. I immediately delete this information as soon as the contest has ended. I do not share this information with anyone.
I occasionally sponsor giveaways in which I mail prizes to the winner of the contest. For these types of giveaways, I require your full name, e-mail address and mailing address. I immediately delete this information as soon as the contest has ended. I do not share this information with anyone.
Contests I Sponsor on Behalf of a Publisher or Author
For giveaways that require the prize be sent to you: I require your full name, e-mail address and mailing address. I CLEARLY state in the giveaway information that this information will be forwarded to the person or entity sponsoring the giveaway. By entering the giveaway, you are acknowledging you understand if you are the winner, I will be providing the person or entity with your information. I delete the record as soon as I e-mail the information to the author or publisher to send you the prize.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site I 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.
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 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long I retain your data
Please refer to the information about contests (above).
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Contact Info:
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you might have:
bookreviewsandmorebykathy @ gmail .com (without the spaces)
Newsletter
I do not share the information you share with me when you sign up for my newsletter with anyone. You may unsubscribe at any time using the “unsubscribe” function at the bottom of every newsletter. I have implemented a two step verification in which you MUST give your consent to receive my newsletter.
Thank you!