This page contains the privacy policy for katherinedolanwrites.com and katherinedolanwrites.blog.

What’s this site about?

katherinedolanwrites offers my writing for visitors to read and/or purchase.

My website address is: https://katherinedolanwrites.com. You can also access my blog at https://katherinedolanwrites.com

What personal data is collected on my site and why?

Comments

If you leave a comment on katherinedolanwrites, the data shown in your comments form is collected, along with your IP address and browser user agent string. This helps with spam detection.

When you comment, an anonymized string created from your email address (web geeks also call this a hash) is sometimes provided to WordPress’s Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can find Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of the comment.

Contact form and contact information

Information submitted by you using the katherinedolanwrites contact form is collected so that I can reply to your message. This information may also be used to invite you to opt in to receiving electronic communications from me that I believe you may find useful or interesting.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on katherinedolanwrites, you can opt-in to save your name, email address and website in cookies (or not). These cookies mean you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment which can be handy. They’ll last for one year.

If you log in to katherinedolanwrites, the site sets a temporary cookie to figure out if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

If you log in (to leave a comment, for example), cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices will be generated. 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, the login cookies will be removed.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on katherinedolanwites sometimes contain embedded content. This can be images, articles and videos etc that originate on another website and not on katherinedolanwrites. This content behaves exactly as if you’ve visited the website where it’s hosted. That website may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction, if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

I use google analytics to understand how you and other visitors engage with katherinedolanwrites. If you don’t want google analytics to know what you’re up to while you’re online, you can install the ‘Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On’, provided by Google:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Data sharing

Data submitted to this website is never, ever given to third parties to use.

How long do I keep your data?

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This is so your subsequent comments can be approved automatically instead of being held in a moderation queue.

If you register on katherinedolanwrites the information your provide is saved in a 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 do you have over your data?

If you have an account on katherinedolanwrites, or you’ve left comments, you can ask me for an exported file of your personal data, including any data you provided. You can request that I correct your personal data. You can also ask me to erase any personal data on this site, apart from data I’m obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To request to see, change or erase our personal data, contact me by email: fictblog@gmail.com

Where does your data go?

Any comment you make may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

As part of the regular operation of the website, all data on the site, including personal data, is stored electronically using third party services such as web hosting or mailing list providers. These services may be physically located in any country.

What happens with your contact information?

If you submit your contact details to katherinedolanwrites, they will never be provided for the use of a third party. They may be stored securely using a third-party service such as web hosting or a mailing list provider. I may use your contact information to invite you to opt-in to electronic communications from me. Even if you choose to opt in, you have the option to opt out of any group communications I send you at any time.