Privacy Policy

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Definitions

• The term Administrator refers to Beth Simone, the creator and moderator of this website.
• The term Site refers to this website.
• The terms you and your refers to the user(s) of this website.

Who I am

• The address for this Site is www.bethsimone.com.
• I am Beth Simone. I am the sole Administrator of this Site.
• I am a writer of fiction and poetry.
• I am a blogger.

The purpose of this Site

• This Site has been developed as the personal creative writing portfolio and blog of the Administrator.

Cookies

• Cookies are an online tool used to respond to your activity as a user of a website. These are stored on your web browser to improve the website’s performance and to improve your user experience. Until such Cookies are removed (either manually by you or after a specified expiry period), they remain stored in your web browser. Unless the Cookies have automatically been removed after a specified expiry period, when you revisit a website, the Cookies will to respond to your preferences, provide faster page loading times, and so on.
• Cookies are primarily used on this Site to enhance user experience and to improve performance. If you revisit this Site, Cookies may be stored in your web browser to allow for faster page loading times and to respond to your user preferences. Cookies are set by the CookieYes GDPR Cookie Consent plugin on this Site to store your consent as a user. These are stored for 11 months (unless manually removed by you). None of these Cookies collect any of your personal information.
• As a user of this Site, you understand that Cookies are being used and you agree to such use. You also understand that you reserve the right to opt out of using Cookies at any time, even after consent has already been given. Click on the CookieYes logo at the bottom-left of your screen to review your Cookie consent. (The logo depicts a cookie with a bite taken out of it and a check [✔] symbol inside it.)
• If you leave a comment on this 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 (unless manually removed by you).

Comments

• If you leave a comment on this Site, the data shown in the comments form is collected. Your IP address and browser user agent string are also collected to help spam detection.
• An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. Once your comment is live, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
• The Gravatar service privacy policy can be reviewed at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Media

• If you upload images to this Site (where applicable), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other users of this Site may download and extract any location data from images.

Embedded content from other websites

• This Site may include content embedded from other websites (videos, images, audio-visual material, articles, etc.).
• All embedded content will be cited/referenced to the original source (where applicable).
• Embedded content behaves in the exact same way as if the user has visited the other website.
• These other websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and/or embed additional third-party tracking.
• These other websites may also monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account with that website and are logged in to it.

Who I share your data with

• Your name, email address, and message is collected when you complete the Contact form. This information is not shared with any outside parties except for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
• Correspondence related to the initial message sent via the Contact form is collected and retained until such communication concludes. All correspondence is then permanently erased.

How long I retain your data

• If you leave a comment on this Site, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so you are recognised and any follow-up comments are approved automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
• For users that register on this Site (if applicable), personal information they provide is stored in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their own personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). The Administrator can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

• If you have an account on this Site (if applicable), or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data the Administrator holds about you, including any data you have provided.
• If you have an account (if applicable), or have left comments, you can also request that any personal data held about you is erased. This does not include any data the Administrator is obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

• User comments are checked through an automated spam detection service. Information checked may include your name and the content of your comment.
• When you complete the Contact form, your name and email address and the content of your message are checked through an automated spam detection service.