This website is the property of Jill McGivering. Our website address is: http://www.jillmcgivering.com. This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information that we collect about you when you use this website.
We take your security and privacy very seriously. We do not share any information with third parties, nor do we collect or retain any information other than that necessary for us to provide our services to you.
We collect the following types of information about you: Your name, address, contact telephone number and email address. This data is collected in order to deal with enquiries about our published works and also to deal with press enquries.
Website usage information is collected using cookies (more information in the Cookies section below).
We will use your personal information necessary in order to enable us to provide our services to you. This information is only viewed Jill McGivering. Information collected will be stored securely and securely destroyed if it is no longer required by Jill McGivering and upon request.
We do not share any information with unrelated third parties nor do we collect or retain any information other than as required for the provision of our services.
Should you need more information about the services that we provide, you can contact us via the contact form on our website. In order to process your query, we request that you fill in your email address and message. All messages sent via the contact form are sent to jillmcgivering@gmail.com and are viewed solely by Jill McGivering. You can request a copy of correspondence, or its removal or correction, as stipulated in the Subject Access Request section.
Under GDPR, individuals have a right to request what data is held on them (known as Subject Access Request). We are obliged to provide this info within 30 days. If you would like a copy of some or all of you information, please email jillmcgivering@gmail.com. This information is also available by post upon request.
We want to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove any information you think is inaccurate. Please contact jillmcgivering@gmail.com.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.
For further information, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
You can set your browser to not accept cookies. The websites mentioned above give instructions as to how you can remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
The cookies used on our website do not collect uniquely identifying information, but assist in the website experience to the user. Google’s Remarketing feature uses Cookies to serve relevant messages based on someone’s past visits to our website. Information about how you can opt out of Google’s use of cookies can be found by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out Page.
Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy applies only to this website. If you visit any of the websites linked on the Jill McGivering website, you should read their own privacy policies.
Where we engage third party contractors (Literary Agent, Foreign & Film Rights Agent, Web Host Providers, Web Designer, etc) to perform services for us, those third party contractors may be required to handle your personal information. Under these circumstances, those third party contractors must safeguard this information and must only use it for the purposes for which it was supplied, although we are not responsible for ensuring this.
Other than the above, we will not disclose your personal information without your consent unless disclosure is either necessary to prevent a threat to life or health, authorised or required by law, reasonably necessary to enforce the law or necessary to investigate a suspected unlawful activity.
Personal information collected by Jill McGivering and our website is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. Jill McGivering will protect your personal information regardless of where we process or store your data.
We keep our privacy policy under regular revision and, as such, reserve the right to change our policy at any time. Should this occur, all amendments will be posted on our website. This privacy policy was last updated on 22 May 2018.
Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you:
By email: jillmcgivering@gmail.com
By post: Please email the address above to request postal address.
Jill McGivering
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