This privacy policy explains how your personal data is collected and processed while you are using the website https://andrewbowie.net. Andrew Bowie is the owner of the website is responsible for your personal data. You can contact Andrew by using the contact form on this website
Information collected about you
Your information will be used only as necessary in one of the following ways:
To communicate with you when you have contacted me. Your data will be used for communication and for record keeping related to that communication. A communication from you includes the use of the email contact form on this site and a comment on one of the site’s pages.
To send you a newsletter by email when you have signed up to my email list. You will only be included in my email list when you have explicitly signed up to it. My newsletter will let you know more about my books, the influences on my writing, and about free giveaways and special offers. You can unsubscribe at any time.
To better understand how my website is used and to make improvements to it. This website uses anonymised data from analytic services such as Google Analytics to understand how the site is used and to help make improvements to it. Google Analytics works by placing cookies on your computer or mobile device. No personally identifiable information is collected from you during that process. For more on cookies, please see this site’s Cookie Policy.
Data protection
All appropriate technical and organizational precautions are taken to secure your personal data and to prevent its loss, misuse, or alteration.
- Your data is stored securely.
- A variety of security measures are in place and only trusted partners are used.
Incorrect information about you
Please let me know if any personal data held about you needs to be corrected or updated.
Cookies
Like almost all websites, this website use cookies to track your engagement with it. Third-party analytics tracking systems and social media pixels may track use of this website. This information is used to improve the use of the site, not for marketing purposes.
Marketing is done by permission-based emails only.
The cookie policy for this site is here.
Disclosure of your personal data
Your personal information will never be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company or individual for any reason whatsoever.
The only exception will be in a situation where a release of information is necessary to comply with the law.
External links
This privacy policy applies to https://andrewbowie.net only. If you click on an external link while using this site and go to another website, the cookie policy and privacy policy for the destination site will then apply.
This website uses social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platforms. If you click on social sharing buttons, any activity on an external social media platform is governed by the privacy policy for that external platform.
Your rights
Under data protection laws you have rights in relation to your personal data that include the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, transfer, to object to processing, to portability of data and (where the lawful ground of processing is consent) to withdraw consent.
You can see more about these rights at:
Your age
This website is targeted at people over the age of 16. If there is reason to believe that the personal data of a person under that age is held, it will be deleted.
Your consent
By using this website you consent to this privacy policy.
Further questions
If you have any questions or concerns about the handling of data, please e-mail me using the contact form.
Privacy policy changes
This privacy policy will be reviewed and updated from time to time. This policy was last modified on 09 July 2020.