This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, and protected when you visit this website.
Our website address is: https://thestealingofemily.world.
This site is operated by https://www.martinnewbold.co.uk. This website primarily supports the book series The Stealing of Emily.
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images on the site.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not need to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies may remain for up to one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie may be set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we may set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies may last for two days, and screen options cookies may last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login may persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply records the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, including where you are logged in to those services.
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can usually see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except that they may not be able to change their username. Website administrators may also see and edit that information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
We take misuse of this website seriously. Attempts to abuse or harm the site, including spamming, inappropriate comments, or other disruptive behaviour, may result in a temporary or permanent ban.
This may include blocking access based on email address or IP address where necessary. We reserve the right to take reasonable action to protect the website, its users, and its integrity.
If you sign up for our newsletter, your email address will be stored securely and used only to send updates about our books and related content. You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
You may also subscribe to receive email updates. Subscriptions may be free or paid, and may include access to exclusive content where applicable.