{ Privacy Policy }
This privacy policy is for bookwyrmscomic.com.
My name is Lorena Garcia and I operate as business under my own name ‘Lorena Garcia’. This privacy policy explains how the personal data collected while you browse this website is used. If you have any questions or requests please contact me at lorena(a)lorena-garcia.net
What data is collected?
1. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, WordPress collects the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
This website uses the comment system “Disqus” to display the comments. Disqus is a service that allows you to comment as a single account on all sites that use it. Disqus has taken measures to be up to EU GDPR standards and is registered under the EU Privacy Shield regulation.
2. Newsletter Sign-up Form and Contact Form
The Newsletter Sign-up Form is managed by Mailchimp, and contains a GDPR Consent form that the user can agree with if they would like to provide an email address. Any emails received from the Bookwyrms newsletter contain a link to unsubscribe.
The Contact form collects name, email address and message data as provided by the user, which is needed in order for me to respond to your query. This information is securedly stored in the WordPress dashboard for management purposes and in my mailbox. I protect this data by ensuring that WordPress is up to date, and by using strong passwords. The data collected is also deleted once no longer required.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow it) that enables the site’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. Cookies in this site are used to understand how you use our website, and to analise site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
In this website the following are used:
– Functionality cookies: cookies that are needed to display the website and let it function the way it should.
– Third party cookies:
Disqus uses the following cookies to enable you to comment on this site:
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Google Analytics is integrated in this site, with anonymisation function.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analysis is the gathering, collection and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data on which website a data subject has come to a website from (so-called referrers), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for which period of time a subpage was viewed. I use this information to better understand what the site’s audience interacts with the most, how they find this site, and in general, to reflect about how to improve this site’s experience for its users.
The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
Google Analytics cookies about your use of this website are usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google might transfer the personal information collected via this technical procedure to third parties.
As IP anonymization is activated on our website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or other states in agreement with the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by a Google server in the USA. On behalf of the operator of the website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and to provide further services related to website and internet use to us. The IP address transferred through your browser to Google Analytics will not be combined with other data held by Google.
Further information and Google’s applicable privacy regulations can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/ The following link provides a further explanation of Google Analytics https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/.
How to manage cookies
You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible.
In addition, you may prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google Analytics as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics.
In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
Other Websites
This site contains links to other websites. This privacy policy applies only to this website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 15 August 2020.
Your Data Protection Rights
As a user of this site, you have the following rights:
1. Right to access
You have the right to ask to view your information and request a copy of the personal data.
2. Right to rectification
You have the right to ask for the personal data to be modified if you believe the data is not up to date or incomplete.
3. Right to erasure
You have the right to request that your pesronal data is erased, under certain conditions.
4 .Right to restrict processing
You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data is restricted, under certain conditions.
5. Right to object to processing
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
6. The right to data portability
You have the right to request that the data that this site has collected is transferred to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
Contact
If you have any questions about this site’s privacy policy, the data it holds on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Write to: lorena(a)lorena-garcia.net
You can also contact the United Kingdom Data Protection Authority should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that this site has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner.
Address: https://ico.org.uk/