BEFORE USING THIS SITE, PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY.
LAST UPDATE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY: June 21, 2024
This privacy policy (hereafter, “Privacy Policy”) is applicable to https://kiterikson.com/ (hereafter, “Site”) and sets out our policy on the gathering and use of information on this site. The Site is committed to providing a safe website for visitors and has implemented this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy.
WHO WE ARE
Our website address is: https://www.kiterikson.com. Our email address is: contact@kiterikson.com.
SITE ACCESS
Children:
- The Site is intended for adults only. It is not intended for nor directed toward individuals under the age of 18. As such, the Site does not knowingly collect nor solicit information from individuals under the age of 18. If you believe that we have collected information from an individual under the age of 18 without the permission of a parent or legal guardian, please contact us immediately and we will delete the information.
Applicable Laws:
- This Site is controlled and operated in U.S.A. Access to the Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site from outside U.S.A., you do so on your own initiative and risk, and are responsible for compliance with your local laws and regulations.
DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT
Cookies:
- This Site, in common with many web site operators, may use standard technology called “cookies.” Cookies are small data files that are downloaded onto your computer when you visit a particular web site. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymous tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. You can disable cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you do disable cookies, however, some areas of the Site may not function properly. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website.
- We use Google Analytics to track details such as the number of unique visitors, and pageviews to help improve the user experience. As such, _ga, _gid and _gat_gtag cookie data is kept by Google for 26 months. Further information about how Google handles user data, can be found in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Contact Form:
- You can send us a message through our contact form. We collect the following contact information from the contact form emails you send us: name, email address, subject, and message. When you click “send,” this information is sent to us as an email message that only we have access to. We do not use the information you provide us for marketing purposes and we do not share or sell this information with/to third parties. This information is not stored in the Site’s database but the email generated by the contact form is securely stored in the database on our hosting server. We keep contact form-generated emails for up to one (1) year, after which they are permanently deleted, unless we are otherwise obligated to keep for administrative, legal, and/or security purposes.
Newsletter:
- The Site maintains a newsletter which visitors may sign up for voluntarily using the subscription form on the home page. To subscribe, you must provide your email address via the MailerLite subscription form and click “subscribe.” By subscribing to our newsletter, you consent to receiving occasional emails from Kit Erikson and/or KitErikson.com. We do not share your information. Your email address is kept until you unsubscribe. For more information about how MailerLite uses your data, please refer to MailerLite’s data privacy policy: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy.
External Links:
- There may be links from our Site to other web sites. Note that this Privacy Policy applies only to this Site and not to websites of other companies or organizations to which our Site may be linked. You must check on any linked sites for the privacy policy that applies to that site and/or make any necessary inquiries in respect of that privacy policy with the operator of the linked site. These links to third party websites are provided as a convenience and are for informational purposes only. The Site does not endorse and is not responsible for these linked websites.
Embedded content from other websites:
- Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the external link to the other website.
- These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Google Web Fonts:
- For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, your browser has to establish a direct connection to Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our plugin. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.
- If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
- Further information about handling user data, can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Polls:
- This Site may conduct optional informal polls from time to time. We do not collect nor store any personal data when you participate in any of these polls.
Registration:
- You are not required to register to access our Site.
Social Media:
- The Site embeds social media sharing buttons on some of our webpages to allow you to connect with Kit Erikson via your own social media account. This Site does not collect or store any data when you share our page links or content on any of these social media websites. However, you will be redirected to these third-party websites and as such, you will be subject to their individual data collection policies and/or privacy policies. This Site is not responsible for the data these third-party sites collect from you nor for how they use it. Please refer to their individual data collection policies and/or privacy policies for more information prior to sharing content from this Site. Links for each of these are provided for your convenience below.
- BOOKBUB: For more information about how BookBub uses your data, please refer to BookBub’s data privacy policy: https://www.bookbub.com/home/privacy.php.
- FACEBOOK: For more information about how Facebook uses your data, please refer to Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.
- GOODREADS: For more information about how Goodreads uses your data, please refer to Goodreads’ data privacy policy: https://www.goodreads.com/about/privacy.
- INSTAGRAM: For more information about how Instagram uses your data, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy
YOUR DATA
How we use your data:
We use the collected data when you email us, including via the Site’s contact form, to provide you with requested information, services, or technical support as well as to investigate, diagnose, and resolve any technical issues with the Site that you have reported to us.
Who we share your data with:
The Site will not disclose personal information that you provide us to any third parties other than to a Site agent except: i) in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy, or ii) to comply with legal requirements such as a law, regulation, warrant, subpoena or court order, and/or iii) if you are reporting an adverse event/side effect, in which case the Site may be required to disclose such information to bodies such as, but not limited to, the United States of America and/or international regulatory authorities.
How long we retain your data:
If you email us, including via the Site’s contact form, we keep your emails, which include the name and email address you provided us with, for one (1) year, after which they are deleted. However, this does not apply to any emails and data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, and/or security purposes.
What rights you have over your data:
If you email us via the Site’s contact form, you may request to have a copy of the form-generated email forwarded to you at any time during the one (1) year we retain the form-generated email. You can also request that we delete any email(s) you have sent us within that year. However, this does not include any data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, and/or security purposes.
POLICY CHANGE
We reserve the right to change the Site’s Privacy Policy at any time. As such, we encourage visitors to check this page for Privacy Policy updates regularly. For your convenience, if we alter our Privacy Policy, the most recent date of any changes will be posted at the top of this page of our Site. Continued use of this website after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
ACCEPTANCE OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Your use of this Site signifies your acknowledgement of and consent to our Privacy Policy. By submitting your information, you agree that it will be governed by our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Site signifies your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and any changes in effect at the time of use.