Privacy Policy - alipierce.com
This notice is for this website and governs the privacy of those who use it. It explains how we control, process, handle and protect your personal data while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations.
Definitions:
"We" or "The Website" or “our” or “us” refers to Ali Pierce LLC and AliPierce.com
"you", "the user" refers to the user of the Website.
GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
Processing of your Personal Data
Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and process personal information, “Personal Data,” about you electronically. For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), we are the “data controller”. If you have any questions about this policy or about how we use your Personal Data, please contact us via our contact details at the end of this policy.
Lawful basis: Consent
The reason we use this basis: You gave us consent to use your data when you signed up to receive content or bought or negotiated to buy a book from the Website.
We collect and process your personal data in the following ways: when you choose to comment/interact with us on the Website; when you choose to subscribe to our newsletter; when you choose to sign up to receive free content, which may include eBooks, videos and special offers; and when you purchase a book, including eBooks, from the Website.
Data retention period: We will continue to process and store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your Personal Data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise communicated to you. We review Personal Data we hold at regular intervals and delete permanently or anonymize and Personal Data which is no longer necessary.
Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties, except in the case of conducting ordinary business such as through our newsletter which is distributed through MailerLite or through our phone service, Google Voice. Your website activity is also collected through Google Analytics and Squarespace (our website host).
This Website and our services are aimed at adults, and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Data relating to children aged under 16 years old. If you are under the age of 16, please do not provide us with any of your personal data, including your email address.
Lawful basis: Legal obligation
The reason we use this basis: To interact with you on the Website and conduct ordinary business and promotion of novels.
We process your information in the following ways: maintain data for the purpose of marketing and remarketing.
Data retention period: We will continue to process and store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your personal data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise communicated to you.
Sharing your information: We may share your Personal Data as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on our behalf and who require the information to provide those specific services to us. These third parties may include, but are not limited to, social media advertising platforms, such as Facebook and Google Adwords and Google Adsense, for the purpose of custom audience generation and the development of targeting criteria for other audiences; and MailerLite, our Email Service Provider, for the purpose of email marketing; and Google Voice for the purpose of receiving phone calls and voice messages. Additional information may be found in “Email Marketing Messages & Subscription” section of this policy.
If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.
Your Rights
Under the GDPR your rights are as follows.
the right to be informed;
the right of access;
the right to rectification;
the right to erasure;
the right to restrict processing;
the right to data portability;
the right to object; and
the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.
Internet Cookies
We use cookies on this website to provide you with a better user experience. We do this by placing a small text file on your device / computer hard drive to track how you use the website, to record or log whether you have seen messages that we display, to keep you logged into the website where applicable, to display relevant adverts or content, referred you to a third-party website.
Some cookies are required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website.
We use a cookie control system which allows you to accept the use of cookies, and control which cookies are saved to your device / computer. Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please see your web browser options.
Data Security & Protection
We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage. Our storage is managed and accessed through Squarespace.
We may use these companies to manage data: MailerLite, Facebook, Dropbox, Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Google AdSense.
Sponsored links, Affiliate Tracking & Commissions
Our website may contain adverts, sponsored and affiliate links on some pages. These are served through our advertising partners Google AdSense, Google AdWords, Facebook, Amazon Affiliates, as well as served through our own means.
Clicking on any adverts or sponsored or affiliate links may track your actions by using a cookie saved to your device. You can read more about cookies on this website. Your actions are usually recorded as a referral from our website by this cookie. We might earn a very small commission from the advertiser or advertising partner, at no cost to you, whether you make a purchase on their website or not.
We use advertising partners in these ways to help generate an income from the website, which allows us to continue our work and provide you with the best overall experience and valued information.
If you have any concerns about this we suggest you do not click on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links found throughout the website.
Email Marketing Messages & Subscription
Under the GDPR we use the consent lawful basis for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect certain data about you, as detailed in the "Processing of your personal data" above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through MailerLite.
Here is there Privacy Policy:
They collect:
Name
Email address
I.P address & browser type
Subscription time & date
You can opt out of receiving emails or ask to see the data we hold for you, or request we remove your data at any time by the following methods:
Unsubscribe at the bottom of marketing email
Contact author at ali@alipierce.com
Ali Pierce
P.O. Box 283
Cherry Valley, IL 61016
US: 608-515-8111
This policy is effective September 17, 2018, and updated September 20, 2022. We review our privacy practices on an ongoing basis, and as such we may change this privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page frequently to ensure you are familiar with its current content.