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Privacy Policy

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Laura Ashwood (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the http://www.lauraashwood.com website and the Laura Ashwood mobile application (the “Service”).

 

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

 

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

 

By using this site or/and our services, you consent to the Processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.

Definitions

 

Personal Data – Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
Usage Data – Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Cookies – Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a User’s device.
Data Controller – Data Controller means a person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your data.
Data Processors (or Service Providers) – Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any person (other than an employee of the Data Controller) who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.
Data Subject – Data Subject is any living individual who is the subject of Personal Data.
User – The User is the individual using our Service. The User corresponds to the Data Subject, who is the subject of Personal Data.

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Information Collection And Use

 

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

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Types of Data Collected

 
Personal Data

 

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

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  • Email address

  • First name and last name

  • Cookies and Usage Data

 

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.

 
Usage Data

 

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access the Service by or through a mobile device (“Usage Data”).

 

This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

 

When you access the Service by or through a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

 

Tracking Cookies Data

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We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. We follow the laws of the United States of America with regard to tracking data and requirements.

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Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

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Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

 

You can remove cookies stored in your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can control some 3rd party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

 

We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has their own Privacy Policy which you can review here. If you’d like to opt out of tracking by Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.

 

Examples of Cookies we use:

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  • Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.

  • Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

  • Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

 

Use of Data

 

Laura Ashwood uses the collected data for various purposes:

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  • To provide and maintain our Service

  • To notify you about changes to our Service

  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so

  • To provide customer support

  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service

  • To monitor the usage of our Service

  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues

  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information

 

Retention of Data

 

Laura Ashwood will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

 

Laura Ashwood will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

Transfer Of Data

 

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.

 

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Laura Ashwood will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

 

Disclosure Of Data

 
Disclosure for Law Enforcement

 

Under certain circumstances, Laura Ashwood may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

 
Legal Requirements

 

Laura Ashwood may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

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  • To comply with a legal obligation

  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Laura Ashwood

  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

  • To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public

  • To protect against legal liability

 

Security Of Data

 

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

“Do Not Track” Signals

 

We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.

 

You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

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Your Rights

 

Laura Ashwood aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

 

Whenever made possible, you can update your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to change your Personal Data, please contact us to make the required changes.

 

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

 

In certain circumstances, you have the right:

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  • To access and receive a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you

  • To rectify any Personal Data held about you that is inaccurate

  • To request the deletion of Personal Data held about you

 

You have the right to data portability for the information you provide to Laura Ashwood. You can request to obtain a copy of your Personal Data in a commonly used electronic format so that you can manage and move it.

 

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

 

Service Providers

 

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

 

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

 

Links To Other Sites

 

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

 

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

 

Children’s Privacy

 

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

 

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

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Federal Trade Commission

 

All of the views shared on the Service are strictly ours. Any book that is reviewed has been provided: 1) By the original author, for an honest review, 2) The Publisher, for an honest review, or 3) have been purchased by us. Reviews represent our honest views and opinions and are in no way influenced by a third party. We have no obligation to represent anything on this blog and have not received any compensation (monetary or otherwise) to present our original opinions on any product.

 

All items used in giveaways held by the Service are provided by the blog author, book author and/or publicity firm on behalf of the publisher. We are not responsible for any views they express in their work and/or on this (or any) site. Giveaways are managed through a third-party application such as Giveaway Tools or Rafflecopter. For complete rules of a giveaway, see the terms and conditions as stated in its entry form.

 

Giveaways are void where prohibited.

 

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. We participate in additional affiliate programs that pay us a small fee without increasing the price to the consumer. For more information about the FTC, visit: ftc.gov.

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Changes To This Privacy Policy

 

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

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You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

 

Contact Us

 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

 

Last modification was made November 2021.

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