MELANIEDICKERSON.COM IS OFFERED TO YOU, THE USER, CONDITIONED ON YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS, CONDITIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS, WITHOUT MODIFICATION. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR EXPRESS AGREEMENT TO ALL SUCH TERMS, CONDITIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS. ANY OF OUR RIGHTS NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED HEREIN ARE SPECIFICALLY RESERVED.
This document contains the privacy practices for the robinleehatcher.com website (the “Site”). This Site is operated by Melanie Dickerson. (referred to collectively in this policy as “we,” “us,” “our” and other similar pronouns). The purpose of this policy is to inform you about the information that is collected about you from your viewing or use of the Site, how we may use and disclose the information that is collected, and how information can be corrected or changed. Please note that this policy only affects information gathered from you online through this Site. If we add your information to our lists or databases through our other activities, such information and our use thereof will not be affected by this policy.
LIMITATION ON YOUR USAGE
You may not modify, copy, distribute, license, transmit, reproduce, disseminate, display, transfer or sell, or offer for sale, any information, material, product, or service viewed on or obtained from this Site without our express permission.
INFORMATION COLLECTED AND USE OF THAT INFORMATION
From time to time we may ask you to provide certain information by which you may be identified, such as your name, e-mail address, and similar information by which or with which you might be identified. This information will be referred to in this document as “Personal Information.” You may decline to provide this Personal Information but you may thereby be unable to register or participate in activities or opportunities offered on the Site.
We use Personal Information as follows:
For the purpose for which it was provided. If you give us information for a specific purpose, we will use it for that purpose. For example: An address that was submitted for a giveaway will be used in order to fulfill that giveaway’s prizes.
To contact you about this Site. We would like to be able to contact you from time to time to provide you with information about current and future books by Robin Lee Hatcher, or request your input about the Site and ways in which we might improve.
To inform you about our information, developments, events, services, opportunities, and fundraising efforts. We would like to be able to contact you and send you information about our activities, products, services, events and fundraising efforts in which we hope you might be interested.
Necessary disclosure of this Personal information. We may disclose Personal Information to third parties as required by law, as we deem necessary or appropriate (such as pursuant to subpoena or court order). We may need to disclose Personal Information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary or reasonable to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our organization. We may also disclose Personal Information to third parties in our discretion if we determine such disclosure is advisable to help avoid harm to persons or property.
Non-personal Information. We may use and disclose to others information about you and your use of the Site by which you are not identified, such as the type of browser you use, the files you request, the URL and geographic location from which you request information, the URL that you came from and go to, and similar information, and information compiled in the form of statistical, demographic, or aggregated information about visitors generally to the Site. This information is referred to in this document as “Non-personal Information.”
USE OF COOKIES
Our Site may use cookies. Cookies are bits of information that some websites transfer to the computer that is browsing that website, and are typically used for record-keeping purposes. Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Site will not function properly.
WEB LOG FILES
Like most website administrators, we use log files that record information such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and page navigation. We gather this information to track website visitor movement in the aggregate, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Our goal in gathering this information is to learn how our customers and the public are using our Site and services. IP addresses that are recorded by our log files are not linked to personally identifiable information.
SECURITY OF ACCOUNT INFORMATION
We take precautions to protect from unauthorized access to the data we collect.
CORRECTION OR DELETION OF YOUR INFORMATION
Requesting information. You may correct or delete your Personal Information by contacting us using the Contact Form. If you delete your Personal Information from our databases, you may be unable to further benefit from use of certain portions of the Site.
CHILDREN AND MINORS
We encourage parents and guardians to monitor and participate in their children’s online activities. No information should be submitted to this site by users under 13 years of age, and users under 13 years old are not allowed to register for newsletters or participate in giveaways, etc.
Where appropriate, we may ask you to indicate your age to verify compliance with these policies. We do not knowingly collect information from users under 13 years of age or provide any personally identifying information from such users to any third party. We do not allow users known to be under 13 years of age to receive marketing communications from us or from third parties over which we have control.
No Personal Information about or from children (13 years old or under) should be provided on the Site. This Site is not designed for children. If you are a minor, please secure the permission and guidance of your parents or guardian before using this Site.
OWNERSHIP OF INFORMATION
All opinions, ideas, suggestions, and other feedback submitted to this Site may be used by us without any restriction and free of charge, and nothing contained in this policy shall limit or otherwise affect this.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may change this privacy policy at any time and at our discretion without notice to any party. Any such change is posted on this Site. If you wish to monitor changes in this Site, please check this Site periodically for updates.
USERS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
This Site is hosted in the United States and is governed by the laws of the United States. If you are using the Site outside the United States, please be aware that your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers and databases are located. By using the Site, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside your country of residence.
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
BY USING THIS SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE) FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH, YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THIS SITE (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH ANY VIRUSES WHICH MAY INFECT A USER’S COMPUTER EQUIPMENT.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR LOSS OF DATA, THAT RESULTS FROM THE USE, DOWNLOAD OR PROVISION OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
Except to the extent required by applicable law, we will not be liable for the unavailability or failure to operate all or any part of the service or system on which this Site is accessed, viewed or used.
CONTACTING THE WEBSITE
If you have any questions about this privacy policy and disclaimer, please contact us by using the Contact Form.