For Subscribers and Website Visitors (collectively “Users”)
Information Gathered
Non-personal Information. Evy Writes uses Jetpack which has a tool which collects User information. This includes referring site, content visited, and the date and time of each visit. Jetpack uses these data to gather statistics on usage trends for the Website.
We also collect information from Users’ comments (see Comments below). All users’ personal, identifying information are kept private and confidential except under conditions described in Protection and Disclosure of Information.
Personal Identifying Information. Evy Writes gathers personal information on individual Users who choose to interact with this site in certain ways. Each Subscriber/Follower of our newsletters must provide a username and email address. We may run giveaways/contests that require some identifying information such as email addresses. We may also ask you to answer questions about your reading interests and preferences. When you win a giveaway/contest, we will ask you to provide your mailing address. We need such information to fulfill the purpose of your visit to Evy Writes.
You can refuse to supply personal information, but that may prevent you from taking part in certain website-related activities.
Protection and Disclosure of Information
Evy Writes discloses personal information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when the Website believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of the Administrator or the public. If you are an Evy Writes subscriber/follower, we will occasionally send you newsletters to tell you about new books and features, solicit your feedback, or keep you up to date with what’s going on at Evy Writes. If you send us a request via email or our Contact Form, we reserve the right to publish it if it helps us respond to your request or if it helps us support other users.
Evy Writes takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of all information that can identify each individual User.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on Evy Writes, we ask for email addresses and filter comments using Akismet, an automated spam detection service.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your Gravatar is visible to the public along with your comment.
You may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website when you comment. These are stored as cookies so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you make future comments. These cookies are kept for one year.
The site retains any comment and its metadata indefinitely. This helps us recognize and automatically approve any follow-up to the comment instead of holding it for moderation.
You can request to receive a file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold, except for any data we are obliged to keep for legal, or security purposes.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information a website stores on a visitor’s computer. The visitor’s browser provides this information to the website each time the visitor returns. Evy Writes uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of and access preferences to the Website. Users who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Evy Writes. Realize certain features of Evy Writes may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Ads. This Website does not currently present Ads. You may find a few logos or trademarks the site that you may link to (see Embedded Content below). Our Privacy Policy covers our use of cookies and does not cover the use of cookies by any third party including advertisers.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites. These websites may collect information about you. They may use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content.
Evy Writes disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of another website you link to from Evy Writes. You are responsible for taking precautions to protect yourself and your computer from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content.