Here at www.LindaRaeSchaal.com, we protect your privacy to the best of our ability.  This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that www.LindaRaeSchaal.com collects, and the ways in which www.LindaRaeSchaal.com uses that personal information. www.LindaRaeSchaal.com  is a website owned and operated in the United States of America. Its content is aimed at persons in the United States over the age of 18.

 

This policy explains when and why we collect information about you, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

 

We may change this policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes.

 

By using our website, you agree to be bound by this policy.

 

Effective January 2021.

 

How we collect and use information

www.LindaRaeSchaal.com only collects your email address when you voluntarily provide it to us.  When you sign up for our email newsletter, you agree to receive emails from us. Emails may be informational newsletters or promotions and announcements related to content we feel is of interest to you. Like most sites on the internet, information about you is collected via cookies, leaving comments on the site, or subscribing to our newsletter.

 

On the www.LindaRaeSchaal.com website, we offer books for sale and refer buyers to online providers. Your email address will be stored privately on www.LindaRaeSchaal.com’s email program until you remove it via unsubscribing or until www.LindaRaeSchaal.com ceases to exist.

 

Using personal information

www.LindaRaeSchaal.com may use your personal information to:

• Send to you any products that you purchase;
• Supply to you the services that you purchase;
• Send you confirmation of any products or services that you purchase;
• Send to you statements and invoices;
• Collect payments from you; and
• Send you marketing and update communications.

 

www.LindaRaeSchaal.com will never disclose your personal information or email address with any agents or sub-contractors. Your email address is highly confidential and www.LindaRaeSchaal.com will honor your privacy in this manner.

 

Comments

If you leave a comment on the site, it will be publicly displayed along with the name you include. Your email address is NEVER publicly displayed or shared with any third party, but is stored in our database. If you include a web address it will be displayed. We reserve the right to delete comments at our discretion.

 

You should avoid leaving any public comments of a personal nature on this website. We also encourage the use of first name only or a pseudonym when leaving a public comment.

 

Securing your data

www.LindaRaeSchaal.com  will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

 

 

Updating this statement

www.LindaRaeSchaal.com may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on its website.  Check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes.

 

 

Other websites

This website contains links to other websites. www.LindaRaeSchaal.com is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.

 

Contact www.LindaRaeSchaal.com

Once you are added to the www.LindaRaeSchaal.com email list, you will receive a confirmation email. Once you agree, www.LindaRaeSchaal.com can send you promotional information about our books, events or services. All www.LindaRaeSchaal.com emails contain an Unsubscribe link, which you may use to stop receiving information from www.LindaRaeSchaal.com. If you wish us to delete your email address and data completely and irrevocably, please contact us. If you have any questions about this privacy policy or www.LindaRaeSchaal.com’s treatment of your personal information, please contact us by email at Linda@LindaRaeSchaal.com

 

Transfer of personal data

We will not transfer your personal data unless we are under legal obligation to do so.

 

Sale of Business or Assets

In the event that www.LindaRaeSchaal.com  or substantially all of its assets is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction.

 

Removal of personal data

If you are resident of the EEA, at any point you may ask that we remove your information from our systems. Please contact Linda@LindaRaeSchaal.com and we will do so within 30 days.

 

Children’s Information

www.LindaRaeSchaal.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian believes that www.LindaRaeSchaal.com has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 18 in its database, please contact us immediately at Linda@LindaRaeSchaal.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

 

COMPENSATION/SPONSORSHIP/AFFILIATES

www.LindaRaeSchaal.com's blog may accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

 

The compensation received may influence the choice and timing of content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be identified as paid or sponsored content in accordance with FTC disclosure rules.

 

As a rule, we are not interested in writing sponsored content unless it is about a topic we are passionate about. Even though we may be compensated to provide an opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics we will always give our honest opinion.

 

Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. We cannot be held liable for any damages incurred while using this website or products we’ve linked to.  Links to other websites are provided for convenience and information only. When you click on a link to another website, you may be leaving www.LindaRaeSchaal.com.  The presence of a link on www.LindaRaeSchaal.com does not mean that we endorse, authorize or sponsor the linked website, or that we are affiliated with that website’s owners or sponsors.  We are not responsible for and assume no liability for the content or presentation of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites.

 

COPYRIGHT:

All content (unless otherwise specified) on www.LindaRaeSchaal.com is protected by the United States copyright and trademark law, international conventions, and other applicable laws.  All materials contained on this website are the intellectual property of the blog owner. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.

 

We are not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other Web sites or media without our permission. This privacy policy is subject to change without notice.

 

For European Economic Area Residents

If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing.

 

We may use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Analytic data includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

 

www.LindaRaeSchaal.com may be 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. Amazon Affiliates, a third party system, uses cookies to serve advertisements and links to products on Amazon.com.  You may read more about Amazon Affiliates and their Operating Agreement here.