Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to http://phillipa-ashley.com (“this website”) and governs the privacy of those who choose to use this site. The owner of this website is Phillipa Ashley.

Any personal data collected through this website, which is hosted in the United States, will be treated as confidential in line with the principles of the European Union (EU) rules and requirements for user privacy.

Cookies (small text files) are designed to allow the website to recognise its users and their preferences on subsequent visits, or to authorise other designated websites to recognise these users for a particular purpose. Information collected by cookies is not personally identifiable.

This website logs the visitor’s IP address and session information such as the duration of the visit and the type of browser used. This is recognised by the web server and is only used for system administration and to provide statistics which we use to evaluate use of the site.

This website uses tracking software to monitor their visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by WordPress which uses cookies to track visitor usage. This software uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read the WordPress privacy policy here for further information.

Contact and Communication with this Website

Visitors contacting, following, subscribing and interacting with this website and/or their owner do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. As well as alerting you to new blog posts, pages and comments, this website and their owner also use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products/services their owner offers or to assist you in answering any questions, comments or queries you may have submitted.

Subscription to this website is through a ‘double opt-in process’ similar to that described below for the newsletter. This means that after providing your personal details (name and email address), you will receive an email asking you to confirm that you wanted to subscribe. You will only be included as a subscriber to this website if you confirm by clicking the link and generating a return email that this is what you want to do. This service is provided by WordPress. Visitors’ and subscribers’ information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the European Union regulations detailed above.

Third Parties

Your details are not passed on to any third parties at any time. For your convenience I provide links to my social media accounts directly from this website, and also some purchase links for books which take you direct to retail sites. Following those links will take you away from my website. These sites will have their own privacy policy and I do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. You should exercise caution before sharing information and read the privacy statement relating to the website in question.

External sites

Other links within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy. We suggest that you find out about their privacy policies on your first visit to any such website. Users should note they click on external links at their own risk and neither this website nor their owner can be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Other cookies may be stored to your computer’s hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.

Adverts and Sponsored Links

This website may (but rarely) contain sponsored links and adverts by third parties. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, who may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.

Clicking on any such links/adverts will send you to the provider/advertiser’s website through a referral program which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from our websites. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computer’s hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its owner cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Social Media Platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and their owner participate on are subject to the terms and conditions and privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.

Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate/engage on them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. We will never ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and strongly encourage visitors wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact us through primary communication channels such as by email (phillipa@phillipa-ashley.com).

This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and volition and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

If you have any questions or comments, please email Phillipa Ashley at phillipa@phillipa-ashley.com.