RHYANNON BYRD

RhyannonByrd.com (“we”, “us” and “our”) cares deeply about the privacy of our visitors and is fully committed to protecting their personal information and to using it properly in compliance with data privacy laws. This policy describes how we may collect and use personal information, and the rights and choices available to our visitors and users regarding such information. By using RhyannonByrd.com, you are giving your consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

 

 

Here are the specific details about our Privacy Policy: 

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What type of information is collected:

 

We receive, collect and store both anonymous and personally identifiable information as a condition of your using this site or subscribing to Rhyannon Byrd’s newsletter. If you sign up for Rhyannon’s newsletter on this site, you will be asked to provide your name and email address. When you visit our site or use our services, we may also automatically receive, collect and store certain additional types of information, such as the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, internet browser, and Internet Service Provider (ISP). We may also use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page.

 

How this information is collected:

 

When you visit or use our service, you may provide us with certain information either automatically through the process of using the site, or by manually submitting it. When you sign up for Rhyannon’s newsletter, as part of the process, we collect personal information that you provide: your name and email address. Our system also logs the country you contact us from, as well as the date you subscribe. RhyannonByrd.com will use your personal information for the specific reason stated above. We will not sell your personal information to a third party or make it available for sale. At this time, we do not use any Third-Party Apps or Services for the purposes of marketing research, business-related services, etc., that would require us to share your information with them. However, to see how your personal information may be shared by our site’s webhost, please refer to the section below titled Wix.com.

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Why this information is collected:

 

We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

 

• To be able to send out newsletters to those who have signed up for this service;

• For market research purposes;

• To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we may use to provide and improve our respective services; 

• To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

 

How this information is stored:

 

Rhyannon’s website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. 

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For more insight, you may also want to read Wix’s Privacy Policy. 

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How we communicate with our newsletter subscribers:

 

We will send emails to our newsletter subscribers for the purpose of providing them with information on Rhyannon’s books (release dates, cover reveals, promotions, etc.). Our newsletters will be sent to subscribers using personal information collected on this website. There is an UNSUBSCRIBE link listed at the bottom of every newsletter email that we send, and a subscriber can also contact us at privacy@rhyannonbyrd.com and ask to be removed from our newsletter list.

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In addition, we reserve the right to remove a user from our list of subscribers at any time, at our sole discretion.

 

Cookies and other tracking technologies:

 

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a site visitor's browser, usually used to keep track of their movements and actions on a site, and they are implemented in every site built by Wix.

 

There are two types of cookies used on Wix websites:

 

Session (Transient) cookies: these cookies are erased when you close your browser, and do not collect information from your computer. They typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.

 

Persistent (Permanent/Stored) cookies: these cookies are stored on your hard drive until they expire (i.e. based on a set expiration date) or until you delete them. These cookies are used to collect identifying information about the user, such as Web surfing behavior or user preferences for a specific site.

 

See the table at the bottom of this page to view which cookies Wix implements on Wix sites.

 

If you want to delete or block any cookies, please refer to the help and support area on your internet browser for instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. 

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In addition, Wix’s Privacy Policy states that they may employ a software technology called “clear gifs” (a.k.a. Web Beacons), which enables them to improve Wix’s Services by measuring their effectiveness and performance. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, however are not stored on your device, but instead embedded within Wix’s Services.

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How you can withdraw your consent:

 

If you do not want RhyannonByrd.com to process your information anymore, please contact us at privacy@rhyannonbyrd.com. 

 

Links to Third-Party Websites:

 

Links to third-party sites are provided for your convenience. These websites are not under our control, and you should review their own Privacy Policies before sharing information with them. Please remember that when you click on a link to go from RhyannonByrd.com to another website, this Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services, and we are not responsible for the information you may share there. 

 

Links to Social Media Websites:

 

Links to Social Media sites are provided for your convenience. These sites are not under our control, and you should review their own Privacy Policies before sharing information with them. Please remember that when you click on a link to go from RhyannonByrd.com to another website, this Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services, and we are not responsible for the information you may share there.

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Wix.com:

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Wix and Users-of-Users’ Information: Our website is hosted on Wix.com. According to their Privacy Policy, Wix may collect, store and process certain Non-personal and Personal Information of Users-of-Users (“Users-of-Users’ Information”), solely on their Users’ behalf and at their direction. For example, each of their Users is able to collect and manage contacts via their User Website. Such contacts are then stored with Wix, on the User’s behalf, and Wix is responsible for complying with all laws and regulations that may apply to the collection and control of such Users-of-Users’ Information, including all privacy and data protection laws of all relevant jurisdictions. 

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In addition, Wix may share Users-of-Users’ Information with various third parties, including certain service providers, law enforcement officials and application developers. The information may be shared solely in accordance with Wix’s Privacy Policy.

 

For more information on how Wix handles Users-of-Users’ Information, please review sections 8, 12 and 13 of Wix’s Privacy Policy.

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Disclosure: 

 

We may disclose your personal information if we have good faith belief that the law requires us to do so; in compliance with applicable laws; pursuant to legal requests, such as a court order; or if we have reasonable belief that it will help protect the rights, property and personal safety of others, with or without notice to you. 

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Privacy Policy updates:

 

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If material changes are made to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated.

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Last update: May 24, 2018

 

Questions and Contact Information:

 

In accordance with the GDPR, site visitors have the right to access their data or "be forgotten" (to be permanently deleted from our databases). If you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at privacy@rhyannonbyrd.com. 

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Thank you!