This cookie policy aligns with UK GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), EU GDPR, and ePrivacy Directive (Cookie Law), and can be adapted for other jurisdictions.
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how this website ("I", or "the Site") uses (or does not use) cookies and similar technologies. I am committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency about how information is collected and used online. In the design and management of this website, I have not included any cookies into the website's structure. However, this website does feature a cookie banner in line with good current online practice.
This website is managed and operated by author Mark Woollacott
You can contact me at: info@markwoollacott.com
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. In some cases, they help websites function properly and efficiently, such as by remembering login and user preferences or enabling embedded content. They are small strings of data stored directly in the browser, often used to remember information about the user. They are part of the HTTP protocol and are defined by the RFC 6265 specification. Cookies can be created, read, and deleted. They are used widely on the Internet, so it is quite normal for cookies to be used on a lot of websites
Cookies can be:
Session cookies – deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies – stored on your device until deleted or they expire.
3. How I Use Cookies
I do not use cookies on my website.
This website:
Does not use analytical, advertising, or tracking cookies;
Does not collect personal, financial, or behavioural data from visitors;
I do not use cookies to store any personal identifiable information.
4. Third-Party Content and Cookies
This website includes links to third-party services such as:
Amazon
When you click a link to, or interact with, these third-party platforms, they may place their own cookies on your device and collect data according to their own privacy and cookie policies. I have no control over these cookies or the data they collect. For example: I have links on some of my website pages which link directly to my book product pages on the official amazon.co.uk website, from there you can read more about my books and place orders. I also have links on this website to my author profile page on the Facebook website.
I recommend reviewing the cookie policies of these providers for more information.
5. Managing and disabling Cookies
When you visit websites, you can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
delete existing cookies,
block all cookies,
receive a notification before a cookie is stored.
Please note, that disabling essential cookies may in some cases affect how the website functions.
6. Updates to this Cookie Policy
I may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or my website's functionality. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.
7. Contact
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on this website, please contact me at: info@markwoollacott.com
Summary
No tracking, analytics, or marketing cookies.
I do not use any cookies on this website.
External social media or links to Amazon may use third-party cookies.
Visitors can manage cookies in their browser.
Protecting Your Information
As an independent author, here at markwoollacott.com/author, my top priority is protecting the interests and rights of my website's visitors in the best possible way. So that is why markwoollacott.com/author does not use tracking or advertising cookies and does not gather data on my website's visitors for analyzing online behaviour (identifying page visits etc.) or for marketing purposes or any other reason. I completely respect visitors privacy and prefer to keep my website as uncomplicated, transparent and as respectable as possible.
Intellectual Property
All images, text, and design elements on this website are the intellectual property of Mark Woollacott unless otherwise stated. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, distribution, broadcasting or use of any content — whether for commercial or personal purposes — is strictly prohibited.
Copyright
No part of this website (i.e. images, text etc.) may be reproduced, altered, reworded, rephrased, copied, displayed, hosted, illegally downloaded, distributed, published, broadcast, used to create a derivative work, stored or saved without the prior written permission from the copyright owner. To do so without first obtaining written permission constitutes an infringement of copyright and is illegal under UK and international laws. Please respect the rights of the copyright owner. Thank you.