Commitment to Privacy
markwoollacott.com/author is committed to protecting the privacy of all personal information obtained from customers during their visits to this website. Any personal information markwoollacott.com/author collects from customers will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018, which supersedes and builds on the Data Protection Act 1998 and other applicable laws under English and European law. The Data Protection Act 2018 also tailors the UK-GDPR, the UK's own version of the GDPR, which came into effect on January 31st, 2020.
All information will remain private and will never be disclosed, except where there is a legal duty to exchange information with relevant law enforcement authorities, in the unlikely event of fraudulent customer activity. In this respect, markwoollacott.com/author has the legal right and sole discretion to refuse any order (or refuse to correspond with any person) that it deems to be suspicious or false (e.g. from buyers using false identities and delivery addresses, or buyers seeking to misrepresent, exploit and use the words on this website or books to infringe various rights, including broadcasting, translation, recording, publishing, and copyright).
markwoollacott.com/author does not and will not pass on information to mailing list companies or other third parties. The complete respect for my visitors' privacy is extremely important. I want visitors to enjoy visiting markwoollacott.com/author and hope that they will visit my website again in the future and recommend my books to their friends and to others they know.
Personal Data
This website does not feature a contact form, an online account, login function, tracking codes, advertising cookies, or input fields for online visitors to type personal contact information, such as name, telephone, email, etc. This website does not feature an online newsletter or use a "subscribe to my newsletter" pop-up notification to collect visitors names and email addresses. This website does not gather any data from online visitors such as IP addresses — internet protocol address — that refers to the uniquely identifiable address of a device (such as a computer). Google Analytics is not used by markwoollacott.com/author for any data research purposes.
Previous visitors who email me can at any time write to markwoollacott.com/author with any new information they'd like me to update, such as a change of address or a new email address, if wishing to receive future communications from markwoollacott.com/author in regard to new book releases. Alternatively, such visitors can also write and let me know if they do not wish to receive future communications about new book releases. These same visitors also have the right to request a copy of any information markwoollacott.com/author holds about them. No information will ever be stored online or in a database software system. Please email your request to: info@markwoollacott.com.
Third Party Websites
This privacy policy only covers this website. Any websites which may be linked to my website are subject to their own policies, which may differ from mine.
markwoollacott.com/author is not liable for any losses or damages arising from the customer's use of this website (markwoollacott.com) or any third-party websites (e.g. Amazon) which are linked to this website by hyper-links. I have made every effort to check and test this website during its production. This website is hosted on secure servers which use powerful firewall and anti-virus programs to keep this website free from computer viruses and other cyber-related threats. However, I would advise the customer, or website visitor, to regularly run an anti-virus program on anything they download from the Internet, and would remind the customer that no website in the world can ever be 100 per cent secure. By using this website the customer or visitor agrees not to unintentionally misuse it.
This website contains hyper-links to other websites owned and managed by third parties, such as amazon.co.uk (the online store for my books) and social media websites, such as Facebook. These online companies/websites will have their own website cookies that function to help provide you with a helpful online experience.
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.