Summary by Alia:

The site belongs to my small company Geek Romance. You are not allowed to use any vulnerability in my site to collect personal data, steal the fruits of my work, or post inappropriate links or images in comments. On my end, in full transparency, I use many « plugins » (technical modules on my website) that manage comments (WordPress and Jetpack), and security (Akismet). I also use SEO tools and website visit monitoring (Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel) and email list subscription (Active Campaign) to contact you via email or targeted Meta ads. To do this, some plugins collect anonymized data and/or set cookies.

Most importantly, and always in full transparency, please know that when you have subscribed to the email list to receive my free readings and updates, then my email sending tool (Active Campaign) keep track of the links you clicked. The idea is to offer you a personalized email experience, for example, not sending an excerpt of my new dark erotic romance to someone who only likes young adult literature… +_+ If, after commenting, or subscribing to the email list, you want to delete your data, the easiest way is to use the automated links by deleting the comments you’ve posted, the customer account, or unsubscribing from emails via the link at the end of the email. If it doesn’t work or you have questions, contact me at alia @ darkromance-aliasan.com (remove the spaces)

Now for the detailed version:

Who are we?

Our website address is: https://darkromance-aliasan.com administered by Geek Romance Books (Éditions Geek Romance – EI) Registered with the RCS of Créteil, under number 927852897, address 1 rue des réservoirs, 94340 Joinville-le Pont, France, Intracommunity VAT Number FR46927852897

PO box in the US: 2709 N Hayden Island Dr, STE 112186, Portland, Oregon 97217, United States

The author, Alia E. San, alia(at)darkromance-aliasan.com, is available for any questions regarding the protection of your personal data.

Website host details: OVH, 2 rue Kellermann – 59100 Roubaix – FRANCE

Managed based on WordPress technical modules

Legal Notice

The author, concerned about individual rights, particularly regarding automated processing, and in a desire for transparency with her readers, has implemented a policy covering all of these processes, their purposes, as well as the means of action available to individuals so that they can best exercise their rights. For any additional information on the protection of personal data, we invite you to consult the site:  Continuing to navigate this site constitutes unreserved acceptance of the following terms and conditions of use. The platform may implement cookies and other automatic trackers. Navigation implies acceptance as these cannot be deleted. The version of these terms of use currently online is the only one enforceable throughout the use of the site and until a new version replaces it.

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• due to the use of the site or any service accessible via the Internet;
• due to your failure to comply with these terms and conditions.

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If the publisher should be subject to an amicable or legal procedure because of your use of the site, it may turn against you to obtain compensation for all damages, sums, convictions and costs that may arise from this procedure.

Collection and protection of personal data

Comments

When you leave a comment on our site, the data entered in the comment form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent are collected to help us detect unwanted comments. This data is managed by WordPress (the site creation tool) and its Jetpack module.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

What is a « cookie »?

A « Cookie » or tracker is an electronic file deposited on a terminal (computer, tablet, smartphone, …) and read, for example, when consulting a website, reading an email, installing or using software or a mobile application regardless of the type of terminal used (source:  ).

When you first browse this site, an explanatory banner about the use of « cookies » will appear. From then on, by continuing to browse, the customer and/or prospect will be deemed informed and to have accepted the use of said « cookies ». The consent given will be valid for a period of thirteen (13) months. The user has the option to disable cookies from their browser settings.

In particular, if you leave a comment on our site, you will be offered to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is solely for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select « Remember Me », your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Cookies Jetpack:
– various cookies to track navigation on the site

Cookies Google :
– Google Analytics: allows measurement of site audience.

We use Google Analytics to evaluate how users interact with our websites. Third-party analytical cookies: Third-party cookies are those set by a domain different from our website. We cannot access the data stored in cookies from other sites when you browse those sites. By using our website, third-party cookies are downloaded to your computer.

If you would like to learn more about Google Inc.’s use of cookies, you can contact them at http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/ and https://policies.google.com/privacy1.8.2.

Facebook Pixel:

We use the Facebook pixel to analyze customer behavior and optimize ad targeting. This allows us to create custom audiences and measure the effectiveness of our advertising by tracking actions taken by people on our website as well as newsletter subscriptions.

This data is anonymized by Facebook.

For example, we can run a campaign targeting people who have shown interest in volume 1 of a series on the site or who have signed up to receive book bonuses, and offer them the next book in the series through a targeted Facebook ad campaign.

If you would like more information on Facebook’s use of cookies, you can contact them on these pages: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as YouTube videos, Instagram images, articles…). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor were on that other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking tools, and monitor your interactions with this embedded content if you have an account connected to their website.

Email Marketing

If you sign up via the form, the emails contain free reading material, promotional information about the author’s books, reading recommendations, or updates on her projects. When subscribing to the email list, the personal information collected is your name and email, if you sign up through the form. Other data such as your purchase preferences on the site, favorite products, shopping cart, information provided during orders, pages visited, and your email interactions will be collected.

If you have subscribed to emails and want to modify or delete your personal data, the easiest way is to click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email received. You can also write to the author at: alia @ darkromance-aliasan.com

You may receive commercial offers from the publisher. If you do not wish to receive these, please click on the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of each of our emails.

Data is retained and used for a duration compliant with current legislation.

Your data is not resold.

Use and transmission of your personal data

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data storage duration

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For user accounts that register on our site (if applicable), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Your rights regarding your data

If you have an account or have left comments on the site, you can request to receive a file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Transmission of your personal data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service such as Akismet or Wordfence.

If you sign up via the form, other data such as your favorite products, pages visited, and your email interactions will be collected and transmitted by the order management plugin to the Active Campaign email marketing site. Indeed, these emails are personalized based on your purchase preferences or browsing behavior on the site.

Restrictions

If, while browsing the site, you access personal data, you must refrain from any collection, any unauthorized use, and any act that may constitute an infringement of privacy or reputation of individuals. The publisher disclaims any responsibility in this regard.