Disclosure + Privacy

Disclosure Policy

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact nickiking.author at gmail dot com.

This blog does not accept any form of cash advertising, sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. However, I will and do accept and keep free products (in the form of books occasionally) from companies, organizations and individuals.

The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog.

The owner of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If we claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, we will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

The owner of this blog does may receive compensation by use of affliliate links for products we endorse, however we only endorse products we believe in.

This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

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Privacy

Nicki King operates the nickiking.com website.. It is Nicki King’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information that may be collected while operating this website or newsletter.

Website/blog: includes blog subscription option

Newsletter: SendFox sign-up form installed on site (view SendFox Privacy Policy)

This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service.

If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy

It is NICKI KING’S policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you or which you may provide to us, in the circumstances set out below. Accordingly, we have developed this privacy policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose, safeguard and otherwise make use of your personally identifiable information (โ€œPersonal Dataโ€).
We will only collect and use your Personal Data where:

  • we have lawful grounds to do so, including to comply with our legal obligations;
  • we are performing a contract with you for our services; and
  • we have legitimate interests in using your Personal Data and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (โ€œGDPRโ€), we, NICKI KING, are the โ€œdata controllerโ€. If you have any questions about this policy or about how we use your Personal Data, please contact us via our contact details at the end of this policy.

This policy is effective as of 16/05/2018. We review our privacy practices on an ongoing basis, and as such we may change this privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page frequently to ensure you are familiar with its current content.

1 Personal Data we collect via our website [NICKI KING] (the โ€œWebsiteโ€)

Personal Data that you provide to us
We only collect Personal Data where you choose to interact with us on the Website in the following ways:

  • When you sign up to receive free content including ebooks, videos and offers we may collect your email address, first name and last name
  • When you purchase a book directly from us we may collect your name, email address, phone number, any personal data which you provide to us in free text boxes on the form, and your payment method choice (payment details are held by the payment processor not us
  • When you complete any form such as media enquiries, we may collect your name, email address, phone numbers and any personal data you provide to us an any free text boxes on the form

In addition, Nicki King has a note of addresses for people who work with her on proofing, editing, etc. These are not shared with anyone, and the data may be used to send out personal correspondence on an irregular basis. If you would like your information deleted from Nicki King’s personal contacts/address book then please email Nicki at nickitking.author@gmail.com

Data that we collect automatically

We automatically collect certain information when you visit our Website โ€“ such as the type of browser and operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet service provider. We do not link this information with any Personal Data.

We may also collect data automatically through our use of cookies on the Website.

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computerโ€™s hard drive.

Our website uses these โ€œcookiesโ€ to collect information and to improve our Service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

2 Use of your Personal Data

We will only use your Personal Data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your Personal Data to:

  • process and manage your use of our website;
  • respond to your questions, comments and requests;
  • where you have opted-in to receive marketing from us, deliver communications that are relevant to your preferences / may be of interest to you;
  • improve our services and Website through analysis of information.

3 Sharing of your Personal Data

We take your privacy seriously and will not share your Personal Data with others, except as permitted by applicable law or as set out below:
We share Personal Data as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on our behalf and who require the information to provide those specific services to us. These third parties may include social media advertising platforms such as Facebook and Google Adwords for the purpose of custom audience generation and the development of targeting criteria for other audiences. Please note that we have appropriate data privacy safeguards in place with third parties with whom we share Personal Data as described above and who are providing services or functions on our behalf.

Ads appearing on our Service may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by this Service and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

4 Keeping your Personal Data secure

We have implemented security policies and technical measures to safeguard the Personal Data we collect. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable law, including the GDPR, to safeguard Personal Data from accidental loss, destruction or damage and unauthorised access, use and disclosure.

5 Retention periods for use of your Personal Data

We will use and store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your Personal Data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise as communicated to you. We review the Personal Data we hold at regular intervals and delete permanently or anonymise any Personal Data which is no longer necessary.

6. Children

This Website and our services are aimed at adults, and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Data relating to children aged under 15 years old. If you are under the age of 15, please do not provide us with any of your Personal Data, including your email address.

7 Access to and control over your Personal Data

You have legal rights under applicable law in relation to your Personal Data. You can ask the following questions, or take the following actions, at any time by contacting us via email [nicstar000@gmail.com]:

  • see what Personal Data we hold about you (if any), including why we are holding it and who it could be disclosed to;
  • ask us to change/correct your Personal Data;
  • ask us to delete your Personal Data;
  • object to the processing of your Personal Data;
  • ask us to restrict the processing of your Personal Data;
  • withdraw any consents you have given us to the processing of your Personal Data; and
  • express any concerns you have about third partiesโ€™ use of your Personal Data.

8 Change of purpose

We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to have an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.

If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

9 Contact Us

Our full details are:
NICKI KING
Email for Privacy Questions: nickiking.author@gmail.com

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This privacy policy was updated 2nd May 2018 and then updated 26th October 2022.