Privacy Policy
Updated 05/16/2019
At sandraamiller.com, the official website for Sandra A. Miller, we take privacy seriously and do our part to protect your personal data.
To protect your personal data, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. We encrypt all data processed and collected through our website.
Cookies
We use cookies to help us provide a better user experience. You may choose to disable cookies using the tools in your browser; however, by doing so you may not be able to take advantage of all of the functions of our website.
Data We Collect
Visitor Data
When you visit and browse our website, your activity will be tracked by Google Analytics using a cookie. Your IP (Internet protocol) address will remain anonymous, so the data cannot be linked back to you. We also disable “data sharing”. The data collected includes your general location, your age group, your gender, your device type, your web browser type, and general topics of interest identified by Google. We use this data to improve user experience on our website.
We built our website on WordPress and use a host of services from Automattic, the creators of WordPress.
Comment Data
When you leave a comment on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Some comments may be reviewed for spam by an automated system.
Contact Data
When you fill out a contact form on our website, we collect your name, email address, organization name, and phone number. Your data and message will be stored both in a database on our secure server hosted by Bluehost as well as in our email client. We will only use this information to contact you regarding the specific reason you filled out our contact form. We may retain your data and emails indefinitely for future reference.
Subscriber Data
You can choose to receive email updates from us when you subscribe to our mailing list through MailChimp. We will never automatically subscribe you to this service. We will collect your name and email address. You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list at any time by following the instructions at the bottom of any email messages you receive from us as a subscriber.
Data We Share
We do not share or sell your data with third-parties without your express consent.
Legal Purposes
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so.
Third-Party Services
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers have their own privacy policies. For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which these providers will handle your personal information.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
WordPress Third-Party Services
We do use some WordPress plugins on this website that may pass data, including personal information, to external servers to process, such as Akismet Anti-Spam or Jetpack. We only use WordPress plugins that are hosted by WordPress.org, which clearly prohibits tracking of users without their explicit consent.
Embedded Content
We do not currently embed content on our website.
Your Data Once You Leave
We may link to other websites that will direct you away from our website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements. Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy.
Book Sellers
To be able to buy our book, we link and direct you to Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Brown Paper Press.
Events
Our Book Events link to Google Map pages for location information and directions.
Your Data Rights
Request and Delete Your Data
If you have submitted any personal data on our website, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can view, update, download or delete your personal data at any time by request through our contact form.
You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Compromised Data
If we ever become aware of a security breach that impacts the personal data we hold about you, we will notify you within 72 hours of learning of said breach.
Changes to This Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, you may contact us.