Privacy
Data Collected: All information collected from AutographedbytheAuthor.com is used only by Waxcreative. All data submitted by any form is managed, collected, and stored by Waxcreative for the expressed purpose of responding to submitted query. Data is not ever sold to a third party or made available for sale. The information collected, such as your email address, is stored in order for Waxcreative to communicate directly with you via email regarding your purchase, not as part of any formal mailing list and thus there is no auto-unsubscribe. If you do not want to receive such email messages, you will simply need to request an end to the conversation.
Social Media: If you use a third-party connection through Facebook or Twitter by “following,” “liking,” AutographedbytheAuthor.com, that third party may pass certain information about your use of its service, but note that AutographedbytheAuthor.com itself does not collect retain any of this information. You should always review, and if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on third-party websites and services, like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. before using them to link to other places.
Analytics information: Waxcreative may directly collect analytics data, or use third-party analytics tools and services, like Google Analytics, to help measure traffic and usage trends for our web pages, email newsletters, promotions, and social media connections. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit and other information that assist in improving your user experience. This analytics data is collected and used in aggregate form such that it cannot reasonably be manipulated to identify any particular individual user.
Log file information: AutographedbytheAuthor.com is routinely monitored/scanned for virus checks, malware identification, etc., in order to keep it a secure site. As such, log file information is automatically reported by your browser or mobile device each time you access the site, and the server automatically records certain log file information. These server logs may include anonymous information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.
Instances where it may be required to share your information: Your information will only be disclosed where required to do so by law or subpoena or if there is reasonable belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement; (b) to protect the security, quality or integrity of the website; and/or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of this website’s users, or others.
Links to Other Websites and Services: Waxcreative is not responsible for the practices employed by websites or services linked to or from AutographedbytheAuthor.com, comment pages, or social media sites, including the information or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from AutographedbytheAuthor.com to another website, this Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service are subject to that third-party’s own rules and policies. Waxcreative is not responsible and does not have control over any third parties that you authorize to access your User Content. If you are using a third-party website or service (like Facebook, Twitter, Google groups, etc.) and you allow such a third-party access to your User Content you do so at your own risk. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information Waxcreative collects by other means (including offline) or from other sources other than through AutographedbytheAuthor.com.
Sharing Information
How We Share Information: We do not sell our users’ private personal information.
Third Party Vendors: We may share information about you with third party vendors who need to know information about you in order to provide their services to us, or to provide their services to you or your site. This group includes vendors that help us provide our Services to you (like payment providers that processes your order, see Woocommerce.com privacy policy; and payment providers that processes your credit and debit card information, see Paypal privacy policy; postal delivery services, see USPS privacy policy; and email delivery services that help us stay in touch with you, see Google privacy policy.)
Information Shared Publicly: Information that you choose to make public is disclosed publicly.
That means that information like your public profile, posts, other content that you make public on your website, and your “Likes” and comments on other websites, are all available to others.
Cookies Policy
What Are Cookies: Essentially all websites use Cookies. A Cookie is a small file sent to your browser from a website you visit. It is stored on either your web browser or on your device. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session.” Some go away when you leave the site, and some stay on your device until you remove them. Cookies do not allow access to your computer or any data/files contained in your computer.
How This Site Uses Cookies: Personal information will not be collected where a person is only browsing the Site, but we may use Cookies to better tailor our information and our services to meet the needs of Site visitors. We may collect non-personal information about the computer, mobile device, or other device you use to access this Site, such as IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, and/or browser language to help us understand how people use this Site.
The law states that we can store Cookies on your device if they are “strictly necessary” for the operation of this site. For all other types of Cookies we need your opt-in/opt-out permission, and you can turn them on and off at will though your browser. We have made the Cookies as easy to manage as reasonable cost will allow.
You can choose whether to accept Cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Each browser publishes up-to-date guidelines how to do this. However, if you disable this function (or keep this function disabled, as set by default by certain browsers), your experience on this Site may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
The first time you visit this Site on a particular browser, you will see a notification that states, “This website uses Cookies to ensure that you have the best possible experience. By clicking the “I consent” button you are agreeing to accept Cookies. Learn More.” With that text will be a button that says “I consent”. By clicking on that button, you will be consenting to use of Cookies as described above, subject to any settings you may have on your browser.
Which Cookies Do We Use? To the extent any personal information is collected through first-party Cookies, our Privacy Policy applies and complements this Cookie Policy. Personal information collected through a third-party Cookie is subject to the privacy policy of that third party, and not our Privacy Policy.
Below we list the different types of Cookies that are used on this Site.
Essential Cookies: Essential Cookies enable you to navigate the Site and to use its services and features. Without these necessary Cookies, the Site will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like it to, and we may not be able to provide the Site or certain services or features.
Social Media Cookies: Social media Cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content you find interesting on our Site through third-party social networking and other websites.
Analytics Cookies: Analytics Cookies collect information about your use of the Site, and enable us to improve the way it works. We use information from Analytics Cookies to analyze the Site traffic, but we do not examine this information for individually identifying information.
Third Party / Embedded Content: Autographed By the Author.com make use of different third party applications and services to enhance the experience of website visitors. These include social media platforms such as Facebook (through the use of sharing buttons). As a result, cookies may be set by these third parties, and used by them to track your online activity. We have no direct control over the information that is collected by these cookies.
Controlling Cookies: Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers provide for ways to control cookie behavior such as the length of time they are stored – either through built-in functionality or by utilizing third party plugins. If you disable cookies, please be aware that some of the features of our service may not function correctly.
To find out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit aboutcookies.org. For more details on your choices regarding use of your web browsing activity for interest-based advertising visit youronlinechoices.eu (EU based) or optout.aboutads.info (US based). On a mobile device, you may also be to adjust your settings to limit ad tracking.
You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on.