Privacy policy

The short version

No ads, and your data is never sold. If you say yes to the cookie banner, anonymous visit statistics are collected to see which books readers are interested in. If you say no, nothing is collected. Your email address is only collected if you sign up for the newsletter, and you can unsubscribe at any time with one click.

Who is responsible

This website is run by Paul Efft, who is the controller of your personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Questions or requests: paulefft@gmail.com.

The newsletter

When you sign up, these are collected:

• your email address;
• which page you signed up from (for example, the homepage or a specific book);
• your IP address and the time of signup, kept as a record of your consent.

You'll get an email asking you to confirm before you're added (double opt-in). After that you'll receive occasional emails about new books, excerpts and bonus stories.

Legal basis: your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). You can withdraw it at any time using the unsubscribe link in every email, or by emailing paulefft@gmail.com.

How long: until you unsubscribe. Unconfirmed signups are removed. After you unsubscribe, your address may be kept on a suppression list only so you're never emailed again.

Visit statistics (only with your consent)

If you click “Accept” on the cookie banner, the site uses PostHog to count visits. It records which pages you view, clicks on the Amazon and Payhip buttons, that a newsletter signup happened (not your email address), and technical details such as browser, device type, referring site and approximate location derived from your IP address. You stay anonymous: no name or email is linked to these statistics, and there are no session recordings.

Legal basis: your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). Change your mind any time with “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page. Choosing “No thanks” stops collection immediately.

Services that process data for this site

• MailerLite (UAB MailerLite, Lithuania, EU) stores the newsletter list and sends the emails.
• Vercel (Vercel Inc., USA) hosts the website. Like any web server, it briefly processes technical data such as your IP address and browser type to deliver pages and keep the site secure. Transfers to the USA are covered by the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and/or Standard Contractual Clauses.
• PostHog (PostHog Inc., USA) stores the visit statistics, only if you consent. Data is kept in PostHog's US cloud; transfers are covered by Standard Contractual Clauses.
• Supabase stores the book information shown on this site. It doesn't store any data about visitors.

Your data is never sold or shared for advertising.

Cookies

Your cookie choice is remembered in your browser's local storage. Only if you accept, PostHog stores an anonymous ID (a cookie and local storage entry starting with “ph_”) to tell repeat visits apart; it's kept for up to a year and removed if you later choose “No thanks”. No advertising or third-party tracking cookies are used. The author's private admin area uses its own sign-in cookie, which visitors never get.

Links to other sites

Buy buttons lead to Amazon and Payhip. When you buy a book there, their own privacy policies apply. This site doesn't receive your payment details.

Your rights

You have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time (for statistics: “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page). Email paulefft@gmail.com and you'll get a reply within one month. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.

Children

The newsletter is meant for readers aged 16 and over.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top will change too. Significant changes will be announced in the newsletter. See also the terms of use.