privacy policy

What personal data we collect and why we collect it:

If you sign up for the newsletter, we will collect your name and email address. We will use this information to send you the newsletter and to notify you if you win a prize. If you win a prize, we will also ask for your snail-mail address in order to send you the prize. If this website or Mary Strand’s newsletter offers the chance to order books or other merchandise or to register for some cool thing, we may collect your contact information in order to respond and/or ship to you.

Embedded content from other websites:

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with:

If you sign up for the newsletter, we will store your information on the MailChimp server. MailChimp’s privacy policy is available at http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy. We won’t otherwise sell or transfer your personal information to outside parties except in the event of a police warrant or similar legal requirement. We advise you to avoid skirmishes with law enforcement.

Does this website use cookies:

Chocolate chip cookies, yes, and somewhat recklessly.

If this website allows you to order or receive books or other merchandise directly from us, cookies may remember and process the items in your shopping cart or to compile date about site traffic in order to offer better website tools and experiences.

How long we retain your data:

If you subscribe to the newsletter, your name and email address will be retained until you unsubscribe in order to send you the newsletter. The footer of every newsletter will include an unsubscribe option. You may unsubscribe at any time.

What rights you have over your data:

You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. 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.

Children under 13:

This website doesn’t specifically market to children under the age of 13. No offense, younger peeps! It’s a legal thing.