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Diane Ezzard writes emotionally charged mystery books that keep you guessing until the end

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    • My Dark Decline
    • I Know Your Every Move
    • As Sick As Our Secrets
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    • A Life Lost
    • The Killing Cult
    • The Sophie Brown Mystery Series books 1-3.
  • The Dotty Drinkwater Mystery Series Books 1 – 6
    • Dotty Dishes the Dirt
    • Dotty Dices with Death
    • Dotty Dreads a Disaster
    • Dotty Dabbles in Danger
    • Dotty Discovers Diamonds
    • Dotty Deals with a Dilemma
    • Dotty Defends a Detective
    • Dotty Digs Deep
    • Dotty Dances with the Devil
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Privacy policy

Privacy Policy for dezzardwriter.com

We 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. (“Personal data”)

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 fundemental rights do not override those interests.

For the purposes of the EU general data protection regulation ((EU) 2016/679)(“GDPR”) we, dezzardwriter.com are the data controller.

This policy is effective as of 18/05/2018. We review our privacypractices on an ongoing basis, and as such we may change the privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page frequently to enusre you are familiar with its current content.

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at support@dezzardwriter.com

At dezzardwriter.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by dezzardwriter.com and how it is used.

  1. Personal data we collect via our website

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 eboooks and offers, the personal data we collect could be your email address, first and last name.

When you complete the media enquiry form, we collect your name, email address and any personal data which you provide to us in the free text box of the form.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites,  dezzardwriter.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies and Web Beacons

dezzardwriter.com does not use cookies.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

.:: Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on dezzardwriter.com

.:: Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to dezzardwriter.com  and other sites on the Internet.
.:: Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL –http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site.

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on dezzardwriter.com send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

dezzard.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. dezzardwriter.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

You can opt out of all communication with dezzardwriter.com  simply by leaving this page.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

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:

  • processs and manage your use of our website;
  • respond to your questions, comments and requests;
  • where you have opopted-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 withthird parties with whom we share Personal Data as described above and who are providing services or functions on our behalf.

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 at di.ezzard@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 parties’ 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: dezzardwriter.com/author site for Diane Ezzard
Email for Privacy Questions: support@dezzardwriter.com

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