At a glance
This website does not currently offer visitor accounts, comments, behavioral advertising, persistent game scores, or direct payment processing. Newsletter signup and direct correspondence are intended for adults.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide information when you subscribe to the Grace Matthews Books newsletter, send an email to contact@gracematthewsbooks.com, or otherwise contact Grace Matthews Books directly.
Depending on how you contact us, this information may include your email address, name, and the contents of your message. Please do not send sensitive personal information through email.
Children’s Privacy
Grace Matthews Books creates books, games, and educational material that may appeal to children and families. However, this website does not ask children to create accounts or submit names, email addresses, photographs, precise locations, or other personal details.
Children under 13 should not subscribe to the newsletter or send personal information through the website. Newsletter signup and direct correspondence are intended for adults.
Parents or guardians who believe that a child has provided personal information may contact contact@gracematthewsbooks.com to request review or deletion.
Games and Interactive Content
The current website games do not require an account, request a player’s name or email address, or intentionally store a player’s score for later visits.
Future games or interactive features may have different privacy practices. This Privacy Policy will be updated before any feature is introduced that collects additional personal information.
Technical Information
Like most websites, the site’s hosting and security systems may automatically process limited technical information, such as:
- Internet Protocol address;
- browser and device type;
- operating system;
- referring page;
- pages requested;
- date and time of access; and
- information needed to detect errors, abuse, or security threats.
This information may be processed by the website host or related technical providers to operate, protect, troubleshoot, and maintain the website.
Grace Matthews Books does not currently use this information for behavioral advertising or to build advertising profiles of visitors.
External Websites
The website includes links to independent third-party services, including Amazon, TeePublic, Facebook, YouTube, Goodreads, MailerLite, and other external websites.
When you follow an external link, that service may collect information under its own privacy policy. Grace Matthews Books does not control the privacy practices, security, content, or availability of third-party websites.
Purchases
Grace Matthews Books does not currently process purchases or payment-card information directly through this website.
Book and merchandise purchases are completed through third-party retailers such as Amazon and TeePublic. Their terms, privacy policies, payment systems, shipping policies, and return policies apply to those transactions.
How Information Is Used
Information collected through the website may be used to:
- deliver requested newsletters;
- respond to messages and inquiries;
- operate and secure the website;
- diagnose technical problems;
- prevent misuse or fraud;
- comply with legal obligations; and
- maintain business records when reasonably necessary.
Grace Matthews Books does not sell newsletter subscriber information.
Data Retention
Newsletter information is retained while you remain subscribed or as otherwise needed to operate the mailing list and comply with applicable obligations.
Direct correspondence may be retained when reasonably necessary to respond, maintain records, protect legal rights, or comply with applicable law.
Your Choices
You may:
- unsubscribe from newsletters using the link in any newsletter;
- request correction or deletion of information you previously provided;
- ask what personal information Grace Matthews Books maintains about you; or
- contact us with a privacy question.
Requests may be sent to contact@gracematthewsbooks.com. Reasonable verification may be required before completing certain requests.
Security
Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect information. However, no website, email system, or method of online storage can be guaranteed completely secure.
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, services, or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top of the page will be revised when material changes are made.
Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy may be sent to:
Grace Matthews Bookscontact@gracematthewsbooks.com