How I use your personal information
I respect your privacy and promise not to spam you or sell or give away your email address
HOW I TREAT YOUR INFORMATION
Ruth Bullivant is the trading and author name of Ruth Pedley. Ruth Pedley is a natural person with a real identity in law and the administrator of the website www.ruthbullivant.com
By using www.ruthbullivant.com, you agree to the conditions of this Privacy Policy which informs you about what happens to the data I, Ruth Pedley, collect from you. It also explains when and how I can use this information.
INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM YOU
When you fill out a form on the site, you will be asked to provide your contact information. This information (your personal information) will be used by me, Ruth Pedley, to contact you in response to your request and to send you information about my work, if you have asked for that. I will not transfer it, sell it, or give it to any other party unless required by law to do so.
I’m obliged to tell you that you have the right not provide your contact information but if you do not, as may be obvious, you will not be able to submit the contact form.
I have set up this website so that it is not possible to leave a comment. However, if I were to change the settings in the future, and if you leave a testimonial or a book review or any other comment for other readers to see, your comments may be used and posted by me, Ruth Pedley (writing and trading as Ruth Bullivant) without restriction and free of charge on my website and/or as deemed appropriate by me in other marketing efforts. You can always request to have these comments or reviews deleted at any time by contacting me on the Contact or Message Me buttons on the website.
NEWSLETTER & CRM
You can unsubscribe from my newsletter by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the end of every newsletter.
I use MailerLite to manage my email marketing subscriber list and to send emails to my subscribers. MailerLite is a third-party provider, which may collect and process your data using industry standard technologies to help me monitor and improve my newsletters. MailerLite’s privacy policy is available here (at https://www.mailerlite.com/privacy-policy). If you subscribe to my newsletter, your name and email address will be kept private and saved on MailerLite’s secure servers.
The purpose of my emails is to send you news about my or my clients’ writing and publications and general advice related to writing, publishing, or marketing.
I use a client relationship management (CRM) system called Capsule and your email address is also stored on their secure servers. Capsule’s Privacy Policy can be found here (at https://capsulecrm.com/privacy/).
What you need to know when using this website
LIMITATION OF MY LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WEBSITE
By using this site, you acknowledge that I, Ruth Pedley (coaching, editing and writing as Ruth Bullivant) accept no type of liability invented by the wit of lawyers, law makers or the courts for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive or any other type of damage associated with this site, including but not limited to any virus that may infect your computer. All efforts are made to ensure such consequences don’t occur but you are solely responsible for any damage your equipment or you suffer that is related to downloading material obtained from this site or from sites linked to this site.
I am not liable for the unavailability of this or any other site, its failure or that of site functions except to the extent required by applicable laws.
This site may contain links to other sites and other sites may link to this site. These links are added for pure convenience and I am not responsible for the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the content from these other sites. Accessing these sites is done at your own risk.
WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT DO WHEN USING THIS WEBSITE
You cannot copy, modify, distribute, license, disseminate, display, reproduce, transfer, sell or offer to sell or act in any similar way in relation to any material, information, product, image, text, code or service viewed or obtained from this site without written permission from me.
Cookie Notice
COOKIES ARE NOT BISCUITS
This site may use cookies and keep track of browsing behaviour and traffic information such as URL, ISP, IP addresses, entry page, exit page and other statistical, demographic or aggregated information from its visitors. This non-personal information cannot be linked to your personal data but can be used to improve this website and the information it contains. You can always change your browser configuration if you do not want to accept cookies from this site although it could result in problematic viewing of the site.
AFFILIATE LINKS
Broadly, I dislike affiliate links but I will tell you if I am putting an affiliate link in front of you, and that if you click on an affiliate link, a cookie will be placed on your computer and should you make a purchase on that website, I, Ruth Pedley (trading and writing as Ruth Bullivant), if I am very lucky, may be paid a very small commission. The important thing is you will not pay a penny more by going through these links than if you were to go to the seller direct.