PRIVACY POLICY

Effective July 2025


This is K. Ingraham Author’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you or which you may provide to us. 

We, K. Ingraham Author, value your privacy. The purpose of this privacy policy is to help you understand how we collect, disclose, safeguard, and otherwise make use of your personal information (hereinafter: “Personal Data”). This policy applies solely to Personal Data collected by kingrahamauthor.com (hereinafter: the “Website”) and any affiliated social media accounts.

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 or completing a transaction with you for our services; and 
• we have legitimate interests in using your Personal Data and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

For the purposes of the European Union’s General Date Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), K. Ingraham Author is the “data controller” responsible for your Personal Data. If you have any questions about this policy or about how we use your Personal Data, please contact us via email at info@kingrahamauthor.com 

By using our website and affiliated social media accounts, you (the visitor) hereby consent to:

• The data collection procedures expressed in this policy
• Allow third parties to process your IP address to determine your location for the purpose of currency conversion when you visit or make a purchase from kingrahamauthor.com as well as our payment processing landing page via PayHip located at payhip.com/kingrahamauthor
• Acknowledge that you are above the age of consent and majority in your jurisdiction
• Acceptance of this privacy policy

1. Personal Data the Website collects, uses, and shares

1.1 Personal Data that you provide to us
We only collect Personal Data where you choose to interact with us on the Website by engaging in the following activity types:

When you complete the contact form on our Website to:

• send K. Ingraham Author a message    
• Email address
• First name

When you sign-up to:

• subscribe to K. Ingraham’s newsletter and/or receive free content
• Email address
• Name

When you click on a link in one of our newsletters or emails

• Name
• Email address
• Any Personal Data which you provide to us in the free text box of the form

When you purchase a book directly from us

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Any Personal Data which you provide to us in the free text box of the form
• Payment method choice (payment details are held by our payment process, PayHip, not us)

1.2 Data that we collect automatically
We automatically collect certain information when you visit our Website. This non-personal information may include the:

• browser type and version you are using
• Internet Protocol (“IP”) address of your device
• pages of our Website that you visit
• and other non-identifying information

We do not link this information with Personal Data.

1.2.1 Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use “cookies” and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. Tracking technologies we may use include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information. 

We may use both persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until deleted) and session cookies (which are deleted as soon as you close your browser). You can accept or decline cookies using web browser settings. If you choose to disable cookies, some areas of the website may not work properly. For more information about cookies and how to disable cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org

2. How we use your Personal Data
We will only use your Personal Data when the law allows us to. As such, we use your Personal Data to:

• process and manage your use of our website
• respond to your questions and comments when you communicate with us through the Website’s contact form
• where you have opted-in to receive direct marketing messages, such as newsletters and offers—subscribers may unsubscribe at any time (Subscribers: See MailerLite’s privacy policy at https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy)

3. Sharing of your Personal Data
K. Ingraham Author takes your privacy seriously. We will never sell, share, or give your Personal Data to other companies or people without asking you first. The only exceptions are:

• When we need to share it to complete something you requested (see 3.2 Payment Processor and Payments)
• When the law requires us to share it
• When the government requires us to share it

3.1 Third parties
We share Personal Data as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on our behalf. These third parties may include social media advertising platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Google for the purpose of improving our Website and offerings and to obtain statistical data. If this Website uses this technology, the Website will use them in compliance with all policies of these third-party companies.

3.2 Payment processor and payments
We share Personal Data with our payment processor, PayHip, when you make a purchase on our website. We accept payments through PayPal via our payment processor. When processing payments, some of your Personal Data will be passed to PayHip and PayPal as the third parties providing the sale on our behalf. 

Please see PayHip’s privacy policy for more details at https://payhip.com/privacy 
Please see PayPal’s privacy policy for more details at https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full 

3.3 Legal requirements
We might have to share your information if the law requires it, or if we:

• genuinely believe it’s necessary to protect our Website’s rights
• have an honest, good-faith belief that any portion of our policies are being violated
• believe it could mitigate a crime
• need to protect other users’ safety

4. Storing your Personal Data
You have the right to know what Personal Data we collect and what we do with it. We store your Personal Data in a data management system and work hard to safeguard it. 

When we collect your Personal Data, we act as a data controller. We decide what Personal Data to collect, how long to keep it, and what to do with it. We use a third-party company, MailerLite, to act as a data processor to store the names and email addresses on our email list. To the best of our ability, we believe that all third-party data processors this Website uses are GDPR compliant and have good privacy practices.

We take precautions to protect your Personal Data against unauthorized access, use, and disclosure; unlawful processing; accidental loss; destruction; and damage. Any Personal Data provided to the Website is protected both online and offline. However, there is no method of transmission over the Internet nor any method of electronic storage that is 100% guaranteed. As such, we can only guarantee a reasonable level of absolute security of your Personal Data.

4.1 Retaining and transferring your Personal Data
We will retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws. 

This website and its servers are based in the United States. The U.S. internet laws apply to everything on this site. When you do anything on this website, such as signing up for our newsletter, getting a free download, contacting us, or buying something, your information gets sent to the United States to be processed. Your information might stay in the U.S., or it might be transferred to other countries depending on what type of information it is and how we store it. If your information ends up in another country, that country might not have privacy laws that are as strong as the ones in your home country. However, we promise to follow our privacy policy no matter where your information goes. By using this website and giving us any personal information, you're consenting to us transferring and processing your information this way.

5. Minors
This Website, its contents, products and services are aimed at adults above the age of consent and majority in their jurisdiction. Minors should not use this platform, and as such, we do not knowingly or intentionally collect, share, or use any Personal Data from minors.  

If you are a minor (a person who is below the age of consent and majority in your jurisdiction), please do not provide us with any of your Personal Data, including your email address.

6. Access to and control over your Personal Data
You have legal rights under applicable law in relation to your Personal Data. You can take the following actions at any time by emailing info@kingrahamauthor.com:

• see what Personal Data we hold about you, if any;
• update, edit, or delete your Personal Data from our database;
• stop receiving emails by clicking “unsubscribe” or emailing us at the email address listed above;
• 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 in relation to your Personal Data;
• express any concerns you have about our use or third parties’ use of your Personal Data

7. Unsubscribe or opt-out
You can stop receiving emails or newsletters any time. To do so, please email info@kingrahamauthor.com and let us know that you wish to unsubscribe. You may also click “unsubscribe” at the bottom of any email we send you from our list. 

8. Contact us
Email for privacy questions: info@kingrahamauthor.com 


This policy is effective as of July 1, 2025. We review our privacy practices on an ongoing basis, and as such we reserve the right to change this privacy policy from time to time. A notice about such changes will be posted on the Website’s home page. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically to ensure you are familiar with its current content.