I love hearing from readers and visitors to my website. E-mail me at: karen@karenfenech.com I read every email personally. Due to writing deadlines and the volume of incoming mail, it may take some time for you to receive a response. Thank you for your patience and understanding. If you'd like to know when my next novel is available, sign up to receive my notification-only news and also receive a free eCopy of CAUGHT, a Protectors Series novella. You can also keep in touch with me at FACEBOOK, TWITTER, and GOODREADS. To inquire about rights availability, including film and television options, please contact me directly at: karen@karenfenech.com To visit my archived BLOG, please CLICK HERE PRIVACY POLICY It is the policy of karenfenech.com to 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 fundamental rights do not override those interests. For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), we, KarenFenech.com, are the “data controller”. If you have any questions about this policy or about how we use your Personal Data, please contact us via our contact details at the end of this policy. This policy is effective as of May 20, 2018. We review our privacy practices on an ongoing basis, and as such we may change this privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page on occasion to ensure you are familiar with its current content. 1. Personal Data we collect via our website karenfenech.com (the “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 eBooks, news and offers, you provide your Email address When you purchase a book directly from us • Payment method choice (payment details are held by our payment processor, not us) When you complete the media enquiries form • Email address • Any Personal Data which you provide to us in a free text box of a form Data that we collect automatically We automatically collect certain information when you visit our Website – such as the type of browser and operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet service provider. We do not link this information with any Personal Data. We may also collect data automatically through our use of cookies on the Website. 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: – process and manage your use of our website; – respond to your questions, comments, and requests; – deliver marketing from us, deliver communications that are relevant to your preferences or that 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 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 with third 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 unauthorized 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 render anonymous 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 18 years old. If you are under the age of 18, 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 our email address karen@karenfenech.com – see what Personal Data we hold about you (if any); – 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 8. Change of purpose We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it. 9. 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