Last updated September 01, 2024

At The Diary of a Reader, your privacy matters—just like a good plot twist. This book blog is a space for stories, not snooping. Below, you’ll find all the details about how I collect, use, and protect your personal information while you’re visiting my site.

This Privacy Notice for The Diary of a Reader (“we,” “us,” or “our“), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share (“process“) your personal information when you use our services (“Services“), including when you:

  • Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events

What Information Is Collected?

When you visit this book blog, certain data may be automatically collected to help improve the services I provide. This can include:

  • Browser type
  • Device type
  • Referring website
  • Pages viewed and time spent on the site
  • IP address
  • General location

This data is gathered through cookies and tools like Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website, and how I can make it better, like adding a plot twist where you least expect it.

Cookies

Just like a good story needs chapters, this site uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small data files that are stored on your device to:

  • Recognize returning visitors
  • Remember preferences
  • Track usage for analytics

You can disable cookies in your browser settings at any time—no hard feelings, promise.

When Do You Provide Personal Information?

You may choose to provide personal information when:

  • Subscribing to my newsletter
  • Leaving a comment on the blog
  • Filling out a contact form
  • Requesting a book review or service

This info may include your name, email address, or social handles. I use it only to respond to your request, keep in touch, or deliver the services you’ve asked for.

Sharing with Third Parties

Your information will never be sold or shared with shady third parties. I may use trusted third-party services like Google Analytics to better understand what posts are most engaging. These third parties have their own privacy policies that outline how they use your data.

Protecting Your Info

While no website can guarantee 100% security (even dystopian fiction has hackers), I take reasonable steps to protect your data and ensure it stays safe from unauthorized access or disclosure.

Your Privacy Rights

If you’ve previously shared personal information and want it updated or removed, please email me directly at [email protected]. You can request access to your data or ask me to delete it from my records.

Updates to This Policy

This privacy policy may be updated occasionally to reflect changes in services, third-party tools, or legal requirements. Please check back regularly to stay in the know.

Contact

Questions about this policy?
Email: [email protected]

Mediavine Advertising Privacy Notice v. 1.2

Mediavine works with this site to support the delivery of ads that align with your interests. It collects information about your online activities and browsing information, including websites you visit, pages you view, search terms, the apps you use, the language and device you use, location, and emails from newsletter sign-ups. This information is then passed to partners to enable them to display interest-based advertising to you.

This Notice is specific to Mediavine and explains how Mediavine collects, uses, shares, or sells your personal information when you visit this site or sign up for a newsletter managed by Mediavine. This website must disclose any collection, use, sharing, or sale of personal data beyond the services provided by Mediavine in its own privacy notice (above) and comply with relevant privacy laws.

What personal data does Mediavine collect?

Mediavine may collect:

  • IP Address (a unique address that identifies your computer or phone on the internet)
  • Location (country, city, state)
  • Operating System (e.g., Windows or Mac)
  • Device Information (hardware, platform, location, and carrier data)
  • Language of the Website or Browser
  • Web Browser Type (e.g., Chrome, Firefo,x or Safari)
  • Email address

When you visit this site, Mediavine uses cookies and similar technologies, such as pixels and tags, to collect your information about your behavior on this site and other websites you visit, across your devices. These tools track preferences, website visits and activities, interactions with emails and ads, and evaluate the effectiveness of emails and ads, and record which ads have been shown to you to enable the delivery of interest-based ads on this site. To learn more, please visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org; ICO – What are cookies and similar technologies; https://learnwebanalytics.com/whats-the-difference-between-a-cookie-a-pixel-and-a-tag.

In some cases, Mediavine may manage a site’s newsletter. Mediavine collects your email directly from you through the newsletter sign-up form, and will request your consent to use your email for interest-based advertising. Your email will be converted into a hashed format – a unique set of numbers and letters representing your email – before being sent to partners. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, you may unsubscribe at any time using the “Unsubscribe” button.

Does Mediavine share or sell my personal information for interest-based advertising?

Yes, Mediavine will use, share, license, sell, or otherwise disclose your personal information to our partners to enable interest-based advertising to be displayed to you on this site. Through the bidstream, an online marketplace, Mediavine shares data, such as ad location, site content, and your personal information, with advertisers. Using this information, advertisers bid for ad space, and the winning bidder gets to display their ad to you on this site.

Mediavine may share your personal data with partners to create a universal (unique) identifier linked to your online behavior and preferences. This identifier is added to the bid request to improve the targeting of interest-based ads. Mediavine and its partners may also combine your personal data collected from your interaction with this site with your data that they have collected from other sources to create a profile of your interests and behaviors to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers, and applications. Mediavine could also license your personal data from its partners to enrich the information in its bid request to advertisers.

To learn more about Mediavine partners, visit https://www.mediavine.com/ad-partners.

How can I opt out of interest-based advertising?

To opt out of interest-based advertising on this site, you may take the following actions:

Cookie Consent – For EU/UK visitors

On first visit to the site, you may reject the use of cookies through the cookie consent banner, shown only where legally required. If you initially accept the use of cookies, but change your mind, you can access the banner by clicking “Update Privacy Settings” at the bottom of the home page to change your preferences at any time.

Disabling Cookies

To learn more about cookies and how to disable them for interest-based advertising, visit All About Cookies. Most browsers provide options in their menu to stop accepting new cookies, alert you to new cookies, disable cookies, and clear your browser’s cache or storage. Be aware that blocking cookies may affect your site experience, and essential cookies cannot be disabled as these are necessary for the website to function.

Opting Out Using Other Tools

Use the following tools to opt out of receiving interest-based advertising:

Opt-Out Rights in Certain US States

If you reside in certain US states, you have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data. A “Do Not Sell or Share My Information” button can be found at the bottom of the home page, where required.

Seeing Ads After Opting Out or Disabling Ads

Disabling cookies or opting out of the sales or sharing of personal data for advertising does not mean you won’t see ads on this website. It means the ads you see will not be personalized to your online behavior and interests.

What are my data protection rights?

Under data protection laws in the EU, UK, and certain US states, you may have the right to delete, access, request a copy, and correct your personal information. If you’d like to exercise these rights related to the services we provide on this website, please contact Mediavine at [email protected].

Will Mediavine transfer my personal data to the US?

Yes. Mediavine transfers your data to the US for processing and storage. To safeguard this transfer, Mediavine enters into agreements known as Standard Contractual Clauses with our vendors and partners to ensure your data is protected according to EU or UK privacy standards.

How does Mediavine protect my personal information?

Mediavine has implemented technical and organizational security measures appropriate to the risk of the personal data. Despite our safeguards and efforts, no internet transmission can be 100% secure.

How long does Mediavine keep my personal information?

Where Mediavine processes personal data to enable interest-based advertising, we will continue to process it until you ask us to stop.

How can I contact Mediavine if I have questions about this notice or its services for this website?

Please contact us at [email protected], or you may write to us at: 159 W. 25th St., Suite #427, New York, NY 10001.