I am Aliette de Bodard and I operate this website https://www.aliettedebodard.com. This page is to inform you of my policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information received from users of the site. I only use your personal information for providing and improving https://www.aliettedebodard.com. By using https://www.aliettedebodard.com, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information Collection And Use

I may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include your name and email address, which for example I ask for when you are submitting a comment. This is used to allow you to bypass moderation and have your comments appear directly on the website.

Log Data

I save the information that your browser sends whenever you visit https://www.aliettedebodard.com (“Log Data”).

This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of https://www.aliettedebodard.com that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

Communications

I may use your personal information to contact you with comments regarding the service, or simply to discuss one of your comments with you in more depth. If another user asks to be put in touch with you, I will contact you directly with the details of the other user. I never give your personal information to anyone else without your permission.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

https://www.aliettedebodard.com also uses cookies to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, it’s possible that you won’t be able to use some portions of https://www.aliettedebodard.com (although I can’t think of any offhand).

Newsletter

Should you sign up to my newsletter, I will use your email address to contact you with the newsletter emails you requested, and not for other uses unless it’s with your express permission. You are of course free to unsubscribe at any time from the newsletter by following the unsubscribe procedure (link within the newsletter emails).

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 19th May 2018 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

I reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and if you care, you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after I post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If I make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, I will notify you either through the email address you have provided me or by placing a prominent notice on the website.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact me here.