Privacy policy.
1. Introduction
This is the website of author Parker Finch.
When you use the website or sign up to receive blog email updates from Parker Finch, Parker Finch Publishing is the “data controller”. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal data about you. It also means that we are required to provide you with the information contained in this privacy notice in respect of the website.
We are 100% committed to maintaining your trust and privacy when you visit the website or subscribe to our email updates. If you have any questions about how we protect your privacy, please drop us a line at hello AT authorparkerfinch DOT com
Third-party Links
This website and our email updates may include contact details of third parties or links to third-party websites. Some of the web pages of the website may also contain embedded objects such as YouTube videos and Instagram photographs.
Contacting those third parties or clicking on those links or using the embedded objects may allow third parties to collect or share personal data about you. We do not control these third-parties and are not responsible for their privacy statements or processing activities.
2. When do we collect your personal data?
We do not collect any sensitive personal data about you. We collect, store, and use the following categories of personal data about you:
Cookie Consent
When you first visit our website, you may see a cookie banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Your response to this banner is recorded as your cookie preference. We use cookies in your web browser to collect data analytics such as the geolocation of visitors and which pages of the website you access.
When you sign up to receive email updates we collect your email address.
If you contact us through the form on the contact page or email us directly about the website, our emails to you, this privacy notice, or just to say hello.
3. How and why do we use your personal data?
This website and our newsletter were created to keep fans of Parker Finch books up-to-date with the latest news. To enable you to use the website and subscribe to the blog, we have to process some limited personal data about you. We will not process your personal data unless we have a legal basis to do so under data protection law and we will not process your personal data in a way you would not expect.
Below we set this out in detail, showing you what we do with your personal data and why:
Website Analytics
To pursue the legitimate interests of maintaining a website for fans we need to use website cookies to improve the experience of visitors to the website, for example letting you navigate through the webpages efficiently. Please read our Cookies Policy for further information.
We also use website analytics to find out things such as the number and geolocation of visitors to the different pages of the website. This data is aggregated and processed in a way that does not identify anyone and therefore is not considered to be personal data in law.
Facebook Pixel
Our website uses the Facebook Pixel, a tracking technology that helps us measure the effectiveness of our advertising, build targeted audiences, and track conversions from Facebook ads. The Facebook Pixel collects information such as pages you visit, actions you take on our site, and basic device information. This data helps us show you more relevant advertisements on Facebook and Instagram. The data collected may be shared with Facebook and is stored according to Facebook's data policy (https://www.facebook.com/policy.php). You can learn more about Facebook Pixels and manage your ad preferences through Facebook's Ad Settings.
Email Updates
When you subscribe to the updates mailing list you are consenting to receive updates from us.
Enquiries
When you send us an email about the website, blog, this privacy notice, or just to say hello, this is your consent for us to consider and respond to your enquiry.
4. Sharing your data
We only share your personal data as an essential part of being able to maintain the website and our emails, as set out in this privacy notice:
MailerLite
MailerLite is the email delivery provider we use to collect and store the email addresses of subscribers to our email updates and to deliver those updates to your email inbox.
We may also share your personal data with third parties where required by law or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so.
5. Transferring your personal data outside the USA
We use MailerLite for our email updates, which is based in Lithuania (European Union). When you subscribe to our email updates, your email address is collected and stored by MailerLite in accordance with their privacy policy and with appropriate safeguards in place for international data transfers. For more information about how MailerLite processes personal data, please see their privacy policy at: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy.
6. How do we keep your 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 your Personal Data from accidental loss, destruction or damage, and unauthorized access, use, and disclosure. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.
7. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. For email subscribers, we retain your email address until you unsubscribe. For website analytics data, we retain this information for up to [X months/years] before it is aggregated and anonymized.
8. Unsubscribing
We retain your email address for as long as you are a subscriber to our email updates.
You can unsubscribe from our email updates at any time by clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of any email update or by contacting us: hello AT authorparkerfinch DOT com
9. Your rights
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 email at hello AT authorparkerfinch DOT com:
Request Access to see what Personal Data we hold about you (if any), including why we are holding it and to whom it could be disclosed
Request Correction to change or correct your Personal Data
Request Erasure by asking us to delete your Personal Data
Object to the Processing of your Personal Data
Restrict the processing of your Personal Data by asking us to stop processing your personal data
Withdraw Consents you have given us to the processing of your Personal Data
Express Concerns you have about third parties’ use of your Personal Data
10. Minors
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.
11. Surveys & Contests
From time to time, our site or email update may request information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address,) and demographic information (such as zip code, age, or preferences.) Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site and our email updates
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 5 October 2025, 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. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will update the policy on this page with the new effective date. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. Your continued use of the Service after we 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.
WE VALUE YOUR PRIVACY
If, after reading all of the above, you have any questions about how we protect your privacy, please drop us a line at hello AT authorparkerfinch DOT com. Thank you for trusting us with your information.