Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

I respect your privacy and am committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how I look after your personal data when you visit my website (emilytiffanyjoy.com) and tell you about your privacy rights.

2. The Data I Collect

As an independent author website, data collection is minimal. I may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which I have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data: includes first name and last name (if you submit a contact form).
• Contact Data: includes email address (if you sign up for a newsletter or contact me).
• Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, and operating system.
• Usage Data: includes information about how you interact with this website, such as pages visited, clicks, scroll behavior, session duration, and page load performance, collected through Microsoft Clarity and Cloudflare Web Analytics (see Section 4 below).

3. How I Use Your Data

I will only use your personal data when the law allows me to. Most commonly, I will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To communicate with you regarding inquiries sent via the contact form.
• To send you newsletters or updates about new book releases (only if you have explicitly opted in).
• To improve the website structure and content based on anonymous usage statistics.

4. Analytics

Microsoft Clarity

This website uses Microsoft Clarity, a behavioral analytics tool provided by Microsoft Corporation, to help me understand how visitors interact with the site. Clarity collects the following types of data:

• Mouse movements, clicks, and scroll behavior
• Pages visited and navigation patterns
• Session recordings and heatmaps (anonymized visual representations of user activity)
• Device type, browser, operating system, and screen resolution
• General geographic location (derived from IP address, which is not stored in full)

Clarity uses first-party cookies (such as _clck and _clsk) to distinguish unique users and track sessions. This data is processed by Microsoft and is subject to Microsoft's Privacy Statement. Clarity does not collect passwords, payment details, or other sensitive personal information.

You can opt out of Clarity tracking by disabling JavaScript in your browser, using a browser extension that blocks analytics scripts, or adjusting your cookie preferences to reject non-essential cookies.

Cloudflare Web Analytics

This website also uses Cloudflare Web Analytics, a privacy-focused performance analytics tool provided by Cloudflare, Inc. Cloudflare Web Analytics measures page load times, Core Web Vitals, and other performance metrics to help me ensure the site loads quickly and reliably. It collects the following types of data:

• Page URL and referrer
• Browser and device type
• Country-level location
• Page load performance metrics

Cloudflare Web Analytics does not use cookies, does not track individual users across sites, and does not collect personal information. Data is processed by Cloudflare and is subject to Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.

Additionally, this site is served through Cloudflare, which may set a cf_clearance cookie when you complete a human verification challenge. This cookie is used solely to record that you have passed the challenge and is not used for tracking or advertising purposes.

5. Contact Form

The contact form on this website is processed by Formspree, a third-party form handling service. When you submit the contact form, your name, email address, and message are transmitted to Formspree's servers for delivery to me. Formspree may store this data in accordance with their Privacy Policy. I do not use this data for any purpose other than responding to your inquiry.

6. Third-Party Links

This website includes links to third-party websites (such as Amazon, Google Play, Kobo, and BookBub). Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. I do not control these third-party websites and am not responsible for their privacy statements.

7. Cookies

This website uses cookies set by Microsoft Clarity for analytics purposes and a cf_clearance cookie set by Cloudflare for human verification (see Section 4). You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

8. Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or my privacy practices, please contact me via the Contact Page.