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Privacy Policy

It is stevewestwrites.com policy 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 have legitimate interests in using your Personal Data and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

This policy is effective as of March 22, 2022. 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 frequently to ensure you are familiar with its current content.

Personal Data

We collect certain Personal Data via our website ‘stevewestwrites.com’ (the“Website”).

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, videos, newsletters, and offers, we collect your email address so we can deliver the content.

  • 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.

​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:

  • deliver free books and other items, and our regular newsletter;

  • respond to your questions, comments and requests;

  • where you have opted-in to receive marketing from us, deliver communications that may be of interest to you;

  • improve our services and Website through analysis of information.

​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 email providers for the purpose of sending our regular newsletter.

  • 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.

  • We carefully vet third parties with whom we share Personal Data as described above and who are providing services or functions on our behalf for their own appropriate privacy and safeguards. 

Retention periods for 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 anonymise any Personal Data which is no longer necessary. 

Children 

This Website is intended for the use of adults, and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Data relating to children under 15 years old. If you are under the age of 15, please do not provide us with any of your Personal Data, including your email address.

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 email at steve@stevewestwrites.com or via our postal address:

  • see what Personal Data we hold about you (if any), including why we hold it and who it could be disclosed to; 

  • 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; and express any concerns you have about third parties’ use of your Personal Data.

Change of purpose

We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to have an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.

If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Contact Us 

Our full details are:

Steve West

Email for Privacy Questions: steve@stevewestwrites.com

Mailing Address:

Steve West

West Texas Box Company, LLC

5900 Balcones Drive Suite 100

Austin, TX 78731​​