privacy policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 7 July 2026

VioletTeaPaws respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information carefully.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit this website, why it may be used, and the choices available to you.

Who I am

This website is operated by VioletTeaPaws, an author creating dark fantasy, folklore-inspired stories, and magical worlds.

For privacy questions or requests about your personal information, contact:

Email:author@violetteapaws.com

Information I may collect

When you use the contact form, I may collect:

  • Your name

  • Your email address

  • Any information you choose to include in your message

Please avoid sending sensitive personal information through the contact form unless it is genuinely necessary.

The website may also collect limited technical information automatically, such as browser type, device information, IP address, pages visited, and cookie preferences. This helps the website function safely and reliably.

How your information is used

Your information may be used to:

  • Reply to messages you send through the contact form

  • Respond to publishing, media, reader, or collaboration enquiries

  • Maintain the security and functionality of the website

  • Understand basic website use and improve the site where appropriate

  • Meet legal obligations where necessary

Your information will not be sold, rented, or traded.

Legal basis for using your information

Where personal information is collected through the contact form, it is used because there is a legitimate interest in responding to your message and operating this author website.

Where consent is required, such as for optional cookies or any future newsletter sign-up, information will only be used after you have given clear permission.

Who may receive your information

Your information may be processed by trusted service providers that help run the website, such as:

  • Squarespace, which hosts this website

  • Email providers used to receive and reply to messages

  • Other services only where necessary to operate the website safely and effectively

These providers may only use information as needed to provide their services or comply with the law.

How long information is kept

Contact-form messages are normally kept only for as long as needed to reply to your enquiry and manage any follow-up conversation.

Messages may be deleted after 12 months unless there is a genuine reason to keep them longer, such as an ongoing correspondence, legal obligation, or record-keeping need.

Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

  • Ask what personal information is held about you

  • Ask for inaccurate information to be corrected

  • Ask for your information to be deleted

  • Ask for processing to be limited

  • Object to certain uses of your information

  • Withdraw consent where consent was used

  • Complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office

To make a request, email: author@violetteapaws.com

The ICO explains that people can request deletion of their data in certain situations, and organisations normally have one calendar month to respond.

Cookies

This website may use essential cookies that are needed for the website to work properly, such as security, accessibility, or site-function cookies.

Where non-essential cookies are used in future — for example analytics, marketing, advertising, or social-media tracking cookies — visitors will be given clear information and an appropriate choice before those cookies are placed.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings.

Children’s privacy

This website is not designed to intentionally collect personal information from children.

Anyone under 16 should ask a parent or guardian before submitting personal information through the contact form.

Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time as the website grows or its services change.

The latest version will always appear on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown at the top.

Contact

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact:

VioletTeaPaws
Email: author@violetteapaws.com