This policy explains what information authorleighaacosta.com (“the website”, “we”) collects, why, and how it is handled. The website is the official site of author Leigha Acosta and her book The Fire Chronicles: Whispers of the Dragon.

Information you choose to send us

Contact form

When you use the contact form we receive your name, email address, subject and message. The website sends this information by email to info@authorleighaacosta.com so we can reply to you. The message is not stored in a database on the website.

When you subscribe to the newsletter we store your email address, the date and time you subscribed and a one-way hashed (anonymised) form of your IP address, which helps prevent abuse. We use your email address only to send news and updates about Leigha Acosta and her books. We do not sell or share your email address.

To unsubscribe, or to ask us to delete your information, email info@authorleighaacosta.com.

Information collected automatically

Security cookie. The website sets one strictly necessary session cookie (ala_session) so its forms can be protected against forgery and spam. It is deleted when you close your browser.
Spam protection. To limit repeated form submissions, an anonymised hash of your IP address is kept for up to one hour.
Server logs. Like most websites, our hosting provider may record standard technical data such as IP address, browser type and pages requested, for security and reliability.

The website does not use advertising cookies, analytics trackers or social-media tracking scripts. Fonts, images, animation scripts and the book trailer are served from this website itself.

Links to other websites

Links to buy the book take you to Amazon. Amazon’s own privacy policy applies once you leave this website.

Young readers

If you are under 13, please ask a parent or guardian before sending us a message or subscribing to the newsletter.

How we protect your information

The website uses an encrypted (HTTPS) connection, and emails are sent through an authenticated, encrypted mail server. Access to stored subscriber information is limited to the website owner.

Your choices

You can ask to see, correct or delete the information we hold about you at any time by emailing info@authorleighaacosta.com.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it last changed.

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