Hannah Byron Books - Privacy Policy and Cookies
Effective Date: September 2023
Our publishing firm, Hannah Byron Books, publishes all our books. We publish books under two pen names: Hannah Byron (Historical fiction) and Hannah Ivory (Victorian Mysteries). These ‘Privacy Policy and Cookies’ apply to both pen names.
Visiting our website
Both domains www.hannahbyron.com and www.hannahivory.com direct to the same website, using different styling for their corresponding pages to distinguish the different genres.
Analytics
Our website collects personal data to power our site analytics. We use the following providers:
Squarespace: Registers site traffic and activity to help us understand website performance.
Google Analytics: Helps us understand visitor engagement. We have implemented IP anonymization and disabled data sharing with Google to protect your privacy.
Meta Pixel: Used for custom audience generation and development of targeting criteria on Facebook’s advertising platform.
Data Processing & Privacy
Except for the data used by Meta for audience targeting, all analytics data is collected and used in aggregate form, such that it cannot reasonably be manipulated to identify any particular individual user.
Cookies
When you click 'Accept', we store a cookie to remember your preference for 30 days. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clearing your browser cookies. As both our domains (hannahbyron.com and hannahivory.com) lead to the same website, your choice will automatically apply to both.
Managing Cookies.
You can review, clear, or block cookies through your browser settings (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge). Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality and features of this website.
The Cookies We Set.
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| crumb | Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF). | Session |
| ss_cookieAllowed | Remembers your cookie banner preference. | 30 days |
| ss_cvr / ss_cvt | Identifies unique visitors and tracks sessions (Squarespace). | 2 years / 30 min |
| _fbp | Meta Pixel: used for custom audience generation and ad targeting. | 3 months |
Outside links
Our website contains links to outside platforms such as (and not limited to) Amazon for our books, embedded links to YouTube videos and social links to social media platforms. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our website to another website, this ‘Privacy Policy and Cookies’ does not apply to third-party websites or services. You should always review, and if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on these third-party websites and services before using them.
Comments on Blog ‘Field Notes’
Posting comments on Blog posts on the Field Notes’ Historical Facts & Fiction pages is encouraged and greatly appreciated. Please note these comments are public to anyone who visits our Blog. We hold the right to remove any indecent comments.
Subscribing to newsletter
There are several ways to join our newsletter, the most common ones being subscribing via our website, or by participating in promos on social media. We refer to our newsletter as ‘The Byron Letter.’
For joining our newsletter, we request your first name and your email address. We may alter this information manually if, for example, your first name is missing and we can trace it back from your email address, for the purpose of communicating more personally with you. This data is stored with Flodesk and combined with analytics such as date subscribed, location, operating system, email opened or not, links in email clicked or not.
Our email services are provided by Flodesk Inc., located in the United States. Your data is stored on secure servers in the U.S. and is protected through the use of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) as approved by the European Commission, ensuring a level of data protection equivalent to GDPR standards. For more information, please visit Flodesk’s Privacy Policy and their Data Processing Addendum.
Social media and similar platforms
You can connect with us on many social media and similar platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, Bookbub. Both pen names - Hannah Byron and Hannah Ivory - have different social media.
Please remember this ‘Privacy Policy and Cookies’ does not apply to these social media and similar platforms’ websites or services. You should always review, and if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on these third-party websites and services before using them.
Readers’ reviews posted on websites such as Amazon may be used by us to share with others, for instance as a featured review on our website. We will never use your name without asking your permission first.
More Information
Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting your personal information. Your information will only be disclosed if required to do so by law or subpoena or if there is reasonable belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement; (b) to protect the security, quality or integrity of the website; and/or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of this website’s users, or others.
If you are looking for more information you can contact us through one of your preferred contact methods on our website.