This policy explains what Southerland Lane Publishing ("we," "us") collects when you visit theashfordletters.com or subscribe to The Ashford Letters, how it is used, and the choices you have. By using the site you agree to this policy.
Information you give us. Your email address, and any name or message you submit through a form on the site.
Information collected automatically. IP address, browser and device type, referring page, pages viewed, and general location inferred from IP. This is collected by our platform and analytics providers through cookies and similar technologies.
Email engagement. Whether a letter was opened and which links were clicked, recorded by our email platform.
We use the following, each of which processes data under its own privacy policy: Systeme.io for hosting, forms, and email delivery; Google Analytics for site measurement; the Meta advertising pixel and the TikTok advertising pixel for measurement and advertising audiences; and, when paid products are offered, Stripe or a comparable processor for payments.
We do not sell your personal information for money. Advertising and analytics cookies may constitute "sharing" or a "sale" under some state laws, and you may opt out as described in section 6.
To send you the letters you asked for, to operate and improve the site, to measure and target advertising, to process any purchase you choose to make, to prevent abuse, and to comply with law. Where consent is the basis for processing, you may withdraw it at any time.
The site uses cookies that are necessary for it to function, and analytics and advertising cookies from the providers named above. You can refuse or delete cookies in your browser settings. Refusing necessary cookies may prevent parts of the site from working.
We keep subscriber information for as long as you remain subscribed and for a reasonable period afterwards to honour unsubscribe requests and to meet legal and accounting obligations. Analytics and advertising data is retained according to each provider’s schedule.
Every letter contains an unsubscribe link, which takes effect immediately. You may also ask us to access, correct, delete, or provide a copy of your personal information, or to stop processing it, by writing to julian@theashfordletters.com.
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection, and you may complain to your national supervisory authority.
If you are a California resident, you have the right to know, delete, and correct your personal information, to opt out of sharing for cross context behavioural advertising, and not to be discriminated against for exercising those rights. Residents of other states with comparable laws have equivalent rights. Requests are handled through the same address.
We operate in the United States and our providers may process data there and elsewhere. Where personal data is transferred out of the EEA or the UK, our providers rely on approved transfer mechanisms such as the standard contractual clauses.
The site is not directed to children under 16 and we do not knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has subscribed, write to us and we will remove the record.
We take reasonable measures to protect the information we hold, and no method of transmission or storage is entirely secure.
We may update this policy, and the effective date above will change when we do. Material changes will be announced in a letter.
Southerland Lane Publishing, United States. julian@theashfordletters.com.
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