The Author Platform (basic) LEGAL

COPYRIGHT | PRIVACY POLICY | TERMS OF CONDITIONS | AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER | WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS (T&C’S)

Please carefully read the listed COPYRIGHT, PRIVACY POLICY, TERMS OF CONDITIONS, AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER, WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS (T&C’S) before using “The Author Platform” website which we’ll refer to as “us”, “we”, or “our”.

Copyright

The Author Platform, TheAuthorPlatform.com, creates works of fiction and designs gift products and educational products. All names, characters, places, events, and incidents, other than those clearly in the public domain, are either a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

First Printing by R&R Ramblings House 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

The moral right of the author has been asserted.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, copied, stored, distributed, or otherwise made available by person or entity (including Google, Amazon, or other similar organisations), in any form (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical) or by any means (photocopying, scanning or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher and copyright owner.

**Caveat: As a courtesy, there may be some sparse language choices in this website that may represent an obstacle for the reader, and we offer this warning. Please note this language is not designed to offend any individual persons, culture, or religions implied.

The entire site is written in Australian English

Disclaimer

This site, TheAuthorPlatform.com, is intended to give general writing functionalities as an online writer, publisher, and producer of online products. Text and photography created for this site we’d appreciate it if you credited & linked back to this site appropriately if reposted with permission.

Because we believe in giving credit where credit is due that if at any time you see work on this site that is improperly credited, please contact us and we’ll gladly update the information.

From time to time, you may come across affiliate links on this site. This goes towards in-house costs and is at NO COST TO YOU. If you have ever purchased anything through these links, we wholeheartedly thank you for your support.

Your information is protected in accordance with the Privacy Policy (below) and we promise to never SPAM you. We all hate SPAM.

Privacy Policy

As the creator of this website TheAuthorPlatform.com, we understand the value of maintaining the privacy of personal information. We are committed to the protection of our reader’s privacy and invite you to use the contact sheet below should you have any questions or concerns.

TheAuthorPlatform.com does not provide contact information to any third party.

TheAuthorPlatform.com does use third-party apps and services to track website traffic, visitor activity, advertising, and to find my perfect reader-market groups. However, these third parties may use their own cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies that are way beyond my capacity, to collect or receive information from the Site and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. You can opt out at any time.

TheAuthorPlatform.com may contain links to other Web sites but is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Site.

Terms and Conditions (“Terms”)

Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Service.

By accessing or using the Service you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the terms then you may not access the Service.

Purchases

If you wish to purchase any product or service made available through the Service (“Purchase”), you may be asked to supply certain information relevant to your Purchase including, without limitation, your …

Content

Our Service and content on this site are governed by Copyright.

Please use the contacts sheet below should you wish to post, link, store, share and otherwise make available certain information, text, graphics, videos, or other material (“Content”) via social media outlets.

Purchasing Digital Products

As the product is digital, all sales are final and no refunds will be provided. By purchasing said digital product, you agree to not resell, distribute or share the designs anywhere as per copyright laws.

Links To Other Web Sites

Our Service may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by TheAuthorPlatform.com.

TheAuthorPlatform.com has no control over and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that TheAuthorPlatform.com shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services.

Changes

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time.

If a revision is material we will try to provide at least 14 (fourteen) days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.

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Who we are

Our website address is:

https://theauthorplatform.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact Us

If any questions I invite you to use the contact form below or add a comment on the Contact Page.

Thanks for reading the fine print.

Last updated: 17 February 2022