Privacy Statement

INTRODUCTION

How nice of you to visit my website!

My name is Mary-Jane Sahanaja and the purpose of my website is to inspire you with articles about my personal experiences in the world of self-publishing. In order to self-publish my work, I have set up a publishing house: Uitgeverij Huis van Mercurius, which is registered with the Chamber of Commerce to have a publisher prefix that can be used to buy isbn numbers. An isbn number is a registration number for books.

If you do not agree with the contents of this privacy statement, I kindly request you not to use my website and to leave my website immediately.

UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE

I cannot check whether you are under 16 years of age. Please note that you should always ask your parents' permission before using the services of this blog, such as subscribing to updates or sending the newsletter.

DISCLAIMER

Outdated information

All information on my website is posted by me with the utmost care and attention. I do my utmost to keep my blog up to date. Despite this care, it may happen that the information is outdated. I give no guarantees for the information published and cannot be held responsible or liable for any consequences arising from this information.

Erroneous information

Also, despite such care, incorrect information may be posted or typographical errors may occur. In particular, I refer to prices, dates and programming errors. I cannot be held liable in any way for the consequences of this.

Hyperlinks to other websites

I cannot be held responsible or liable in any way for incorrect information found via hyperlinks used on my blog to third-party websites.

Changes to privacy statement

Please note that changes may be made to this privacy statement at any time. Therefore, please check this privacy statement regularly to ensure that you are aware of the latest changes.

Failure to read privacy statement

I cannot be held responsible or liable in any way for visitors to my blog not reading this privacy statement.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

I collect certain personal data on my blog. According to the Personal Data Protection Act and the Telecommunications Act, I must explain to you, the reader and also the user of my blog, what I do with this collected personal data.

I may collect the following personal data from you:

Name, e-mail address, website address and IP address.

PURPOSE OF COLLECTING PERSONAL DATA

Contact form

If you use the contact form I will need your name and your e-mail address, which you can enter in the fields provided.

Sending blog post updates

You can subscribe to the latest updates by filling in and sending the subscription field on my website.

To do this, I need your name and e-mail address, which you can fill in in the appropriate fields on the website.

You can unsubscribe from receiving updates or cancelling your account by sending an email to maryjane2020@gmail.com.

Sending newsletter

You can subscribe to the newsletter, for which you can unsubscribe at any time. For this too, I will need your name and e-mail address, which you can enter in the fields provided. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to maryjane2020@gmail.com.

Use of e-mail

I will only use your e-mail address to send you the updates and/or newsletter and not for other purposes. Your e-mail address will not be published on my blog and your e-mail address will not be shared with third parties.

WHY REQUIRED PERSONAL DATA

Your data will never be sold to third parties. The data that are mandatory to provide are the minimum required data for offering the services or products on my blog; think newsletter or latest blog posts.

If these mandatory data are not provided, I cannot offer the service in question.

Should it be necessary to share your data with others, your consent will be asked first.

I reserve the right to disclose the data when required by law or when I consider it justified to comply with a legal request/process or to protect the rights, property or safety of my blog. In doing so, I always try to respect your right to privacy as much as possible.

PERSONAL DATA STORED ON SERVERS

The personal data collected are stored on the servers of Wix.com, the provider of this website. These servers are located abroad. See article 5.1 Privacy statement Wix.com. (https://nl.wix.com/about/privacy)

RETENTION PERIOD PERSONAL DATA

The collected data will be kept for as long as your subscription runs. After cancellation of your subscription, I will delete the data immediately, but it may still exist on the server of Wix.com. See article 13 Privacy statement Wix.com. (https://nl.wix.com/about/privacy)

SECURITY

SSL certificate

Your visit to my blog is secured by an SSL certificate. You can tell this by the lock in front of the URL, which is actually a kind of key that prevents the connection from being intercepted by fellow readers.

Physical copies

For your security, no physical copies are made of your personal data.

Used devices

All your data remains on those devices that access your data. These devices are locked with a password and/or fingerprint. The number of devices is limited.

Social media buttons

At various places on the website you will find buttons to Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter to share website content. These buttons contain a certain code created by the relevant social media organisations themselves. This code places a cookie on your website. If you want to know more about this, please read the privacy statement of the relevant social media organisation. I am not responsible for this and cannot be held responsible or liable for the placement of these cookies.

USE OF COOKIES

My blog is created using Wix.com. Wix.com uses cookies.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that a website puts on your computer's hard drive at the time you visit the site. The main function of cookies is to distinguish one user from another and to provide the website visitor with the best user experience. You come across cookies a lot on websites that require you to log in. You can choose not to accept cookies. This may cause the website to become slower in use. If you choose to accept cookies, the website will be a lot faster.

Cookie alert pop-up

To visit my website, you do not necessarily have to log in.

My blog uses a cookie alert pop-up. This pop-up appears when you visit my blog for the first time. In it, you can indicate whether or not to use cookies. It is recommended to use cookies, because it offers a better website experience. If you visit the website again afterwards, the pop-up will no longer appear. This is because you will have already indicated once whether or not you want to use cookies.

Types of cookies used on my blog

Session cookies

These are for the security of this blog and are deleted from your computer hard disk immediately after closing the blog.

Hs, XSRF-TOKEN, TSxxxxxxxx and TSxxxxxxxx_d (where x is replaced by a random series of numbers and letters).

svSession cookies

A Persistent cookie that collects identifying information about the user, such as browsing behaviour or user preferences for a specific site. These cookies are immediately deleted from the hard disk after closing the blog.

RequestID/Session

Tracks visitor behaviour and measures site performance. These cookies are deleted from your computer's hard drive immediately after your visit to my blog.

Delete cookies

In the cookie alert pop-up you will see a link to how cookies work and a link to how to delete cookies.

IP ADDRESS REGISTRATION

My website remembers your IP address. The IP in IP address stands for Internet Protocol and is a technique used for computers in a network to communicate with each other. For example, the Internet.

So my computer communicates with your computer via the IP address. In private homes, the IP address is from the telecom provider. You can also think of it as a phone number, because each computer in an IP network is assigned a unique code.

An IP address can be blocked, but this only happens in extreme situations.

LEAVING COMMENTS ON BLOG POSTS

As a reader of my blog, you can leave a comment at the bottom of blog posts. These comments are anonymous. You can delete them yourself at any time.

All visitors of this blog can see your comments and respond to them. I will remove all inappropriate comments.

Please note that obscene or inappropriate language in comments will lead to immediate deletion.

READER'S RIGHTS

It is also good to know that the Privacy Law entails various rights for you as a reader.

Inspection, rectification or deletion

You have the right to inspect your data, have it rectified or erased.

Objecting to processing

You have the right to object to the processing of your data.

Retraction of consent

You have the right to withdraw the consent you have previously given for processing personal data. To do so, please send an e-mail to mjsahanaja.author@gmail.com with a copy of your ID or passport, with the passport photo, the numbers at the bottom of the ID or passport, ID number and BSN number rendered illegible. I aim to respond within one week.

Filing a complaint with the Personal Data Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Personal Data Authority if you believe that I do not process your personal data properly. I greatly appreciate it if you first approach me personally before taking such a step. We're sure to work things out together.

COPYRIGHT

(Almost) all texts and images on my blog are subject to copyright. Copying or distributing them is not allowed without my explicit written permission. Non-copyrighted images are accompanied by a caption indicating the origin of the photo.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

I trust this information is sufficient, but if you have any questions or comments, please let me know. In that case, please send me an e-mail or use the contact form.

Do not hesitate to contact me. I am at your service!

Mary Jane