Who we are
Our website address is: https://lmwestwriter.co.uk known below as “L M West Writer”.
Disclosure
While we endeavour to keep information on L M West Writer up to date and correct we make no guarantees of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability or suitability of the information and therefore any information used is at your own risk.
L M West Writer reserves the right to change the focus of this website or change the terms of use at our own discretion.
At times this website will link to others not under the control of L M West Writer and L M West Writer is not responsible for the content or nature of those sites, and any links do not necessarily mean a recommendation or endorsement of views on those sites.
Every effort is made to keep this website available and running smoothly but L M West Writer is not responsible or liable for temporary unavailability due to technical issues.
Copyright
Unless otherwise stated L M West Writer is the legal copyright holder of all content and it can not be used to published elsewhere without consent.
All photos are the property of L M West Writer unless otherwise cited or under a CC0 licence and may not be used or reproduced elsewhere without permission.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Information you voluntarily submit to the website
L M West Writer may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
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.
When you submit your name, email, and comments through our contact form this is sent through to our email address and we will use this information to reply to you and may retain it for future reference.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
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.
How do we use cookies?
As with most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use ?
Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket, and checkout securely.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.
Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.
How can I control the cookie preferences?
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.
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.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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.
Please submit a request to hello@lmwestwriter.co.uk
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact information
At any time, please contact us at hello [at] lmwestwriter.co.uk for questions related to this Privacy Policy.