Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 25th, 2025

Lorelei Matthews ("we", "us", or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide through this website (“Site”). This Privacy Policy explains how your information is collected, used, and safeguarded when you visit or interact with the Site.

By using this Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect limited personal information in the following ways:

a. Voluntarily Provided Information:

• Name and email      address submitted through contact forms or newsletter sign-ups.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use collected information for the following purposes:

• To respond to      inquiries or messages you submit
• To manage      newsletter subscriptions
• To improve the      functionality and content of the Site
• To monitor and      prevent misuse or unauthorized access
• To comply with      legal obligations

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

3. Cookies and Analytics

This Site may use cookies or third-party analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to better understand user behavior. Cookies help us gather non-personal data such as pages visited, duration of visits, and devices used.

You may disable cookies in your browser settings, but doing so may affect some functionality on the Site.

4. Third-Party Services

We may use trusted third-party tools for services such as:

• Email      subscriptions (e.g., Mailchimp or Substack)
• Embedded media      or social sharing tools

These services are governed by their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for their practices.

5. Data Protection & Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or disclosure. However, no website or transmission over the internet is completely secure.

You use this Site at your own risk and agree not to hold us liable for any data breaches beyond our reasonable control.

6. Children’s Privacy

This Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you believe a child has submitted personal information, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to remove it.

7. No Use for AI Training or Data Mining

You may not collect, scrape, harvest, or repurpose any content or data from this Site for:

• Use in machine      learning (ML) or artificial intelligence (AI) models
• Upload to AI      training platforms or repositories
• Any automated      data gathering techniques

Any such activities are expressly prohibited and may result in legal action.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights regarding your personal data, including:

• The right to      access, correct, or delete your data
• The right to      withdraw consent
• The right to      object to processing

To exercise any of these rights, contact us directly at the email below.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact:

Lorelei Matthews
Email: booksofgeronimo@gmail.com