Who we are
I created this website and supporting social media accounts to share books, activities, recipes, and products that we use in our home and love. If you are interested in sending me a book or product to review or would like to collaborate with me, please feel free to contact me via email at: reader@bellebookworm.com.
The books and products I review are either from our personal library, borrowed from the public library, or some have been given to me in exchange for an honest review. If a post contains an affiliate link or is a sponsored post it will be clearly stated.
Our website address is: https://www.bellebookworm.com
Our Instagram is https://www.instagram.com/abellebookworm
Our Facebook is https://www.facebook.com/abellebookworm
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
I respect and value your privacy. Readers and visitors to BelleBookWorm may accept “cookies” when they visit. These cookies may gather information such as: which posts are read the most, how you found our site, and customizing and tracking advertisements. You have the option to opt-out of cookies by turning them off in your web browser.
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.
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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Please feel free to contact me at reader@bellebookworm.com
Disclosures
Belle Book Worm is a registered Usborne Consultant. As a consultant Belle Book Worm earns a small commission for any eligible purchase made through the Usborne affiliate links on our Usborne shop or within posts. When posts contain affiliate links it will be mentioned and affiliate links will not raise the price of the product for those who purchase.
Belle Book Worm is a Bookshop.org Affiliate. This program allows bloggers to be compensated through purchases made through affiliate links. If a post contains an affiliate link it will be clearly stated in the post. These links are used so readers are able to easily purchase the product mentioned in the post and will only be used when they provide value. They will not increase the price for the person purchasing via the link and you are welcome to purchase the item through a different avenue if you prefer. You can read more about their practices in their FAQs.
These policies are subject to change without notice and were updated on January 14, 2022. If you have any questions, please email me at: reader@bellebookworm.com