Privacy Policy

Who we are

My website address is: https://abholton.com. (A.B. Holton).

I’m just a reader and writer with a deep passion for romance novels. I love crafting fiction stories that speak to hopeless romantics like myself, offering heartfelt tales that explore love, connection, and relationships.

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.

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.

Terms Of Use

All information and advice on A.B. Holton (abholton.com) is purely for entertainment. This is a work of fiction, Names, places, events, organizations, characters, and businesses are used in a fictitious manner or the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright Policy

All Rights Reserved
As the author of A.B. Holton (abholton.com), I retain full rights to the content and reserve the right to use, distribute, or modify it as I see fit.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in critical articles or book reviews. A.B. Holton

Privacy Statement

Your privacy is important to me. This site will never sell your personal or contact information to third parties.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

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 your data is sent

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

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By sending any email, letter, or social media message (including but not limited to Instagram, Pinterest, or YouTube), you automatically grant me ownership of the content. I reserve the right to share or publish it, whether in review, a blog post or other forms of publication, without the expectation of compensation. However, if your message contains truly private information, please inform me upfront. In such cases, I will make sure to reach out to you before using any part of the message, ensuring proper credit is given where appropriate.