Effective Date: June 17, 2026

Welcome to Eva Starling’s official author website. Your privacy matters, and this Privacy Policy explains what personal information is collected, how it is used, and how it is protected when you visit this site. By using this website, you agree to the practices described below.

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by EvaStarling, a historical romance author. For any privacy-related questions, you may reach out through the contact form on this website.

 

2. What Data We Collect and Why

We collect personal information in the following ways:

• Contact Form

When you use the contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the contents of your message, solely to respond to your inquiry.

The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After a comment is approved, your profile picture may be publicly visible alongside your comment.

• Media Uploads

If you upload images to this website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract any location data from images published on the site.

• Embedded Content

Pages on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from other websites. Embedded content behaves as if you had visited those external websites directly. They may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content — including if you are logged in to their service.

 

3. Cookies

This website uses cookies in the following circumstances:

• If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year.
• When you visit the login page, a temporary cookie is set to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
• When you log in, cookies are set to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days; screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
• If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser indicating the ID of the article. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

 

4. How We Use Your Information

Personal information collected through this website is used to:

• Respond to contact form messages and inquiries
• Moderate and manage comments
• Detect and prevent spam
• Maintain login sessions for registered users

Your information is not used for marketing without your explicit consent and is never sold or rented to third parties.

 

5. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell or trade your personal information. Your data may be shared only in the following limited circumstances:

• Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
• If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
• When required by law or in response to a valid legal process.
• To protect the rights, property, or safety of the website operator or others.

 

6. How Long We Retain Your Data

We retain your data for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:

• Contact form submissions are kept only long enough to respond to your inquiry, then deleted at our discretion.
• If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically rather than held in a moderation queue.
• For registered users (if any), personal information in user profiles is stored until the account is deleted. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.

 

7. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have left a comment or hold an account on this site, you may request:

• An exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you have provided to us.
• Deletion of any personal data we hold about you.

Please note that some data may need to be retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes and cannot be erased upon request. To make a request, please use the contact form on this website.

 

8. Data Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Third-Party Links

This website may contain links to external websites such as book retailers or social media platforms. This Privacy Policy applies only to this website. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

 

10. Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through this site, please contact us and we will take steps to remove it.

 

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

 

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please reach out through the contact form on this website.