Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy relates to Lucienne Boyce’s website. The website address is: https://lucienneboyce.com.

How I get the personal information and why I have it

The personal information I process is provided to me directly by you for one of the following reasons:

To respond to comments and queries sent via the contact form; and

To manage subscriptions to my newsletter, Scriblerus.

Comments/Queries

If you leave comments or send queries on this site the data shown in the contact form is collected, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

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

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.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on the 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.

How long your data is retained

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.

What rights you have over your data

If you have left comments or queries, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data held about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Newsletter

Scriblerus is an author newsletter which provides subscribers with information about publications, events and news.

Scriblerus is distributed via MailerLite, a marketing automation platform. The terms under which MailerLite provides the account can be reviewed on the MailerLite website at Terms of Use and Privacy Policy .

What I collect

• Your name
• Your email address

When you sign up on my website these details are stored by MailerLite in an account operated by Lucienne Boyce.

By subscribing to Scriblerus, you give your consent to be sent newsletters via that MailerLite account.

When you subscribe via my website, you will receive a welcome email via MailerLite confirming your subscription and providing links to your free ebooks (if any). The free ebooks are delivered via Book Funnel. I provide you with the link to Book Funnel, and I do not provide Book Funnel with any of the details you have provided to me. For Book Funnel’s privacy policy see https://bookfunnel.com/privacy/

If you subscribe via a paper form at an event, I will enter your details into the MailerLite account. I will then send you a welcome email confirming your subscription and providing links to your free ebooks (if any).

Your details are not added to the Scriblerus mailing list unless you have specifically signed up for the newsletter, either by completing the form on my website or by filling in a paper form at an event. That means that if you buy a book from me, contact me via this website, or communicate with me in any other context, I do not add your details to the Scriblerus mailing list. Subscribing to the list is entirely your choice.

You may unsubscribe from Scriblerus at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any newsletter. Alternatively, you can email me and ask me to unsubscribe you. If you unsubscribe, I will delete your details from the MailerLite list and you will receive no further issues of Scriblerus unless you resubscribe.

You may request a copy of personal information held about you by Lucienne Boyce by emailing me at the address given below.

What I do with the information I gather

I use this information to send you my newsletter, Scriblerus.

Note: MailerLite collects information about subscriber activity such as opening and click rates which is stored in a database to provide data about the effectiveness of newsletter mailings.

Who has access to this information?

Lucienne Boyce’s MailerLite account is operated solely by Lucienne Boyce.

I will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties nor will I use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties.

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.

Links to other websites

This site may contain links to other websites of interest. Please note that I do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful basis I rely on for processing this information is: I have a legitimate interest (to manage communications and subscriptions).

If you have any queries or wish to request a copy of personal information held about you by Lucienne Boyce you can email me at [email protected]

For more information about your data protection rights (which include a right of access (copies of your personal information), a right of rectification (corrections to data held), and a right to erasure (the removal of your personal information) see the Information Commission Officer’s website https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/

 

Lucienne Boyce may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This Policy was last updated on 19 May 2025.