Effective Date: 11/14/2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to rogervalleyauthor.com, owned and operated by Roger Valley (the “Author”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Website or subscribe to our newsletter or otherwise interact with us.
2. Information We Collect
a) Information You Provide
We collect information you voluntarily provide when you:
Join our newsletter or mailing list (e.g., email address).
Contact us via the contact form.
Make a purchase in the “Shop” section (via third-party payment processor).
Provide a testimonial or review submission.
b) Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including:
IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type.
Pages you visit, time and date of your visit, referral URLs, and other usage data.
Cookies and similar tracking technologies.
3. Use of Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
To deliver the newsletter and other communications you requested.
To process your purchase and manage orders.
To respond to your questions or requests.
To monitor and analyse site traffic and improve our Website.
To send you promotional or marketing materials, if you have consented to receive them.
4. Legal Basis for Processing (if applicable)
Where relevant (e.g., for residents of the European Economic Area), we process your personal data on one or more of the following legal bases:
Your consent.
The performance of a contract with you.
Our legitimate interests (such as improving the Website).
5. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
With service providers who help us operate the Website, process payments, send newsletters, etc.
If required by law or in response to valid legal requests.
In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
6. Third-Party Links & Services
Our Website may include links to third-party websites or services (e.g., Amazon purchase links). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing them with your personal information.
7. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking tools to collect and store your information. You may disable cookies through your browser settings, but please note that doing so may affect some features of the Website.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights:
The right to access and obtain a copy of your data.
The right to rectify inaccurate or incomplete information.
The right to erase or delete your personal data (“right to be forgotten”).
The right to restrict or object to certain processing of your data.
The right to withdraw consent, when processing is based on consent.
The right to data portability.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 11.
9. Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure — we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Data Retention
We will retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, or as required by law. If you unsubscribe from our newsletter, we will stop sending you marketing communications, but we may retain your email for compliance or record-keeping purposes.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us at:
Email: info@rogervalley.com
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Effective Date” above will be updated accordingly. We will post any changes on the Website and encourage you to review this page regularly.
