Privacy Notice
Privacy Notice for Denise Mary Moody
Last updated: 29 August 2026
I respect your privacy and am committed to protecting any personal information you share with me.
This Privacy Notice explains what personal information I may collect when you visit my website, contact me, or interact with my content, and how I use and protect that information.
1. Who I am
This website is operated by Denise Mary Moody, an author of contemporary fiction.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or how I use your personal information, you can contact me at:
Email: denise@denisemarymoody.com
2. What information I may collect
Depending on how you interact with my website, I may collect:
* Your name
* Your email address
* Any information you choose to include when contacting me
* Information you provide if you subscribe to an email newsletter or mailing list
* Technical information about how you use my website, such as your IP address, browser type and pages visited, where this information is collected through cookies or analytics tools.
I do not deliberately collect sensitive personal information through this website.
3. How I use your information
I may use your personal information to:
* Respond to enquiries or messages you send to me
* Send you information you have requested
* Manage subscriptions to any newsletter or mailing list you have chosen to join
* Communicate with you about my books, writing and related activities where you have given appropriate permission to receive such communications
* Understand how visitors use my website and improve its content and functionality
* Maintain the security and proper functioning of my website.
I will only use your personal information where I have a lawful basis to do so under applicable data protection law.
4. Email communications
If you choose to subscribe to an email newsletter or other mailing list, your email address will be used to send you the communications you have requested.
You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the relevant email or by contacting me directly.
I will not sell, rent or otherwise provide your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.
5. Cookies
My website may use cookies and similar technologies to make the website function properly and, where applicable, to understand how visitors use the site.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to operate. Other cookies, such as certain analytics or tracking cookies, may require your consent.
Where consent is required, you will be given the opportunity to accept or decline non-essential cookies.
The ICO states that websites must explain what non-essential cookies do and obtain appropriate consent before using them.
6. Third-party services
My website is hosted using Squarespace. Other third-party services may also process information on my behalf, for example email, website analytics, mailing-list or social-media services.
Where third parties process personal information on my behalf, I will take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place.
7. How long I keep your information
I will only retain personal information for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or for as long as I am legally required to keep it.
When information is no longer required, I will take reasonable steps to securely delete it.
8. Sharing your information
I will not sell your personal information.
I may share personal information with service providers where this is necessary to operate my website, manage communications or provide services you have requested.
I may also disclose information where I am legally required to do so.
9. Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have rights including the right to:
* Ask what personal information I hold about you
* Ask me to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
* Ask me to delete your personal information in certain circumstances
* Ask me to restrict how your information is used in certain circumstances
* Object to certain uses of your information
* Withdraw consent where I am relying on your consent to process your information
* Request a copy of your personal information in certain circumstances.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact me at:
Email: denise@denisemarymoody.com
10. Complaints
If you have concerns about how I have handled your personal information, please contact me first so that I have an opportunity to address your concerns.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent data protection regulator.
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
11. Changes to this Privacy Notice
I may occasionally update this Privacy Notice to reflect changes to my website, services or applicable data protection requirements.
The latest version will always be published on this page.
