Our website address is: https://westofmars.com.
This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the visitors who join our mailing list.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the subscriber, as well as when the subscriber interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.
By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the subscriber’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning Susan Helene Gottfried / West of Mars, LLC.
MailerLite (UAB “Mailerlite”)
MailerLite is an email address management and message sending service provided by UAB “Mailerlite”.
Any MailerLite widgets used on the site are a service for interacting with the MailerLite email address management and message sending service provided by UAB “Mailerlite”.
Personal Data processed: email address; first name; country; Usage Data; various types of Data.
Place of processing: Lithuania – Privacy Policy.
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.
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.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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.
When you use any contact forms on our 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.
By filling in the contact form with your data, you authorize us to use these details to reply to your messages.
Google Forms (Google LLC)
Google Forms is a form builder and data collection platform provided by Google LLC.
Personal Data processed: answers to questions; Data communicated while using the service; email address; first name; last name.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
By using this website, your IP address can be stored and processed for security reasons.
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.
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.
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.
Google Fonts (Google Inc.)
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this site to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc. )
Font Awesome is a typeface visualization service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows this site to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
This type of service allows this site to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with this site.
For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.
Smashwords Affiliate Program
West of Mars, LLC is a participant in the Smashwords affiliate program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to smashwords.com.
If you purchase a book listed on the site from Smashwords.com, West of Mars, LLC will earn a small commission. Thank you!
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this website.
The interaction and information obtained through this site are always subject to the visitor’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when visitors do not use it.
It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this site isn’t being connected back to the visitor’s profile.
Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)
The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets (Pinterest)
The Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (X Corp.)
The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Google+ +1 button and social widgets (Google Inc.)
The Google+ +1 button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Google+ social network provided by Google Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Tumblr sharing button and social widgets (Tumblr Inc.)
The Tumblr sharing button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Tumblr social network provided by Tumblr Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of the visitor’s behavior.
WordPress Stats (Automattic Inc.)
Wordpress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) (Google LLC)
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Owner and Data Controller
West of Mars, LLC,
c/o Susan Helene Gottfried,
PA 16046, United States of America
Owner contact email: susan @ westofmars.com (w/o spaces)
