Information We Receive Automatically

When you visit the Biography & Memoir Archive, our server records routine technical details: your IP address, the type of browser and device you use, the date and time of your request, the referring page if any, and the specific pages you view. This information is used to diagnose technical issues, protect the site against abuse, and understand general usage patterns. We do not attempt to identify individual visitors from this data alone.

Information You Choose to Send

If you contact us through the email address listed on the site, you may provide your name, email address, and any details you include in your message. We keep such correspondence only as long as necessary to respond and to maintain a record of the exchange. We do not add these addresses to any marketing list or share them with third parties.

Site Preferences

Certain features of the archive may allow you to set preferences, such as a preferred text size or display mode. These preferences are stored locally in your browser using mechanisms like local storage or session storage. They are not transmitted to our server unless you explicitly submit them.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

• Essential cookies: Required for the site to function correctly, such as remembering your preference for a text-only view. These do not track you across other sites.
• Analytics cookies, where enabled: We may use a privacy-respecting analytics service to collect aggregated, non-identifiable data about page visits, browser types, and geographic regions. This helps us understand which books and sections are of most interest. The analytics provider does not receive your IP address in a form that can identify you.
• Advertising cookies, where displayed: Some pages may include advertisements served by third-party networks, including Google AdSense. These advertisers may use cookies and web beacons to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to show you relevant advertisements based on your visits to this and other sites. This is described further in the section on Google advertising services.

Google Advertising Services

Where advertisements are displayed, Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet. You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Ads Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party cookies for interest-based advertising through the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

We may also use Google Analytics to analyze traffic; you can learn about Google's privacy practices and opt out of Google Analytics by visiting How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Third-Party Cookies and Web Beacons

Advertisers and analytics providers may set their own cookies or web beacons on this site. These are governed by the privacy policies of those third parties, not by this policy. We do not control these technologies and recommend that you review the privacy policies of any third-party services we use.

Purposes of Processing

We process personal data only for the following legitimate purposes:

• To operate, maintain, and secure the archive;
• To respond to your inquiries;
• To understand how the site is used and improve its content and functionality;
• To display advertisements where applicable, which helps support the continued availability of free ebooks.

Service Provider Access

We may engage limited service providers (such as hosting, email delivery, or analytics) who have access to personal data only to perform tasks on our behalf and are contractually bound to keep it confidential and secure. They are not permitted to use the data for any other purpose.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the information we hold against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. Server logs are retained for a limited period and then deleted or anonymized.

Your Choices and Controls

You have the following rights and options:

• Browser controls: Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies. Please refer to your browser's help documentation for instructions.
• Consent controls: Where we rely on consent for cookies (e.g., for analytics or advertising), you may withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your cookie preferences through the consent banner or your browser settings.
• Access and correction: You may request access to the personal data we hold about you, or ask us to correct any inaccuracies.
• Deletion: You may request that we delete personal data we hold about you, subject to any legal obligations to retain it.
• Objection to processing: You may object to processing based on legitimate interests, such as analytics.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided on the site. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe.

Children's Privacy

This archive is intended for a general audience and does not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received such information, we will delete it promptly.

External Links

The site may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

International Access

The Biography & Memoir Archive is hosted in and operated from the United Kingdom. If you access the site from outside the UK, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the UK. By using the site, you acknowledge that your data may be subject to laws that may differ from those in your country of residence.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact the editor at the email address provided on the site.