Last Updated on 22 March 2024

NOTICE: Please read the Disclaimers & Privacy Policy set forth below, which is legally binding. By visiting, viewing, or using this website and/or by using any program, product, course or service from us, you agree to be bound by these Disclaimers & and Privacy Policy.

GENERAL DISCLAIMER

The content on this website is provided to you “as is” and is intended to serve as general information.  While we strive to provide you with quality content, we give no representation or warranty that the content is accurate, complete, updated, timely, relevant or free from typographical, technical, informational or pricing errors and omissions, whether negligent or otherwise.  By using this website or any Products, you agree and acknowledge that your use of this website and use of any Products is solely at your own risk.

COMMENTS

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.

MEDIA

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.

COOKIES

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 applicable) 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.

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.

WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH

(If applicable) If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA

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.

WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA

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.

WHERE YOUR DATA IS SENT

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

AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER

This website may contain links to affiliate websites.  When you click on and/or make a purchase through an affiliate link placed on our website, we may receive a small commission or other form of compensation at no additional cost to you.  Please assume that any links contained on our website are affiliate links.  Our use of affiliate links does not influence the products, services and websites that we share with you.  This Disclaimer applies to all of the various means we use to communicate with you, including via this website, email, phone, social media, our Products or otherwise. 

AMAZON AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER

Literaria Luminaria is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn commission fees by advertising and linking to www.amazon.com. When you click on and/or make a purchase through a link to an Amazon affiliate link placed on our website, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.

Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.

BOOKSHOP.ORG AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER

Bookshop.org is a website founded by Andy Hunter and backed by the American Booksellers Association. The website lets consumers support independent bookstores across America by shopping online through affiliate pages on Bookshop’s website. Literaria Luminaria is a member of the Bookshop.org affiliate marketing program, so we may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you—when you buy a book on our affiliate page on Bookshop.org using any of the links on this site.

We can’t see any of your personal information if you make a purchase using one of our affiliate links— we can only see if a link was clicked on and if it resulted in a purchase. All purchases made through Bookshop.org are subject to their privacy policy and their terms of use.

SPONSORED POSTS

This website may contain sponsored posts or reviews, where we receive a form of compensation in exchange for publishing a post or a review of a product or service.  We may also receive a small commission or other form of compensation at no additional cost to you if you click on and/or make a purchase through an affiliate link in a sponsored post or review.

FAIR USE DISCLAIMER

We may use copyrighted material on our website without specific authorization.  In these instances, we do so because we believe such use constitutes fair use of any such copyrighted material under Section 107 of the United States copyright law.

CHANGES TO THE DISCLAIMER

We reserve the right to amend this Disclaimer at any time without notice to you.  We will alert you to any changes by posting the effective date of the latest version at the top of this page, at which point any changes will become immediately effective.  It is your responsibility to check for updates, as your continued use of the website and our Products after this Disclaimer is amended will constitute your acceptance and agreement to continue to be bound by this Disclaimer, as amended.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions, please contact us using by email at literarialuminaria {at} gmail {dot} com.