Shirley Hailstock operates shirleyhailstock.net and shirleyhailstock.com and may operate other websites. It is Shirley Hailstock's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Shirley Hailstock operates the shirleyhailstock.net or shirleyhailstock.com website, which provides information related to the author Shirley Hailstock.

This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of personal Information if anyone decided to sign up for Shirley Hailstock's newsletter or enter any sponsored contests.

If you choose to sign up for Shirley Hailstock's newsletter or enter sponsored contests, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The personal Information that we collect are used for providing information and updating subscribers/contestants only. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Like most website operators, Shirley Hailstock collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Shirley Hailstock's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Shirley Hailstock's visitors use this website.

From time to time, Shirley Hailstock may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Shirley Hailstock also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on shirleyhailstock.net or shirleyhailstock.com/. Shirley Hailstock only discloses logged in user and cementer IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that cementer IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

To deliver newsletters and Shirley Hailstock-related messages, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name and email address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you.

Certain visitors to Shirley Hailstock's websites choose to interact with Shirley Hailstock in ways that require Shirley Hailstock to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that she gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at shirleyhailstock.net or shirleyhailstock.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Shirley Hailstock are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Shirley Hailstock collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Shirley Hailstock. Shirley Hailstock does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Shirley Hailstock may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Shirley Hailstock may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Shirley Hailstock does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Shirley Hailstock discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Shirley Hailstock's behalf or to provide services available at Shirley Hailstock's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Shirley Hailstock's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Shirley Hailstock will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Shirley Hailstock discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Shirley Hailstock believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Shirley Hailstock, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Shirley Hailstock website and have supplied your email address, Shirley Hailstock will send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Shirley Hailstock and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Shirley Hailstock takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Shirley Hailstock uses cookies to help Shirley Hailstock identify and track visitors, their usage of Shirley Hailstock website, and their website access preferences. Shirley Hailstock visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Shirley Hailstock's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Shirley Hailstock's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Our website uses these "cookies" to collection information and to improve our Service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

We want to inform you that whenever you visit Shirley Hailstock's website, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser version, pages of Shirley Hailstock's website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics. This information may be used to create ads based on those who visit this website. However, this data will not be used by anyone other than Shirley Hailstock.

If Shirley Hailstock, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Shirley Hailstock goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Shirley Hailstock may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Shirley Hailstock and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

We want to inform our visitors that these third parties have access to your personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

We value your trust in providing us your personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our website may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Shirley Hailstock may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Shirley Hailstock's sole discretion. Shirley Hailstock encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer's hard drive.

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.