Privacy Policy

1. Controller and contact

Email for privacy enquiries: hello@ChristineDawnRaven.com

2. Hosting with GitHub Pages

The website is hosted by GitHub, Inc., 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Your browser sends technical request data, including your IP address, to GitHub to load the website and its images. GitHub confirms that it logs and stores visitors’ IP addresses for security purposes. Request data can also include browser/device information, requested pages and request times.

Our legal basis for delivering this website is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: our legitimate interest in operating a secure, reliable author website. GitHub receives hosting request data; the separate GoatCounter analytics described below also receives technical request data. GitHub controls its security logs and their retention; we do not set a separate fixed deletion period for those logs. GitHub retains personal data as needed for the purposes described in its privacy statement and applicable legal obligations.

Data may be processed in the United States and other countries. GitHub describes its international-transfer safeguards, including the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where applicable and standard contractual clauses, in its privacy statement. See also GitHub’s information about Pages hosting and IP logging.

3. Age confirmation and browser storage

The homepage asks you to confirm that you are at least 18. When you select “I am 18+ — Enter”, it stores cdr18=yes in your browser’s sessionStorage. This remembers your choice for the current tab’s session so the prompt does not reappear on each visit in that session. It does not collect your date of birth or verify your identity, and the code does not transmit this value to us or a third party.

The value normally expires when the tab/window session ends, although browser session restoration can preserve it. You can remove it by clearing this website’s browser storage. This limited storage supports the age-restricted access you request when entering the website; we rely on § 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG for this necessary function. To the extent personal data is processed, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest in remembering the access confirmation for mature content.

The website code sets no cookies and uses no localStorage. Impressum and Privacy remain available without entering the age-restricted homepage.

4. External book and social links

The site contains ordinary links to GoodNovel, Inkitt, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. It does not embed their widgets, tracking pixels or media. These providers are not contacted by the site code merely because a link is displayed. When you follow a link, the destination receives your request and processes data under its own privacy policy. These links use rel="noopener noreferrer" to prevent sending the referring page address.

The age prompt’s “Leave” button redirects to Google. Google receives the resulting request under its own privacy policy; the button does not load Google content before you select it.

5. Email enquiries

If you email the published contact address, we and the email provider (GMX, operated by 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH) process your email address, message, any attachments you supply and associated communication data to respond. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries, or Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where an enquiry concerns a contract or steps you request before a contract.

We retain correspondence only as long as needed to handle your enquiry and any follow-up or legal claims. Where statutory retention obligations apply, the relevant records are retained for the legally required period under Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. Sending an email is optional; please avoid including unnecessary sensitive information.

6. Features not used

This website has no newsletter signup, ARC application form, contact form, blog comments, advertising pixels or externally loaded fonts. Its images are hosted with the site. We do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

6a. GoatCounter visitor statistics

We use GoatCounter to measure page visits, book/social-link clicks and views of homepage sections. These statistics help us understand reader interest and improve the website. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest in proportionate audience measurement.

GoatCounter receives technical request data and produces aggregate counts for pages/events, referrers, browsers, operating systems, screen sizes and countries. Individual pageview records, regions and language collection are disabled. IP addresses and browser headers are processed temporarily for country detection and recognising repeat visits for up to eight hours, rather than stored in the statistics database. The analytics uses no cookies or browser storage and does not track visitors across websites.

The service is operated by Martin Tournoij in Ireland, with hosting at Hetzner in Germany and Finland. Our dashboard is private, and statistics are retained for 365 days. See the GoatCounter privacy policy. You can object through the contact above or block requests to gc.zgo.at and christinedawnraven.goatcounter.com in your browser. Book/social links continue to work if analytics is blocked.

7. Your rights

Subject to the GDPR’s conditions, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction of processing and data portability (Articles 15–20). You may withdraw any consent at any time without affecting earlier lawful processing. We do not request consent for marketing on this site.

Right to object: Under Article 21 GDPR, you may object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing based on Article 6(1)(f). We will stop that processing unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or need it for legal claims.

Contact hello@ChristineDawnRaven.com to exercise your rights. You may also complain to a supervisory authority under Article 77 GDPR, particularly in the EU Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or the alleged infringement.

Providing enquiry data is voluntary, but we may be unable to respond without a return address and enough information about your request. Technical request data is necessary to load the website.