Privacy policy

This is the personal website of Pasha Adam, a novelist. It exists to show his books and where to buy them. It is not a shop, it has no accounts, no comments, no newsletter sign-up and no forms. It collects as little as it is possible for a website to collect.

What this site collects

Directly: nothing. There is no form to fill in and no account to create, and the site sets no cookies of its own. If — and only if — you allow it, Google Analytics records statistics about your visit, described below. If you say no, or ignore the cookie notice, no analytics run at all.

Two small preferences are saved in your browser’s local storage — your light/dark choice and your cookie choice. They stay on your device and are never sent anywhere. See the Cookie policy.

Analytics (only with your consent)

What is collected. Pages viewed and for how long, the page or site that sent you here, approximate location (country and city, estimated from your IP address), device type, browser, operating system, screen size and language, and a random ID stored in the _ga cookie that groups these into visits. No names, email addresses or other details that identify you directly are sent. Google states that Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses.

Why. To understand how many people visit, what they read and how they find the site, so it can be improved.

Legal basis. Your consent, under Article 6(1)(a) of the UK GDPR and the EU GDPR, and, for the cookies themselves, under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the EU ePrivacy rules. You can withdraw consent at any time through Cookie preferences in the footer. Withdrawing stops analytics immediately and deletes its cookies from this site; it does not affect anything collected while consent was in place.

Who processes it. Google Ireland Limited provides Google Analytics and processes the data on this site’s behalf under Google’s data processing terms. Google Signals, advertising features and ad personalisation are switched off, and the data is not combined with any other information.

International transfers. Google may process the data in the United States. Google LLC is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and its UK Extension, and Google also relies on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.

How long it is kept. Visit-level data is deleted automatically by Google Analytics after 2 months. Only aggregated totals (for example, “400 visits in March”) are kept beyond that. The cookies on your device expire after 13 months, or sooner if you withdraw consent or clear them.

Hosting logs

Like any website, this one is served by a hosting provider that may keep short-lived technical logs — IP address, timestamp, requested file, user agent — for security and to keep the service running. These are the hosting provider’s records, are not used to identify or track you, and are not combined with anything else.

If you email

The contact button opens your own email application addressed to pashaadamnovelist@gmail.com. Nothing is sent through this website. If you do write, that email — your address, your name if you give it, and whatever you say — is kept in the mailbox only so it can be read and replied to. It is not added to a mailing list, not shared and not used for anything else. The mailbox is provided by Google.

Third-party embeds

Where an Apple Music player is offered, it loads only with your permission. Once loaded, Apple receives your IP address and device information under Apple’s Privacy Policy. Refusing the embed costs you nothing else on the site.

Your rights

Under the UK GDPR and the EU GDPR you have the right to ask what personal data is held about you, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict or object to its processing, to receive a copy of it, and to withdraw consent at any time. Given how little this site holds, in practice this normally concerns email correspondence. Analytics data is tied only to a random browser ID, so it usually cannot be matched to you by name; withdrawing consent deletes that ID from your browser, and the rest expires on the schedule above.

To exercise any of these rights, write to pashaadamnovelist@gmail.com. If you are unhappy with the response, you can complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk, or to your local supervisory authority in the EU.

Children

These novels are written for adult readers. The site is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from anyone under 16.

Changes

If this policy changes, the revised version will appear here with a new date at the top.

Contact

Data controller: Pasha Adam. Contact: pashaadamnovelist@gmail.com.