1. Controller and contact
This is the official website of Melody Aimée Espinosa, an independent author based in Switzerland. For privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, please write to melody.aimee.espinosa@outlook.com.
2. Data collected
Browsing this website does not require registration. If you use the contact form, the information you provide is collected: your name, email address, reason for contacting the author, and message.
Technical infrastructure may also record information needed for security and operation, such as IP address, browser type, date and time of access, and technical error logs.
3. Purposes of processing
Contact-form data is used only to receive, read and, where possible, reply to your message; manage proposals related to the books; protect the website from abuse, malicious messages or threats; and comply with legal obligations where necessary.
Form data is not used for advertising, commercial profiling or newsletters, and it is not sold.
4. Contact form and Formspree
The contact form is provided through Formspree, Inc., which processes and transmits the information needed to deliver the message to the author’s professional email address. Formspree may process data in the United States and other countries where it operates, subject to its own safeguards and terms.
On Formspree’s free plan, submission history is normally retained for 30 days. Messages received by email are kept only for as long as reasonably necessary to handle the communication, protect rights or comply with legal obligations.
You can read Formspree’s privacy policy.
5. Hosting and technical services
The website uses technical providers for hosting, secure content delivery, domain management and protection against abusive access. These providers may process IP addresses and technical logs to the extent necessary to provide and secure their services.
6. Cookies and similar technologies
This website does not currently use advertising cookies, tracking profiles or first-party analytics tools. Strictly necessary technical functions may be used for security, site delivery and operation of the contact form.
If optional services requiring consent are added in the future, this policy will be updated and appropriate controls will be provided before those services are activated.
7. External links
This website contains links to external platforms, including Amazon and Books2Read. When you follow an external link, data processing is governed by the privacy policy of the relevant platform.
8. Your rights
You may request information about your personal data, ask for inaccurate data to be corrected or request deletion, and withdraw an authorisation where applicable. Please write to melody.aimee.espinosa@outlook.com. Reasonable information may be requested to verify the identity of the person making the request.
9. Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated if the website’s features, providers or applicable requirements change. The date of the current version will always appear at the beginning of this page.