Last updated: 31 July 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Shayne Halliday Author collects, uses and protects personal information through shaynehallidayauthor.com.
Contact enquiries
If you use the website’s Contact form, we collect the information you voluntarily provide, including your name, email address and message. We use this information only to respond to your enquiry and manage any subsequent correspondence.
Submitting a Contact form does not add you to the mailing list.
Email subscriptions
If you join the Hot Mess Club or request a free chapter, we collect your email address and any other information you voluntarily enter into the signup form.
We use this information to provide the requested material and send author news, book updates, occasional behind-the-scenes content and other relevant emails. You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in every marketing email.
Our mailing list and email communications are managed through MailerLite. MailerLite processes subscriber information on our behalf. You can read MailerLite’s Privacy Policy at:
https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy
Google Analytics and website usage information
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the website and to help improve its content and performance.
Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information such as:
• pages visited;
• time spent on the website;
• referring websites;
• approximate geographic location;
• browser, device and operating-system information; and
• interactions with website features.
Google Analytics may process an IP address to provide approximate location information, but Google states that individual IP addresses are not logged or stored by Google Analytics.
This information is generally presented to us in aggregated reports and is not used by us to personally identify individual visitors.
You can read Google’s Privacy Policy at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
You can also use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Cookies are small files placed on a visitor’s device. The website may use cookies that are necessary for website functions and analytics cookies used by Google Analytics.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the website operate. When the cookie notice is displayed, you may accept or reject analytics cookies. Google Analytics will not load unless you accept them.
We may use personal information to:
• respond to messages and enquiries;
• deliver requested free material;
• manage email subscriptions;
• send newsletters and book-related communications to subscribers;
• understand and improve website use and performance;
• maintain website security; and
• meet applicable legal obligations.
We do not sell or rent personal information.
Personal information may be processed by trusted service providers where necessary to operate the website and its services. These may include:
• MailerLite, for email subscriptions and communications;
• Google Analytics, for website analytics;
• Sitejet and website-hosting providers, for website operation and hosting; and
• other technical providers used to maintain the website or respond to enquiries.
These providers may process or store information outside Australia. Their handling of information is governed by their own privacy policies, security practices and applicable laws.
We may also disclose information where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect our legal rights, security or the safety of others.
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to maintain appropriate business records or to meet legal obligations.
Contact correspondence may be deleted when it is no longer required. Subscriber information is retained while a person remains subscribed or as necessary to maintain an unsubscribe record.
Reasonable steps are taken to protect personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, alteration or disclosure. However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You may contact us to:
• ask what personal information we hold about you;
• request that inaccurate information be corrected;
• request deletion of personal information where appropriate;
• withdraw consent to receive marketing emails; or
• raise a privacy concern.
To stop receiving marketing emails, use the unsubscribe link in any email or contact us directly.
For privacy questions or requests, contact:
Shayne Halliday Author
PO Box 6087
White Hills VIC 3550
Australia
Email: info@shaynehallidayauthor.com
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, its services or applicable requirements change. The current version will be published on this page with the date of the latest update.