Privacy Policy

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If you voluntarily sign up for Amanda L. Rautio’s newsletter or blog, this site will record your email address. You can refuse to supply personal information, but that will exclude you from certain related activities such as receiving newsletters, blogs, and free offers. When subscribers click on a link in one of my emails or fills out a form, the site may record this information (see below how this information is used). Subscribers may unsubscribe at any time. You may ask for all your data to be deleted at any time.

If you enter a giveaway, your email and name may be collected. If you win a physical prize, you will be asked to give your name and physical address.

This website may collect non-personal information about visitors when they interact with the site. This information may include the browser name, means of connection to the site, and other non-identifying information.

This website may use “cookies” to enhance visitor experience. Typically, cookies may be placed on visitors’ hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Visitors may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to send an alert when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the site may not function properly.

Newsletter and blog subscribers’ names and emails will only be used for receiving the newsletters, the blog, or communication from Amanda L. Rautio. Amanda L. Rautio may use affiliate codes in some of the emails or on the site.

Subscriber information is never shared with an third party. 

Sometimes Amanda L. Rautio will include third-party links through email or on the website. These sites have their own policies and you should read those before subscribing or purchasing from them.

All information is saved by GoDaddy and only Amanda L. Rautio can access them. Should a data breach ever occur, subscribers will be notified within 7 days.

Without in any way limiting the author’s and Publisher's exclusive rights under copyright, [Amanda L. Rautio and Pantheon Publishing respectively], any use of this publication and/or website to “train” generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to generate text is expressly prohibited. The author reserves all rights to license uses of this work for generative AI training and development of machine learning language models. 

Amanda L. Rautio may update this privacy policy at any time. A notice about such changes will be sent to all subscribers. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

By visiting and using www.thepennedmuse.com you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you can simply not use the site. Continued use of the site means you accept the policy and any periodic changes.