Last updated: 06/09/2026
 
This website is operated by Sam Ragnarsson.
 
If you have any questions about your personal information or this privacy policy, contact me at privacy@ragnarssonwrites.com.
 
 
WHAT INFORMATION I USE
 
I collect and use personal information when you join my mailing list, download a free book, novella, sample or other reader offer, buy something from this website, contact me, take part in a reader promotion through which you have agreed to hear from me, or use the website.
 
This may include information such as your name, email address, order and purchase information, messages you send me, and technical information generated when you use the website or interact with emails.
 
I do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information.
 
 
MAILING LIST AND FREE BOOKS
 
If you join my mailing list, I use your details to send you emails about my books, new releases, free stories, offers and related news.
 
You may join directly through this website, or through a reader promotion where you have explicitly agreed to receive emails from me.
 
My mailing list is managed using MailerLite. MailerLite may also provide information about how emails are used, such as whether messages are opened and whether links are clicked.
 
I use your information for mailing-list marketing because you have consented to receive it.
 
You can withdraw that consent whenever you like by clicking the unsubscribe link included in every marketing email.
 
I do not sell or rent my mailing list or give it to other authors or advertisers for their own marketing.
 
 
ORDERS AND PURCHASES
 
If you buy something from this website, I use the information needed to take payment, fulfil your order, deliver your purchase, provide customer support and keep appropriate business and financial records.
 
I process this information because it is necessary to fulfil my contract with you and, where applicable, to comply with legal and financial obligations.
 
The website and online shop are provided through Wix. Payments are handled by Wix and/or the payment provider shown during checkout. I do not normally receive or store your complete payment-card details.
 
Emails needed to fulfil an order or deal with a purchase are service messages and are separate from the marketing mailing list.
 
 
READER PROMOTIONS
 
From time to time I may use reader-promotion services to introduce my books to new readers.
 
If you join my mailing list through one of these promotions, I may receive information confirming your signup and consent, such as your name or email address, the promotion through which you joined, your country, and the date or time of signup.
 
I use that information only for the purposes explained when you signed up.
 
 
WEBSITE AND ANALYTICS
 
This website is hosted using Wix.
 
Wix processes technical information necessary to provide, operate and secure the website. The site may also use Wix's built-in analytics to help me understand things such as how many people visit the site and which pages are being used.
 
Some of this information may be collected through cookies or similar technologies.
 
Where consent is legally required for analytics or other non-essential cookies, those technologies are controlled through the website's cookie-consent settings.
 
I may use basic website information where necessary for the legitimate interests of operating, maintaining and securing the site.
 
 
COOKIES
 
The site uses cookies and similar technologies.
 
Some are necessary for the website to function, for example for security, shopping baskets, checkout and maintaining website sessions.
 
Other cookies may be used for analytics or similar purposes. Where the law requires consent, you can choose whether to allow these through the cookie controls provided on the website.
 
 
WHO PROCESSES INFORMATION FOR ME
 
I use service providers where necessary to run the website and provide books and services to readers.
 
These include Wix for the website, online shop and related services; MailerLite for mailing-list management and email delivery; payment processors used during checkout; ebook-delivery services; and reader-promotion services when I take part in promotions.
 
These companies process information as necessary to provide their services.
 
Some of these services operate internationally and may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where personal information is transferred internationally, the transfer is subject to the safeguards required by applicable UK data-protection law.
 
 
HOW LONG I KEEP INFORMATION
 
If you join my mailing list, I normally keep your information until you unsubscribe or ask me to delete it.
 
Information relating to purchases and financial transactions may be kept for longer where necessary for accounting, taxation, legal or record-keeping purposes.
 
Other information is kept only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was collected.
 
 
YOUR RIGHTS
 
UK data-protection law gives you rights over your personal information.
 
Depending on the circumstances, these can include the right to ask what information I hold about you, obtain a copy of it, have inaccurate information corrected, ask for information to be deleted, restrict or object to certain uses of your information, receive certain information in a portable form, and withdraw consent where I am relying on your consent.
 
You can object to direct marketing at any time. The easiest way is simply to unsubscribe from an email.
 
For any other request, contact privacy@ragnarssonwrites.com
 
If you believe your information has been handled improperly, you can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
 
 
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
 
I may update this privacy policy if the website, the services I use or the law changes.
 
The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.