Privacy, cookies & disclosures

Last updated November 11, 2026

This is Gwendolen Gross’s author website. It introduces her books and creative work and provides a way to contact her. It is intended for adult readers, primarily in the United States, and welcomes visitors from other countries.

Information you share

If you email hello@gwendolengross.com, Gwendolen receives your email address, your name if provided, and the message and attachments you send. This information is used to respond and manage the correspondence. Please share only what is relevant to your inquiry.

There is no newsletter signup, visitor account or contact form. Sending a message does not subscribe you to marketing emails. Purchases are completed on bookshops’ websites; this site does not collect payment information.

Website operation and service providers

When this website is accessed online, its hosting services may process technical information such as an IP address, browser information, requested page, referring page, and date and time of access to deliver and secure the site. Email services process messages sent to Gwendolen. These services have access to the information needed to perform their functions.

Information may also be disclosed when required by law or reasonably necessary to protect legal rights or address security concerns. We do not sell your personal information or use your messages to build advertising audiences.

Cookies and optional analytics

With your permission, we use Google Analytics 4, provided by Google, to understand how readers find and use the website and which bookshop links they follow. It measures page views, visits, scrolling, outbound clicks and other enabled interactions, along with browser and device information, referral information and approximate location. A retailer-link click does not tell us whether you bought a book.

The Google tag does not load and this website sends no Analytics requests before acceptance or after rejection. On withdrawal, analytics collection is disabled, this site's Analytics cookies are removed and the page reloads to stop the loaded tracking code. Withdrawal stops future collection; it does not automatically delete information already collected. Contact us about deletion requests.

We keep your accept or reject choice in your browser's local storage for up to 180 days. This preference is used only to remember your privacy choice. If your browser blocks storage, the choice applies only to the current page. Clearing browser storage removes the saved choice.

If you accept, Google Analytics uses first-party cookies such as _ga and _ga_8F5XDXGVK4 to distinguish browsers and sessions. We limit these cookies to the remaining period of your 180-day choice. They are removed when you reject or withdraw. Analytics event-level retention follows the Analytics property's retention settings; aggregate reports and private reporting exports may be kept longer to compare performance over time.

Google processes Analytics information to provide measurement reports. IP addresses are used during collection, including to derive approximate location; Google says GA4 does not log or store individual IP addresses. We do not send your correspondence to Analytics. See How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services, Google's Privacy Policy, and Google's optional Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Google signals and advertising personalization are disabled in this site's tag. We do not use Analytics here for remarketing or personalized advertising, and no Google Ads conversion tag is installed. A browser Global Privacy Control or enabled Do Not Track signal keeps analytics off, including when an earlier choice accepted it. Cookie settings explains when a browser signal is active.

The site's photographs, book covers and fonts are supplied with the website, rather than embedded from social media or advertising services. Bookshop links lead to separate websites with their own privacy practices. If JavaScript is disabled, Analytics does not load.

Amazon and bookshop links

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Amazon links marked “affiliate link” may earn Gwendolen a referral commission if you make a qualifying purchase, at no additional cost to you. This referral commission is separate from an author’s ordinary book royalties. The independent-bookseller and Barnes & Noble links currently on this site are not affiliate links.

Following an Amazon link takes you to Amazon, where its own privacy and cookie practices apply. Amazon may use cookies or other identifiers to attribute purchases. See Amazon’s Privacy Notice. This site does not receive your payment details from Amazon.

Other websites

Links to reviews, interviews, resources, social media and GG Ceramic Art lead to separate websites. Their operators are responsible for their own privacy practices. This notice covers the author website, not those external services.

Retention and security

Correspondence is kept for as long as reasonably needed to respond, maintain relevant records, or meet legal obligations. Retention depends on the purpose and whether an ongoing conversation or legal need remains. Technical logs are subject to the hosting provider’s retention settings. You may ask about information you have shared using the address below.

Reasonable safeguards are used to protect information, but no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure. Please do not send sensitive personal or payment information by email.

Your choices and privacy requests

To ask about your information, request access or correction, or ask for deletion, email hello@gwendolengross.com. We may need to confirm your identity before responding. Requests are handled according to applicable law, including any permitted exceptions for records that must be retained.

Depending on where you live and which laws apply, you may also have rights to restrict processing, object to certain uses, receive a portable copy, withdraw consent, or complain to a privacy regulator. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal. You will not be penalized for making a privacy request.

Visitors outside the United States

Gwendolen operates from the United States. Information you send may be processed in the United States and in countries where relevant service providers operate, which may have different privacy laws.

Where European or UK data-protection law applies, Gwendolen is responsible for the personal information processed for this site. Responding to correspondence and protecting the site rely on legitimate interests where appropriate; fulfilling an agreement or complying with law may provide other legal bases. Optional analytics relies on your consent, which you may withdraw through Cookie settings. Where required, international transfers must be covered by appropriate legal safeguards.

Children

This site is directed to adults and is not intended to collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent personal information, please contact Gwendolen so it can be addressed.

Changes and contact

Updates will appear on this page with a revised date. Material changes will be highlighted on the website, and any additional notice or renewed consent required by law will be provided.

For all privacy questions: Gwendolen Gross, hello@gwendolengross.com.