Cookies Policy
It's pretty common practice for professional websites to use cookies, tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. The Suite of Websites listed here are all covered by Will Patching's Privacy Policy and all use cookies to some degree or other. In this Cookies Policy the term 'Website' or 'Websites' may refer to any or all of the following:
Cookies are used on these Websites for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to the Websites.
It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent cookies collecting your information by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this).
The Cookies on these Websites
These Websites offer private pages - these are for Readers Group Members and can only be accessed by password - and an opt-in Newsletter. Cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users/Readers Group Members.
When you submit data through a form such as those found on the contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
In some special cases cookies may be provided by trusted third parties. Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of these Websites to help provide engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit - information that helps to improve the Websites for you.
The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this suite of Websites:
Google Analytics and Google Adwords:
Google Analytics is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping webmasters understand how visitors use the Websites and discover ways to improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as the pages that you visit and how long you spend on them to enable the Websites to continue to produce engaging content.
The Websites may present advertisements from Google Ads that are tailored to your browsing history using information from cookies found on these Websites.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
Amazon
The Websites may feature advertisments from Amazon under an Associates agreement, and Amazon will use cookies to tailor any offers made in those ads based on your browsing history. None of this information is shared with or held by the Website Owner/Data Controller (Will Patching).
Social media - Facebook, Twitter etc
You may see custom content based on information you have shared on the Websites about yourself either directly or indirectly by linking a social media account. These types of cookies simply enable you to see content that may be of interest to you.
Social media buttons and/or plugins appear on these Websites that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. These social media sites include: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Pinterest, Instagram. Using these links will set off cookies which may be used to enhance your profile on the relevant social medai site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More Information
Simply Googling 'cookies' will provide far more information on this topic. Remember, the Website host is Will Patching, an author, not a computer technician, although he will try to answer any queries about cookies - or any issue related to these Websites or his writing - if you use the relevant contact form or the email address below.
Generally, it’s usually better to leave cookies enabled in case they interact with the features you use on these Websites.
Still baffled? Feel free to contact Will.
Email: will@willpatchingauthor.com
- www.willpatchingauthor.com (Will Patching, Author)
- www.remorselessthriller.com (The Remorseless Trilogy)
- www.remorselessfiction.com (Psychopaths in Fact & Fiction)
- wwww.thehacknovel.com (The Hack Trilogy)
- www.novelchoices.com (The Hack - Free to Members)
- www.remorselessnovel.com (Remorseless - Free to Members)
- www.remorselessthrillers.com (Under construction)
- www.willpatching.com (Diverts to Will Patching, Author above)
Cookies are used on these Websites for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to the Websites.
It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent cookies collecting your information by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this).
The Cookies on these Websites
These Websites offer private pages - these are for Readers Group Members and can only be accessed by password - and an opt-in Newsletter. Cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users/Readers Group Members.
When you submit data through a form such as those found on the contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
In some special cases cookies may be provided by trusted third parties. Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of these Websites to help provide engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit - information that helps to improve the Websites for you.
The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this suite of Websites:
Google Analytics and Google Adwords:
Google Analytics is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping webmasters understand how visitors use the Websites and discover ways to improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as the pages that you visit and how long you spend on them to enable the Websites to continue to produce engaging content.
The Websites may present advertisements from Google Ads that are tailored to your browsing history using information from cookies found on these Websites.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
Amazon
The Websites may feature advertisments from Amazon under an Associates agreement, and Amazon will use cookies to tailor any offers made in those ads based on your browsing history. None of this information is shared with or held by the Website Owner/Data Controller (Will Patching).
Social media - Facebook, Twitter etc
You may see custom content based on information you have shared on the Websites about yourself either directly or indirectly by linking a social media account. These types of cookies simply enable you to see content that may be of interest to you.
Social media buttons and/or plugins appear on these Websites that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. These social media sites include: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Pinterest, Instagram. Using these links will set off cookies which may be used to enhance your profile on the relevant social medai site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More Information
Simply Googling 'cookies' will provide far more information on this topic. Remember, the Website host is Will Patching, an author, not a computer technician, although he will try to answer any queries about cookies - or any issue related to these Websites or his writing - if you use the relevant contact form or the email address below.
Generally, it’s usually better to leave cookies enabled in case they interact with the features you use on these Websites.
Still baffled? Feel free to contact Will.
Email: will@willpatchingauthor.com