Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2026

We respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected through maggieclutterbuck.com, why it is collected and how it is used.

This is an author's website about a fictional character called Maggie Clutterbuck. It does not sell products, process payments or collect credit card or other financial information.

1. What information we collect

The only personal information we ask you to provide through this website is your email address.

You may provide your email address if you choose to subscribe to occasional emails from Maggie Clutterbuck.

We do not ask for:

  • your name

  • your age or date of birth

  • your sex

  • your postal address

  • your telephone number

  • your financial or credit card details

  • health information

  • or other sensitive personal information.

Please do not provide sensitive personal information through the website or in response to our emails.

2. Why we collect your email address

We collect your email address so that we can send you occasional emails from Maggie Clutterbuck.

These emails may include:

  • news about Maggie Clutterbuck'

  • occasional free material or other items relating to Maggie

  • notification when a Maggie Clutterbuck book is published

  • other occasional news specifically relating to Maggie Clutterbuck.

We do not intend to send frequent newsletters.

3. How we collect your email address

We collect your email address only when you voluntarily provide it through a subscription form or pop-up on maggieclutterbuck.com.

We do not buy email lists or add people to our mailing list without their permission.

When you subscribe, you are giving consent to receive occasional emails from Maggie Clutterbuck.

4. We will not sell or share your email address

We will never sell, rent or provide your email address to publishers, advertisers or other organisations for their own marketing purposes.

We may use service providers, such as Squarespace or an email marketing service, to store your email address and send emails on our behalf. These providers process your information only as necessary to provide those services.

We may also disclose information where required or authorised by law.

5. Email communications and unsubscribing

You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time.

Every marketing email will contain a clear and easy way to unsubscribe. You can also contact us at maggie@maggieclutterbuck.com and ask to be removed from the mailing list.

We will action an unsubscribe request as soon as reasonably practicable.

6. How your information is stored

Your email address is stored using the services we use to operate the website and manage our email subscriptions.

The website is operated using Squarespace. We may also use a third-party email marketing service to manage subscribers and send emails.

These service providers may store or process information outside Australia.

We do not otherwise provide your email address to third parties for their own purposes.

7. Protecting your information

We take reasonable steps to protect the email addresses we hold from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

No internet-based service can guarantee that information transmitted or stored online will be completely secure.

8. How long we keep your email address

We keep your email address while you remain subscribed to receive emails from us.

If you unsubscribe, we will remove your email address from our active mailing list.

We may retain a limited record of an unsubscribe request where reasonably necessary to ensure that we do not send you further marketing emails.

9. Access to and correction of your information

You can contact us if you would like to:

  • know what personal information we hold about you

  • correct an email address that is incorrect

  • ask us to remove your email address from our mailing list

  • ask a question about how we handle your personal information.

Please contact:

maggie@maggieclutterbuck.com

We will respond to your request within a reasonable period.

10. Privacy complaints

If you have a concern about the way we have handled your personal information, please contact us first at:

maggie@maggieclutterbuck.com

We will consider your complaint and try to resolve it promptly.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), which provides information about privacy rights and privacy complaints in Australia.

11. Website technology and cookies

The website is hosted by Squarespace. Like most websites, it uses cookies and similar technologies to help the website operate, maintain security and provide information about website traffic and how visitors use the site.

This information may include general information such as the country or region from which a visitor accesses the website, the pages they visit and how they interact with the website.

We do not use cookies or similar technologies for targeted advertising.

You can manage or disable cookies through the settings in your web browser. Some website features may not function correctly if cookies are disabled.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy if the way we operate the website or handle personal information changes, or if legal requirements change.

The latest version will always be published on maggieclutterbuck.com.

Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, please contact:

maggie@maggieclutterbuck.com