Privacy Policy
General TermsI value your privacy. I do not sell or distribute your information to anyone (except in the unlikely event such information is lawfully requested by law enforcement).I collect the following personal information if you provide it: I use your personal information for the following purposes only: Browsing virgomoon.com and communicating using my email addressMy website is a secure (SSL) site hosted by web.com/register.com and they also provide my email services. Their privacy policy is here. You will notice that I do NOT follow you around on my site and put up ads for my work on other sites you visit. I do not allow popup ads on my website. I do offer Amazon and other bookseller links for books (and the occasional toy!) related to the topics my pages cover. These aren't randomly selected or paid ads, they are references quoted and other books that might be of interest regarding the materials used or other aspects of my work. I do receive a few cents if you purchase a book through an Amazon link from my site. Note that to see the links you must disable your ad blocker for my website. Email SubscriptionEZezine, the company which maintains my mailing list, has strong privacy policies which prevent access or use of your email information by others. Their privacy policy is here: EZezine. Shopping CartMy shopping cart is hosted by Americommerce.com. They are PCI and GDPR compliant as explained here. Note that they do not collect your credit card information, they only handle the shopping cart details (buyer information, items purchased, tax, shipping costs, etc.). Credit Card InformationI do not store credit card information on any of my own computers or in my hardcopy files. Credit card information is handled in several ways: On-line purchases from the USAIf you are making an on-line purchase using a US credit card and shipping to an address within the United States, the shopping cart will compute your total and forward the information to PayPal for payment. PayPal's privacy notice is here. PayPal collects the funds and deposits them to my account, it never shares your credit card information with me.Layaway PaymentsFor layaways, I normally send a monthly invoice via PayPal so you can click-to-pay using their service. We can also arrange reminders via text message or email if you prefer to pay by check or money order.Telephone and Show OrdersWhen you purchase from me at a show or over the phone, I will process your credit card transaction using a Square reader on my Android phone. (Or you may send a check or money order.) Square's privacy notice is here.Foreign TransactionsIf you wish to purchase an item and your shipping address is outside the United States please contact me. I will compute shipping and other charges and send a PayPal invoice for the purchase or make other arrangements with you. Please DO NOT send your credit card details in your email! Email is not secure!
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