Privacy Policy

This website, https://fstopbook.com, is owned and operated by Stephan Bollinger. Our business is registered in Queensland, Australia, and we sell books worldwide via Amazon. Books are printed on demand upon order.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection.

An anonymised hash of your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service. Their privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. If your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible publicly in context.

Media

If you upload images to the site, you should avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can extract this data if the image is publicly accessible.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These exist for your convenience and last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to test your browser’s cookie acceptance. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we set cookies to save your login and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, or two weeks if you select “Remember Me”. Display preference cookies last one year. Logging out removes login cookies.

If you edit or publish content, a cookie will be stored in your browser to indicate the post ID. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the other website directly. These sites may collect data, use cookies, and track your interaction.

Data Sharing

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention

If you leave a comment, it and its metadata are retained indefinitely to enable automatic follow-up approval.

For registered users (if any), we store the personal information provided in your profile. You may view, edit, or delete your data at any time (username changes not permitted). Site administrators can access and manage this information.

Your Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data, or request its erasure. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data Handling

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.