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As a sole trader based in the United Kingdom, Susie Sharp is subject to the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA), which amended UK data protection law in stages from February 2026. This website is not required to register with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) unless personal data is processed for purposes beyond those covered by the sole trader exemption — but Susie Sharp is committed to handling all personal data responsibly and in accordance with this policy.
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Newsletter: yes · Contact: yes
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Yes
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Message content
Contact form
Yes
Enquiry type
Contact form
Yes
IP address & browsing data
Google Analytics (automatic)
Automatic
Payment information
PayPal (for signed copy orders)
Yes — processed by PayPal
When you subscribe to Susie's News, your name and email address are used to send you Susie's monthly newsletter. This includes writing updates, book announcements, early access to new releases, giveaways, and the free Midlife Plot Twist Playbook delivered on sign-up. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of every email.
When you submit the contact form, your name, email address, and message are used solely to respond to your enquiry. Messages are not added to any mailing list without your separate consent.
This website uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site — which pages are visited, how long visitors stay, and how they arrived. This data is used only to improve the website. It does not identify you personally. Google Analytics data is processed by Google LLC. For more information, see
When you order a signed copy, your name, postal address, and payment details are required to fulfil your order. Payment is handled by PayPal. Susie Sharp retains your name and postal address for the purpose of posting your order and, where required, for financial record-keeping as a sole trader.
Under UK GDPR and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, personal data must be processed on a lawful basis. The lawful bases used by this website are:
Sending Susie's News newsletter
Consent — you have actively opted in by subscribing
Responding to contact form enquiries
Legitimate interests — to respond to your enquiry as requested
Processing signed copy orders
Contract — to fulfil the order you have placed
Financial record-keeping
Legal obligation — HMRC requirements for sole traders
Google Analytics
Consent (via cookie consent) and legitimate interests — improving the website
Susie Sharp uses the following third-party services which may process your personal data on her behalf:
Email newsletter delivery. Your name and email address are stored on MailerLite's servers to enable the sending of Susie's News. MailerLite is GDPR-compliant and based in the EU.
Website analytics. Anonymised usage data is shared with Google LLC. Google may transfer data to the United States. Under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, such transfers are assessed against the UK's data protection test — whether the standard of protection in the destination country is not materially lower than in the UK. Google operates under an International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) for UK data transfers.
Payment processing for signed copies. PayPal processes your payment data in accordance with their own privacy policy. Susie Sharp does not have access to your payment card details.
This website is hosted on Yola. Yola may collect standard server log data (such as IP addresses) as part of normal website hosting operations.
Newsletter subscriber data
Until you unsubscribe, after which it is deleted from MailerLite within 30 days
Contact form messages
Up to 12 months, or until the enquiry is resolved and the correspondence is no longer needed
Signed copy order details (name & address)
Up to 6 years, in accordance with HMRC requirements for sole trader financial records
Google Analytics data
26 months (Google Analytics default retention period)
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Under UK GDPR and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
You can request a copy of the personal data Susie Sharp holds about you at any time.
You can ask for inaccurate or incomplete personal data to be corrected.
You can ask for your personal data to be deleted — sometimes known as the "right to be forgotten" — where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.
You can ask for the processing of your personal data to be restricted in certain circumstances.
Where processing is based on consent or contract and carried out by automated means, you can request your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
You can object to the processing of your personal data where it is based on legitimate interests. You can also object to receiving direct marketing at any time.
Where processing is based on consent (for example, newsletter subscription), you can withdraw your consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before withdrawal.
Under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, from 19 June 2026 you have a specific right to raise a data protection complaint directly with Susie Sharp as the data controller. Susie Sharp will acknowledge your complaint within 30 days and provide a full response within a reasonable timeframe.
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To exercise any of these rights, please contact Susie Sharp by email at
If you are unhappy with how Susie Sharp has handled your complaint or data request, you then have the right to escalate to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, from June 2026 you are expected to raise your concern with the controller first before contacting the ICO.
This website is intended for adults. The content — women's fiction for women over 40 — is not directed at children under the age of 18.
Susie Sharp does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If you believe a child has provided personal data through this website, please contact
This privacy policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, or how this website operates. The date at the top of this page will always show when it was last updated. Significant changes will be communicated to newsletter subscribers by email.
Continued use of this website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
For any questions, requests, or concerns about this privacy policy or the way your personal data is handled, please contact:
Susie Sharp
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Writing emotionally layered women's fiction for midlife women. Based in Brecon, Wales.
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