Category: Legal

Cookie Policy

Last updated: 15 August 2025

1. About This Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on our website, and the limited circumstances in which we set them.

We believe in keeping things simple and transparent — that means no analytics, advertising, or cross‑site tracking cookies.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They help a site remember your actions and preferences so you don’t have to keep re‑entering information when you move between pages.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use essential functional cookies only to make this site work, for example:

• Unlocking free gifts or other site features
• Remembering your place in a process (such as whether you’ve already unlocked content)
• Ensuring pages load and display correctly

These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the site and cannot be switched off in our systems. They do not store any personally identifying information.

4. Cookies We Set

Cookie Name	Purpose	Expiry
gift	Unlocks free gift access after visiting certain pages	30 days
last_landing	Remembers the last landing page you visited	30 days
cookie_notice_dismissed	Hides the cookie banner after you click “Got it”	180 days
newsletter	Remembers that you have subscribed via the Newsletter plugin, preventing duplicate sign‑up prompts	180 days

Note: The exact cookie names and durations may change if we update how features work. We will update this page if that happens.

5. Third‑Party Cookies

We do not use any third‑party cookies for analytics, advertising, or tracking.

6. Managing Cookies in Your Browser

Most browsers allow you to manage or block cookies through their settings. Be aware that blocking essential cookies may cause some parts of the site to stop working properly.

• Manage cookies in Chrome
• Manage cookies in Edge
• Manage cookies in Safari
• Manage cookies in Firefox

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us via our Privacy Policy.

The Book Club is an email newsletter that lets you get free discounts on upcoming books.

We collect your data, upon your consent to send you marketing updates.

This data consists of:

• Your email address (which is required for us to email you.)
• Your first name (which you can choose not to provide. You may also use a fake name.)

Your data will never be sold to third parties.

Your data will be stored electronically on the data processor that is currently powered by WordPress and WordPress plugins on a server hosted by hostpapa.

Your email will be used to get in touch with you for the purpose of project updates, new releases and limited offers by email only. A selected number of readers will receive free books or invites to beta reading programs.

You can unsubscribe from this list at any moment by hitting the Unsubscribe button on the emails you receive or you can email: club@smile.ws

You can also request for your data to be deleted by emailing: club@smile.ws

The Book Club is owned and operated by Smile Brands Ltd.

Email club @ smile.ws to request data deletion.