Who we are
Cozy Nook Tales is an independently created and managed website providing original British cosy crime stories. Our website address is cozynooktales.co.uk.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you use the website, why it may be collected, and how it may be used.
Information you provide to us
If you contact us using the Contact form, you provide your name, email address and the contents of your message.
This information is used only as necessary to receive, manage and respond to your enquiry. The contact form is provided using WPForms. Contact-form entries are not stored within WPForms on this website; submissions are sent by email to the site administrator.
Please do not include sensitive personal information in a contact message unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
Cookies and consent
Cozy Nook Tales uses cookies and similar technologies for purposes that may include operating the website, understanding how it is used and supporting advertising services.
CookieYes provides the website’s cookie-consent facility. Where consent is required, visitors can accept, reject or customise their cookie choices through the consent banner.
More detailed information about cookies and available choices can be found on our Cookie Policy page. Cookie preferences can also be changed using the cookie-consent controls provided on the website.
Analytics
Cozy Nook Tales uses Google Analytics to help understand how visitors use the website. Analytics may process information such as pages visited, device and browser information, approximate location derived from technical information, and interactions with the website.
This information helps us understand website usage and improve the reader experience.
Advertising
Cozy Nook Tales uses Google advertising services and is intended to display advertising through Google AdSense.
Google and its partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses and other identifiers in connection with advertising and measurement. Depending on a visitor’s consent choices and Google’s services, these technologies may be used for purposes including ad delivery, measurement and personalisation.
Visitors can use the website’s cookie-consent controls to manage applicable choices.
Affiliate links
Some pages on Cozy Nook Tales may contain affiliate links. If you follow an affiliate link, the external website may collect information or use cookies in accordance with its own privacy policy.
Cozy Nook Tales participates in the Amazon Associates Programme. Further information about affiliate links is provided in our Disclaimer.
Following Cozy Nook Tales
Readers may choose to follow Cozy Nook Tales through Follow.it. If you use this service, information required to provide the subscription is processed by Follow.it according to its own privacy practices.
Participation is optional, and readers can use Cozy Nook Tales without subscribing through Follow.it.
Links and third-party services
Cozy Nook Tales contains links to external websites and may provide links to social-media services.
When you follow a link to another website or service, that provider may process information according to its own privacy policy. Cozy Nook Tales is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites.
How long we keep information
Personal information received through the Contact form is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with the enquiry, maintain appropriate records, or meet applicable legal requirements.
Other services used by the website may retain information according to their own retention policies.
Your data-protection rights
Depending on the circumstances and applicable UK data-protection law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including rights to request access, correction or deletion of personal information and to object to or restrict certain processing.
You may also withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To make a privacy-related request, please use the Contact page on Cozy Nook Tales.
You also have the right to raise a concern with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office if you believe your personal information has not been handled appropriately.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, its services or applicable requirements change. The current version will be published on this page.
Last updated: 14 August 2026
