Privacy Statement

Who is responsible for this website?

This is the official author website of ML Brei, based in Virginia, United States. ML Brei determines the purposes and manner in which personal information associated with this website is handled and therefore acts as the data controller where applicable privacy law uses that term.

General inquiries may be sent through the Contact page.

What information may be processed?

mlbrei.com does not currently provide user accounts, an on-site contact form, advertising technology, or visitor profiling. You can browse the site without intentionally providing your name, email address, or other identifying information.

As with most websites, the web-hosting service may automatically process limited technical information needed to deliver and protect the site. This may include an Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser or device information, the date and time of a request, the pages or files requested, and basic server or security logs.

Why is this information used?

Technical information may be processed only as reasonably necessary to:

• deliver the website and its files to visitors;
• maintain the reliability and security of the site;
• diagnose technical problems or abusive traffic; and
• meet applicable legal or security obligations.

Where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, the legal basis for this limited technical processing is the legitimate interest in operating and securing a functional website, except where another legal basis is required by law.

Contact, purchases, and external websites

Some links on this website take you to other websites, including Meripoint Books, booksellers, event-registration services, and other third parties. Those websites operate independently and may collect personal information under their own privacy notices.

In particular, the ML Brei Contact page directs visitors to the contact form on the Meripoint Books website. Information you choose to submit there is processed by that website and is subject to its privacy practices. ML Brei does not receive your contact information merely because you visited mlbrei.com.

Retention and security

Personal information is not intentionally retained by mlbrei.com longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was processed. Technical server logs, where maintained by the hosting provider, may be retained for limited periods for security, troubleshooting, fraud prevention, or legal requirements.

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect information, although no Internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Visitors outside the United States

This website is operated from the United States. If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another jurisdiction, technical information associated with your visit may therefore be processed in the United States by the website and its service providers.

Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers of personal information, appropriate safeguards will be used by the relevant service provider or controller as required by law.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live and the circumstances of the processing, you may have rights concerning your personal information. For people protected by the GDPR, these can include rights to be informed, to request access or correction, to request erasure or restriction, to object to certain processing, and, where applicable, to data portability and withdrawal of consent.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data-protection supervisory authority in the country where you live or work, or where you believe a violation of data-protection law occurred.

Privacy questions or requests

To ask a question about this statement or make a privacy-related request, please use the Contact page and identify your message as a privacy inquiry. Enough information may be requested to verify your identity before acting on a request concerning personal information.