Privacy Policy

I am the sole registered operator of this website as Iris Marsh or Iris van de Pavert (“company”, “I”, “we” or “us”), business name “Iris – Content & Creation.” I offer editorial services and courses to authors. My client base is worldwide.

I am dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information. This privacy policy describes what information is collected from you on www.IrisMarshEdits.com (hereinafter the “website”) and how it is used. The term “you” refers to anyone who uses, visits, and/or views the website.

By visiting and using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy policy. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You must not access or use the website if you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

This privacy policy was last updated on 8 October 2025.

Children’s Privacy

I respect the privacy of children. Here, “child” means an individual under the age of 13. All information and content on this website is intended for individuals over the age of 18. Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using this website. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior parental or guardian consent. If you believe any personal information is collected from someone under the age of 13 without parental or guardian consent, then please contact us to have that information deleted.

What Information I Collect

When you access the website, you may provide certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to:

your name
email address,
postal address
avatar image
information pertinent to your enquiry (such as word count, genre, nature of the project, and so on)
payment information as detailed on PayPal or any other payment platform we agree to use, such as your full name, postal address, and phone number.

This information is collected when you:

fill out the request form (via Airtable)
subscribe to my newsletter (through Kit)
send me an email (through Outlook)
leave a comment or like on the website (through Wix)
register on the website (through Wix)
leave a review on my services (through TrustPilot).

How Your Information Is Used

This is what I use your information for:

Internal accounting processes (e.g., invoicing) and tax compliance in my country.
To be able to contact you when you request a sample, critique order, or contact me with a question or comment.
To give you access to any course content you have purchased that is stored on my ecommerce platforms of choice.
To record your agreement to the terms in my editorial contract.
To contact you with writing and editing tips, offers, or promotions.

Additionally, like other websites, this website collects certain information about you through Log Data, Google Analytics, and Microsoft Clarity. Log Data is information about your computer’s Internet Protocol Address, which is your “IP” address, browser information, Internet Service Provider’s information, your operating system, and your browser type.

Similarly, Google Analytics collects certain information about your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, the equipment you used to access the website, traffic patterns, and other general patterns related to your use of the website.

Microsoft Clarity collects similar information to Google Analytics, such as your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, the devise you use, and so on. In addition, Clarity gathers information for HeatMaps, which means it tracks your progress through a page in real-time, including where you click and which sections you spent the most time on.

This information is used to analyze website statistics related to user behavior and interests, improve our performance and your use of the website, and to further enhance our products and services offered to you.

Comments and Social Media

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. When you leave a comment, your name, email address, and website/organization name is not shared with a third party and may be used to communicate with you.

Social media accounts and sharing options are available on this website. Social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and so forth) can track your personal information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media, please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information. This information is no longer private. It becomes public information and can be collected and used by others. We have no control over and take no responsibility for the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly-disclosed personal information by you.

Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to any kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others.

Use of Cookies

The website may use cookies to facilitate your use of the website. Cookies are files with small amounts of data including an anonymous unique identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you are viewing the website. Just like other websites, I collect some non-personally identifiable information including but not limited to your IP address, geographic location, language preference, date and time of visitors.

Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data. You can read their privacy policy to see how you can request that I remove your information from my analytics data.

Microsoft Clarity also uses cookies to collect your data. To read more about how they collect and retain your data, please read Clarity’s privacy documentation.

When you leave a comment on our website, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.

We may use cookies for various reasons such as optimizing and personalizing your browsing experience, checking our website analytics, saving your preferences and settings for future use, affiliate marketing, and posting comments on our website.

This information is only collected to better serve and understand your user experience on the website. You have the option of turning off cookies on your computer should you wish to do so. If you choose to do that, you may not be able to view all the features and content of this website.

To learn more about cookies, visit All About Cookies.

Use Of Web Beacons And Pixels

In conjunction with the use of cookies, third parties may also use web beacons, which are also known as clear GIFs, web bugs, or pixel tags to collect general information about your use of my website. They monitor user activity and are used to track customer behavior data. This information may be relevant to third parties.

I’m not currently using social media pixels to track and collect information, but this might be the case in the future (at which time I will update this policy).

We may use social media pixels to track and collect general information about your use in compliance with different social media sites (Facebook) for the purpose of promoting products, tracking conversions, remarketing, running target advertisements and so forth.

Third parties like Facebook may use their own cookies, web beacons and other technologies to collect and receive information from our website for the purpose of providing target advertisements. You may see our ads on Facebook after you have visited our website.

Third-Party Links and Use

I may include, offer, or advertise third party links, products, or services on the website. Once you click on a third-party link and leave this website, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.

Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, advertisements, etc.). For example, I embed YouTube videos on my website for additional information. When you view the video on my website or click over to YouTube, it’s YouTube who will collect your data.

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We have no control over these third parties and they have their own privacy policies. Neither are we responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any questions. You also agree that your use of these third-party websites is solely at your risk.

Disclosure of Your Information

As a general rule, I do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent with the exception of the following circumstances:

Your information may be disclosed to the trusted third parties I use, like my website hosting platform (Wix), email marketing service provider (Kit), form builder (AirTable), and any other service provider I use to operate this website.
We may disclose your information to comply with state or federal regulations related to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal claims related to the website.
We may disclose your information to our successor and/or acquiring party in the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution or partial sale in the future. However, your personal information will be transferred to the acquiring party in accordance with this privacy policy.

Email Marketing

You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from my email list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials and any other content related to this website. When you send an email, your email message along with email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. This information is kept confidential and I do not share, sell, or trade your email information with third parties except as otherwise stated in this privacy policy.

If you are in the European Union and opt-in to receive any of my free products or purchase any products or services through my website or ecommerce platform of choice, you will be subscribed to receive my free email newsletter once you affirmatively consent to it.

Please see the Opt-Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from me.

Also if you are NOT in the European Union, you will have to affirmatively opt-in to receive my free email newsletter. Please see the Opt-Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.

Opt-Out

I comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and do not spam or send misleading information. Should you wish to no longer receive communication from me, you have the option of unsubscribing by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email I send to you or by contacting me.

As for third party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or opt-out from their communications.

I am in compliance with the GDPR along with the email marketing service I use to collect your data.

GDPR Visitor Rights

Under the GDPR, if you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain rights and information listed below.

I will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of:

You ask us to delete the information by sending a request to info@irismarsh.com. Please note that such requests may result in you no longer being able to access paid or free content previously provided to you.
Our decision to cease using our existing data providers.
I decide to no longer be in business or continue to offer the services.
The data is no longer needed to provide you service, is too costly to maintain further retention, or I find it is outdated.

Moreover:

You have the right to request access to your data that I store and have the ability to access your personal data.
You have the right to either rectify or erase your personal data. You have the right to verify the accuracy of your personal data and have it corrected or removed completely.
You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data. When you restrict the processing of your data, I can store your data but cannot process it further.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances, including but not limited to direct marketing, profiling, scientific or historical research purposes, statistical purposes, automated decision-making, and profiling and tasks based on legitimate interests or in the public interest/exercise of official authority.
You have the right to the portability of your data. You have the right to request your personal data from me, receive it, and transfer it to another controller.
You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. If you have provided consent (by using the cookie banner) processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

I require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a contract with you. I will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with me.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA Compliance)

If you reside in California, you are entitled to additional rights under California law and we ensure compliance with the CCPA. Here are your rights:

You have the right to know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed to third parties.
You have the right to say no to the sale of your personal information.
You also have the right to access your personal information, which we will provide within 30 days of such request.
You have the right to know what personal information is collected from you and how it is used, which we explained in this Privacy Policy.
You have the right to have your personal information deleted.
You have the right to equal service, price, and no discrimination.
You have the right to data portability and right to request your personal information and use it for your own purposes.

Pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light Act,” you are permitted to request information about the manner in which I share certain categories of information with third parties for their marketing use. When we disclose such information, your personal information is still kept confidential and between us and that third party. It is not used for any other purpose that’s not permitted under the laws.

Please be advised I DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION to third parties and have never sold your personal information. We do not intend to sell your personal information in the future either.

Under the CCPA, you still have the right to opt-out of such sales. You can simply click the button on the footer that states “do not sell my information.” If you would like to exercise any of your rights under California law, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by sending us an email at info@irismarsh.com. Only you as the person registered with the California Secretary of State can make such verifiable consumer requested related to your personal information or someone you authorize to act on your behalf.

Your verifiable consumer request must provide sufficient information that allows us to verify that you are the person you are claiming to be or that you are the authorized representative of such person about whom we had collected personal information. You must describe your request with enough details such as:

your first and last name
address and your country

This information allows me to properly understand the request and respond to it. Please note I cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information unless I first verify your identity or authority to make such a request and confirm that the personal information relates to you. I will make all attempts to respond to your request within 30 days of receipt.

This privacy notice for California residents supplements the information included in the previous sections of this privacy policy. California and Delaware law also requires me to state whether I honor “Do Not Track” settings in your browser regarding targeted advertising, and I do not monitor or respond to Do Not Track browser requests.

If you wish to alter any privacy and tracking settings, you can change your cookie preferences at any time.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to me, and I strive to follow generally commercial industry standards to protect your personal information submitted to me voluntarily and automatically. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and I cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

When you make a credit card purchase or purchase through any means on the website, you will be directed to a third-party vendor to complete the transaction (such as PayPal or Stripe0. Any information you provide during the checkout process is not stored on my website but instead provided to the third-party vendor that completes the purchase transaction.

By using this website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and for any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that I cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through my website without my knowledge and consent.

Testimonial Disclaimer

Testimonials Disclaimer. In accordance with the FTC guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising, please be aware of the following:

Testimonials appearing on this website are received in various forms via a variety of submission methods. The testimonials, statements, and opinions presented on www.irismarshedits.com are applicable to the individuals who wrote it. Results vary and may not be representative of the experience of others. The testimonials are voluntarily provided and are not paid, nor were they provided with free products and services, or any benefits in exchange for their statements.

The testimonials are representative of the client’s experiences but the exact results will be unique and individual to each client.

The testimonials displayed are given verbatim except for grammatical or typing error corrections. Some testimonials may have been edited for clarity, or shortened in cases where the original testimonial included extraneous information that is of no relevance to the general public.

Privacy Policy Updates

This privacy policy is effective as of 21 June 2020 and will be updated and modified as needed. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to check for future updates to this policy. Any modifications to this privacy policy will be effective upon my publishing of the new terms, and your continued use of our website after the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of our modified privacy policy.

Contact

For any questions or comments regarding the privacy policy, please contact me at info@irismarsh.com.