Last Updated: 15 September 2026
Creative Côtière respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you visit creativecotiere.com, how we use it and the choices available to you.
1. Who We Are
This website is operated by:
Creative Côtière
Grenada
Email: hello@creativecotiere.com
Website: https://creativecotiere.com
Creative Côtière provides publishing, author-development and creative-strategy services for writers and creators.
In this policy, “Creative Côtière,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Creative Côtière.
2. Information We Collect
Information you provide
We may collect information that you voluntarily submit through the website, including:
- Your name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Information about your manuscript, project or creative goals
- Information included in an inquiry or message
- Your newsletter subscription preferences
- Any other information you choose to provide
Please do not submit complete manuscripts, unpublished material, confidential information or legally privileged information through the general inquiry form unless we have specifically asked you to do so.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the website, our hosting, security, analytics and website-management systems may automatically collect limited technical information, including:
- Your IP address
- Browser and device type
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages visited
- Date and time of access
- General diagnostic, usage and security information
This information may be used to operate the website, maintain security, identify technical problems, understand general website usage and improve the performance and accessibility of our website and content.
3. How We Use Your Information
Creative Côtière may use personal information to:
- Respond to questions and service inquiries
- Arrange an introductory conversation
- Understand your manuscript, project or creative goals
- Assess whether our services may be suitable for your needs
- Provide access to articles, guides, resources and other publications
- Send newsletters, updates or insights you have requested
- Understand how visitors engage with our website and content
- Maintain appropriate records of correspondence
- Operate, maintain and improve the website
- Prevent spam, fraud, misuse and security threats
- Meet legal, regulatory or administrative obligations
- Establish, exercise or defend legal rights
Submitting an inquiry does not create an editor-client, publisher-author, consultant-client or other professional relationship. A professional engagement is established only through a separate written agreement.
4. Newsletter and Publication Communications
If you subscribe through the website, we will use your email address to send the communications you requested.
These may include articles, publishing insights, practical guidance, new resources, event information and other Creative Côtière updates.
You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in the relevant email or by contacting hello@creativecotiere.com.
Links to Substack or other external publishing and newsletter platforms take you to third-party services. Information submitted directly to those platforms is also subject to their own privacy practices.
5. Cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website.
The Creative Côtière website may use:
- Essential cookies required for the website to function
- Security cookies used to prevent misuse or unauthorised access
- Preference cookies that remember choices you make
- Consent cookies that record your cookie preferences
- Limited technical or analytical cookies used to understand website performance and usage
The WordPress administration area also uses login and preference cookies for authorised website administrators. These do not ordinarily apply to general visitors.
You can restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling essential cookies may affect how parts of the website function.
Where the website presents a cookie-consent tool, you may use it to manage the available cookie categories.
6. Embedded Content and External Links
Articles and other pages may contain embedded videos, images, documents, social-media posts or other content from external websites.
Embedded content may behave as though you visited the external website directly. Those providers may collect information, use cookies or track your interaction with their content in accordance with their own privacy policies.
The Creative Côtière website may also link to social-media, newsletter, publishing and other third-party platforms.
Creative Côtière is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, availability or content of external websites and services.
A link to an external website does not necessarily constitute an endorsement.
7. How We Share Information
Creative Côtière does not sell or rent personal information.
Information may be processed by trusted service providers that help us operate the website and communicate with visitors, including:
- Website-hosting providers
- Email and SMTP providers
- Website-security and spam-prevention services
- Backup and technical-support providers
- Newsletter or publishing platforms
- Website-analytics providers
- Professional advisers where reasonably necessary
We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect our legal rights, to comply with regulatory requirements, or to investigate fraud, misuse or security concerns.
Service providers should receive only the information reasonably necessary to perform their functions.
8. International Processing
Some website, email, analytics, hosting, security or publishing service providers may process information outside Grenada.
Where this occurs, information may be subject to the laws and safeguards of the country in which it is processed.
We take reasonable steps to use reputable service providers and limit the information shared to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant service.
9. How Long We Retain Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Generally:
- Inquiry information is retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond, maintain appropriate business records and follow up where relevant.
- Newsletter subscription information is retained until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove it.
- Client, project and contractual records may be retained for legal, accounting, administrative and professional purposes.
- Security and technical logs may be retained for a limited period according to our hosting, security and technical arrangements.
We may retain information for longer where required to meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, protect legal rights or maintain necessary business records.
10. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical and organisational measures to protect information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
However, no website, email system or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You should avoid sending complete manuscripts, unpublished work, sensitive personal information or confidential project material through general website forms or unsecured email unless an appropriate arrangement has first been established.
11. Your Choices and Rights
Subject to applicable law and any legal, contractual, security or administrative obligations, you may ask us to:
- Confirm whether we hold personal information about you
- Provide access to personal information you have submitted
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete information
- Delete information that is no longer required
- Stop sending newsletter or publication communications
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Some information may need to be retained for legal, security, contractual, accounting or administrative reasons.
Requests may be sent to hello@creativecotiere.com.
We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
12. Children’s Privacy
This website and our services are primarily intended for adult writers, creators and professionals.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children without appropriate permission.
If you believe that a child has submitted personal information through the website, please contact us so that the information can be reviewed and, where appropriate, removed.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, our services, technology or applicable requirements.
The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
14. Contact Us
Questions, requests or concerns concerning this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
Creative Côtière
Grenada
Email: hello@creativecotiere.com
Website: https://creativecotiere.com
Contact Form Privacy Notice
By submitting this form, you consent to Creative Côtière using the information provided to respond to your inquiry and, where relevant, assess whether we may be able to support your manuscript, project or creative goals. We do not sell your personal information. Please review our Privacy Policy for more information.