Privacy Policy for The StoryBank
Effective Date: January 1st, 2024
1. Introduction
Welcome to The StoryBank. This privacy policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal experiences shared by users on our website. We do not collect personal information such as names, addresses, or contact details.
2. Consent
By using our website and submitting your personal experiences, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
3. Information We Collect
The only information we collect is the personal experiences that you voluntarily share with us. This may include but is not limited to:
– Textual descriptions of experiences
– Photographs or videos depicting experiences
– Comments or opinions about experiences
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
– Provide, operate, and maintain our website
– Improve, personalize, and expand our website
– Conduct research on content and publish themes
– Understand and analyze how you use our website
– Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
5. Log Files
The StoryBank follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
6. Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, The StoryBank uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
7. Third Party Privacy Policies
The StoryBank’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
8. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
– Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
– Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
– Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
9. GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
– The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
– The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
– The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
– The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
– The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
– The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
10. Children’s Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
The StoryBank does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
11. Contact Information
For any questions or comments regarding the privacy policy, please contact us at:
info@thestorybank.com