The Journal Stories

Privacy Policy

Learn how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

Introduction

At The Journal Stories, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data: includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier
• Contact Data: includes email address and telephone numbers
• Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform
• Usage Data: includes information about how you use our website, products and services
• Content Data: includes stories, comments, and other content you submit to our platform

How We Collect Information

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise
• Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns
• Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources

How We Use Your Information

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests
• Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation
• To provide and maintain our service
• To notify you about changes to our service
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our service

Data Sharing

We may share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in this privacy policy:

• Service providers: We may share your data with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf
• Legal requirements: We may disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities
• Business transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal data may be transferred
• With your consent: We may share your personal data with other third parties with your explicit consent

Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Your Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of your personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Request transfer of your personal data
• Right to withdraw consent where we are relying on consent to process your personal data

Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.

Changes to This Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: contact@thejournalstories.com