Privacy Policy
At XeroStory, we value your privacy and the security of your personal information. Our Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use ,disclose and protect it, and the choices you can make about your information. By using our website, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy.
Information We Collect
- Personal Information: Your interaction with our website, whether you subscribe to our newsletter or communicate with us, may result in the collection of personal information such as your name, email address and contact information.
- Usage Data: When you visit our site, we automatically collect usage data. This may include your IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, , time spent on our site , unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is used for the following purposes:
- To improve our services, content and user experience.
- Answer your questions, comments and feedback.
- Sending newsletters, updates and marketing communications (if consent is given).
- Analyze and improve the performance and functionality of our website.
- Monitor the utilization of the service.
- Identify, prevent, and resolve technical issues.
Information security
We take the security of your information seriously and take appropriate measures to protect it. However, data transmission over the Internet is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee the complete security of your information.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience and collect usage data. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies or notify you when cookies are being used. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use certain parts of our Services.
Cookie Types:
- Persistent cookies: These cookies remain on the user’s device for some time, as specified in the cookie. It is activated when the user revisits the website that created the cookie.
- Session Cookies: Temporary in nature, session cookies allow website operators to track user actions during a browser session. Done if the user opens and closes the browser window, all session cookies are destroyed when the browser is closed.
- Performance cookies: These cookies collect statistical information about how users use the website, which does not include personal information such as name and email address. They play an important role in improving the user experience of a website.
- Advertising cookies: Third-party vendors, such as Google, use these cookies to serve ads based on the user’s previous visits to your website or other sites. Google’s use of advertising cookies allows Google and its partners to tailor ads to users based on web activity. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting their Ads Settings.
Your Choices
- You can opt out of receiving marketing communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in our emails.
- You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but this may affect the functionality of our website.
- You can opt out of your anonymous browsing activity on websites recorded by performance cookies.
- You can opt out Google AdSense, which places cookies on our website and therefore on your machine.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
XeroStory, may share your personal data with the sincere belief that such action is required to:
- To fulfill legal requirements.
- To protect and uphold the rights or assets of XeroStory.
- To Investigate or prevent potential misconduct related to the Service.
- To ensure the safety of Service users or the general public.
- To reduce legal risks and liabilities.
How long we retain your data
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Where your data is sent
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and stored on computers located in areas outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction. These locations may have different data protection laws compared to those in your jurisdiction.
Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and your submission of such information represents your consent to such transfer.
XeroStory will do everything reasonably possible to ensure that your information is handled securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and will not transfer your personal information to any organization or country without sufficient controls in place, including strong data security measures and protection for your personal information.
Third Party Service Providers
We sometimes hire outside companies and individuals to make our services better. These partners may help us provide the Services, perform service-related tasks, or analyze the usage patterns of our service.
These partners can access your personal information, to execute these tasks on our behalf. They’re not allowed to share your information or use it for anything else, and are bound by obligations to neither disclose nor utilize the data for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
Google Analytics, provided by Google, is a web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the information collected to monitor and analyze how our services are used. This information may be shared with other Google services. Google may also use this information to tailor and customize ads on its ad network. You can choose not to share your activity on the Service with Google Analytics by installing a browser add-on that opts out of Google Analytics. This add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing site activity data with Google Analytics.
For further details on Google’s privacy practices, please refer to the Google Privacy & Terms web page here.
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plugins, or services. These third parties have their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for their practices. We strongly advise you to review their policies before interacting with their services.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child, please contact us to have it removed.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The latest version will always be posted on this page with the effective date.
We will notify you by email and/or a prominent notice on our Services before the changes become effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
We recommend periodically reviewing this Privacy Policy for any updates. Changes to this policy take effect once posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By email: contact@XeroStory.com
- Effective date: March 24, 2024