Who We Are
This notice is for the website https://yourstorysecrets.com (“website”), which is owned and operated by Firefly Tales, LLC (“Firefly,” “We,” Us,” “Our”). This policy explains how We control, process, handle and protect your personal data when you use this website or sign up for our mailing lists. It also explains your rights under current laws and regulations.
We are protective of Our privacy, and We take a similar approach to information you are willing to share with me (e.g., when you provide your email address in order to sign up for Our newsletters). Whenever possible, We give you control over your information collected by or shared with Us.
We review this policy and update it as necessary to accurately reflect how We are using your personal data.
Processing of Personal Data
We control personal information about you electronically, and We use service providers to process your information (e.g.,MailerLite). In GDPR terms, We am the Controller of your personal data, and We use services who act as Processors of your personal data.
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.
Contacting Us
If you choose to contact Us through this website, the information you provide (e.g., name, email address, etc.) will be collected, and it will processed via an email service (e.g., Gmail).
Cookies
This website uses cookies to provide you with a better user experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device / computer hard drive to track how you use the website.
Some cookies are required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website. For example, if We embed a YouTube video, you may not be able to watch it without allowing this website to store cookies on your computer or device.
Some cookies are used for analytical purposes to help Us understand how visitors use this website. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Google Analytics collects information such as which pages you visited, how long you stayed on a particular page, what operating system your device is using when you accessed this website. We do not link any of this information to your personal data.
You will be given the option to opt-in to the use of these cookies when you visit this site (see the notice bar at the bottom of any page on this website). Your web browser should also provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please see your web browser options (We delete cookies from Our browsers on a regular basis).
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not share or sell your information with other parties without your explicit consent except as required by law or as needed to fulfill your desire to contact us (e.g., email service).
Sharing of Personal Data
We take your privacy seriously and will not share your personal data with others, except as permitted by applicable law or as set out below. We do not sell your personal data to third parties, but We do share your personal data as necessary to provide services or functions on Our behalf and who require the information to provide those specific services to Us.
These service providers may include social media advertising platforms such as Facebook and advertising services such as Google Adwords. Why would We do this? These service providers help Us efficiently and cheaply advertise to people who may be interested in the goods and services We offer. The service providers do this by creating for Us custom audience demographics.
If you choose to purchase services from Us, you will do so via a service provider (e.g., Square), who will collect personal data from you in order to fulfill the services you requested.
Please note We have appropriate data privacy safeguards in place with these parties with whom We share personal data as described above and who are providing services or functions on Our behalf.
Your Rights
Under the GDPR your rights are as follows:
• the right to be informed;
• the right of access;
• the right to rectification;
• the right to erasure;
• the right to restrict processing;
• the right to data portability;
• the right to object; and
• the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.
You may contact Us at any time to exercise these rights or ask me questions about your personal data.
How Long We Retain Your Data
We retain your data only as long as necessary to provide you with any services you have requested, bearing in mind the uses of your personal data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise as communicated to you.
Example #1: Comments you post on this website will remain indefinitely.
Example #2: If you sign up for our newsletter by sharing your email address with us, We will retain it until you instruct Us to delete it.
We review the personal data We hold at regular intervals and permanently delete or anonymize any personal data which is no longer necessary.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data We hold about you, including any data you have provided to Us. You can also request that We erase any personal data We hold about you. This does not include any data We are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Please contact Us if you would like to review your personal data and/or request that it be deleted.
For More Information
Please contact Us if you would like more information our privacy policies and practices.