This Privacy Notice tells you what to expect when StoryShare collects personal information. The nominated Data Protection Lead is Chris Lloyd who can be reached at security@storyshareplatform.com
When someone visits StoryShare we use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this.
We use cookies to track visitors to our websites. To find out more, please see our Cookie Policy.
We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it. We do not pass on or sell online personal information to third parties.
StoryShare is owned and operated by StoryShare Platform Limited.
We use a third-party provider, Mailchimp, to deliver our email marketing. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies including clear gifs to help us monitor and improve our email marketing. For more information, please see Mailchimp’s privacy notice.
Under Data Protection legislation, you have rights as an individual which you can exercise in relation to the information we hold about you.
Visitors of StoryShare have certain rights under the UK Data Protection Act. StoryShare Platform Limited will provide you with all of the details that we hold about you, both online and offline, upon request.
You can read more about these rights here – https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/is-my-information-being-handled-correctly/
StoryShare tries to be as open as it can be in terms of giving people access to their personal information. Individuals can find out if we hold any personal information by making a ‘subject access request’. If we do hold information about you we will:
To make a request to StoryShare for any personal information we may hold you need to put the request in writing addressing it to our nominated Data Protection Lead by writing to the address provided below.
If you agree, we will try to deal with your request informally, for example by providing you with the specific information you need over the telephone.
If we do hold information about you, you can ask us to correct any mistakes by, once again, contacting the Data Protection Lead.
This Privacy Notice was reviewed and updated on the 26th July 2019.
This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.
Further notes
By agreeing to this privacy policy you understand that engaging with the content or interacting via the platform may result in other users having visibility of your username and profile picture. In those cases these will be visible in the following select locations: Leaderboard, Comments section. If you wish to be excluded from the Leaderboard, you may reach out to marketing@storyshareplatform.com.
StoryShare Platform Limited is a company registered in the UK and headquartered at:
16 Dufferin St,
London
EC1Y 8PD