Privacy Policy
This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how Culture Story, LLC and its related companies (collectively, “Culture Story”, “Company”, “us”, “our”, and “we”) collect, use, store, protect, and share the Personal Information of consumer users of this website, culturestory.co, including use of Company services, platform and any associated mobile or desktop applications (the “Service”). This Policy also applies to any of our other websites that post this Policy. This Policy does not apply to website that post different privacy policies.
Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you may not use our Service. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to this Privacy Policy and the collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure, and other uses of your information described in this Policy and in our Terms of Use. This Policy may change from time to time (see “Changes to Our Privacy Policy”). Your continued use of the Service after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.
What We Collect
While using our Service, we may receive information through various means that can identify you such as your name and email address, account information (user id and passwords), telephone number, and other nonpublic personal information that can be used to identify you personally (the “Personal Information”) as well as other information that does not identify you.
Information You Give Us.
We receive and store any information you provide to us. We collect your Personal Information, including your name, postal address, email address, phone number, fax number, username, password, demographic information (such as your gender and occupation) as well as other information you directly give us while using our Service. In addition, we collect Personal Information when you complete your registration for an account on the Service. In that case, we may communicate with you, for example by sending you promotional offers or notices relating to our services and emailing you about your use of the Service. If you do not want to receive communications from us, you can request that we exclude your email from any notifications by sending an email to [email protected] .
Information We Get From Others.
We may get information about you from other sources. We may add this to information we get from the Service. We use a tracking utility company that uses cookies and Web beacons on our website. We have no access to or control over these third party tracking utilities. We also use cookies in conjunction with Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting in order to better understand our visitors. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to maintain and improve our website and services. Google Analytics does not collect your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with Personal Information we receive from other sources. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. Visitors can choose to opt out using Ads Settings, Ad Settings for mobile apps, or any other available means including Google Analytics’ opt out tool.
Information Automatically Collected.
When using the Service, we automatically log information about you and your computer. For example, when visiting our Service, we log your computer operating system type, the Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser language, the website you visited before browsing to our Service, pages you viewed, how long you spent on a page, access times and information about your use of and actions on our Service. Our Service does not track your activity outside of the context of our Service and our website and therefore our Service does not respond to Do-Not-Track signals. However, some of our online marketing campaigns and marketing partners may use tracking pixels for the purpose of campaign optimization. When you access the Service, metadata is also generated that provides additional information about the way you interact with the Service.
Cookies.
We may log information using “cookies.” Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience while using our Service. This type of information is collected to make the Service more useful to you and to tailor your experience with us to better meet your special interests and needs.
Device information.
We collect information about devices accessing the Service, including type of device, what operating system is used, device settings, unique device identifiers and crash data. Whether we collect some or all of this information often depends on the type of device used and its settings.
Location information.
We receive information from you and other third-parties that helps us approximate your location and collect location information from devices in accordance with the consent process provided by your device.
Additional Information.
You may also authorize us to collect information about you, including nonpublic Personal Information, from third parties or third party sites that you authorize us to access and collect information from as part of the Service.
Use of Personal Information
Your Personal Information will be used by us in accordance with any applicable terms in the Terms of Use and your use of Service functionality, and as required by applicable law.
We also use Personal Information in furtherance of our legitimate interests in operating our Service and our business.
More specifically, we use your Personal Information as follows:
- To operate, maintain, and improve our Services, products, and services, as well as develop and provide additional Services, products, and services.
- To respond to comments and questions and provide customer service.
- To send information including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.
- To communicate about promotions, upcoming events, and other news about products and services offered by us and our selected partners.
- To link or combine user information with other Personal Information.
- To protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity.
- To provide and deliver products and services customers request.
- To support our business by sharing such information with service providers and other third parties (as more specifically set forth below).
- As required by applicable law, legal process or regulation, including without limitation in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
- To investigate, prevent, or take action regarding, illegal activities or suspected fraud or to enforce or apply the terms and conditions of this Policy or our Terms of Service.
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it, in any other way we may describe when you provide the information, and for any other purposes with your consent.
Sharing of Personal Information
We neither rent nor sell your Personal Information to anyone. However, we may share Personal Information as follows:
- With your consent. For example, you may let us share Personal Information with others for their own marketing uses. Those uses will be subject to their privacy policies.
- When we do a business deal, or negotiate a business deal, involving the sale or transfer of all or a part of our business or assets. These deals can include any merger, financing, acquisition, or bankruptcy transaction or proceeding.
- For legal, protection, and safety purposes.
- To comply with laws.
- In response to lawful requests and legal processes. We reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information that we believe is necessary to comply with law or court order; enforce or apply our applicable Terms of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of other Ascent OS users.
- To protect the rights and property of Culture Story, our agents, customers, and others. This includes enforcing our agreements, policies, and Terms of Use.
- In an emergency. This includes protecting the safety of our employees and agents, our customers, or any person.
- With third-party service providers to deliver some of the services mentioned in this Policy or the Terms of Use, including our Service.
We may also share aggregated and/or anonymized data with others for their own uses.
Information Choices and Changes
Our marketing emails tell you how to “opt-out.” If you opt out, we may still send you non-marketing emails. Non-marketing emails include emails about your accounts with us, your use of the Service, and our business dealings with you.
You may send requests about Personal Information to us at the addresses set forth in the “Contact Information” section below. You can request to change contact choices, opt-out of our sharing with others, and update your Personal Information.
You can typically remove and reject cookies from our Service with your browser settings. Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings. If you remove or reject our cookies, it may affect how our Service works for you.
California Code Notice
Under California Civil Code Sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice identifying the categories of Personal Information which we share with our affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes, and providing contact information for such affiliates and/or third parties. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to [email protected] . If you want to review, verify or correct your personal information, please contact the Company in writing or submit a written request to [email protected] . Pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.110 and 1798.115, you have the right to request, free of charge, the disclosure of the categories of personal information collected by us, the categories of sources from which your personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling such information, the categories of third parties with whom we share your information, and the specific information we have collected about you. When requesting access to your personal information, please note that we may request specific information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information that we hold about you. We may charge you a fee to access your personal information if your requests are deemed unfounded or excessive; however, we will advise you of any fee in advance. If you require assistance in preparing your request, please contact the Company.
Data Retention
We may retain Customer Data for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy. This may include keeping your Customer Data after you have deactivated your account in order for us to pursue legitimate business interests, conduct audits, comply with (and demonstrate compliance with) legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements. We currently use datacenter facilities located exclusively in the United States. Your information will be stored and processed in the United States or other countries where we decide to maintain datacenter facilities in the future. By using the Service, you consent to the transfer of information outside of your country, even if your country has more rigorous data protection standards.
Security
We take security measures to help safeguard your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. We believe that our security measures include industry standard technology and equipment to help protect your personal information, and we attempt to restrict access to Personal Information to those employees who need the information in order to provide the Service to you. However, no system can be completely secure, and the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Therefore, although we take steps to secure your information, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your Personal Information, alerts, notifications and comments and other communications will always remain secure. Users should also take care with how they handle and disclose their Personal Information. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for any intercepted information sent via the internet or the circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our websites, and you release us from any and all claims arising out of or related to such interceptions of information or circumventions on our websites.
Age Limitations; Children's Privacy
To the extent prohibited by applicable law, we do not allow use of our Service by anyone younger than 18 years old. If you learn that anyone younger than 18 has unlawfully provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will take steps to delete such information. Our services and website are not directed to children, and we do not knowingly solicit information from any child under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, do not use or provide any information on our website or on or through any of its features or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or any screen name or user name you may use. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personal information without his or her consent, he or she should contact us at [email protected] .
Contact Information
We welcome your comments or questions about this privacy policy. You may also contact us at our address:
Culture Story, LLC
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may decide to modify this Policy over time. Among other reasons, changes to our business or internal infrastructure or updates in the law or industry standards may cause us to update our Policy. It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Policy on this page culturestory.co/privacy-policy. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we may also notify you by email to the email address you submitted when registering for the Service or through a notice through the Service itself. The date the Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address.
Version 1.0
Last revised on: August 31, 2022
