OUR PRIVACY POLICY

 

The Story Seeds Podcast is a Literary Safari production. We are committed to protecting your privacy.

We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit The Story Seeds Podcast websites, services, mobile and tablet applications, products, social media sites, and content (“Services”), including The Story Seeds™ Podcast website. It also has information about how we store, use, transfer, and delete that information.

This Privacy Policy will apply whether you are a “Visitor” (which means that you simply browse this website or any of our social media sites), a “Subscriber” (which means you have downloaded our media or one of our Applications). Visitors and Subscribers are individually referred to as a “User” and collectively as “Users”.

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We take steps to best protect your personal information.

We welcome your comments or questions about this Privacy Policy and have 45 days to comply with your request. You may contact us at our address.

Literary Safari
157 Columbus Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10023
Email: storyseeds@literarysafari.com

Note: As of 4/20/2020, due to COVID-19 shelter at home, we are not receiving paper mail so email would be the best way to contact us.

“The Story Seeds Podcast” is referred to as “we,” “us” or “our” in this Privacy Policy.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

We do not collect personally identifying information from the Sites unless you choose to provide that information to us by signing up to join our email list or The Story Seeds Society.
We may ask you to provide certain personal information when you: (a) register for a contest; (b) sign up for an email list; (c) request information; (d) submit Content that may be used on the Sites; (e) fill out a survey. Required personal information will be identified as such at the time the personal information is requested.
By providing this information, you may receive an occasional email from us. You will be given the option to opt-out of any such listing or have your information removed from a list as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our collection of personal information is intended to follow the principles of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), a U.S. law designed to protect the online privacy of children under the age of 13. Consistent with the requirements of COPPA, on any child-targeted site, or in any instance where we ask for age and determine that the user is under the age of 13, we will ask for a parent’s or guardian’s email address before we collect any personal information from the child.
By submitting personal information through our website, you are agreeing to join our mailing list and/or enroll your child(ren) in The Story Seeds Society, a snail mail club for creative kids ages 6-12; to notify the parents or guardians of kids whose story ideas or writing we have selected to feature on the podcast, our website, or on our social media channels; or to request on-air interviews with kid authors.
Our submission forms are intended only for persons over the age of 13 and any personal information about a child can only be provided by a parent or guardian of that child.
The submission form on our website collects the following information: name, age, address, grade, and story idea.

STORY SEEDS SOCIETY

We use location information internally to better understand where our users and listeners are geographically located and to send any special mailings for The Story Seeds Society.
We always notify parents and receive written permission from them before featuring children’s story ideas or writing or announcing personal information on our podcast. Otherwise, we do not make personal information collected from children publicly available, nor do we share it with 3rd parties without your permission. Parents/guardians can review their child's personal information, ask to have it deleted, and refuse to allow any further collection or use of the child's information at any time. To do so, please contact us at storyseeds@literarysafari.com. 
We may use your personal information as follows: to operate, maintain, and improve our sites, products, and services; to respond to comments and questions and provide customer service; to send 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 protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity; for marketing and promotional purposes.

INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY GATHERED WHEN YOU VISIT A SITE

Our web servers automatically create log files for each user who accesses our Sites. These “access logs” allow us to enhance the Sites for all users. The access logs do not record a user’s name, address, phone number, credit card numbers, or any other personally identifying information. Instead, these log files may contain some or all of the following information: the date of the visit; the time and length of the visit; the path taken through the Sites; the browser being used; your location, the Internet Protocol Address (IP Address), as may be assigned by your Internet Service Provider, of the machine accessing our Sites; and any errors encountered.
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) to collect certain information relating to your use of the Sites. Google Analytics uses “cookies” to help the Sites analyze how users use the Sites. We may also use Google Analytics Advertising Features to provide you with interest-based advertising based on your online activity. To learn more about interest-based advertisements and your opt-out rights and options, visit the Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network Advertising Initiative websites (www.aboutads.info and www.networkadvertising.org). Please note that if you choose to opt out, you will continue to see ads on our Sites, but they will not be based on how you browse and shop.  If you do not wish to accept a cookie from our servers, you can adjust the settings on your browser accordingly. Refusing to accept cookies from our server may result in some limits on the benefits that we can provide to you via the Sites.

DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

We may occasionally conduct online surveys, sometimes in association with a contest or offer. These surveys may ask you for demographic information such as ZIP code, age, or education level. This information is used in an aggregate form to help us understand our audiences and improve our services. Demographic and profile information may be shared with selected third-party organizations, only on an aggregate basis, to describe the nature of our online audiences, as well as to further understand our audience’s behavior so that we may better serve them.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

Our Sites may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for third party website privacy policies, practices or content. Occasionally, you may receive cookies from third party advertisers, partners and vendors. We do not control these cookies.

DISCLOSURE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

Under certain circumstances, Literary Safari Inc.. may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

Literary Safari may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation

  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Literary Safari Inc.

  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

  • To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public

  • To protect against legal liability

A NOTE TO USERS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES

Your personal information may be processed in the country in which it was collected and in other countries, including the United States, where laws regarding processing of personal information may be less stringent than the laws in your country.

YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS UNDER GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Literary Safari aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us (contact information is listed at the end of this document).

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Please contact us to assist you.

  • The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

  • The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

  • The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

  • The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.

  • The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Literary Safari Inc. relied on your consent to process your personal information.

  • Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

  • You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

This Privacy Policy will apply whether you are a “Visitor” (which means that you simply browse this website or any of our social media sites), a “Subscriber” (which means you have downloaded our media or one of our Applications). Visitors and Subscribers are individually referred to as a “User” and collectively as “Users”. The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We take steps to best protect your personal information.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy. If we make any changes, we will change the Last Updated date below.
Last Updated on: March 16, 2020