Privacy Policy
Information Gathered / Tracked
The information gathered by TheStoryChest includes: (1) information supplied by registered users of our websites when they register or initiate transactions, and (2) tracking information gathered as users or visitors navigate through our site. Third party providers featured on or linked to/from our websites, such as vendors of products and services offered through our sites, may be gathering the same kinds of information.
To help make our sites more responsive to the needs of our visitors, help you navigate between sections, tailor content to your needs and to measure traffic within our sites, our web servers automatically collect limited information about your computer's connection to the Internet, including your IP address, when you visit our sites. They also invoke a standard feature of browser software, called a "cookie," to assign each visitor a unique, random number, a sort of user ID, which resides on your computer. The cookie helps give us an idea of which parts of our site users are visiting and doesn't actually identify the visitor, just the computer that a visitor uses to access our site.
In order to make full use of our website visitors need to register and to provide certain information as part of the registration process. We may also ask for information from those who buy products or services or conduct other transactions on our websites. We may ask, for example, for your name, email address, street address, sex, age, city or town, zip code, and we sometimes request information on your interest in other topics. Nothing herein shall be construed as a limitation on the use of such information provided to TheStoryChest.
As this privacy policy reaffirms, we strive to protect confidentiality for our visitors. We do reserve the right to use customer contact and other information when we deem it necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws, rules, or lawful orders of courts and governmental agencies, to enforce compliance with the terms and conditions for use of our sites, or to protect third parties from what we regard as threats of serious harm.
While TheStoryChest strives to protect confidentiality for all its visitors, TheStoryChest is not responsible for any personal information placed on the web by any visitor and hereby specifically disclaims any responsibility or liability for any misuse of such personal information placed on the web by any visitor, including but not limited to any criminal conduct or other victimization resulting from the posting of any personal information by any visitor.
Links to Other Sites
This site contains links to thousands of other sites. The establishment of a link does not mean that TheStoryChest has approved of a site, is endorsing a site, has reviewed its content, or is in any manner recommending a visit. TheStoryChest is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of linked Web sites.
Advertising and Cookies
TheStoryChest may display advertising on the Web site which may contain cookies. Cookies received with such banner or other ads are collected by our advertisers and/or ad companies and we do not have access to such information. These companies may use that information (not including your name, address, email address, telephone number, or credit card number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements on this site and about other sites and goods and services that they think may be of interest to you.
Children's Guidelines
This Web site is directed at families including children, teens and adults, however, only adults may subscribe to exchange information on this Web site. TheStoryChest does not seek to collect from children online contact information, or distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information from children, or entice children by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge information to us. We will not knowingly allow anyone under 18 to register with any of our sites or to provide any other personally identifying information without written approval of a parent or guardian.
Revisions / Corrections / Updates
We reserve the right to change our privacy policy from time to time. If we do change our privacy policy in the future, we'll post the changes when they take effect. This site gives users options for changing and modifying information previously provided, often at the feature on which you registered.
