Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.costumedstories.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We use your data to provide and improve our website. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
While using our site, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you including but not limited to:
- Email addresses
- Names or aliases
We may also collect information on how the website is accessed and used such as cookies, usage data, device data, and location data, which may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic 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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics and Advertising
This site uses Google Analytics and various other Google Workspace tools to help analyze site usage and traffic.
We may use third-party advertisers such as Google Adsense to show advertisements to you to help support and maintain our website. These third-party advertisers may collect cookies and other usage data to compile information about you or others who use your computer.
This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Costumed Stories and does not cover the use of cookies by third-party advertisers. For more information about how you can control the collection and/or use of your information, please visit Google’s Privacy and Terms.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Analytics data such as usage or device data will be retained for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, but no longer than 26 months.
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.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.