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Privacy Policy

Online Privacy Notice

Last updated: January 2024

Marlene Byrne's books are published at Good Stories Publishing LLC. We at Good Stories respect your privacy concerns. This privacy notice applies to any personal information we obtain through this website (“Site”). This Online Privacy Notice describes the types of personal information we obtain through the Site, how we may use information, with whom we may share it, and choices regarding its use. We also describe the measures we take to safeguard the information and tell you how to contact us about our privacy practices.

 

Information We Obtain

We may obtain certain categories of personal information when you choose to provide it through our Site. We may collect contact and identity information, such as your name, postal address, email address, and telephone number; personal information in content you provide on our Site. In addition, we may collect technical and usage data, when you visit our Site. We may collect certain information by automated means, such as cookies and web beacons. The information we obtain in this manner includes IP address, browser characteristics, device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, information on actions taken on our site, and dates and times of website visits. A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other Internet-connected device to identify the visitor’s browser uniquely, or to store information or settings in the browser. A “web beacon,” also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag, or clear GIF, links web pages to web servers and their cookies and may be used to transmit information collected through cookies back to a web server. Through these automated collection methods, we obtain “clickstream data,” which is a log of content on which a visitor clicks while browsing a website. As the visitor clicks through the website, a record of the action may be collected and stored. We may also use third-party web analytics services on our Site, such as those of Google Analytics. The analytics providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web server logs, and web beacons to help us analyze how visitors use the Site. The information collected through these means (including IP address) is disclosed to these analytics providers, who use the information to evaluate the use of the Site. To learn more about Google Analytics and how to opt-out, please visit www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

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Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our Site. We will comply with applicable law when we collect information using cookies or similar automated means. If you want to stop or restrict the placement of cookies or flush any cookies that may already be on your computer or device, please refer to and adjust your web browser preferences.

 

How We Use The Information We Obtain

We use the information we obtain through the Site to respond to and communicate with you about your requests, questions, and comments; operate, evaluate, and improve our business (including developing new products and services; managing our communications; determining the effectiveness of our sales, marketing, and advertising; analyzing and enhancing our products, services, and Site; and/or perform data analyses and other processing (including market and consumer research, and trend analysis.

 

In addition, we use information collected online through cookies, web beacons, and other automated means for purposes such as (i) customizing our users’ visits to our Site, and (ii) managing our business. We also use this information to help diagnose technical and service problems, administer our Site, identify users of our Site, and gather demographic information about our users. We use clickstream data to determine how much time users spend on web pages of our Site, how users navigate through our Site, and how we may tailor our Site to better meet the needs of our users.

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We will process your personal information in a manner to which you have consented. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us by using the information set forth on the website page titled “Contact”.

 

Links To Other Websites

Our Site may contain links to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites may be operated by companies not affiliated with Good Stories LLC. Linked websites typically have their own privacy policies or notices, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites. The Site may integrate with social networking services. You understand that we do not control such services and are not liable for how they operate. You should be aware that personal information that you voluntarily include and transmit online in a publicly accessible blog, social network, or otherwise online may be viewed and used by others. We are unable to control such uses of your personal information, and by using such services you assume the risk that the personal information provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties.

 

How We Protect Personal Information

We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. However, due to the inherent open nature of the Internet, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information provided online.

 

Retention of Personal Information

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it.

 

Direct Marketing

You can opt out of receiving direct marketing from us at any time. You can do this by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link included at the end of any marketing email we send to you. We may use the information you give us on our website or other means for direct marketing purposes to provide emails, newsletters, and other messages regarding publishing that may interest you.

 

Children

We do not knowingly collect information from children or other persons who are under 18 years old. If you are under 18 years old, you may not submit any personal data to us.

 

Updates To Our Online Privacy Notice

This Online Privacy Notice will be updated periodically and without prior notice to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will post a prominent notice on our Site to notify you of any significant changes to our Online Privacy Notice, including indicating at the top of the notice when it was most recently updated.

 

How To Contact Us

To the extent provided by the law of your jurisdiction, you may (i) have the right to access certain personal information we maintain about you and obtain a copy of that information. If you have any questions about this Online Privacy Notice, or if you would like us to update the information we have about you or your preferences, contact us by email at info@goodstoriespublishing.com or write to us at the following address: Good Stories LLC, 7028 N. Mendota, Chicago, IL 60646.

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