Introduction
Short Stories is an online media platform, and we appreciate you reading the privacy policy in order to have permission to use our services.
Data Collected
Data Storage Location:
Our Hosting Provider “X” ensures that your data is safely stored.
Subscription Data:
If you subscribe to our website, we will have your chosen email address and you will get every new update in your email.
Comments:
When you leave comments on the website we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Contact Form:
Information submitted through the contact form on our site is sent to our company email
Google Analytics:
We use Google Analytics on our site for anonymous reporting of site usage. So, no personalized data is stored. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics monitoring your behavior on our website please use this link: Google Analytics Opt-out.
Cases For Using Personal Data
We use personal data for emailing who subscribe to our website.
Embedded Content
We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy
Cookies
This site uses cookies to remember the user’s preference to show you content of your fit, i.e, the ones you mostly feel connected to.
NECESSARY COOKIES (ALL SITE VISITORS)
cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.
NECESSARY COOKIES (ADDITIONAL FOR LOGGED IN CUSTOMERS)
wp-auth: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
wordpress_test_cookie Used by WordPress to ensure cookies are working correctly.
wp-settings-[UID]: WordPress sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of the admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
wp-settings-[UID]:WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of the admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
Who Has Access To Your Data
If you do not subscribe to our website, we cannot retain or view your personal information. If you subscribe, we will have your email address to send updated news and features.
Third Party Access To Your Data
We don’t share your data with third-parties in a way as to reveal any of your personal information like email, name, etc. The only exceptions to that rule are for partners we have to share limited data with in order to provide the services you expect from us.
How Long We Retain Your Data
As long as you are subscribed to our website, we will have your email address, and as long as you say “yes” to cookies we will have your old preferences.
Amendments
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update this page accordingly and require you to accept the amendments in order to be permitted to continue using our services.