Center for Scholars & Storytellers Website Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Last Updated: November 21, 2023
This Privacy Policy explains how the Center for Scholars & Storytellers website (the “Site”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our website. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Data Collection and Use
While using the Site, we may automatically collect certain information to help us improve the user experience, as follows:
Purpose of collection: to load the website accurately for you, and to perform analytics on website usage, to optimize the website and to improve its performance and user experience.
Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access the website, and which may include using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.
Disclosure for a business purpose: we may disclose anonymized data to third parties for purposes of research and scholarship.
Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what pages you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
We may also collect personal data that you voluntarily provide, such as your name and email address. This information will be used for the same purposes outlined above and may also be used to contact you regarding changes and improvements in our service and products or services that we offer that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving communications from us by emailing us at info@scholarsandstorytellers.com.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We will not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for their marketing or commercial purposes unless explicitly authorized by you to do so. We may, however, disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, or protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
Data Security
We take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.
Third-Party Websites
The Site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
Minors
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from children. If you are the parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at the address above to request deletion.
Lawful Basis
Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:
Your consent;
The performance of the contract between you and the Site;
Compliance with our legal obligations;
To protect your vital interests;
To perform a task carried out in the public interest;
For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
Retention
When you provide personal information to us, we will retain or delete it in accordance with such data retention policies as we may establish from time to time or until you ask us to erase this information.
Automatic Decision Making
If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making (which includes profiling), when that decision-making has a legal effect on you or otherwise significantly affects you.
We do not engage in fully automated decision-making that has a legal or otherwise significant effect using customer data.
GDPR
If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information above. Your Personal Information will be initially processed in the United States.
CCPA
If you are a resident of California, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you (also known as the ‘Right to Know’), to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information above.
If you would like to designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf, please contact us at the address below.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We may use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, and content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.
The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted.
You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org.
Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties.
Do not track
Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.
Complaints
If you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail emailing us at info@scholarsandstorytellers.com.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection authority.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of our website following any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.