Privacy Policy

Last updated: 01-May-2024

This “Privacy Policy” outlines the methods operating as The Daily Narratives and referred to here as (“we,” “us,” or “our”), along with our affiliates, use to gather, employ, process, and share your identifiable personal data. Additionally, this document discusses your options concerning rights to access, remove, or amend your personal information. In this policy, “information” or “personal data” refers to any data that can identify an individual.

Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to our website thedailynarratives.com. It governs information collected through our content on third-party platforms, marketing and engagement activities, partner programs, social media pages, newsletter subscriptions, and participation in our contests, sweepstakes, or promotions.

Exclusions from This Privacy Policy

This policy does not cover data gathered by third parties such as third-party websites we may link to or promote, third-party content providers, third parties who place advertisements on our site, ad networks, affiliate marketers, social media platforms, third-party service providers, widget providers, or any other third-party services or applications. Furthermore, this policy does not apply to non-personally identifiable information like aggregated or anonymous data.

Policy Updates

We may periodically update this Privacy Policy and will notify you as outlined in the “Notice of Changes” section.

Usage by Minors

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not intentionally collect data from users under this age. If a child under 13 has provided us with personal information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian can contact using details in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team ” section below to have the information removed and unsubscribe the child from any related services.

International Users

For residents of Switzerland, the United Kingdom, or countries within the European Economic Area, additional rights under European privacy laws are detailed in the “European Resident Privacy Rights” section. For residents of “California Resident Privacy Rights”, “Nevada Resident Privacy Rights”, or “Privacy Rights for Virginia Residents”, the “U.S. State Data Privacy Rights” section outlines additional privacy rights available.

THE TYPES OF INFORMATION WE GATHER, COLLECTION METHODS & BUSINESS PURPOSES

We gather various types of information as detailed below. This summary covers the main points on how we collect and use data, with additional specifics provided under the sections “Advertising & Affiliate Links” and “Automatically Collected Information” on data collection, and “How We Use Personal Information We Collect” and “How we Share Information we Collect” on data use and sharing. We may enhance, merge, or augment the information you give us with data from third parties to create profiles.

Identifiers

This includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, clickstream data, click IDs, demand side platform IDs, mobile ad identifiers, customer numbers, unique pseudonyms, or user aliases. Identifiers may also encompass “probabilistic identifiers” or “user agents,” which identify individuals through technical device characteristics like hardware addresses, browser types, and operating systems. “Unique Identifiers” are persistent identifiers that recognise individuals or devices linked to individuals or groups across different services over time. We automatically collect these identifiers through your interactions on our Site, such as visiting, clicking links, engaging with content, clicking on ads, or opening our emails. Using cookies, pixels, flash cookies, and other tracking technologies (“Automatic Tracking Technologies”), we collect this data to identify users, analyse Site usage, enhance user experiences, remember user preferences, evaluate content and ad performance, personalise content and marketing, analyse trends, support our advertising or affiliate partners, manage contests, and ensure operational or security integrity of our services.

Technical Information

This encompasses connection types, settings, operating systems, browser types, IP addresses, URLs of referring/exit pages, devices, device identifiers, crash data, Internet service providers (ISPs), referrer URLs, exit URLs, page views, viewing durations, download data, and non-precise geolocation data. Collected automatically via Automatic Tracking Technologies during your Site interactions, this information helps us identify and analyse how you use our Site, improve your experience, remember settings, evaluate performance, tailor content and marketing, analyse trends, support our partners, and manage contests and promotions.

Demographics

Demographic information typically includes aggregated data such as age groups, gender, behaviours, interests, likes, or browsing and purchasing histories, often combined with Identifiers and Technical Information. We obtain this data from third parties like ad networks or collect it automatically during your interactions on our Site. This data helps us identify demographic trends, enhance user experiences, personalize content, analyse Site usage, support advertising partners, and manage site operations.

Information You Provide

This category includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, contest entries, sweepstakes data, promotion details, communications you send to us, and any other information you provide. We collect this data when you subscribe to our newsletters, enter contests, download content, respond to surveys, communicate with us, or share our content. We may also use Automatic Tracking Technologies and combine this with Persistent Identifiers and Technical Information. We use this information to deliver newsletters, communicate with you, manage contests, provide relevant content, and fulfils other purposes you have provided the information for.

INTERACTIONS WITH THIRD-PARTY ADS ON THE SITE

We collect information such as clickstream data, click IDs, identifiers, and technical information when you interact with third-party advertisements on our site. Both we and the third-party advertisers or ad networks involved in placing these ads use Automatic Tracking Technologies to gather data when you interact with these ads. This data is shared with the third-party advertisers and/or ad networks. They might use this information to recognise you as having visited other websites and may merge it with other data they have about you. We utilize this information to identify you, analyse your site usage, enhance your experience, remember your preferences, and provide relevant content, advertisements, offers, coupons, or deals, aiding our advertising or affiliate program partners in delivering pertinent content or ads to you.

SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTIONS

We receive information such as identifiers, technical information, names, email addresses, and social media account interactions (e.g., shares, likes) when you use social media features on our Site. This information is collected directly from you, the social media platforms, and through Automatic Tracking Technologies. We use this data to enable social media platform features like sharing and liking content, to track your engagement with our site and social media pages, to analyse overall engagement patterns, communicate with you, and improve our site or services.

INTERACTIONS WITH THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PLATFORMS

When you engage with our content hosted on third-party platforms, we collect identifiers, technical information, names, email addresses, and social media account information through the third-party platform providers using Automatic Tracking Technologies. We use this information to assess our content or advertising, tailor content or ads to you, provide relevant offers, evaluate usage trends, and improve our site and services.

CUSTOMER INFORMATION

When you purchase advertising directly from us, you provide personal information such as usernames, first names, last names, passwords, company names, business addresses, business emails, phone numbers, transaction details, and other information you may provide. This information is collected directly from you, through Automatic Tracking Technologies, or third-party service providers. We use this information to deliver services, manage transactions, support the site and services, fulfils legal obligations, and for internal business, sales, and marketing purposes.

WIDGETS (AD BLOCKERS, PUSH NOTIFICATIONS)

When you engage with third-party widgets such as ad blockers and push notification tools on our Site, we collect information including first names, last names, email addresses, browser IDs, push notification IDs, identifiers, and technical information. This information helps us facilitate widget features and functions, remember your preferences, and enhance your user experience.

ADVERTISING & AFFILIATE LINKS

We present content, offers, and advertisements that might interest our users on our Site and other digital platforms or applications. We use identifiers (described as “Inferences” above) and demographic data to identify user segments with similar interests. We aim to provide content or advertisements that appeal to users within these segments, including tailored offers and deals. Our advertisements are targeted based on information we collect directly, from third-party sources like ad networks and servers, and through affiliate marketing programs (“Advertising Partners”). We and our Advertising Partners use Automatic Tracking Technologies to collect information and identify you, analyzing the performance of ads and content, targeting offers, and analysing usage trends. If you interact with an ad or affiliate link and make a purchase, we do not receive detailed transaction data like credit card information or specific items purchased.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of our Advertising Partners to understand how they manage your information.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Site, depending on your settings for cookies, a cookie or local storage is placed on your computer to uniquely identify your browser. “Cookies” and local storage are small text files sent to your computer’s browser and saved on your device when you access a website. Cookies are used to uniquely recognise your web browser and track information related to ad serving on your browser, such as the types of ads displayed and the pages where these ads appear. Our Advertising Partners may place cookies on our Site and combine the data they collect from our Site with other information they have gathered independently across their network of websites. These Advertising Partners then use this combined information according to their own privacy policies. Additionally, if you interact with links in our content, our affiliate marketing partners may use cookies to gather information about you and combine it with data collected elsewhere.

We utilize various types of cookies on our Site for specific purposes:

Analytics and Performance Cookies:

These cookies are used to collect data on traffic to our Site and how visitors interact with our Site. This includes tracking the number of visitors, the source of referrals to our Site, the pages they visit, the time of their visits, whether they are returning visitors, and other similar information. We employ this data to enhance the operation of our Site, collect broad demographic insights, and monitor site activity levels. We also utilize Google Analytics, which employs its own cookies (e.g., third-party cookies) to provide us with demographic data.

Functional Cookies/Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for providing the Site and enabling you to use its features.

Social Media Cookies

These cookies are activated when you share information using a social media sharing button or “like” button on our Site, or when you interact with our content through social media sites. The social media platforms will register these interactions.

Targeted and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are aimed at delivering a more personalised experience and remembering your visits to our Site. They track your browsing habits across different websites to present ads that are more likely to interest you. These cookies aggregate information about your browsing patterns to place you in groups with similar interests. Based on this information, third-party advertisers can place cookies to show relevant ads on our Site. These cookies also store geographical data, including your latitude and longitude, to provide content specific to your location.

Flash Cookies

Flash cookies are data files placed on a device via the Adobe Flash plug-in, either built into or downloaded onto your device. These cookies serve various functions, including enabling Flash features and storing preferences. For more details about Flash and the privacy options Adobe provides, visit their website. Adjusting your Flash privacy settings may affect the functionality of certain Site features.

Pixel Tags

We use “pixel tags,” tiny graphic images, to monitor usage of our Site along with third parties. These tags gather information such as the IP address of the device that loaded the page with the tag, the URL of that page, the time the page was viewed and for how long, the type of browser retrieving the pixel tag, and the ID number of any cookie that server has placed on your computer previously. Pixel tags, provided by us or third parties, collect data about your visit, including the pages you view and the links you click, and are used alongside our cookies.

Log Files

Log files are records that document actions occurring on our Site, such as data on your use of our services.

Device Fingerprinting

Device fingerprinting involves analysing and compiling information from your device’s browser, such as JavaScript objects and installed fonts, to create a unique “fingerprint” of your device. This fingerprint helps uniquely identify your device and applications.

How We Use Personal Information We Collect

We use the information we gather to:

• Deliver the Site, content, and services to you.
• Handle transactions or communicate with you.
• Inform you about products, services, offers, and other relevant information.
• Communicate with you about contests, promotions, sweepstakes, upcoming events, and news regarding products and services offered by us or third parties.
• Provide you with information, products, or services we believe may be of interest to you, including those offered by third-party partners.
• Organize and manage contests, sweepstakes, and promotions, and notify winners.
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, engagement, and other activities related to our Site or content.
• Enable specific features or functionalities such as content sharing, downloads, push notifications, or ad-blocking features.
• Identify you, associate you with a segment, and personalize the Site, content, or our services.
• Maintain, support, secure, and improve our Site and content.
• Analyze our Site and content, support or troubleshoot issues, or for other internal business uses.
• Contact you with administrative communications, including updates to terms or policies.
• Send technical notices, updates, security alerts, support, or administrative messages and respond to your queries or other communications.
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal or harmful activities.
• Protect the rights and property of ourselves or our third-party partners.
• Safeguard the security or integrity of the Site and our services.
• Comply with regulatory and legal obligations.

For other purposes disclosed to you at the time of collection.

How We Share Personal Data

We may share your information in the following ways:

With Your Consent or To Fulfill a Request: We may share your information with third parties when you consent or to fulfill the purpose for which you provided it.

With Advertising Partners or Content Platforms: We may share information with our Advertising Partners, analytics providers, content platforms, or technology integration partners, including technical information, identifiers, other identifiable information, or demographics and/or aggregate data.

For Our Business Purposes: We provide information to vendors and service providers to assist us in delivering the Site and services and for our business operations. This includes providers for hosting, infrastructure, website management, customer relationship management, email services, collaboration tools, lead generation, and other services.

To Market Our or Our Partner’s Products or Services: We may share information with service providers who assist us in marketing our Site, services, or our third-party partners’ products, services, or offers.

For Corporate Transactions: Information may be shared with actual or potential acquirers, their representatives, and other relevant parties during any sale, merger, acquisition, restructuring, divestiture, or change in control of all or part of our business or assets, including bankruptcy or similar proceedings.

For Legal Reasons: We may share your information to comply with court orders, laws, legal obligations, or legal processes, including responding to government or regulatory requests. We may also share your information to enforce our rights or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our customers, users, partners, or service providers.

With Third-Party Download Providers, Widgets, or Social Media Providers: If you engage with a widget or social media feature (e.g., clicking the Twitter “tweet” button or Facebook “like” button) or download software from our Site, the third-party provider may receive technical information, identifiers, or information you provide. They may collect this via their own or our Automatic Tracking Technologies.

With Third Parties Authorized to Collect Information on Our Site: We permit certain third parties to use their own cookies or tracking technologies on our Site. These parties include Neustar, Epsilon, GrowthCode, and Audigent. For more details, you can refer to each third-party’s privacy policy linked above.

Data Retention

We hold onto personal information as necessary to fulfils the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is mandated by law. Our retention periods are based on the following criteria:

With Your Consent or To Fulfill a Request: We retain information provided by you with consent for as long as needed to serve the purpose for which it was provided.

Third Party Ad Networks, Advertising Partners, or Content Platforms: We keep information for as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected.

For Our Business Purposes: We maintain this information for as long as needed to meet the business objectives for which it was collected.

To Market Our Site or Our Partner’s Products or Services: We retain information as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected.

For Legal Reasons: We hold information deemed necessary for legal purposes as long as required by law or as advisable in light of our legal stance (such as for enforcing agreements, resolving disputes, or during the statute of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations).

With Third Party Download Providers, Widgets, or Social Media Providers: We retain information as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected.

Advertising: Third-party service providers and/or advertisers may participate in the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) or the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioural Advertising. Opt-out of targeted advertising by NAI members here, or opt-out of DAA members using your behavioural data for interest-based advertising on third-party sites here.

Google Analytics: Control what information Google Analytics can access by downloading and installing the browser plugin available here.

Flash Cookies: Manage Flash cookie settings through the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. Refusing or disabling cookies may affect the accessibility or functionality of parts of the Site.

Email Communications: Opt out of receiving our email newsletters by sending an opt-out email to as mentioned in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team ” section below or, clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter, or sending a return email requesting removal from future distributions. Note, this does not apply to administrative or business communications.

Information You Provide Us: Request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information via contact details in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team ” section below. We may not fulfils a request if it would result in incorrect information or breach legal requirements.

Tracking Technologies: Adjust your cookie preferences, including opting out of all non-essential cookies, by selecting “Manage Cookies” at the bottom of the page.

Do Not Sell or Share My Information: Residents of California and Virginia can opt-out of the sale or sharing of their information for cross-contextual behavioural advertising by contacting us using our contact details in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team ” section below.

Third-Party Sites & Advertisements

Our Site features content or advertisements that link to third-party websites and incorporates third-party widgets. These third-party entities use their own Automatic Tracking Technologies to collect information from you. We do not control these third parties’ practices concerning their websites, services, or their content. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties to understand their information collection and use practices.

Data Security

We take appropriate measures to protect your personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction, considering the risks involved in the processing and the nature of the data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure or error-free. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of your information.

International Data Transfers

We along with our third-party partners, may receive and store information globally. Information collected from the Site may be accessed by our employees or contractors in other countries, and our partners or service providers may also be based or access information from abroad. By using our Site or providing us with your information, you acknowledge that your data will be stored and may be accessed from other countries worldwide to support our Site.

The countries to which we transfer information might have data protection laws that are different and potentially less protective than those of your country. We ensure that transfers outside the EEA are either to countries approved by the European Commission as providing adequate data protection or are made with appropriate safeguards like standard contractual clauses.

U.S. State Data Privacy Rights

California Resident Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) grant you additional rights regarding our use of your information. These rights do not apply to information exempt under the CCPA, including aggregated data or individuals not residing in California.

CCPA Rights Include

• The right to know the categories and specific personal information collected, the sources from where it was collected, the third parties with whom it is shared, and the business or commercial purposes for collecting or selling it.
• The right to access the personal information collected about you over the past 12 months.
• The right to opt out of the sale of your personal information or sharing it for Cross-Contextual Behavioural Advertising.
• The right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
• The right to correct inaccurate personal information.
• The right to limit the disclosure of sensitive personal information.
• The right to information about and opt out of automated decision-making, if applicable.
• The right to non-discrimination or retaliation for exercising these rights.

Categories of Personal Information Collected Over the Past 12 Months Include

• Identifiers like names, unique or online identifiers, email addresses, and IP addresses.
• Customer record information such as names, emails, addresses, and phone numbers.
• Geolocation data (not precise).
• Commercial information including records of products or services purchased or considered.
• Internet or network activity.
• Professional or employment-related information (for job applicants only).
• Inferences drawn from the above information that could be used to create a profile about preferences or characteristics.

We have not collected categories like biometric information or precise geolocation data in the past 12 months.

We have disclosed personal information for business purposes to service providers, advertising partners, content networks, technology partners, and customers in the categories mentioned above.

These disclosures support the activities detailed in our Advertising & Affiliate Links, How We Use Information We Collect & Our Business Purpose, and How We Share Information sections.

Handling of Personal Information, Opt-Out Rights, and Data Sharing

While we do not engage in the traditional “sale” of personal information, certain advertising technology activities may be interpreted as “sales” under the CCPA. In these cases, we have engaged in the selling or sharing of categories of information such as Identifiers, Geolocation (not precise), Internet or Network Activity, and Inferences for Cross Contextual Behavioural Advertising purposes. We provide options for you to request that we do not “sell” or “share” your personal information. This information is sold or shared with our Advertising Partners or customers.

We do not collect information about users’ ages. When we receive demographic information from third parties, it includes age ranges, hence we do not knowingly collect or sell information from individuals under the age of 16.

You have the right under the CCPA to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information by us to third parties at any time. You may submit an opt-out request by submit a request through our contact details in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team ” section below.

Collection of Sensitive Personal Information

We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined by the CCPA.

Privacy Rights for Virginia Residents

If you reside in Virginia, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) grants you additional rights regarding our use of your information, except for information exempt under the VCDPA. These rights include:

• Knowing the personal information we process about you.
• Accessing the personal information we process about you.
• Correcting inaccuracies in your personal information.
• Obtaining a copy of the personal information we have collected about you.
• Opting out of the processing of personal information for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in decisions that have legal or similar effects on you.
• Requesting deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
• Exercising these rights without facing discrimination or retaliation.

To the extent “sale” under the VCDPA includes advertising technology activities, we have sold information categories such as Identifiers, Geolocation (not precise), Internet or Network Activity, and Inferences. You may opt-out of these sales by contacting us using the details in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team ” section below.

Financial Incentives and Site Access

We do not offer financial incentives in exchange for the sale, disclosure, or deletion of personal information. If you use an ad blocker, it may restrict our ability to collect information, potentially leading to restricted access to content on our Site. We support our Site and services by allowing advertisers to target advertisements to our visitors.

Exercising Your CCPA or VCDPA Rights

Residents of California can exercise their CCPA rights, and Virginia residents their VCDPA rights, by contacting contact details in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team” section below. These rights may be exercised by you or a designated agent. Verification of your identity or the authority of your agent is required to process these requests. This may involve verifying account information or requiring additional forms of identification. We will use the personal information provided in your request solely to verify identity or authority to make the request.

California Shine the Light Law

Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents may request a notice disclosing the categories of personal customer data shared with affiliates or third parties for their direct marketing purposes, along with contact information for these entities. If you are a California resident and wish to obtain this notice, please contact us using the contact details in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team” section below with the subject line “California Do Not Sell Request” include your name and email address in the request.

Nevada Resident Privacy Rights

If you are a Nevada resident, you have the right to opt out of the sale of certain personal information to third parties who may license or sell that information. To exercise this right, please contact using the contact details in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team” section below. with the subject line “Nevada Do Not Sell Request” and include your name and email address in the request.

European Resident Privacy Rights

Residents of Switzerland, the United Kingdom, or countries within the European Economic Area (EEA) have certain rights under European data protection laws. These rights include accessing the information we hold about you, requesting that we correct, erase, or transfer your information, and in some instances, you may ask us to restrict processing or object to the processing of your information. You also have the right to withdraw your consent where we have collected information based on consent. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team” section below. We may charge a reasonable fee for access to your information, depending on the circumstances. Access may be limited where it is disproportionately burdensome, or where it would adversely affect the rights of others. You can also file a complaint with a data protection authority, although they will ask that you try to resolve the issue with us first.

Dispute Resolution

If you have any complaints arising from this Privacy Policy, please reach out to us using the contact details in the “Contacting The Daily Narratives Team ” section below. Residents of the EEA and Switzerland should first attempt to resolve their complaints with us before approaching a data protection authority.

Notice of Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. If we make significant changes, we will notify you through the Site via a pop-up notice, by email, or other communication methods. Continued use of our Site after the notice of such changes indicates your acknowledgement and acceptance of the terms.

Contacting The Daily Narratives Team

If you have any inquiries or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you need to exercise your rights regarding your personal information, please contact us at:

Email: contactus@thedailynarratives.com

or Submit your request using our Contact Us page.

This contact information is provided for you to address any concerns or to manage your personal information according to your rights provided by your jurisdiction’s privacy laws.