Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2022-07-30

We value your privacy very highly. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the www.storiesofspace.com Website (the "Website") operated by Stellar Communications, LLC, a(n) Limited Liability Company formed in Illinois, United States ("us," "we," "our") as this Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you.

Your access to and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including, but not limited to: visitors, users, and others, who wish to access or use the Website.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, then you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.

What information we collect, where we get this information, and how we use this information

We collect any and all information that you enter on this Website. We collect the following information about you:

  • Identifying information - Name

  • Identifying information - IP address

  • Identifying information - Email address

  • Internet or other electronic activity - Information regarding your interaction with our website or application

  • Internet or other electronic activity - Information regarding your interactions with advertisements

With whom we share your information

We share your personal information with the following categories of third parties for the following reasons:

  • Email marketing vendors

  • Content management systems

  • Customer management systems

  • Parties that need to operate the website

  • Social networks

  • Advertising networks

  • Data analytics providers

We have implemented the following measures to protect and safeguard your personal information:

  • Limiting the amount of personal information that we collect to strictly necessary only;

  • Using ssl or other secure connection technologies when receiving or sending personal information beyond internal networks;

  • Maintaining up-to-date software and safeguards.

Sale of your information

We do not sell your personal information.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your computer by your web browser. The file is added once you agree to store cookies on your computer or device, and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow sites to respond to you as an individual. The Website can also tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

This Website collects cookies and may use cookies for reasons including, but not limited to:

  • Analyze our web traffic using an analytics package;

  • Identify if you are signed in to the Website;

  • Test content on the Website;

  • Store information about your preferences;

  • Recognize when you return to the Website.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better Website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This setting may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Website.

Children's privacy

This Website is intended for use by a general audience and does not offer services to children. Should a child whom we know to be under 18 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond to that child to inform him or her that they cannot use this Website.

Analytics programs

This Website uses the following analytics program(s) to collect information about you and your behaviors: Squarespace Analytics, Google Analytics. To learn how to opt out, please visit the website(s) of the analytics program(s) used.

Your rights

Depending upon where you reside, you may have the following rights with regard to your personal information:

  • The right to access your information.

  • The right to say no to the sale of your personal information.

  • Rectification of information: the right to request that we amend any of the information that we have collected about you.

  • The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data.

  • The right to lodge a complaint regarding our collection, sharing and processing of data with competent authorities in the proper jurisdiction.

Exercising your rights

You may exercise the rights specified above by submitting a consumer request to:

We will need to verify your identity prior to effectuating your request. To verify your identity, you will need to provide us with the following information with your request:

  • Email address.

Please note that we may be unable to process your request if you do not provide us with the above information.

We will respond to most consumer requests within 30 days of receipt. However, some requests may take longer. We will notify you in writing if we need more time to respond. We have the ability to deny your request(s) if certain exceptions in the law apply. If we do deny your request, we will provide you with the reasons for such denial.

Accountability

The following person is accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures:

Beth Mund
Owner, Stellar Communications, LLC
beth@bethmund.com

You may lodge a complaint with us by contacting the person accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures at the contact information above. You may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by filling out this form or calling 1-800-282-1376.

Third-party websites

This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. It is up to you to read and fully understand their Privacy Policies. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.

Do Not Track

Do Not Track is a preference you can set on your browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. We do not support Do Not Track ("DNT"). You can either enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your browser.

European Resident Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)

GDPR gives you the following rights:

  • Request Access to your Personal Data. This allows you to receive a copy of your Personal Data and verify that we are lawfully processing that information.

  • Request Correction of Your Personal Data. This allows you to have any incomplete or inaccurate Personal Data we hold completed / corrected. Please note that we may need to verify the accuracy of the new Personal Data you provide.

  • Request Deletion / Erasure of Your Personal Data. You may have the right to request that Personal Data we hold about you be deleted / erased.

  • Object to Processing of Your Personal Data. You may have the right to preclude processing of your Personal Data.

  • Request Restriction of Processing of Your Personal Data. This allows you to ask that we suspend the processing of your Personal Data in the following scenarios:

(a)  if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy;

(b)  where our use of the data is unlawful, but you do not want us to delete/erase it;

(c)   where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or

(d)  you have objected to our use of your data, but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.

  • Request Transfer of Your Personal Data. Where technically feasible, we will provide to you, or a third party you designate, your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

  • Withdraw Your Consent.  You may withdraw your consent at any time. If you do so, we may be unable to provide certain products or services to you. But we will advise you of this when you withdraw your consent. 

IF YOU WISH TO EXERCISE ANY OF THESE RIGHTS, PLEASE NOTIFY US AT hello@storiesofspace.com. WE WILL RESPOND PROMPTLY, IN ANY EVENT WITHIN A REASONABLE LENGTH OF TIME.

Transferring Data

We plan to transfer data to United States. This means that your information may be processed in a country outside of Canada and it may be accessible to law enforcement authorities and national security authorities of that country and jurisdiction.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the updated Privacy Policy to this website or application.

Questions

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at hello@storiesofspace.com.