Privacy Policy

Effective as of October 1, 2019

This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies to the HIRO STORIES mobile application and website located at https://www.hirostories.com/ (collectively the “Application”), owned and operated by Hiro Stories, Inc (“Hiro Stories, Inc,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We have created this Privacy Policy to tell you what information the Application collects, how we use that information, and who we will share that information with, if at all. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy practices of any third parties that we do not own, control, or are affiliated with. Capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy will have the meaning set forth in our Terms of Use. By visiting, downloading, installing, or using our Application, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the accompanying Terms of Use. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, and to use the information it contains to help you make informed decisions.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT OR RECEIVE

In the course of operating the Application, we will collect or receive the following types of information. You authorize us to collect or receive such information.

Personal Information. We only receive or collect information that identifies you personally if you choose to provide such personally identifiable information to us via email or other means. When you sign up to become a user or contact us, you will be required to provide us with personal information about yourself (collectively, the “Personal Information”). Such Personal Information may include your name, e-mail address, physical address, and phone number. We do not collect any Personal Information from you when you use the Application unless you provide us with the Personal Information voluntarily.
Third-party Log-In. If you sign in through Hiro Stories, Inc, you are authorizing us to collect, store, and use, in accordance with this Privacy Policy, any and all information that you agreed that Hiro Stories, Inc would provide to us through Hiro Stories, Inc Application Programming Interface (“API”). Such information may include, without limitation, your first and last name, Hiro Stories, Inc username, Hiro Stories, Inc profile picture, headline, unique identifier and access token, and e-mail address.
Payment Information. If you choose to make a purchase or subscribe to any content, feature, product, or service of ours that requires a fee, you will be required to provide us with your payment information, including, without limitation, bank account numbers, credit card or debit card numbers, account details, ACH information, and similar data (collectively, “Payment Information”). Such Payment Information will be collected and processed by our third-party payment vendors pursuant to the terms and conditions of their privacy policies and terms of use, and we do not obtain access to any Payment Information in connection with such purchases or subscriptions.
Geolocational Information. Certain features and functionalities of the Application are based on your location. In order to provide these features and functionalities while you are using your mobile device, we may, with your consent, automatically collect geolocational information from your mobile device or wireless carrier and/or certain third-party service providers (collectively, “Geolocational Information”). Collection of such Geolocational Information occurs only when the Application is running on your device. You may decline to allow us to collect such Geolocational Information, in which case we will not be able to provide certain features or functionalities to you.
Third-Party Analytics. We and the third-party technology providers, ad exchanges, ad networks, advertisers, agencies, ad exchanges, and ad servers with which we work use third-party analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics) to evaluate your use of the Application, compile reports on activity, collect demographic data, analyze performance metrics, and collect and evaluate other information relating to the Application and mobile and Internet usage. These third parties use cookies and other technologies to help analyze and provide us with the data. You consent to the processing of data about you by these analytics providers in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. For more information on these third parties, including how to opt out from certain data collection, please visit [mixpanel.com]. Please be advised that if you opt out of any such service, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Application.
Other Information. In addition to the Personal Information, Payment Information, and Geolocational Information, we may automatically collect or receive additional information regarding you and your use of the Application; your interactions with us and our advertising; and information regarding your computer and mobile devices used to access the Application (collectively, the “Other Information”). Such Other Information may include:
1. From You. Additional information about yourself that you voluntarily provide to us, such as your gender and your product and service preferences.
2. From Your Activity. We may collect or receive information regarding:
  1. IP address, which may consist of a static or dynamic IP address and will sometimes point to a specific identifiable computer or mobile device;
  2. browser type and language;
  3. referring and exit pages and URLs;
  4. date and time; and
  5. details regarding your activity on the Application, such as search queries and other performance and usage data.
3. About Your Mobile Device. We may collect or receive information regarding:
  1. type of mobile device;
  2. Advertising Identifier (“IDFA” or “AdID”);
  3. operating system and version (e.g., iOS, Android or Windows);
  4. carrier; and
  5. network type (WiFi, 3G, 4G, LTE).
4. From Cookies. We may use both session cookies, which expire once you close the Application, and persistent cookies, which stay on your mobile device until you delete them and other technologies to help us collect data and to enhance your experience with the Application. Cookies are small text files an app can use to recognize a repeat visitor to the app. We may use cookies for various purposes, including to:
  1. type of mobile device;
  2. personalize your experience;
  3. analyze which portions of the Application are visited and used most frequently; and
  4. measure and optimize advertising and promotional effectiveness.
5. If you do not want us to deploy cookies in the Application, you can opt out by setting your mobile device to reject cookies. You can still use the Application if you choose to disable cookies, although your ability to use some of the features may be affected.

INFORMATION COLLECTED BY OR THROUGH THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING COMPANIES

We may share Other Information about your activity on the Application with third parties for ad distribution and ad optimization (defined as the tailoring, targeting (i.e., behavioral, contextual, retargeting, analyzing, managing, reporting, and optimizing of ads). These third parties may use cookies, pixel tags (also called web beacons or clear gifs), and/or other technologies to collect Other Information for such purposes. Pixel tags enable us and these third-party advertising companies to recognize a browser’s cookie when a browser visits the site on which the pixel tag is located in order to learn which advertisement brings a user to a given site. In addition, we may receive Other Information from advertisers and/or their service providers such as advertising identifiers, IP addresses, and post- conversion data.

HOW TO OPT OUT OF THIRD-PARTY INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING

If you wish to opt out of third-party interest-based advertising, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org and http://www.aboutads.info/choices for details on how to do so. Additionally, users of mobile devices can follow the below instructions:

Android Users

For Android devices with OS 2.2 and up and Google Play Services version 4.0 and up: Open your Google Settings app > Ads > Enable “Opt out of interest-based advertising.”