Storyland Illustrated

Storyland Illustrated

Privacy Policy

Updated July 13, 2024

Introduction

At Storyland Illustrated, a service provided by Emergent Financial, LLC ("Storyland," "we," "us," or "our"), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard the information you provide to us through our website and services.

Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information from you:

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Storyland Illustrated uses cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about how you use and interact with our website and services. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and other usage data.

We use this information to improve our website and services, personalize your experience, and analyze trends and usage patterns. Specifically, we use Google Analytics to collect and analyze website usage data.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to disable or reject cookies if you prefer. However, please note that disabling or rejecting cookies may affect the functionality and performance of our website and services.

Payment Processing

We use a third-party payment processor, Stripe, to process all payments for our services. We do not collect or store any billing information, such as credit card numbers or bank account details, on our systems. All payment transactions are handled securely by Stripe, and you will be directed to Stripe's secure payment platform to complete your purchase.

Stripe's use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policy, which can be found at https://stripe.com/privacy. We encourage you to review Stripe's privacy policy to understand how they collect, use, and protect your payment information.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

We do not sell, rent, or otherwise share your personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no data transmission over the internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Story Character Information

In order to generate illustrations for the stories created through our Service, Storyland Illustrated may collect information about the story characters, such as age, hair color, eye color, skin color, and ethnicity. This information is used solely for the purpose of generating appropriate illustrations and visuals to accompany the story.

Storyland Illustrated does not distribute, share, or disclose this story character information with any third parties, except as may be necessary to generate the illustrations within the context of the story itself. Any character information shared within the generated story is subject to the terms and conditions outlined in our Terms of Service.

Sharing Your Story

If you choose to share a copy of your generated story with individuals whose email addresses you specify through the "Share Your Story with Others" feature, we will share the story with those email addresses as per your instructions. However, you acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for obtaining the necessary consent from those individuals to share the story with them.

Storyland Illustrated reserves the right to share your generated story with any third party for any purpose, including but not limited to, marketing, promotional activities, and administrative purposes such as registering for an ISBN or any other official office registration.

Third-Party AI Services

Storyland Illustrated utilizes third-party artificial intelligence (AI) services to generate the illustrations and stories through our Service. Specifically, we use Stability AI for generating the illustrations and OpenAI for generating the story text.

When you use our Service to create a story, the information you provide, including the story character features and any other inputs, may be shared with these third-party AI providers as necessary to generate the illustrations and story text. However, Storyland Illustrated does not share any personal information that could directly identify you with these third-party providers.

The use of your information by Stability AI and OpenAI is governed by their respective privacy policies, which can be found at:

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party AI providers to understand how they collect, use, and protect the information shared with them through our Service.

Your Rights and Choices

You may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to access, correct, or delete your data. If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated Privacy Policy on our website.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Storyland Illustrated
Attn: Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
support@storylandillustrated.com