Privacy Policy

Summary

At Life Story Maps, accessible from https://www.lifestorymaps.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that are collected and recorded by Life Story Maps and how we use it.


If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.


This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collected in Life Story Maps. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Personal Data

lifestorymaps.com may collect information by lawful and fair means with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned. This information includes but is not limited to, your name, address and email address.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

Life Story Maps will never divulge your personal data unless ordered by law for any legal matters.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
  • Send you emails
  • Find and prevent fraud

Log Files

Life Story Maps follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies

Like any other website, Life Story Maps uses cookies. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.


In order to better serve you Life Story Maps may collect cookies and usage data for the purpose of Google Ad and Analytics or Facebook Ad Analytics.


You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

Payment Processor

Life Story Maps uses Stripe as a payment processor to assist us in processing payments in exchange for our products. Stripe allows us to securely execute the transaction between you (the user) and our business. Payment processors take your payment via Credit card.

Stripe is a third-party service that has their own Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. You can read more about how Stripe handles your personal data in their privacy policy: Stripe Privacy Policy

Order Fulfillment With Printify

Our site utilizes Printify, a third-party service, to fulfill print orders. When you make a purchase on our site, we share certain information with Printify to facilitate order fulfillment. This information includes:

  • Your name
  • Your shipping and billing information
  • Your email address
  • Your phone number

Printify uses this information solely for the purpose of fulfilling your orders. This involves printing the purchased items, packaging them, and shipping them to your specified address. Printify may also use your contact information to get in touch with you if necessary for the fulfillment of your order (for example, if there are issues with delivery).

Please note that by making a purchase on our site, you are also agreeing to Printify's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. We have no control over, or responsibility for, Printify's data collection and usage practices. We recommend you review Printify's policies to understand how they handle and protect your data.

You can read more about how Printify handles your personal data in their privacy policy: Printify Privacy Policy

Google Authentication

Our site uses Google Authentication as the sole method for signing in. This greatly enhances the security of the site by not having to rely on a username and password combination. When you sign up or sign in, you will be redirected to Google to authorize our application. We request the most basic scope of access (userinfo.email), which allows us to see your primary Google Account email address.


Upon authorization, Google provides us with a token that we use to access your Google Account's primary email address. In addition, Google shares the following information with us:

  • Your name (as registered in your Google Account)
  • Your email address (primary address associated with your Google Account)
  • A link to your Google Account's profile picture

We store this information in our user database for the purpose of managing your user account on our site, personalizing your experience, and facilitating communication.


Please note that by choosing to sign in with Google, you are also agreeing to Google's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. We do not have any control over, or responsibility for, Google's data collection and usage practices. We recommend you review Google's policies to understand how they handle and protect your data.

You can read more about Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.