POINTSTORY PRIVACY POLICY
Effective July 1st, 2020.
As a Company, PointStory values the privacy of users who visit our website. This website privacy policy outlines the types of data we collect when you visit www.pointstory.io and why.
ABOUT US
PointStory is an independent digital advertising agency located in Seattle, Washington. We work with companies both local to the Seattle area and all over the US. Our mission is to be working smarter with you.
SERVER LOG INFORMATION
Standard log information (IP address, access times and pages visited) is collected by PointStory.io. Data of this type is used to continue stable operation of server-based data, optimize site performance, and as a record for privacy and security measures.
CONTENT LINKED FROM OTHER WEBSITES
PointStory.io includes content like videos and graphic files that are embedded from 3rd party sites like youtube.com. Content embedded through 3rd party websites on to PointStory.io maybe be tracking and collecting user browsing and click behavior data, drop cookies and the specific ways in which you engage with that 3rd party content. This browsing and engagement data may be linked to you if you have an account with the 3rd party content provider.
PointStory.io may also include links to external websites and related social media channels (like our LinkedIn, Instagram, Youtube and Facebook pages). The PointStory Privacy Policy is not applicable to sites we external link to. If you clink to a link that is external to our site, it is recommended that you find the privacy policy created for those individual sites.
WHAT DATA AND INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When arriving at PointStory.io, your computer collects a cookie, a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing.
The web browser you use should include an option to delete any or all cookies you choose. It should also enable you to limit or prevent their use entirely.
The cookies we use on PointStory.io include but are not limited to Google Analytics and Facebook.
ANALYTICS SERVICES
Google Analytics is a web analytics tool offered by Google, inc. (google.com) to help site owners analyze their website traffic. Through the use of cookies and site monitoring, Google Analytics allows us to understand and optimize user experience and content by building metrics like time on site, the last page a user accesses before leaving the site and what path they take to access data.
Google Analytics full privacy and data policy can be found here. Google has created a tool that allows web users to completely opt-out from being included in Google Analytics data, that tool can be downloaded here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
To Link Your Activity on Our Websites to Your Social Networks – We have added certain features to our websites and mobile applications that allow Facebook to track the activities of their members or collect certain information when they use our website or mobile applications. If you are concerned about the way a social network is tracking your activity, please contact the social network or review its privacy policy. For example, you can review Facebook’s data-use policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
There may be additional 3rd party analytics and usage statistics service providers we use to gain additional insight into web usage.
QUESTIONS REGARDING PRIVACY & WEB DATA POLICY
All questions regarding privacy and web data policy can be directed to admin@PointStory.io.