Cookie Policy of What a Story
This document informs Users about the technologies that help What a Story to achieve the purposes described below. Such technologies allow the Owner to access and store information (for example by using a Cookie) or use resources (for example by running a script) on a User’s device as they interact with What a Story.
For simplicity, all such technologies are defined as "Trackers" within this document – unless there is a reason to differentiate.
For example, while Cookies can be used on both web and mobile browsers, it would be inaccurate to talk about Cookies in the context of mobile apps as they are a browser-based Tracker. For this reason, within this document, the term Cookies is only used where it is specifically meant to indicate that particular type of Tracker.
Some of the purposes for which Trackers are used may also require the User's consent, depending on the applicable law. Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.
What a Story uses Trackers managed directly by the Owner (so-called “first-party” Trackers) and Trackers that enable services provided by a third-party (so-called “third-party” Trackers). Unless otherwise specified within this document, third-party providers may access the Trackers managed by them.
The validity and expiration periods of Cookies and other similar Trackers may vary depending on the lifetime set by the Owner or the relevant provider. Some of them expire upon termination of the User’s browsing session.
In addition to what’s specified in the descriptions within each of the categories below, Users may find more precise and updated information regarding lifetime specification as well as any other relevant information — such as the presence of other Trackers — in the linked privacy policies of the respective third-party providers or by contacting the Owner.
Activities strictly necessary for the operation of What a Story and delivery of the Service
What a Story uses so-called “technical” Cookies and other similar Trackers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service.
Other activities involving the use of Trackers
Functionality
What a Story uses Trackers to enable basic interactions and functionalities, allowing Users to access selected features of the Service and facilitating the User's communication with the Owner.
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Interaction with live chat platforms
This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of What a Story, in order to contact and be contacted by What a Story‘s support service.
If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.
Facebook Messenger Customer Chat (Facebook, Inc.)
The Facebook Messenger Customer Chat is a service for interacting with the Facebook Messenger live chat platform provided by Facebook, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service, Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
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Registration and authentication
By registering or authenticating, Users allow What a Story to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, What a Story will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.
Facebook Oauth (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Oauth is a registration and authentication service provided by Facebook, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and various types of Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
Facebook Authentication (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Facebook, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- _fbp: 3 months
- fbssls_*: duration of the session
Experience
What a Story uses Trackers to improve the quality of the user experience and enable interactions with external content, networks and platforms.
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Content commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of What a Story.
Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.
Facebook Comments (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Comments is a content commenting service provided by Facebook, Inc. enabling the User to leave comments and share them on the Facebook platform.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of What a Story and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Wistia widget (Wistia, Inc.)
Wistia is a video content visualization service provided by Wistia, Inc. that allows What a Story to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Instagram widget (Meta Platforms, Inc.)
Instagram is an image visualization service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that allows What a Story to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
YouTube Data API (Google LLC)
YouTube Data API is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows What a Story to incorporate functions normally executed on YouTube so that Users can watch, find, and manage YouTube content directly on What a Story.
Through this Service, What a Story may collect Data directly or indirectly on or from Users’ devices, including by making use of Trackers. Users may restrict such access to their Data via the security settings page provided by Google. Users may ask the Owner for further information about these privacy settings at any time through the contact details provided in this document.
Data collected through the Service may also be used to help third parties deliver interest-based advertising. Users can opt out of third-party interest-based advertising through their device settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated in order to use the Service, Data communicated while using the service, device information, Trackers, Usage Data and User ID.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
YouTube IFrame Player (Google LLC)
YouTube IFrame Player is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows What a Story to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Through this Service, What a Story may collect Data directly or indirectly on or from Users’ devices, including by making use of trackers. Users may restrict such access to their Data via the security settings page provided by Google. Users may ask the Owner for further information about these privacy settings at any time through the contact details provided in this document.
Data collected through the Service may also be used to help third parties deliver interest-based advertising. Users can opt out of third-party interest-based advertising through their device settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated in order to use the Service, Data communicated while using the service, device information and Trackers.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Measurement
What a Story uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyse User behaviour to improve the Service.
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Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) (Google LLC)
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of What a Story, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- AMP_TOKEN: 1 hour
- _ga: 2 years
- _gac*: 3 months
- _gat: 1 minute
- _gid: 1 day
Wordpress Stats (Automattic Inc.)
Wordpress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- tk_tc: duration of the session
Facebook Analytics for Apps (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Analytics for Apps is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Tracker, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
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Anonymized analytics services
The services contained in this section allow the Owner, through the use of third-party Trackers, to collect and manage analytics in an anonymized form.
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) with anonymized IP (Google LLC)
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of What a Story, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- AMP_TOKEN: 1 hour
- _ga: 2 years
- _gac*: 3 months
- _gat: 1 minute
- _gid: 1 day
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Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of What a Story.
Google Optimize 360 (Google LLC)
Google Optimize 360 is an A/B testing service provided by Google LLC ("Google").
This service allows the Owner to target groups of Users on the base of their past use of What a Story. Users that opt-out of tracking by Google Analytics will not be included in experiments created in Google Optimize 360.
Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- _gaexp: 3 months
- _opt_awcid: 1 day
- _opt_awgid: 1 day
- _opt_awkid: 1 day
- _opt_awmid: 1 day
- _opt_expid: 10 seconds
- _opt_utmc: 1 day
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Heat mapping and session recording
Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of What a Story that Users interact with most frequently. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior.
Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback.
Hotjar Heat Maps and Recordings (Hotjar Ltd.)
Hotjar is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Hotjar honors generic „Do Not Track” headers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User's data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.
Personal Data processed: Trackers, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress: 30 minutes
- _hjCachedUserAttributes: duration of the session
- _hjClosedSurveyInvites: 1 year
- _hjDonePolls: 1 year
- _hjFirstSeen: duration of the session
- _hjIncludedInSessionSample: 30 minutes
- _hjLocalStorageTest: duration of the session
- _hjLocalStorageTest: duration of the session
- _hjMinimizedPolls: 1 year
- _hjSession*: 30 minutes
- _hjSessionRejected: duration of the session
- _hjSessionResumed: duration of the session
- _hjSessionTooLarge: 1 hour
- _hjSessionUser*: 1 year
- _hjSessionUser_*: 2 years
- _hjShownFeedbackMessage: 1 year
- _hjTLDTest: duration of the session
- _hjUserAttributesHash: duration of the session
- _hjViewportId: duration of the session
- _hjid: 1 year
Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation)
Microsoft Clarity is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft processes or receives Personal Data via Microsoft Clarity, which in turn may be used for any purpose in accordance with the Microsoft Privacy Statement, including improving and providing Microsoft Advertising.
Personal Data processed: clicks, country, custom events, device information, diagnostic events, interaction events, layout details, mouse movements, page events, positional information, scroll-to-page interactions, session duration, time zone, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- ANONCHK: 10 minutes
- CLID: 1 year
- MR: 7 days
- MUID: 1 year
- SM: duration of the session
- _clck: 1 year
- _clsk: 1 day
Marketing
What a Story uses Trackers to deliver personalised marketing content based on User behaviour and to operate, serve and track ads.
Some of the advertising services used by the Owner adhere to the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework, an initiative that facilitates responsible privacy practices across the digital advertising industry - providing Users with enhanced transparency and control over how their data are used for advertising tracking purposes. Users can customize their advertising preferences at any time by accessing the advertising preferences panel from within the cookie notice or via the relevant link on What a Story.
What a Story participates in the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework and complies with its Specifications and Policies. What a Story uses iubenda (identification number 123) as a Consent Management Platform.
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Remarketing and behavioral targeting
This type of service allows What a Story and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of What a Story by the User.
This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.
Facebook Remarketing (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of What a Story with the Facebook advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
Facebook Custom Audience (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of What a Story with the Facebook advertising network.
Users can opt out of Facebook's use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: email address and Tracker.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
How to manage preferences and provide or withdraw consent on What a Story
Whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting or updating their preferences via the relevant privacy choices panel available on What a Story.
With regard to any third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences and withdraw their consent (TO BE REMOVED) via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
How to control or delete Cookies and similar technologies via your device settings
Users may use their own browser settings to:
- See what Cookies or other similar technologies have been set on the device;
- Block Cookies or similar technologies;
- Clear Cookies or similar technologies from the browser.
The browser settings, however, do not allow granular control of consent by category.
Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:
Users may also manage certain categories of Trackers used on mobile apps by opting out through relevant device settings such as the device advertising settings for mobile devices, or tracking settings in general (Users may open the device settings and look for the relevant setting).
How to opt out of interest-based advertising
Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU and UK), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Consequences of denying the use of Trackers
Users are free to decide whether or not to allow the use of Trackers. However, please note that Trackers help What a Story to provide a better experience and advanced functionalities to Users (in line with the purposes outlined in this document). Therefore, if the User chooses to block the use of Trackers, the Owner may be unable to provide related features.
Owner and Data Controller
Watastory Advertisement Agency LLP
Flat No. 301, Sri Sai Sadan Apartment, Mayuri Nagar, RC Puram, Medak, Telangana, 502032 India
Owner contact email: hello@whatastory.agency
Since the use of third-party Trackers through What a Story cannot be fully controlled by the Owner, any specific references to third-party Trackers are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, Users are kindly requested to consult the privacy policies of the respective third-party services listed in this document.
Given the objective complexity surrounding tracking technologies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of such technologies by What a Story.