Privacy Policy — StoryTimes

StoryTimes is operated by Sandra REMY, a sole proprietor (EI), under the trade name StoryTimes, at 47 rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris, France. SIREN: 130 586 654. For any request concerning your personal data, contact support@StoryTimes.fr. These contact details also appear in our legal notice.

StoryTimes is reserved for people aged 18 or over. Your date of birth is used to check this requirement when creating, completing or accessing an account; it is not displayed on your public profile. Account data include your user ID, display name, email address when provided, profile photo and information needed for authentication. You can request a correction to your data at support@StoryTimes.fr.

Depending on how you create or complete your account, we may process your first name, last name, username, email address and profile information. These data help operate your account, identify the right profile, provide support and, where a relevant feature is enabled, suggest accounts or connections.

Access to your phone contacts is not required for general use of the Android beta. If an optional contact-discovery or invitation feature becomes available, it must explain its purpose and request the appropriate permission before accessing the address book. A device permission does not authorize unrelated use of other people's contact details, including for advertising.

StoryTimes processes the photos, videos, stories, messages, attachments, listings, comments and interactions that you create, upload, publish or share. Your posts are accessible according to their audience settings, and messages are delivered to the intended recipients.

Data needed to operate and secure the service may include device type, operating system, IP address and technical logs. These processing activities provide the features you request, protect accounts, handle reports, prevent abuse, respond to support requests and meet applicable obligations.

Photos, videos and files that you select, create or send may be processed to provide posting, story, messaging or listing features. Access to device media or files is subject to the system permissions or picker you use. Selecting a file does not itself publish it to everyone; visibility depends on the action you take and the audience selected.

The app may request access to your camera and microphone to create photos, videos and recordings. Content you choose to record, publish or send is processed according to the feature and recipients you select. You can manage these permissions in your device settings.

StoryTimes does not sell users’ personal data. In the Android app, optional Firebase analytics, Firebase diagnostics and optional Mapbox telemetry are disabled. The app does not request an advertising identifier, and Google advertising consent remains disabled. A previous optional choice does not reactivate these measurements.

Placements identified as sponsored may appear between stories or feed content. App measurement data are not shared with an advertising network to target you. Technical providers continue to process data needed for the services used. If you voluntarily open an external link, the destination website applies its own policy.

When you use a feature that requires your location, the location data needed for that feature are processed according to your device permissions and choices. You can change these permissions in your device settings.

Mapbox provides mapping and search services. Requests required for maps and search, along with events required for Mapbox SDK usage measurement and billing, continue to be transmitted. They may include your IP address, technical identifiers and the location needed for the requested feature. Mapbox processes its usage and billing statistics for its own purposes as an independent data controller, under its privacy policy. Disabling optional telemetry does not disable these necessary processing activities.

Internal recommendations remain active independently of optional Firebase measurement. The app sends our servers your account ID when you are signed in, a local installation ID, a session ID, content impressions, interactions and viewing durations to rank and personalize content.

Pausing Firebase measurement and changing website tracking choices do not disable this processing. Depending on the feature, profile information such as names or usernames and a location you choose to share may also help suggest relevant accounts or nearby content. The email address is used for account management and is not automatically an advertising identifier. Any future contact-based suggestion feature requires separate information and appropriate authorization. You can contact support@StoryTimes.fr to request information about the data used and exercise your applicable rights.

Data may be accessible to the recipients of your content and messages, authorized people responsible for operations, support and security, and providers needed for hosting, authentication, storage, notifications and mapping. Data may be disclosed to authorized authorities when required by law.

Sign-in, storage, security and notification features retain their necessary processing activities; these are separate from the disabled Firebase analytics and diagnostics. Payments and live streaming are currently paused in the Android beta. Voluntarily sharing content to another app is governed by that app’s rules and does not connect it to StoryTimes.

You can request deletion of your StoryTimes account and associated data from the dedicated page, including when you can no longer access the app, or email support@StoryTimes.fr. The “Delete my account” link in settings opens this resource. Support handles the request.

Data are retained according to the needs of the service, applicable legal obligations, fraud prevention and dispute resolution. You can also delete certain content in the app. Account deletion, content deletion and deletion of technical copies or backups must be distinguished. Contact support for information about the data covered by your request and any retention obligations.

Device permissions for location, contacts, camera, microphone or media control technical access. They are not blanket consent for advertising, unrelated profiling or other optional purposes. If a processing activity requires separate consent, it must be explained and requested before it starts. You can change device permissions in your phone settings and exercise your applicable data rights through support.

Subject to the conditions of the GDPR, you may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction or portability of your data, or object to its processing. You may withdraw consent when processing is based on consent. Send your requests to support@StoryTimes.fr. You may also lodge a complaint with the CNIL or the competent authority in your country.

Dowi by StoryTimes, also referred to as StoryTimes Courier or StoryTimes Livreur, currently offers account registration and submission of courier documents. We process your first and last names, email address, account identifier, country of activity, identity and proof-of-address documents, and the personal information they contain, including your address. Documents can be submitted as photos or files. We use these data to manage your account, review your documents, prevent fraud, meet verification requirements and communicate with you about your account or application. Documents are sent to our backend over HTTPS and are not published to other users.

Firebase Cloud Messaging and Firebase Installations also process installation and notification identifiers for technical operation. The documents-only beta does not offer delivery missions, GPS tracking or payments. The StoryTimes map and content-recommendation features described above are not part of this Dowi beta. You can request deletion from Dowi account settings or the StoryTimes Courier form on our account-deletion page, which explains the data covered, processing steps and any applicable retention periods. Contact support@StoryTimes.fr for privacy requests or to request deletion of selected data while keeping your account.

Newsletter subscriptions are optional and separate from website tracking preferences. We record your email address, chosen topics, the consent text and its date and version. When configured, Brevo processes subscriptions, confirmation and delivery. You can withdraw consent using the unsubscribe link, or contact support@StoryTimes.fr to request access, correction or deletion. Unconfirmed subscriptions do not receive marketing campaigns

You can allow or reject optional audience measurement and marketing through Privacy choices. When enabled, the configured services may include Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity, Meta and Vercel. Newsletter fields are masked for session recording, and form values are excluded from custom analytics events. Optional tags remain inactive until you choose to allow them