Introduction

Frantic Fanfic’s and our affiliates and subsidiaries (“Company,” “We,” “US,” “Our,” or “Frantic”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it by complying with this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”).

This Policy describes:

• How we collect, use, disclose, and protect the personal information of our website users ("you").
• The types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website, use our app, or any other software product (collectively, our “Platform”).
• Our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

Your privacy is important to us.

It is Frantic Fanfic's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to franticfanfic.com (hereinafter, "us", "we", or "franticfanfic.com"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website.

This Privacy Policy, subsumed under the Terms of service posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms of service.

This policy does not apply to information that:

• We collect offline or through any other means, including on any other Company or third-party website (including our affiliates and subsidiaries).
• You provide to or is collected by any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

1. Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Frantic Fanfic collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Frantic Fanfic's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Frantic Fanfic's visitors use its website. From time to time, Frantic Fanfic may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website for general knowledge or statistical insights regarding the game.

Frantic Fanfic also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on https://franticfanfic.com blog posts. Frantic Fanfic only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

2. Advertisements, Advertising Networks and Cookies

Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Frantic Fanfic and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

We use the information that you provide, and your interaction with our products or services, to infer your likely interests and consumer preferences in order to provide you with more relevant advertising. This information tells us about websites you’ve visited, apps you’ve downloaded, and purchases you have made so that we can predict what might interest you in the future as well as assess the effectiveness of the advertising on our Platform. We collect this information through the use of Cookies and similar technologies on our Platform and from similar information received from third parties who advertise on our Platform and whose sites you visit.

We and our vendors and service providers use cookies and other similar technologies automatically collect information and assess which pages you click on and how you use our platform, to enhance your user experience and provide you with more relevant advertisement. By using any product within our Platform, you consent to our use of cookies, and other similar technology, to collect such described information. The use of such information by third parties is not covered by this Policy and we are not responsible for the privacy and information practices of such third parties.

You may be able to refuse or disable the use of cookies and other similar technology by adjusting your browser or device settings. Please note that doing so may limit the functionality of our products and may alter your personal use of them.

3. Links To External Sites

Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms of service of every site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.

4. Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Frantic Fanfic may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Frantic Fanfic's sole discretion. Frantic Fanfic encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

5. Information that We Collect About You

We collect and use several types of information from and about you, including:

• Personal information, that we can reasonably use to directly or indirectly identify you, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, birth date, gender, telephone number, credit card information, other billing information, country of residence, Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, username or other similar identifier, billing and account information, and any other identifier we may use to contact you ("personal information").

  At the time of collection, we will clearly identify the information being collected and the purposes for which it will be used. It is always your choice whether or not to provide Personal Information but if you choose not to provide certain requested Personal Information, in some instances you may not be able to register to use our products or access our products at all. In other instances, your choice not to provide certain other Personal Information may mean that you will not be able to use certain features of the Website or services. We may collect Personal Information in respect of our products through registration processes; communications with you; information downloads; service use; purchases; user support; and surveys

  We provide an opportunity for any user to unsubscribe from our e-mails or opt-out of contact for marketing purposes on an ongoing basis by using the unsubscribe mechanism at the bottom of our e-mails or e-mailing to [email protected]

• Your profile information, including your username, age, e-mail address and/or telephone number, information you disclose in your user profile, and your profile picture.
• Non-personal information, that does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity or directly relate to an identifiable individual, such as demographic information, or statistical or aggregated information. Statistical or aggregated data does not directly identify a specific person, but we may derive non-personal statistical or aggregated data from personal information. For example, we may aggregate personal information to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific feature or to report our product impact on an aggregate basis.
• Technical information, including your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, or information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
• Non-personal details about your interactions with our product, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), clickstream to, through and from our Website, App, or other products (including date and time), products you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page, or any phone number used to call our customer service number.

6. Data Security

The security of your personal information is very important to us. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website

7. Data Retention

Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, we will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Under some circumstances we may anonymize your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you. We reserve the right to use such anonymous and de-identified data for any legitimate business purpose without further notice to you or your consent.

8. Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information

It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes. By law you have the right to request access to and to correct the personal information that we hold about you.

If you want to review, verify, correct, or withdraw consent to the use of your personal information you may also send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.

We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and your right to access, and to provide you with the personal information that we hold about you or make your requested changes. If we cannot provide you with access to your personal information, we will inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.

If you are concerned about our response or would like to correct the information provided, you may contact us by sending us an e-mail stating your concern to [email protected].

9. Withdrawing Your Consent

Where you have provided your consent to the collection, use, and transfer of your personal information, you may have the legal right to withdraw your consent under certain circumstances. To withdraw your consent, if applicable, contact us using the contact information listed below. Please note that if you withdraw your consent we may not be able to provide you with a particular product or service. We will explain the impact to you at the time to help you make your decision

10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will post the new privacy policy on this page with a notice that the privacy policy has been updated.

We include the date the privacy policy was last revised at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting this privacy policy to check for any changes.

11. Contact Information and Challenging Compliance

We welcome your questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy and our privacy practices. Please contact us at [email protected]. We have procedures in place to receive and respond to complaints or inquiries about our handling of personal information, our compliance with this policy, and with applicable privacy laws. To discuss our compliance with this policy please contact us using the contact information listed above.