Resilient Stories: Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is https://resilientstories.com, and this is our Resilient Stories privacy policy.

Resilient Stories™ is a trauma-informed storytelling and publishing platform created to help people and communities share lived experiences of resilience, healing, and hope. We provide a place for readers to explore stories and resources, and for contributors to submit stories for publication consideration, participate in events, and connect with our community.

Important note: Resilient Stories™ is not a medical or mental health provider. The content on this website, including stories, articles, event materials, and resources, is provided for informational and inspirational purposes only and is not intended as medical, mental health, or clinical advice. Nothing on this website should be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis, treatment, or therapy. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or need immediate support, please contact your local emergency services or a qualified professional in your area.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in your comment.

Amazon Affiliate Links

Resilient Stories is an Amazon Affiliate. We might link products that appear in our articles to Amazon.com, where they can be purchased. If you use an affiliate link, Resilient Stories may earn a small commission from your purchase. We thank you for supporting us in this way!

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again next time. These cookies will last for one year.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Your rights over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.