Privacy Policy
AdventureWrite.com Privacy Policy
1. User Consent
: Adventure Write owns the websites, www.AdventureWrite.com and www.AdventureWrite-members.com, and retains all ownership rights of the information collected at it’s websites. By using AdventureWrite.com or AdventureWrite-members.com and/or by submitting information to Adventure Write via an online form, email or snail mail, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy.
2. Information we collect
: We collect both personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information.
Basic Information
(Collected through AdventureWrite.com)
Navigation and click-path data
HTTP protocol elements
Top-level domains
Search engine queries
We cannot identify you personally from the above-collected information. We use this information to:
1. Improve the navigation and content of our website
2. Customize the content and/or layout of our pages for individual visitors
3. Research and development
From Autograph Requests
Requestor's name
Requestor's physical address
Content of Requestor's correspondence
We do not collect this information through our website or through email. The only way we receive it is when a requestor sends it to us through a mail-in request for an autograph. This information is obviously personally identifiable. By sending us an autograph request, you consent to the use of the personal information you provide. Website users may opt out of Adventure Write’s use of this personal information by simply not sending it to us. Adventure Write does not sell, share, trade or publish the personal information you send us with your autograph request. We use this information to:
1. Honor requests for autographs
2. Provide post-autograph-request service to requestors
3. Administrate autograph request limits
4. Improve the navigation and content of our website
5. Customize the content and/or layout of our pages for each individual visitor
6. Research and development
From Writing Contests
Entrant's name
Entrant's physical address
Entrant's age (for eligibility)
Entrant's email address
Entrant's prose
Content of Entrant's correspondence
Minors who enter an Adventure Write writing contest must have parental consent to do so. We do not collect this information through our website. The only way we receive it is when an entrant sends it to us through email or the USPS for the purpose of entering a contest. This information is obviously personally identifiable. By entering a contest, you consent to the use of the personal information you provide. Website users may opt out of Adventure Write’s use of this information by simply not entering a contest. Adventure Write does not sell, share or trade the personal information you send us with your contest entry, except to recognize the authors of the stories we publish on our website. We use this information to:
1. Administer the contest
2. Provide prizes to winners
3. Recognize authors of entries published on our website - The Entrant may opt out of this use by annotating their Entry Form.
4. Provide entrants with contest and publication updates
5. Improve the content of our website
6. Research and development
From "Add-To-The-Story" and "Time Capsule" Submissions (Collected through AdventureWrite.com)
Content of visitor's submission
We collect this information through our website. We provide an online form for visitors to use in sending their addition to the "Add-To-The-Story" webpage and the "Time Capsule" webpage. The only information we collect is the information that a visitor sends us. The only way we receive it is when a visitor sends it to us via our online form, which requires a couple lines of prose and gives the visitor the option of submitting a first name and hometown. This information may, at the visitor's discretion, be personally identifiable.
By submitting prose to the "Add-To-The-Story" webpage or the "Time Capsule", you consent to the use of the information you provide. Adventure Write does not sell, share or trade the personal information you send us with your prose, except to recognize the author on the "Add-To-The-Story" webpage and the "Time Capsule" webpage, and as required or allowed by law. We use this information to:
1. Administer the "Add-To-The-Story" and "Time Capsule" webpages
2. Recognize authors, who send prose that we publish - Visitors may opt out of this use by simply omitting personally identifiable information in their submission.
3. Improve the content of our website
4. Research and development
From Other Correspondence
Content of Sender's correspondence
Sender's email and/or physical address
Sender's name
The only way we receive this information is when you send it to us through an online form, email or the USPS. This information may, at the visitor's discretion, be personally identifiable. By sending us correspondence, you consent to the use and publication of the personal and non-personal information you provide in any way we choose. We may share the information you send us with other entities. We may post your personally-identifiable information and correspondence on our website, and we may use it in any other way allowed by law. Website users may opt out of this use of their information by simply not sending it to us. We use this information to:
1. Respond to requests
2. Improve the navigation and content of our website
3. Increase the content of our website
4. Research and development
5. Enforce applicable laws
6. Promote our products and services
7. Offer other promotions, information, products and services
From Registration and Sign-up process for Adventure Write's Member's Only Site: AdventureWrite-Members.com
Member's name
Member's email and physical address
The only way we receive this information is when you send it to us through an online registration form. This information is personally identifiable. By visiting Adventure Write's Member's Only Site, you authorize Adventure Write to use the personal and non-personal information you provide in any way we choose. We may share the information you send us with other entities. We may post your personally-identifiable information and correspondence on our website, and we may use it in any other way allowed by law. Your registration information, including your name, address, username and password are stored on a third party server, and there is no such thing as 100% secure. Therefore, you should choose a unique username and password, as Adventure Write cannot guarantee the security of this information.
Adventure Write does not store or even have access to the bank or credit card information you use to make payments. Adventure Write uses a third party to process payments, and is not an agent of nor authorized to make any statements on behalf of third parties. Therefore, when you submit your payment, which is through a third party, you become subject to that website’s privacy policy and terms of service.
You may opt out of Adventure Write’s use of your registration information by simply not registering for the AdventureWrite-members.com website. We use this information to:
1. Respond to requests
2. Improve the navigation and content of our website
3. Increase the content of our website
4. Research and development
5. Enforce applicable laws
6. Promote our products and services
7. Offer other promotions, information, products and services
3. Sharing your Information
: We share your personally identifiable information only as required or allowed by law. If you do not want Adventure Write to share your personal information or your correspondence, simply don't send it to us. Adventure Write does not generally sell, share or trade your personally identifiable information with third parties, except as noted above.
4. Changes to this Privacy Policy
: We may change this Privacy Policy at any time, and any change becomes effective immediately, so you should check this privacy policy often, because your use of any part of our websites, or your submission of any information to Adventure Write indicates that you accept any change.
5. Links to Other Sites
: Our website contains links to other sites. When you click on a link to another site, you enter a separate website. We are not agents or advertisers for these sites, and we are not authorized to make any representations on their behalf. Therefore, when you click on a link to a separate website, you become subject to that website's usage and privacy policy.
6. Contact Us
: Please email any questions you have about our Privacy Policy to:
admin@adventurewrite.com.