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Privacy Policy
TOUCHEDBYTHEHANDOFGOD.COM , ISITODDORISITGOD.COM and OMGSTORIES.COM
I. TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We
request only the information needed to receive your story, verify
content, attribute authorship, resolve an open issue, confirm your
shipment address for a sweepstakes prize, &/or to contact you
regarding the aforementioned. This would include your full name, e-mail
address, phone number and, possibly, mailing address.
In
general, you can visit our Web pages without telling us who you are or
revealing any personal information about yourself. Some computer,
Internet, and automatic information may be collected when you visit or
interact with TOUCHEDBYTHEHANDOFGOD.COM and/or ISITODDORISITGOD.COM and/or OMGSTORIES.COM, simply
by virtue of using a computer or other forms of Internet communication.
Examples of such information are your IP (Internet Protocol) address,
your computer's browser type, operating system, your click-stream URLs
(Uniform Resource Locators) leading to and from our site, URLs and
pages visited while at our Web site. When we receive an e-mail from
you, we will also receive your return e-mail address. We may track the
IP address from which people visit us and analyze this data for
guidance that can help us improve our site; however, individual users
will remain anonymous, unless you voluntarily tell us who you are.
We don't sell, rent, or give your personal information to unrelated third parties.
We
use a trusted third party to run our virtual store. When you browse or
shop there, their privacy policy will apply. See Section II, below, for
more information.
II. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Gathering and attributing stories.
We
obtain limited contact information from people who submit stories to
our Web site. We require this information in order to confirm that a
submission has been received and in case we need to contact you in
order to verify or clarify the content of the story or about people
mentioned in the story. Should your story be used on our Web site or
other form of publication, we will attribute it using your first name
and the initial of your last name only, along with your city and state.
No other information will be included.
Sending e-mail updates.
Occasionally, TOUCHEDBYTHEHANDOFGOD.COM and/or ISITODDORISITGOD.COM and/or OMGSTORIES.COM
will send e-mail updates or announcements to those who have provided
their contact information by submitting stories or otherwise
communicating with us. Should you wish to be removed from future
e-mailings, you can use the Contact Us link on this site or reply to
the sender of the e-mail.
Entering a sweepstakes &/or prize fulfillment.
We
may run contests on our site in which we ask entrants for contact
information (such as their e-mail address &/or phone number). This
contact information is also used to contact the entrant when necessary,
such as obtaining an address to ship a prize.
Using our shop.
We
use a trusted third party, silkfair.com, to host the Web pages for the
shop for our site and process the e-commerce transactions. When you
browse or make purchases from our shop, silkfair.com will collect the
information necessary to process your transaction and ship your order.
By visiting or purchasing from our shop, you accept the privacy policy
of silkfair.com, which is posted on their site.
Other.
We
may release personal and account information to others when we believe
it necessary to comply with law enforcement or to protect the rights,
property, or safety of TOUCHEDBYTHEHANDOFGOD.COM and/or ISITODDORISITGOD.COM and/or OMGSTORIES.COM, our site visitors, contributors or others.
We
may track the IP address from which people visit us and analyze this
data for guidance that can help us improve our site; however,
individual users will remain anonymous, unless you voluntarily tell us
who you are.
Cookies.
The
use of cookies is standard in the Internet industry. A cookie is a
small amount of data that is sent to your computer's Web browser from a
Web site's server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookie
technology and software logs enable us to know our total audience size
and traffic, study how visitors use our site and consider how we can
improve our offerings. None of the information we gather in this way
can be used to identify any individual who visits the site.
III. HOW WE DON’T USE YOUR INFORMATION
We
will not share, sell, or rent any of your personal information for any
purpose other than specified in Section II, above, unless ordered by
a court of law or deemed necessary in order to protect the rights,
property or safety of TOUCHEDBYTHEHANDOFGOD.COM and/or ISITODDORISITGOD.COM and/or OMGSTORIES.COM,
our site visitors, contributors or others. Information submitted to us
is only available to employees managing this information for purposes
specified in Section II, above.
IV. NOTICE ABOUT ONLINE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Third Parties.
We
have no control over the privacy policies of our advertisers or other
third parties that may have Web sites linked to our site. If you click
on an advertisement or link, the privacy policies and information
collection practices of the Web site that you link to will apply. We
assume no responsibility or liability for the actions of such third
parties with respect to their use of your information or otherwise. You
should always be aware of and comfortable with the privacy policies of
any third-party Web sites you link to and before disclosing any
personal information on such site.
No Absolute Safeguards.
Although
we will use reasonable efforts to safeguard the privacy of your
information, transmissions on the Internet are never absolutely secure.
Accordingly, we assume no responsibility or liability for disclosure of
any of your information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized
third-party access or other causes beyond our reasonable control.
V. ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVACY POLICY
By
using the Site, you are accepting the terms and conditions of this
Privacy Policy, and we will have the right to use your information as
described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to have your
information used in any of the ways described in this Privacy Policy,
you must discontinue use of the Site. We reserve the right to modify
this Privacy Policy at any time. Your continued use of the Site after
we either personally notify you or post such changes on the Site
constitutes your acceptance of those changes.
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