Privacy policy

Stars & Stories is a static website. There are no accounts, comments, payments, newsletters, analytics or advertising. Here is what that means for your personal information.

Who is responsible

The editorial team of Stars & Stories operates mighty-midas-marshmallowtemple.shop and is accountable for personal information handled through it. The person in charge of the protection of personal information, as required under Quebec’s Law 25, is the coordinating editor, reachable at [email protected].

Information we receive

• Email. If you write to [email protected], directly or through the contact form (which simply prepares a message in your own email app), we receive your email address, any name or location you mention and the content of your message.
• Server logs. Our hosting provider automatically records standard technical information for each page request — IP address, date and time, page, browser type and referring page — to deliver and protect the site.
• Settings in your browser. Your cookie choice and your night-vision setting are stored only on your device (see the cookie policy). We cannot see them.

How we use it

We use your email only to read and reply, to correct mistakes you point out, and, if you agree, to mention an observing report you sent. Hosting logs are used for security, troubleshooting and keeping the site online. We follow the fair information principles of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), including limiting collection and use to these purposes.

Consent and choice

Writing to us is consent to our replying. Optional technologies are off by default and would only run after you choose “Accept” in our cookie note — and at present the site has none. You may withdraw consent at any time.

Service providers and data outside Canada

We do not sell or share personal information for marketing. Our web host and email provider process data for us, and their servers may be outside Canada, for example in the United States or Europe. Information stored there may be accessed under the laws of those countries.

Retention

Emails are kept only as long as needed to respond and follow up, and we plan to look back through older correspondence and delete what is no longer needed roughly once a year. Server logs are kept for a limited time under the host’s policies.

Security

The site has no database or login. We use strong passwords on our email and hosting accounts and add a second sign-in step where the service makes one available.

Access, correction and deletion

You can ask us what personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it, by writing to [email protected]. We respond within 30 days.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, please tell us first. You may also complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada; residents of Quebec may also contact the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec.

Children

Stars & Stories is for a general audience and does not knowingly collect information from children. Parents or guardians may ask us to delete a message sent by a child.

Changes to this policy

We will update this page, and its date, before any change in our practices takes effect.