Great Story Sound

Sound Design for Film & Games

Privacy Policy

Effective date: August 30th, 2023

Great Story Sound LLC ("us", "we", or "our") operates the greatstorysound.com website (the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Definitions

Service
The greatstorysound.com website operated by Great Story Sound LLC.
Personal Data
Data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
Usage Data
Data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Cookies
Small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
Data Controller
The natural or legal person who determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are processed. For this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.
Data Processors (or Service Providers)
Any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller.
Data Subject (or User)
Any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: Cookies and Usage Data.

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies — to operate our Service.
  • Preference Cookies — to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies — for security purposes.

Use of Data

Great Story Sound LLC uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
  • To monitor the usage of our Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Great Story Sound LLC's legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. Great Story Sound LLC may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to perform a contract with you
  • You have given us permission to do so
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights
  • For payment processing purposes
  • To comply with the law

Retention of Data

Great Story Sound LLC will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ. If you are located outside Austria and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Austria and process it there. Great Story Sound LLC will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Data

Business Transaction

If Great Story Sound LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Legal Requirements

Great Story Sound LLC may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend the rights or property of Great Story Sound LLC, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service, or protect against legal liability.

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Do Not Track

We do not support Do Not Track ("DNT"). You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

Your Data Protection Rights under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights:

  • Right to access, update or delete the information we have on you.
  • Right of rectification — you have the right to have your information rectified if inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Right to object — you have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
  • Right of restriction — you have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • Right to data portability — you have the right to be provided with a copy of your information in a structured, machine-readable format.
  • Right to withdraw consent — you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the EEA.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service, including Google Analytics. You can opt-out by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. For more information on Google's privacy practices, please visit Google Privacy & Terms.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy 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 or services.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please use our contact form.