PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy describes our policies on the collection, use, and disclosure of information about you in connection with your use of our services (the “Service”). The term "RS Stories Inc." or "us" or "we" or "our" refers to RS Stories Inc. which operates the RS Stories App (the "Service").

When you use the Service, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy. 

1.  INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT

We may collect, transmit, and store information about you in connection with your use of the Service, including any information you send to or through the Service. We use that information to provide the Service’s functionality, fulfil your requests, improve the Service’s quality, engage in research and analysis relating to the Service, personalize your experience, track usage of the Service, provide feedback to third party businesses that are listed on the Service, display relevant advertising, market the Service, provide customer support, message you, back up our systems, allow for disaster recovery, enhance the security of the Service, and comply with legal obligations. Even when we do not retain such information, it still must be transmitted to our servers initially and stored long enough to process.

Please also note:

A.  Account Information: When you create a RS Stories account, we store and use the information you provide during that process, such as the first and last name you enter, email address, zip code, physical address, and any other information you may provide during the account creation process, such as a gender, phone number, or birth date. We may publicly display the first name and last initial that you provide, as well as any photo or other content you submit through the account creation process, as part of your account profile. We also store and use any preferences you provide to personalize your user experience, including dining and activity preferences. You can later modify some of the account information you provide through your account settings. If you believe that someone has created an unauthorized account using your personal information, you can request its removal by flagging it.

B.  Public Content: Your contributions to the Service are intended for public consumption and are therefore viewable by the public, including your photos, ratings, reviews, jobs, and compliments. Your account profile is also intended for public consumption, as is some of your other activity through the Service. You can limit the public nature of some of these activities through your account settings.

C.  Communications: When you sign up for an account or use certain features, you are opting to receive messages from other users and RS Stories. You can manage some of your messaging preferences through your account settings, but note that you cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative, transactional, or legal messages from RS Stories. We may also track your actions in response to the messages you receive from us or through the Service, such as whether you deleted, opened, or forwarded such messages, and share that information with other parties to your messages (for example, to let them know if you have viewed their message). When a user requests a quote or similar information from multiple Users through the Service, we may disclose to the information about the status of the user’s requests, such as whether any User has responded to the request, the type of response provided (for example, a quote or a request for more information), and whether the user has responded to any business’s reply. If you exchange messages with others through the Service, we may store them in order to process and deliver them, allow you to manage them, and we may review and disclose them in connection with investigations related to use of the Service, as well as our efforts to improve the Service. We may not deliver messages that we believe are objectionable, such as spam messages, fraudulent solicitations, or requests to exchange reviews for compensation. We may also store information that you provide through communications to us, including emails and other electronic messages, or in person

D.  Activity: We store information about your use of the Service, such as your search activity, the pages you view and the date and time of your visits. We also store information that your computer or mobile device may provide to us in connection with your use of the Service, such as your browser type, type of computer or mobile device, browser language, IP address, mobile carrier, phone number, unique device identifier, advertising identifier, location (including geolocation and GPS location), and requested and referring URLs and mobile applications. You may be able to limit or disallow our use of certain location data through your device or browser settings, for example by adjusting the settings for our applications in iOS or Android privacy settings.

E.  Different Devices: You may access the Service through different devices (e.g., your mobile phone or personal computer). The information that we collect and store through those different uses may be cross-referenced and combined.

2.  COOKIES

We use first and third-party cookies for several different reasons. Some cookies are required for our Service to work. They are necessary to provide you with the Service and to use its features. Refusing them will impact how our Service functions and you may not be able to use our service at all. Some cookies enable us to personalize your experience and improve our functionality. Without these cookies, some functions may be unavailable. Other cookies are served for marketing, advertising, and analytics. These cookies help us understand how our service is used, how effective our marketing campaigns are, and to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They also ensure ads are properly displayed and prevent the same ads from continuously reappearing.

We and our third-party partners may use other similar technologies from time to time, such as web beacons, pixels, and other tracking technologies. This allows us to monitor traffic patterns of users, serve and communicate with cookies, understand how you accessed our Service, deliver targeted advertisements, improve Service performance, and measure the success of marketing campaigns.

4.  DATA RETENTION AND ACCOUNT TERMINATION

You may also opt to delete your account. We will remove certain public content from view and/or dissociate them from your account profile, but we may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Privacy Policy unless prohibited by law. For example, we may retain information to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service or to comply with legal obligations. We may also maintain residual copies of your personal information in our backup systems. Please note that businesses cannot remove their business pages, ratings, or reviews by closing their accounts.

6.  SECURITY

We use various safeguards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and after we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or via mobile device, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7.  CONTACT INFORMATION

You may contact us concerning our Privacy Policy, or write to us at the following address:

rs@ravensanz.ca

For security purposes, we will take such steps as we deem necessary to confirm your identity before completing your request or sharing any personal data with you.

8.  MODIFICATIONS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the Privacy Policy will govern our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on the Service prior to or on the effective date of the changes. By continuing to access or use the Service after those changes become effective, you acknowledge the revised Privacy Policy.