Privacy Policy
Last Updated: November 19, 2020
This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information that we receive when you use Airstory Services. This Privacy Policy only applies to Airstory Services and doesn’t apply to anyone else’s websites, services, or applications, even if you can access those through Airstory. As long as you use Airstory Services, you are agreeing to this Privacy Policy and any updates we make to it.
Information We Collect & How We Use It
Thanks for using Airstory! We built Airstory to remove the barriers associated with the content creation process. That means you can input, upload, or store in Airstory any text, images, and other data that you choose (known as, “Your Stuff”). You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in Your Stuff. In short, what belongs to you stays yours. We also collect, receive and securely store the following types of information:
ACCOUNT INFORMATION
When you create an account, we collect the following information that can be used to identify you:
- Personal information such as your name, email address and, if you are using a paid account, credit card billing information (“personally identifiable information” or “PII”).
- Optional information such as a photograph.
Your PII is used to provide you with Airstory Services such as making sure you find what you’re looking for when you search your account. Additionally, Airstory’s Customer Support team may need to access your information, such as your account email address, and/or the device and operating system you are using to access Airstory and/or to troubleshoot any concerns you may have when using Airstory Services. We may keep a record of your communication to help solve any issues you might be facing.
If you contact Airstory’s Customer Support team for help with specific pieces of Your Stuff in your account (for example, if you can’t find a project you believe should be in your account), we may ask for your permission to look at Your Stuff. The permission to access Your Stuff terminates when the issue is resolved.
In accordance with your communication preferences, we’ll occasionally contact you to announce new products and features we build for you, share tips for using Airstory to get more done, promote special offers, and provide information about how Airstory works with products and services from our business partners.
INFORMATION RELATED TO USE OF AIRSTORY
Our servers automatically record information about how a person uses Airstory, including IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, pages or features of Airstory that were used and time spent on them, search terms and other statistics. We use and analyze (and may engage third parties, such as Google Analytics) to analyze this information to customize and improve Airstory Services. We also use IP addresses to generate aggregate, non-identifying information about how Airstory is used.
Airstory is specifically designed to be compatible and used on mobile devices. Airstory will collect certain information that your mobile device sends when you use Airstory, like a device identifier, user settings, location information, mobile carrier, and the operating system of your device. Mobile versions of Airstory may require that users log in with an Airstory account. In such cases, information about use of mobile versions of Airstory may be associated with the user account. In addition, in the future Airstory may enable users to download an application, widget, or other tool that can be used on mobile devices. Some of these tools may store information on mobile devices. These tools may transmit Personal Identifying Information to Airstory to enable users to access their Airstory account and to enable Airstory to track use of these tools. Some of these tools may enable users to email reports and other information from the tool. Airstory may use personal or non-identifiable information transmitted to Airstory to enhance these tools, to develop new tools, for quality improvement and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or in other notices Airstory provides.
LOCATION INFORMATION
In some cases we collect and store information about where you are located, such as by converting your IP address into a rough geolocation. We may use location information to improve and personalize Airstory Services.
INFORMATION COLLECTED USING COOKIES
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Airstory Services contain links to other websites. The fact that we link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party. We do not exercise control over third party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personally identifiable information from you. Other sites follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personally identifiable information you submit to them. We are not responsible for the content, privacy and security practices, and policies of third-party sites or services to which links or access are provided through the Service. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites you visit.
USE OF GOOGLE USER DATA
Google Drive. If you choose to connect your Google Drive to your Airstory account, we will access certain information obtained from Google regarding your account. Specifically, Airstory Services accesses and pulls in the file and folder names of the content you want to import from your Google Drive. This data will only be used by Airstory to provide you with the services you direct and expect (e.g. content import or export) and will not be shared with any third parties.
You may disconnect your Google Drive account from your Airstory Account by visiting Airstory’s Knowledge Base article, Disconnect your Google Drive, Evernote or Dropbox integration.
Please see here how Google uses your data. You can also opt out if you wish.
USE OF EVERNOTE USER DATA
EVERNOTE. If you authorize Airstory to access your Evernote account Airstory Services will only ever access and pull in existing notebooks, notes and tags and never modify or delete them.
To view how and what Airstory Services have access to in your Evernote account after Airstory authorization, please view this Evernote’s Applications document.
You may disconnect your Evernote account from your Airstory Account by visiting Airstory’s Knowledge Base article, Disconnect your Google Drive, Evernote or Dropbox integration.
Additionally, you may revoke Airstory access at any time by going to Applications in your Evernote account settings.
To learn how Evernote collects, uses and handles your personal data, please view the Evernote Privacy Policy.
USE OF DROPBOX USER DATA
DROPBOX. If you choose to connect your Dropbox account with your Airstory account, Dropbox will exchange information with Airstory Services about your name, email and account files. Airstory Services will only ever access and pull in your Dropbox files and never modify or delete them.
You may disconnect your Dropbox account from your Airstory Account by visiting Airstory’s Knowledge Base article, Disconnect your Google Drive, Evernote or Dropbox integration.
To learn how Dropbox collect, uses and handles your personal data – including sharing with third party services (e.g., Airstory Services) -, please view the Dropbox Privacy Policy.
Information We Share With Third Parties
We’ll only share your PII in the following cases:
- We use a third-party service provider that requires it, such as for payment processing, data storage and hosting and servers.
- We need to disclose it as part of a business transaction. Information that we collect from our users, including PII, is considered to be a business asset. As a result, if we go out of business or enter bankruptcy or if we are acquired as a result of a transaction such as a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your PII may be disclosed or transferred to the third-party acquirer in connection with the transaction.
- We need to do so for legal reasons or to protect ourselves or others. We strongly believe in protecting you from having your privacy violated through abuse of legal systems, whether by individuals, entities or government, and in contesting claims that we believe to be invalid under applicable law. However, we reserve the right to disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties if we believe it is necessary to satisfy or comply with any applicable law, regulation or legal process; to respond to lawful requests; to protect the rights, property and safety of us or others; and to prevent or stop activity we consider to be illegal or unethical.
- You expressly ask us to do so.
We may share aggregated information and non-identifying information with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling and other similar purposes.
By agreeing to use the services to connect a third party provider, you authorize us to access and save your name, your e-mail address(es), your current location, URL profile picture and other personal information provided to us by the third party provider and for use and disclosure in accordance with this policy.
You should check your privacy settings on these third party services in order to ensure that you understand the information you to us you and change if desired. For example, you may choose to log into our website customer support widget using single sign-in services such as Google or Facebook, it is important that you understand these single sign-on providers authenticate your identity and give you the option of providing us with certain personal data (such as your name and email address) in order to automatically fill in the customer support ticket with your information. Some services such as Facebook Connect also offer you the option to publish information about your activities with our services on your profile page in order to share it with other users in your network.
Google Analytics. We measure visitors to our website using Google Analytics. This records what pages you view within our site, how you arrived at our site and some basic information about your computer. We do not track the content you produce. The information we collect from analytics helps us understand what parts of Airstory Services are doing well, and which need changing. Like most websites, we use this information to improve our customer experience. As per Google Analytics Terms of Service we will never transfer any PII or data that permanently identifies a device to Google Analytics. Please see here how Google uses data. You can also opt out if you wish.
Heap. We use Heap to measure Airstory user behavior in Airstory. For instance, Heap records note card creation, project creation, template creation, Airstory Market activity, image and note card importation. Heap and Airstory Services only track categories of user behavior and does not track the specific content users produce. The data collected by Heap helps us improve user experiences and create new Airstory features.
Please view the Heap Privacy Policy for more information on how Heap collects, stores and handles personal data.
Zendesk Suite of Products. In order to offer chat, self-service, how-to articles and generally support our users, we use the suite of Zendesk products (Guide, Support, Chat). The according functions are supplied by Zendesk, Inc., 989 Market Street #300, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA, who have concluded an order data processing agreement.
As part of Airstory’s customer support, the following data are saved in Zendesk to enable order processing: Name, email address, telephone number, postal code, city, country, device, operating system used to access Airstory. We may also use Zendesk as a medium for communications, either through email, or through in-app messages within our product(s).
We utilize Zendesk to collect data for analytics purposes when you visit our website or use our product. Zendesk analyzes your use of our website and/or product and tracks our relationship so that we can improve our service to you.
You can find more information in the Zendesk privacy policy.
If you would like more information on opting out of the submission to or collection of PII by any of our third party providers, please contact us at support@airstory.co
Modifying Your Information
You can delete your PII as well as Your Stuff at any time, and you can stop using Airstory Services at any time. Your Stuff is your stuff; to that end you can export your projects, notes, templates, and images at any time, as described here.
To delete your PII and cancel your account, login to your Airstory account, access ‘Settings’, under ‘My Account’ select ‘Delete my account’. For a pictorial step-by-step on how to delete your account, please go here.
Airstory provides you with features that allow you to communicate and collaborate with other users. Please note that once you delete your account you will no longer have access to your projects, notes, templates and images AND they will no longer be accessible to your collaborators who once shared access to those Airstory Services.
International Transfer
Your PII may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction. If you’re located outside the United States and choose to provide your PII to us, we may transfer your PII to the United States and process it there.
Our Policy Towards Children
Airstory is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect PII from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected PII of a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information from our files as soon as is practicable.
Changes to Privacy Policy
Any information that we collect is subject to the privacy policy in effect at the time such information is collected. We may, however, revise the Privacy Policy from time to time. If a revision—in our sole discretion—is significant, we will notify you (for example via the email address associated with your account). Although the most current version of this Privacy Policy will always be posted on this page, a history of revisions will be posted on this page’s footer, so please check back periodically.
Complaints & Contact Information
Airstory users with inquiries or complaints regarding this privacy policy should contact Airstory at:
Wiebe Marketing Ltd.
200, 10158 103 St NW
Edmonton, AB
T5J 0X6
support@airstory.co
GLOSSARY
- Airstory Services means the Airstory Software (as defined below) and other products, services and websites hosted or made available by Airstory, including our downloadable applications, Help Centre & FAQ, and Support Forum.
- Airstory Software means the software hosted on Airstory’s servers and the software we make available to be deployed by you or a third party to enable capturing of Your Stuff originating outside the Airstory Services, such as the Researcher Chrome extension.
UPDATES:
September 23, 2020 – Details provided about cookies and additional 3rd party providers.
May 23, 2018 – Details provided about what and when personal data is collected and revisions made to Modifying Your Information in order to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
May 12, 2018 – Revisions made to cookie policy in order to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
February 15, 2018 – Revisions made to elucidate our use of Google User Data & Modifying Your Data.
February 1, 2017 – Privacy Policy developed and adopted.