Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 4, 2025 Last Updated: September 4, 2025
Information We Collect
Information You Provide:
- Email address for newsletter subscriptions
- Sleep data and personal stories you voluntarily submit
- Comments and feedback you provide
- Contact form submissions
Information Automatically Collected:
- Website usage data and analytics
- IP address and location data
- Device and browser information
- Cookies and similar tracking technologies
How We Use Your Information
Primary Uses:
- Delivering newsletter content and updates
- Analyzing and featuring anonymized sleep stories
- Improving our website and content
- Responding to your inquiries and feedback
Communications:
- Sending you our newsletter (you can unsubscribe anytime)
- Responding to your questions or comments
- Notifying you of important updates or changes
Information Sharing
We Do Not Sell Your Data: We never sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
Limited Sharing:
- Anonymized sleep stories for educational content (with your consent)
- Service providers who help operate our website (under strict confidentiality)
- Legal requirements or to protect our rights (only when required by law)
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Sleep Data Privacy
Anonymization Process: When featuring user sleep stories, we:
- Remove all direct identifiers (names, emails, addresses)
- Generalize location data (regions instead of cities)
- Modify age to age ranges
- Generalize specific circumstances or unique details
- Assign random pseudonyms or case numbers
Consent Required: We only feature sleep stories with explicit consent and provide you the opportunity to review content before publication.
Your Rights
Access and Control:
- Request access to your personal information
- Correct inaccurate information
- Delete your personal information
- Opt-out of communications
- Withdraw consent for data processing
Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies for website functionality and analytics. You can control cookie settings through your browser preferences.
International Users
If you are accessing our services from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We will notify you of significant changes via email or website notice.
Contact Us
For privacy-related questions or requests, contact us at privacy@thesleeptranslator.com.