Privacy Policy for Learnivox

1. Introduction

Welcome to Learnivox ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. As a platform run by students dedicated to making educational and literary content accessible, we value your trust. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, learnivox.me, and use our services.

Please read this policy carefully. By using our site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in a few different ways:

A. Information You Provide to Us

• Content Uploads: When you upload an audiobook, we collect the content itself (audio files), metadata (story name, author name, category, description), and associated files (cover images). This information is intended for public display.
• Contact Form Communications: When you contact us via our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message so we can respond to your inquiry.

B. Information We Collect Automatically (Usage Data)

Like most websites, we automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the site. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include:

• Log and Usage Data: Your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, the pages you visit on our site, the time and date of your visit, and the time spent on those pages.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information. See Section 3 for more details.

3. Cookies and Third-Party Advertising

Cookies are small files stored on your device. We use them to enhance site functionality and to support our advertising partners.

• Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on our site. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites.
• Google's use of the DoubleClick DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ad Settings page.
• For more information on how Google uses data, please visit their Privacy & Terms page.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To Provide and Maintain our Service: To host, display, and make your uploaded audio content publicly accessible.
• To Respond and Communicate: To answer your questions and feedback submitted through our contact form.
• To Improve Our Website: To analyze usage data to understand what content is popular, fix bugs, and improve the user experience.
• To Support Our Platform: To display third-party advertisements which help cover the costs of running this free service.
• To Enforce Our Policies: To protect the security and integrity of our platform and enforce our Terms and Conditions.

5. Your Data Protection Rights & Content Control

We believe you should have control over your creative work. While our platform does not currently offer a self-service dashboard for content management, you have the following rights:

• The Right to Access: You can request copies of your personal data that we hold.
• The Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
• The Right to Erasure (Content Removal): You have the right to request the removal of content you have uploaded to our platform. To initiate a removal request, please contact us directly via our contact page with the details of the content you wish to have removed. We will process your request in a timely manner.

Please exercise your rights by contacting us. We are a small team, but we are committed to responding to your requests.

6. Data Security

We implement administrative and technical security measures to help protect your personal information. However, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. You should only upload content you are comfortable sharing publicly.

7. Children's Privacy

Our service is intended for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data without your consent, please contact us so we can take steps to remove that information.

8. 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 and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us.