Privacy Policy

This page explains what Your Testimony collects, why we collect it, and what you can do about it. We have kept it in plain English.

The short version: we collect what we need to run the site and nothing more, we never sell your information, and you can have all of it deleted whenever you ask.

What we collect

When you create an account we store:

• Your name and email address.
• Your password, hashed so that nobody, including us, can read it. This applies only if you register with an email address.
• Your profile picture and account identifier from Facebook or Google, if you choose to sign in with one of them. We receive your name, email address and profile picture URL from that provider, and nothing else. We never receive your password and we cannot post anything on your behalf.

As you use the site we store:

• The stories you submit, along with your choice to publish them under your name or as "Anonymous".
• The comments you write and the stories you like.
• Basic analytics, such as which pages are visited, and how you first arrived at the site, including the advertising campaign that referred you.
• Meta Pixel data, when it is switched on. The Meta Pixel measures how well our advertising works. When it is enabled it sets cookies controlled by Meta and reports actions such as viewing a page, registering, or sharing a story. When it is switched off, no Meta code loads on the site at all.

Why we collect it

To run the site: to sign you in, to publish what you share, to show stories and comments, to keep accounts secure, and to review submissions before they go live. The analytics and Meta Pixel data tell us whether our advertising is reaching people who actually want to be here, so we do not waste money showing it to people who do not.

We never sell your data

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with anyone for their own marketing. The only parties who see it are the service providers who help us run the site, such as our web host, and Meta where advertising measurement is enabled. We may disclose information if the law genuinely requires it.

Anonymous stories

If you choose to post anonymously, your name is never shown publicly anywhere on the site. Your authorship is still stored on our systems and is visible to our administrators, so that we can moderate content and act on your requests about your own story.

Cookies

We use a cookie to keep you signed in, and a cookie to count how many stories you have read as a guest. If the Meta Pixel is switched on, it sets its own cookies. We do not use cookies for anything else.

How long we keep it

We keep your account and the content you post for as long as your account exists. Once you ask us to delete it, we remove it as described below. Some information may remain in encrypted backups for a short period before those backups expire.

Deleting your data

You can ask us to delete your account and everything connected to it at any time, and you do not have to give a reason. Our Data Deletion Instructions explain exactly how. You can also ask us to correct anything that is wrong, or to send you a copy of what we hold.

Contact

For anything about your privacy, email kristoferstoimenov2@gmail.com and we will come back to you.