Last updated: 27 July 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Stories (“we”, “us”, “our”), the operator of stories.petrosyan.tech, collects, uses and protects information when you visit this website. We are the data controller for the processing described below.
1. Information We Collect
Information you give us voluntarily. If you email us, submit a comment or contact us with a request, we receive the name, email address and message content you choose to provide.
Information collected automatically. Like most websites, our servers and analytics tools record technical data such as your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, referring page, the pages you view, and the date and time of your visit.
Cookies and similar technologies. We and our partners use cookies, pixels and local storage to operate the site, remember your preferences, measure audience and deliver advertising. Full details are in our Cookie Policy.
We do not knowingly collect special category data (such as health, religious or biometric data) and we ask that you do not send it to us.
2. How and Why We Use Information
- To deliver and secure the website, and to fix technical faults.
- To understand which articles are read so we can improve what we publish.
- To display advertising, including personalised advertising where you have consented to it.
- To respond to your emails, corrections, complaints and privacy requests.
- To prevent spam, abuse and fraud, and to comply with our legal obligations.
3. Legal Bases (EEA/UK Visitors)
Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we rely on: consent for non-essential cookies, personalised advertising and analytics; legitimate interests for site security, abuse prevention and basic aggregated audience measurement; contract where you ask us to provide something; and legal obligation where the law requires us to retain or disclose information. You may withdraw consent at any time through the cookie settings on this site.
4. Advertising and Third-Party Partners
This site is funded by advertising. Third-party advertising technology providers — which may include Google and its advertising products, MGID and other demand partners — may set or read cookies and device identifiers in order to select, deliver, measure and report on ads.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, and you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies more broadly at aboutads.info/choices or youronlinechoices.eu.
These partners act as independent controllers of the data they collect through their own technologies, and their own privacy policies govern that processing.
5. Analytics
We use analytics services to produce aggregated reports about traffic and content performance. These services may set cookies and process IP addresses. Where required, analytics cookies are only set after you consent.
6. Sharing of Information
We do not sell your personal information for money. We share information only with: hosting, security and email providers acting on our instructions; advertising and analytics partners as described above; and public authorities where we are legally required to do so. If our business is transferred, information may pass to the acquirer subject to this policy.
7. International Transfers
Our providers may process data outside your country, including in the United States. Where personal data leaves the EEA or UK, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or an adequacy decision.
8. Retention
Server and security logs are kept for a short period (typically up to 12 months). Correspondence is kept for as long as needed to handle your enquiry and any follow-up. Comments remain published until you or we remove them. Cookie lifetimes are listed in our Cookie Policy.
9. Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to processing, to withdraw consent, to data portability, and to opt out of targeted advertising or the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. You also have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights.
To exercise any right, email privacy@stories.petrosyan.tech. We respond within 30 days. EEA and UK visitors also have the right to lodge a complaint with their local supervisory authority.
10. Children
This site is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will delete it.
11. Security
We use HTTPS encryption, access controls and regular software updates to protect the site. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in our practices or the law. The revision date at the top will always show the current version, and material changes will be highlighted on the site.
13. Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to privacy@stories.petrosyan.tech or through our Contact page.