Privacy Policy

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Last Revised: May 30 2020

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At I WROTE (“I WROTE 4 THE WORLD” “we” or “us”), we are committed to protecting your privacy and keeping your information safe. I WROTE processes information about you in a few different ways. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and keep information that can identify you (“Personal Information”) when you create sending an email to iworte4theworld@gmail.com for I WROTE website (the “Site”).

 

Note that our Terms of Service apply to this Privacy Policy. I WROTE doesn’t offer you the service of creating an account, however by sending an email you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described below in this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the use of your Personal Information in these ways, please stop using I WROTE.

 

This is important; we hope you will take time to read it carefully.

 

What is Personal Information?

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"Personal Information" is any information that can identify you. This may include, but is not limited to, your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, age, gender, marital status, health information, financial status, credit card information and credit history. But only if any of this gets disclosed by you through your writing you wish to see published by I WROTE and or through your email message.

 

What do we collect and why do we use it?

 

If you’re just browsing our Site, we don’t collect any Personal Information about you. You will not be able to create an account with us, therefore we don’t collect any Personal Information about you this way. However, depending on your use of the Services, this is what we might collect:

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What we collect:

 

Information that is necessary for the use of our Services, such as your username, email address.

Information you choose to give to us, such as your real name, gender, and location.

Information we automatically collect from your use of our Services, including:

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• IP address

• Cookie data

• Device information

• Browser type

• Operating system

• Pages visited

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We use this Personal Information to:

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• Investigate and prevent reported issues, illegal activity, and breaches of our terms of service

• Help prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and other prohibited activity

  For security purposes

   

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We treat the personal information above as private by default, so it won’t be displayed on the Site (unless you choose to publicly display applicable information), revealed to other I WROTE users, or rented or sold to anyone unless the data has been anonymised.

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Except for your email address, which is required to send your writing, you can always opt not to disclose any Personal Information to us.

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Children under 13 are not permitted to use I WROTE, and so this Privacy Policy makes no provision for their use of I WROTE Services.

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If you are a parent or guardian and learn that your minor child has provided us with Personal Information without your consent, please contact us via iwrote4theworld@gmail.com.

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Why do we collect and use your email?

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We use email as an important way to communicate with you and to receive your written contribution.

 

What can other I WROTE users see?

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Our Services are designed to help you share information with I WROTE. Any personal information that you voluntarily choose to include in your written contribution will be available to anyone who has access to that content on I WROTE.

 

How do we share your Personal Information?

 

We may share your Personal Information with third-party service providers, but only where it’s necessary to provide any of the Services to you (e.g., email providers, server providers, etc.). When we share data with third-party services that support our delivery of the Services, we require that they protect your Personal Information to the same standards we do.

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We do not and will not release, rent or sell your Personal Information, except in the following very limited situations:

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• To comply with an applicable law (including investigations of any crime), regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request;

• To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies, including investigation of potential violations;

• To protect the rights, property, or safety of I WROTE, our employees, our users, or the public;

• If I WROTE is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, in which case we will continue to ensure the confidentiality of any Personal Information and give affected users notice before Personal Information is transferred or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

 

Where do we store your Personal Information?

 

Our Services are mainly provided from our offices in Italy. However, Personal Information that you submit through the Services may be transferred to countries other than where you reside for processing and storage. In addition, our third party service providers also may process or store your Personal Information on servers outside your country (i.e. your email address provider as well as iwrote4theworld@gmail).

 

By using any of the Services, or submitting any Personal Information via the Services, you authorise I WROTE and its authorised service providers to use and process your Personal Information in these countries. Please be aware that the privacy protections and the rights of authorities and Government agencies to access your personal information in some of these countries may not be equivalent to those in your country.

 

Access to your personal information

 

If you wish to access any Personal Information that we hold about you, or request that we correct or delete the Personal Information that we hold about you, you may contact us via email at iwrote4theworld@gmail.com. We will comply with such requests to the extent required by law or our policies, and subject to any limitations in our systems.

 

Non-personal information

 

I WROTE doesn’t use cookies, but our domain provider Wix.com does. Therefore we may share non-personal information publicly and with various third parties like publishers or advertisers via providers. For example, we may share information with advertisers or publicly to show trends about the general use of our Services.

 

Changes

 

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent; in other cases, please note that your continued use of the Services after any change means that you agree with, and consent to be bound by, the revised Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any changes in this Privacy Policy and do not wish your Personal Information to be subject to the revised Policy, you will need to let us know via iwrote4theworld@gmail.com.

 

How to contact us

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If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at iwrote4theworld@gmail.com.

 

Terms of Service

 

Last Revised: May 30 2020

 

Welcome to the I WROTE platform, which is owned and operated by I WROTE. (“I WROTE” “we” or “us”). These terms of service (which includes our Code of Conduct and our Privacy Policy) (“Terms of Service”) are a contract between you and I WROTE. By using iwrote.com (the “Site”) to post various content to the I WROTE community, or to access and view I WROTE content or other user content (together with the Site, the “Services”), you’re agreeing to these Terms of Service. If you don’t agree to any of these terms, you can’t use the I WROTE Services.

 

You don’t need an account

 

You can browse on the Site or use the Services without registering for an account.

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Your Content is Yours

 

Before sending any content to iwrote4theworld@gmail.com to be published on I WROTE, it is important that you read our Content Guidelines. If your content does not comply with these guidelines it may be removed at any time.

 

You own all the rights to the content you create and send to be post on I WROTE. Of course, if the content wasn’t yours to begin with, putting it on I WROTE doesn’t make it yours. Don’t send content you don’t hold the copyright for (unless you have permission, including to grant I WROTE all the rights outlined in these terms).

 

When you send your writing to I WROTE, we need the legal permission under applicable copyright laws to display that content to users of the I WROTE Services. Legally this means you give us a non-exclusive license to publish your content on the I WROTE Services, including anything reasonably related to publishing it (like storing, displaying, reformatting, and distributing it). Please read our guide on Copyrights for assistance.

 

You’re responsible for the content you sent. This means you assume all risks related to its publication and display, including someone else’s reliance on its accuracy and any claims relating to intellectual property or other legal rights.

 

I WROTE is a free service and to continue to make it free you understand that, in future, we might enable advertising on the Services, including in connection with the display of your content or other information. We may also use your Content to promote the Services. We will never sell your content to third parties without your explicit permission.

 

Our Rights in the Services

 

We reserve all rights in the Services and in our content. You may not copy or adapt any portion of our code or visual design elements (including logos) without express written permission from I WROTE or as set out in this clause. Please do not use our logo or trademarks in any way that might suggest I WROTE endorses a particular product or service, or you have a business relationship with I WROTE.

 

Please do not alter, stretch, condense, embellish, add sparkles to, or otherwise change our logo in any way.

 

I WROTE may change, terminate, or restrict access to any aspect of the Services, at any time, without notice. We can remove any content posted or submitted for any reason. I WROTE may access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (ii) enforce the Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations, (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to user support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of the Services, its users and the public.

 

How We Deal with Copyright Issues

 

I WROTE has adopted a policy toward copyright infringement on the Services in accordance with the European Copyright laws. While our policy is based on European law we apply this same policy globally to all jurisdictions in which our Services are available. If you’d like to submit a claim of copyright infringement, please send your request to iwrote4theworld@gmail.com. I WROTE reserves the right to remove content alleged to be infringing without prior notice, at our sole discretion, and without liability to you or anyone else.

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Things You Should and Shouldn’t Do

 

Whoever uses I WROTE, we expect to behave responsibly and help keep this a nice place. Please review the I WROTE Code of Conduct (which is part of these Terms of Service), which is designed to ensure that everyone understands what the I WROTE site is all about and the values we treasure, to create a safe, fun and caring environment for written words lovers. Without restricting what’s in the Code of Conduct, don’t do any of these things on the Services:

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• Don’t break the law. Don’t take any action that infringes or violates other people’s rights, violates the law, or breaches any contract or legal duty you have toward anyone.

• Don’t harm anyone’s computer. Don’t distribute software viruses, or anything else (code, films, programs) designed to interfere with the proper function of any software, hardware, or equipment on the Site (whether it belongs to I WROTE or anyone else).

• Don’t try and damage or disrupt I WROTE. Don’t try to interfere with the proper workings of the Services. Don’t bypass any measures we’ve put in place to secure the Services. 

• Don’t scrape I WROTE.

• Don’t steal any content from I WROTE without permission. 

• Don’t steal I WROTE’s valuable intellectual property.

• Don’t make any commercial use of I WROTE. I WROTE is for your personal and non-commercial use only.

 

I WROTE doesn’t have an account service to offer to its users.

 

Disclaimers, Limitations of Liability and Indemnification

 

Each of the subsections below only applies up to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties or the limitation of liability in contracts, and as a result the contents of this section may not apply to you. Nothing in this section is intended to limit any rights you may have which may not be lawfully limited.

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No warranty. Your use of our Services and any content is solely at your own risk and discretion. They are provided to you “as is” and “as available”. That means they don’t come with any warranty of any kind, express or implied.

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Responsibility for Content. The content, privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such content.

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Release. When you use the Services, you release I WROTE from claims, damages, and demands of every kind — known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed — arising out of or in any way related to (a) disputes between users, or between users and any third party relating to the use of the Services and (b) the Services.

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I WROTE’s liability to you. I WROTE won’t be liable to you for any damages that arise from your use of, or in connection with, the Services and any content.

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Your liability to I WROTE. If you do something that gets us sued, or break any of the promises you make in these Terms of Service, you shall compensate us for any liabilities, losses, claims, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and costs) that arise from or relate to your use or misuse of the Services. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to this clause, in which case you agree that you’ll cooperate and help us in asserting any defences.

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Third party websites. The Site and Services may contain links to other websites; for instance, stories, user profiles, and other posts may link to other sites. When you access third-party websites, you do so at your own risk. We don’t control or endorse those sites.

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Serving Ads

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We make the Services available without charge. At the moment of writing this text, we don’t display third party advertisements and promotions on or in connection with the Service.

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General Terms

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Changes. Our Terms of Service may change from time to time. Please note that your continued use of the Services after any change means that you agree with, and consent to be bound by, the new Terms of Service. If you disagree with any changes in the Terms of Service and do not wish to be subject to the revised terms, you will need to stop using the Services.

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Entire agreement. These Terms of Service are the whole agreement between I WROTE and you concerning the Services.

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No waiver and severability. If I WROTE doesn’t exercise or enforce a particular right or provision under these Terms of Service, that doesn’t mean we’ve waived that right or provision.

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Choice of law and jurisdiction. We at I WROTE encourage you to contact us if you’re having an issue, before resorting to the courts. In the unfortunate situation where legal action does arise, these Terms of Service shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of European laws.

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Assignment. These Terms of Service are personal to you.

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Code of Conduct

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Last Revised: May 30 2020

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At I WROTE, we publish letters and pages of diaries written by those who would like to see them published on the Site. It is a safe and comfortable space for everyone to discover.

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In order to create an inclusive and respectful space, we want our users to know what type of content they will discover as well as content they can or cannot send or see posted.

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• It’s important to respect and protect feelings, property, and personal information.

• You shouldn’t send anything you might regret in the future or that your peers, family, or mentors might not want to see online.

• You should read our Content Guidelines, Code of Conduct, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Copyright rules and Disclaimer, so you have all the information you need to enjoy I WROTE.

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If you come across any content that violates our guidelines, let us know by getting in touch via iwrote4theworld@gmail.com

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Comments & Feedback

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Constructive comments are welcomed, as long as they are given in a respectful manner. Get in touch via iwrote4theworld@gmail.com

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Respecting Others

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I WROTE is a global community with different opinions and values. That means that everybody needs to be respectful and polite to other users on the platform. If you come across any content that violates our guidelines, let us know by getting in touch via iwrote4theworld@gmail.com

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Sharing Personal Information

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Behaviour that puts a user at personal risk, or revealing personal identifying information about someone else, such as sharing an image without consent, their name, address, email address, phone number or private messages is not allowed. Before you share anything about yourself please remember never share anything you don’t want to. Don’t ever let anyone push you into sharing something you don’t want to.

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It’s also important to think twice before sharing someone else’s content. Don’t ever share something that you’re not sure the person who made it wants shared, especially if people seeing it might hurt or humiliate them. It doesn’t matter what the content is (good or bad) or what you think they would want – make sure they’ve told you it’s okay before you share it.

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Ratings & Tags

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I WROTE gives the chance to tag content via social media, according to our Content Guidelines. Appropriately tagged stories will allow the correct audience to discover your writing.

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Copyright Infringement

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Please don't send content that you haven't crafted yourself unless you have received explicit consent which you will have to write in the email message to send your content.

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Positive Language

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Users have the right to determine their level of engagement, as long as they aren’t abusing, harassing, or discriminating against an individual.

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Community Values

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I WROTE is a global community for our users to enjoy. It’s important to respect the values of the community, but remember that you have a right and a responsibility to help uphold those values too.

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Accepting Payment

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Users cannot demand or require payment for content or services.

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Content Guidelines

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Last revised: May 30 2020

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I WROTE is a comfortable space for everyone to see their letters or pages of diary published online.

In order to create an inclusive and respectful space please take a peek at the following guidelines:

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• It’s important to respect and protect feelings, property, and personal information.

• You shouldn’t send anything you might regret in the future.

• You should read our Content Guidelines, Code of Conduct, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Copyright and Disclaimers so you have all the information you need.

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If you come across any content that violates these guidelines please contact iwrote4theworld@gmail.com

 

Mature Rating

Marking your story mature does not mean that it can contain prohibited content. Stories that contain prohibited content will be removed regardless of their rating.

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Mature stories are intended for an audience that is 17 and up. A story may be rated mature if it contains any of the following:

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• Explicit sex scenes

• Self-harm themes or scenes (including suicide and eating disorders)

• Graphic depictions of violence; including but not limited to: sexual, verbal, emotional and physical abuse.

 

Talking about Others

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Due to the almost certainly non-fictional nature of letters or of the pages of a diary, the possibility of real names being used is a fact. We are unable to remove or change this, as well as any additional identifying information, such as the city you or others reside or work/go to school. Therefore it is your responsibility if you reveal personal identifying information about other people without having their own permission. The email that you send to us with the content you would like us to show on I WROTE implies that you have read and agreed with our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Code of Conduct, Content Guidelines, Copyright and Disclaimers.

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Spam is not allowed

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Any content that advertises products or services will be removed.

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Generic Disclaimer

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Last updated May 30 2020

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INTRODUCTION

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The information provided by I WROTE (“we,” “us” or “our”) on I WROTE (the “Site”) is for general informational purposes only. All information on the Site is provided in good faith, however we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability or completeness of any information on the Site.

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Under no circumstance shall we have any liability to you for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the site or reliance on any information provided on the site. Your use of the site and your reliance on any information on the site is solely at your own risk.

 

EXTERNAL LINKS DISCLAIMER

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The Site may contain (or you may be sent through the Site links to other websites or content belonging to or originating from third parties or links to websites and features in banners or other advertising. We do not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any information offered by third-party websites linked through the site or any website or feature linked in any banner or other advertising. We will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of products or services.

 

EMAIL DISCLAIMER (THE RECEIVER “US”)

I WROTE takes no responsibility on the text sent via email and meant to be used by the Site. The responsibility for the names and /of the people mentioned as well as the accuracy and veracity of facts is with the author.

 

EMAIL DISCLAIMER (THE SENDER “YOU”)

You are and remain the author of the text you send to iwrote4theworld@gmail.com. Hence you are the sole responsible of accuracy of facts and towards people you mention, either using their real names or fictional ones. Don’t take any action that infringes or violates other people’s rights, violates the law, or breaches any contract or legal duty you have toward anyone.

 

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

This Site is for informational purposes only and contains copyrighted material the use of which has been specifically authorised by the copyright owner. The material on this site is published without profit to those who have send it to iwrote4theworld@gmail.com (the copyright owner) and those who have received it (the owner of the Site). You should not rely upon the material or information on the website as a basis for making any business, legal or any other decisions.