Last Updated: December 5, 2025
Amalgamated Storytelling LLC dba Heard Seen Loved (“Heard Seen Loved,” “we”, “us”, and “our”) is committed to protecting your data privacy rights. This Privacy Policy describes our policies and practices for handling personal information that we collect from or about you both online and offline, including through our interactions with you through our website and any other services or communications that refer to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”). Our Services are intended to support, amplify, and share the authentic stories of trans, non-binary, and gender-expansive individuals, their families, and allies; to connect communities with affirming resources and information; and to foster understanding, empathy, and advocacy through storytelling.
Summary: We are here to tell your stories. In service of this, we may collect your stories, contact details, and other information so that we’re able to collaborate with you in developing and sharing of your stories, keep you updated on any changes to our Services, as well as other purposes described below.
The categories of personal information we collect will depend on your interactions with us. We may collect the following categories of information, some of which may be considered sensitive data, when you use our Services.
Information you provide directly to us:
Information we collect automatically: We may collect internet, electronic activity, and other information automatically from the devices and browsers that you use, including your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address; mobile device identifier, or other unique personal or online identifiers; your device or browser type and version; the domain name of the web page from which you entered our services; and information about your activity on our services, such as pages visited, click-through rates, and time spent on pages or content.
We also receive the categories of information described above from other sources, including from users of our Services and third-party services and organizations.
We may aggregate or de-identify the information described above. Aggregated or de-identified data is not subject to this Privacy Policy.
We may use and otherwise process the personal information we collect for the following purposes in accordance with applicable law:
We may publish the personal information you share with us, including your narratives, as part of the public content available on the Services.
We may also disclose the personal information we collect to the following categories of third parties:
If you access third-party services, such as social media services, or third-party single-sign on tools, through the Services, these third-party services may be able to collect information about you, including information about your activity on the Services, and they may notify your connections on the third-party services about your use of the Site, in accordance with their own privacy policies.
When you use our Services, we may use cookies, pixel tags, local storage, and other similar technologies (collectively, “cookies”) to collect information from your browser or device. By using the Services, you consent to our use of cookies and similar technologies.
The following types of cookies may be used on our Services:
Do-Not-Track and Similar Mechanisms. Some web browsers have a “Do Not Track” preference that transmits a “Do Not Track” header to the websites you visit with information indicating that you do not want your activity to be tracked. We currently do not respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals, as there is no standard for how online services should respond to such signals. As standards develop, we may develop policies for responding to do-not-track signals that we will describe in this Privacy Policy.
You may be entitled, in accordance with applicable law, to certain rights over the information we collect and process about you. For example, you may have the right to request access, delete, or correct your personal information.
Requests should be submitted in writing as set out below. Once we receive your request, we may verify it by requesting information sufficient to confirm your identity.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights and choices, although some of the functionality and features available on the Service may change or no longer be available to you. Any difference in the Services is related to the value provided.
Information will be retained only for so long as reasonably necessary and proportionate for the purposes set out above and consistent with our retention policies, considering criteria such as the duration of our relationship with you, the sensitivity of the relevant information, any applicable rules on statute of limitations, and any legal requirements to retain your personal information.
We maintain reasonable security measures to safeguard information from loss, theft interference, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, you should understand that no data storage system or transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure, accurate, complete, or current. Please note that if you submit information to third-party platforms, they may not have the same security protections for your information as we do, and we are not responsible for protecting such information.
Our Services are designed for and targeted to United States audiences and are governed by and operated in accordance with United States law, which may not be equivalent to the laws in your country of residence. We make no representation that our Services are operated in accordance with the laws or regulations of any other nations. By using our Services and providing us with information, you understand and agree that your information may be transferred to and stored on servers located outside your resident jurisdiction and, to the extent you are a resident of a country other than the United States, that you consent to the transfer of such data to the United States for processing by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
The Services are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information, you may contact us as set forth below. If we learn that we have collected any personal information in violation of applicable law, we will promptly take steps to delete such information.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we change the Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date above and post the new Privacy Policy. We recommend that you review the Privacy Policy each time you visit the Services to stay informed of our privacy practices. You understand and agree that you will be deemed to have accepted the updated Privacy Policy if you continue to use the Services after the new Privacy Policy takes effect.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, or you wish to submit a request to exercise your rights as detailed in this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@heardseenloved.org.
