Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy — Hidden Stories Zone

Privacy Policy

Effective date: December 3, 2025 — Hidden Stories Zone — www.hiddenstorieszone.com

Welcome to Hidden Stories Zone. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect on www.hiddenstorieszone.com, how we use it, and your choices regarding your data.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect:

Information you submit: name, email, and message via contact forms.
Automatically collected data: IP address, browser type, device info, visited pages, and timestamps.
Cookies: to enhance user experience and analyze website performance.

2. How We Use Information

To operate and improve the website.
To respond to contact form messages.
To analyze user behavior and improve content.
To comply with legal requirements.

3. Cookies & Tracking

We use cookies to store preferences, analyze usage, and, if applicable, personalize ads. You can disable cookies from your browser settings.

4. Advertising

If ads appear on the site (e.g., Google AdSense), third-party networks may use cookies to deliver personalized ads.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell your data. We may share limited information with service providers under confidentiality rules or when required by law.

6. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your data, but no method is 100% secure.

7. Children

The site is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

8. Your Rights

Request access or deletion of your data.
Opt out of emails.
Disable cookies.

9. External Links

We are not responsible for privacy practices of external sites linked from our website.

10. Updates

This policy may be updated. Changes will be posted on this page.

11. Contact Us

For questions, contact us via our website contact form: www.hiddenstorieszone.com

Comments

window['__wavt'] = 'AOuZoY5PsC-wD4urdQvzOZjFCnFGyHPyfQ:1765056284893';_WidgetManager._Init('//www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID\x3d6107595587527465743','//www.hiddenstorieszone.com/p/privacy-policy.html','6107595587527465743'); _WidgetManager._SetDataContext([{'name': 'blog', 'data': {'blogId': '6107595587527465743', 'title': 'Hidden Stories zone', 'url': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/p/privacy-policy.html', 'canonicalUrl': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/p/privacy-policy.html', 'homepageUrl': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/', 'searchUrl': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/search', 'canonicalHomepageUrl': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/', 'blogspotFaviconUrl': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/favicon.ico', 'bloggerUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com', 'hasCustomDomain': true, 'httpsEnabled': true, 'enabledCommentProfileImages': true, 'gPlusViewType': 'FILTERED_POSTMOD', 'adultContent': false, 'analyticsAccountNumber': '', 'encoding': 'UTF-8', 'locale': 'en', 'localeUnderscoreDelimited': 'en', 'languageDirection': 'ltr', 'isPrivate': false, 'isMobile': false, 'isMobileRequest': false, 'mobileClass': '', 'isPrivateBlog': false, 'isDynamicViewsAvailable': true, 'feedLinks': '\x3clink rel\x3d\x22alternate\x22 type\x3d\x22application/atom+xml\x22 title\x3d\x22Hidden Stories zone - Atom\x22 href\x3d\x22https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/feeds/posts/default\x22 /\x3e\n\x3clink rel\x3d\x22alternate\x22 type\x3d\x22application/rss+xml\x22 title\x3d\x22Hidden Stories zone - RSS\x22 href\x3d\x22https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/feeds/posts/default?alt\x3drss\x22 /\x3e\n\x3clink rel\x3d\x22service.post\x22 type\x3d\x22application/atom+xml\x22 title\x3d\x22Hidden Stories zone - Atom\x22 href\x3d\x22https://www.blogger.com/feeds/6107595587527465743/posts/default\x22 /\x3e\n', 'meTag': '', 'adsenseHostId': 'ca-host-pub-1556223355139109', 'adsenseHasAds': false, 'adsenseAutoAds': false, 'boqCommentIframeForm': true, 'loginRedirectParam': '', 'view': '', 'dynamicViewsCommentsSrc': '//www.blogblog.com/dynamicviews/4224c15c4e7c9321/js/comments.js', 'dynamicViewsScriptSrc': '//www.blogblog.com/dynamicviews/d308f4d28acbd8a8', 'plusOneApiSrc': 'https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js', 'disableGComments': true, 'interstitialAccepted': false, 'sharing': {'platforms': [{'name': 'Get link', 'key': 'link', 'shareMessage': 'Get link', 'target': ''}, {'name': 'Facebook', 'key': 'facebook', 'shareMessage': 'Share to Facebook', 'target': 'facebook'}, {'name': 'BlogThis!', 'key': 'blogThis', 'shareMessage': 'BlogThis!', 'target': 'blog'}, {'name': 'X', 'key': 'twitter', 'shareMessage': 'Share to X', 'target': 'twitter'}, {'name': 'Pinterest', 'key': 'pinterest', 'shareMessage': 'Share to Pinterest', 'target': 'pinterest'}, {'name': 'Email', 'key': 'email', 'shareMessage': 'Email', 'target': 'email'}], 'disableGooglePlus': true, 'googlePlusShareButtonWidth': 0, 'googlePlusBootstrap': '\x3cscript type\x3d\x22text/javascript\x22\x3ewindow.___gcfg \x3d {\x27lang\x27: \x27en\x27};\x3c/script\x3e'}, 'hasCustomJumpLinkMessage': false, 'jumpLinkMessage': 'Read more', 'pageType': 'static_page', 'pageId': '2336773638929333894', 'pageName': 'Privacy Policy', 'pageTitle': 'Hidden Stories zone: Privacy Policy'}}, {'name': 'features', 'data': {}}, {'name': 'messages', 'data': {'edit': 'Edit', 'linkCopiedToClipboard': 'Link copied to clipboard!', 'ok': 'Ok', 'postLink': 'Post Link'}}, {'name': 'template', 'data': {'name': 'custom', 'localizedName': 'Custom', 'isResponsive': true, 'isAlternateRendering': false, 'isCustom': true}}, {'name': 'view', 'data': {'classic': {'name': 'classic', 'url': '?view\x3dclassic'}, 'flipcard': {'name': 'flipcard', 'url': '?view\x3dflipcard'}, 'magazine': {'name': 'magazine', 'url': '?view\x3dmagazine'}, 'mosaic': {'name': 'mosaic', 'url': '?view\x3dmosaic'}, 'sidebar': {'name': 'sidebar', 'url': '?view\x3dsidebar'}, 'snapshot': {'name': 'snapshot', 'url': '?view\x3dsnapshot'}, 'timeslide': {'name': 'timeslide', 'url': '?view\x3dtimeslide'}, 'isMobile': false, 'title': 'Privacy Policy', 'description': ' Privacy Policy \u2014 Hidden Stories Zone Privacy Policy Effective date: December 3, 2025 \u2014 Hidden St...', 'url': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/p/privacy-policy.html', 'type': 'item', 'isSingleItem': true, 'isMultipleItems': false, 'isError': false, 'isPage': true, 'isPost': false, 'isHomepage': false, 'isArchive': false, 'isLabelSearch': false, 'pageId': 2336773638929333894}}, {'name': 'widgets', 'data': [{'title': 'Hidden Stories zone (Header)', 'type': 'Header', 'sectionId': 'logo', 'id': 'Header1'}, {'title': 'pages', 'type': 'PageList', 'sectionId': 'pages', 'id': 'PageList1'}, {'title': 'Main Menu', 'type': 'LinkList', 'sectionId': 'menu', 'id': 'LinkList001'}, {'title': 'Search ...', 'type': 'BlogSearch', 'sectionId': 'searchform', 'id': 'BlogSearch2'}, {'title': 'Also Like', 'type': 'Label', 'sectionId': 'searchform', 'id': 'Label002'}, {'title': 'Blog Posts', 'type': 'Blog', 'sectionId': 'Tempnec', 'id': 'Blog1', 'posts': [{'id': '2336773638929333894', 'title': 'Privacy Policy', 'showInlineAds': false}], 'headerByline': {'regionName': 'header1', 'items': [{'name': 'share', 'label': ''}, {'name': 'author', 'label': 'written by:'}, {'name': 'timestamp', 'label': '-'}]}, 'footerBylines': [{'regionName': 'footer1', 'items': [{'name': 'comments', 'label': 'comments'}, {'name': 'icons', 'label': ''}]}, {'regionName': 'footer2', 'items': [{'name': 'labels', 'label': ''}]}], 'allBylineItems': [{'name': 'share', 'label': ''}, {'name': 'author', 'label': 'written by:'}, {'name': 'timestamp', 'label': '-'}, {'name': 'comments', 'label': 'comments'}, {'name': 'icons', 'label': ''}, {'name': 'labels', 'label': ''}]}, {'title': 'BlogArchive', 'type': 'BlogArchive', 'sectionId': 'sitting', 'id': 'BlogArchive400'}, {'title': 'BlogAuthors', 'type': 'Profile', 'sectionId': 'sitting', 'id': 'Profile400'}, {'title': 'See Also feature', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'AddOns', 'id': 'HTML2'}, {'title': 'Contact Form', 'type': 'ContactForm', 'sectionId': 'AddOns', 'id': 'ContactForm200'}]}]); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HeaderView', new _WidgetInfo('Header1', 'logo', document.getElementById('Header1'), {}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_PageListView', new _WidgetInfo('PageList1', 'pages', document.getElementById('PageList1'), {'title': 'pages', 'links': [{'isCurrentPage': false, 'href': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/p/blog-page.html?m\x3d1', 'title': 'Contact Us'}, {'isCurrentPage': false, 'href': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/p/privacy-policy.html?m\x3d1', 'title': 'Privacy Policy'}, {'isCurrentPage': false, 'href': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/p/terms-of-use.html', 'id': '9210803171271421967', 'title': 'Terms of Use'}, {'isCurrentPage': false, 'href': 'https://www.hiddenstorieszone.com/p/about-us.html', 'id': '2479190260369143428', 'title': 'About us '}], 'mobile': false, 'showPlaceholder': true, 'hasCurrentPage': false}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LinkListView', new _WidgetInfo('LinkList001', 'menu', document.getElementById('LinkList001'), {}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogSearchView', new _WidgetInfo('BlogSearch2', 'searchform', document.getElementById('BlogSearch2'), {}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LabelView', new _WidgetInfo('Label002', 'searchform', document.getElementById('Label002'), {}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogView', new _WidgetInfo('Blog1', 'Tempnec', document.getElementById('Blog1'), {'cmtInteractionsEnabled': false, 'lightboxEnabled': true, 'lightboxModuleUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/jsbin/244180678-lbx.js', 'lightboxCssUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/v-css/828616780-lightbox_bundle.css'}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogArchiveView', new _WidgetInfo('BlogArchive400', 'sitting', document.getElementById('BlogArchive400'), {'languageDirection': 'ltr', 'loadingMessage': 'Loading\x26hellip;'}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_ProfileView', new _WidgetInfo('Profile400', 'sitting', document.getElementById('Profile400'), {}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML2', 'AddOns', document.getElementById('HTML2'), {}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_ContactFormView', new _WidgetInfo('ContactForm200', 'AddOns', document.getElementById('ContactForm200'), {'contactFormMessageSendingMsg': 'Sending...', 'contactFormMessageSentMsg': 'Your message has been sent.', 'contactFormMessageNotSentMsg': 'Message could not be sent. Please try again later.', 'contactFormInvalidEmailMsg': 'A valid email address is required.', 'contactFormEmptyMessageMsg': 'Message field cannot be empty.', 'title': 'Contact Form', 'blogId': '6107595587527465743', 'contactFormNameMsg': 'Name', 'contactFormEmailMsg': 'Email', 'contactFormMessageMsg': 'Message', 'contactFormSendMsg': 'Send', 'contactFormToken': 'AOuZoY5YsKstUo0dglioJtqzyBTwzs59mw:1765056284893', 'submitUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com/contact-form.do'}, 'displayModeFull'));