Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 9, 2026
Your privacy matters to Library of Human Experience. This Privacy Policy explains how Library of Human Experience collects, uses, and protects your information when you use the website.
This policy is intended to explain clearly and honestly how your information is handled. Certain actions on Library of Human Experience, such as sharing a story or creating an account, involve the processing described below.
Data Controller
For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, the data controller responsible for your information is Library of Human Experience, operated by Pteyra.
Information We Collect
When You Share a Story
What you share
When you submit a text or voice story, you provide your experience, your email address, and your choices about how your story should be handled.
These choices may include publication options, privacy settings, representation preferences, and whether you’d like to be credited.
If you choose to include social media links or other information alongside your story, only the information you choose to share will be displayed with your published story and may be updated or removed upon request.
Your email
Your email address is:
- Completely private and never shared publicly without your permission
- Used only to contact you about your story, including publication updates, edit requests, removal requests, or other matters directly related to your submission
- Never used for marketing, newsletters, or unrelated communication
Your story
The content you submit may become a published story, episode, or archive entry based on the permissions and consents you provide.
Your submitted content is not automatically published in formats you have not consented to.
Your preferences
Library of Human Experience may retain information about how you want your story handled so that your publication, privacy, credit, and representation choices can be respected.
Account Information
If you create an account to bookmark stories or save preferences, Library of Human Experience collects information such as:
- Your email address and password
- Your bookmarked stories
- Information necessary to maintain your account
This information is private and used to provide account-related features.
Technical Information
Website Analytics
Library of Human Experience uses Independent Analytics, a privacy-focused analytics tool, to understand how people use the website and improve the experience.
Independent Analytics:
- Does not track you across other websites
- Does not collect personal information for analytics
- Does not use cookies for tracking
- Stores analytics data on the website’s own server
- Helps Library of Human Experience understand how people engage with content
Technical Data
Limited technical information, such as browser type, device type, and pages visited, may be processed to keep the website secure, functional, and reliable.
How We Use Your Information
Library of Human Experience uses your information only for purposes such as:
For Your Story
- Reviewing and preparing your submission for publication
- Creating and publishing your story in the formats you have consented to
- Respecting your choices regarding privacy, credit, and representation
- Communicating with you about your story, including publication updates, edit requests, and removal requests
For the Website
- Providing account features such as bookmarking
- Understanding how people engage with content
- Maintaining website security and functionality
- Improving the website and user experience
What We Don’t Do
Library of Human Experience does not:
- Sell or rent your personal information
- Use your email address for marketing or newsletters
- Track you across other websites
- Use invasive analytics or advertising cookies
- Use your stories or other submitted content to train AI models
- Create or publish content formats you have not consented to
Library of Human Experience does not share your personal information with third parties except where necessary to provide the service, comply with legal obligations, or as otherwise explained in this policy.
Information Sharing
Public Information You Choose to Share
If you choose to be credited, your published story may include the social media accounts or other information you provided when submitting your story.
Only information you have chosen to make part of your published story will be displayed publicly.
If you choose to remain anonymous or not include certain information, that information will not be displayed as part of your published story.
Service Providers
Library of Human Experience may use trusted third-party services to operate the website and provide necessary functions such as hosting, email delivery, forms, account management, storage, security, and analytics.
These services may process information on behalf of Library of Human Experience as necessary to provide their services.
Legal Requirements
Library of Human Experience may disclose information where required by law, such as in response to valid legal processes, court orders, or other lawful requests.
Anonymized Data
Library of Human Experience may use or share anonymized, non-identifying statistics about website usage.
This information cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
Your Rights and Choices
Content Removal
You can request removal of your story at any time.
Library of Human Experience will remove the story from platforms and services it controls within 3 days of receiving a valid removal request.
Complete removal from the internet may not be possible because copies may exist on third-party platforms, search engines, caches, archives, screenshots, or other services outside Library of Human Experience’s control.
Account Control
If you have an account, you can:
- Update your account information
- Delete bookmarks
- Delete your account
Updating Your Story
You can request changes to your published story at any time.
You can also request updates to your publication, privacy, or representation preferences.
Data Access
You can request information about the personal data Library of Human Experience holds about you.
Data Security
Library of Human Experience takes reasonable steps to protect your information, including:
- Encrypted website communication (HTTPS)
- Secure handling of login credentials
- Private handling of email addresses
- Security updates and monitoring
- Reasonable measures designed to prevent unauthorized access
No online system is completely secure, but Library of Human Experience is committed to protecting your information responsibly.
Data Retention
Library of Human Experience retains information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
Generally:
Your stories: Stored while they remain published, unless you request removal.
Archival copies: Private, non-public copies of published stories may be retained for internal record-keeping, as described in the applicable Release Agreements. These are deleted when the story is removed.
Email addresses: Kept as long as reasonably necessary to communicate with you about your story or account.
Content preferences: Kept as long as reasonably necessary to respect your consent and publication choices, or until you request deletion.
Account information: Kept until you delete your account, subject to information that may need to be retained for legitimate or legal purposes.
Technical data: Kept only as long as reasonably necessary for security, functionality, and analytics purposes.
Embedded Content
Some stories may include embedded content, such as videos or other media.
When you interact with embedded content, the third-party service may collect information about you according to its own privacy policy.
Children’s Privacy
You must be at least 18 years old to submit content to Library of Human Experience.
Browsing and reading stories may be permitted for younger users depending on applicable laws and the nature of the content.
Library of Human Experience does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone below the minimum age required by applicable law.
International Users
Library of Human Experience is accessible from around the world and uses online tools and services that may process information in different countries.
By using the website, you acknowledge that your information may be processed in locations outside your country of residence.
Where required by applicable law, Library of Human Experience will take appropriate measures for international transfers of personal information.
Changes to This Policy
Library of Human Experience may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
When changes are made, the revised version will be posted here with a new “Last Updated” date.
Significant changes may be communicated through appropriate means where required by applicable law.
Contact Library of Human Experience
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding your personal information or this Privacy Policy, please contact:
pteyra@libraryofhumanexperience.com
This policy reflects Library of Human Experience’s commitment to protecting your privacy while creating a space for authentic human experiences and perspectives.
Every story is personal, and protecting the trust placed in Library of Human Experience is central to its mission.