Historically Strange Studios Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 14, 2025
This Privacy Policy explains how our service (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you use our website, historicallystrangestudios.com, our mobile application, or other online products and services (collectively, the “Services”).
By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not use our Services.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information directly from you when you provide it to us, automatically as you use our Services, and from third-party sources.
Information You Provide to Us:
We may collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us when you use our Services. This includes:
- Account Information: When you create an account, we collect information such as your name, email address, username, and password.
- Content and Usage Information: This includes any content you create, upload, or share on our Services, such as posts, comments, or messages.
- Communication Data: If you contact us, we will collect the content of your communication and our response.
Information We Collect Automatically:
- Usage Data: We collect information about your activity on our Services, such as the pages you visit, the features you use, and the time, frequency, and duration of your activities.
- Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- Location Information: We may collect precise or approximate location information from your device, with your consent.
- Log Data: Our servers automatically record information, including your IP address, browser type, and operating system.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our Services, to communicate with you, and to enhance your experience. Specifically, we may use your information for the following purposes:
- To create and manage your account.
- To provide and operate the Services.
- To personalize and improve your user experience.
- To communicate with you about your account, updates, or special offers.
- To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services.
- To detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights and property.
3. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when you give us your explicit consent to do so.
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as data hosting, analytics, and customer support. These providers are authorized to use your information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if we believe it’s necessary to comply with a legal obligation, such as a subpoena, court order, or governmental request.
- To Protect Rights and Property: We may disclose your information to protect the rights, property, or safety of our service, our users, or the public, as required or permitted by law.
- In a Business Transaction: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
4. Third-Party Payment Processors
We use third-party payment processors to handle all payments made through our Services. These payment processors are independent of our Service and your payment information is provided directly to them. We do not store or collect your payment card details.
Examples of such third-party payment processors include PayPal, Patreon, and Ko-fi. The use of your payment information by these processors is governed by their respective privacy policies. We encourage you to review their policies to understand their data collection and usage practices.
5. Third-Party Websites and Applications
Our Services may contain links to or integrate with websites, applications, and other services operated by third parties, such as LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and Reddit. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you access to understand their data collection and usage practices. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party websites or applications.
6. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the site, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
How we use cookies:
We use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device until they are deleted or expire). We use them for several purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as accessing secure areas.
- Functionality Cookies: These allow our website to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference.
- Analytics and Performance Cookies: These collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit, and which links you click on. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more relevant experience and to compile aggregate statistics about the usage and effectiveness of our website.
Your choices regarding cookies:
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. However, if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this may affect the functionality of our website.
8. GDPR and Data Protection Compliance
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and Switzerland, we are committed to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws. As a user from these regions, you have specific rights concerning your personal data:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
9. Your Rights and Choices
You have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the ability to:
- Access and Update: You may access and update your account information at any time by logging into your account settings.
- Request Deletion: You may request the deletion of your account and personal information.
- Opt-Out of Communications: You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the instructions in those emails.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our Services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: