Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for The World Stories

Last Updated: October 14, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how The World Stories (“the Site,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), operated by Syed Haider Ali Hamdani, collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit, use our services, or make a purchase from the Site.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information about you from two primary sources: directly from you, and automatically through technology when you visit the Site.

A. Information You Submit Directly

When you interact with the Site, you may submit the following information:

  • Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
  • Contact Forms: If you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message.

B. Information Collected Automatically (Cookies and Tracking)

When you access the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and interaction with the Site (“Usage Data”).

  • Log Files: Includes your IP address, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
  • Cookies: Small data files stored on your device that often include an anonymous unique identifier. We use cookies to remember user preferences, facilitate advertising, and analyze site traffic.
  • Advertising Data: We use third-party services like Google AdSense or similar ad networks. These services use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site and other sites on the internet. This process is used for interest-based advertising.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To Run the Site: To maintain, operate, and provide content on our website.
  • To Improve the Site: To understand how users interact with our content and improve site performance and design.
  • To Communicate: To respond to your inquiries and comments when you contact us.
  • To Monetize: To display personalized advertising and assess the effectiveness of our campaigns.
  • Security: To detect and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity.

3. Sharing Your Personal Information

We do not sell or rent your Personal Information to third parties. We may share your information with the following third parties:

  • Service Providers: We share necessary data with third-party service providers (like web hosting, spam detection, and analytics providers) to help us operate the site.
  • Advertising Partners: We share usage data with advertising partners (such as Google AdSense) to facilitate ad delivery and measurement. These partners operate under their own privacy policies.

4. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us using the details below.

5. Opting Out of Advertising Cookies

If you wish to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

You can typically disable cookies through your individual browser options. Consult your browser’s documentation for more details on managing cookies.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Syed Haider Ali Hamdani (Founder & Operator of The World Stories)

Email: s.haidershah1996@gmail.com

Phone/WhatsApp: +923344062766