Effective Date: January 1, 2025

Story 2 Brand, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, "Story 2 Brand", "us" or "we") understand that your privacy is important to you. We are committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal data, which is any information that is capable of identifying you as an individual person. This Privacy Policy describes how we handle and protect your personal data in connection with Story 2 Brand's business activities, like conferences and events, and client services, and on websites, applications, and communications that post a link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, "the Sites"), in our capacity as data controllers. Please see our Terms of use for more information about our online terms and policies in general.

Story 2 Brand collects personal data in the course of its business activities, including in connection with some client services. We also collect personal data on certain areas of the Sites when you register for or apply for jobs through the Story 2 Brand Recruitment Portal, create a user profile, register for Story 2 Brand newsletters and alerts, participate in our community activities through our website, sign up for conferences and events, and/or participate in public user posting areas (such as bulletin boards, discussion forums and surveys). The personal data collected varies and may include information that you provide, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, and background information required to apply for a job. ​ We may also automatically collect information about the devices you use to interact with our Sites. The information we automatically collect may include IP address, device identifier, web browser, and browsing information collected through cookies, web beacons, pixels, clear gifs, and other similar technologies (collectively "Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies") on our Sites. We may also automatically collect information about how you use the Sites, such as what you have searched for and viewed on the Sites. The information automatically collected may be associated with a unique identifier as well as with any other personal data you have provided. ​ Story 2 Brand may also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as data brokers or aggregators, in the course of its business activities including in connection with some client services. This includes demographic, professional and other information that is publicly available online, including information you choose to make public through social media platforms and other public online forums. We may combine this data with existing information we have about you or use it independently, for the purposes of our benchmarking and data analytics activities (e.g., analysis of recruiting practices across an industry, detecting fraud patterns in connection with financial transactions, foot traffic in retail environments). We will always seek to confirm that the third party has provided transparent information about its use of this data, including its disclosure to third parties like Story 2 Brand, in compliance with applicable law.

Story 2 Brand uses your personal data to fulfill your requests for information, process your requests to participate in conferences and events, personalize content that you view or receive on the Sites, evaluate and improve our services, distribute newsletters and alerts to you, recruit and evaluate job applicants, analyze the Sites' performance and functioning, publish your letters to the editor or comments, prevent fraud, enforce our terms of use, comply with all applicable laws and corporate reporting obligations, enforce Story 2 Brand's agreements, and accomplish other purposes you may initiate or request. In some situations, the collection of personal data may be required for the operation of the Sites, or we may use it in the course of our business activities, including in connection with some client services, for example, to provide certain services or products such as our benchmarking products. We may combine and/or analyze personal data to evaluate and offer content and services most relevant to you. We may keep any of your personal data on file and use it to contact you. ​ Story 2 Brand and its service providers may use first and third party Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies, including web beacons, to manage our Sites and our services and collect analytics about how you use them. Story 2 Brand and its service providers may collect information about whether you open or click any links in the knowledge, research or event communications that we send to you. The information provided throughout this Privacy Policy about cookies also applies to these other tracking technologies. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more details regarding our use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies. ​ Our Sites do not track you by collecting personal data about your online activities over time and across third party websites or online services. Accordingly, we do not alter our data collection and use practices in response to "do not track" signals transmitted from web browsers.

In connection with our mobile applications, Story 2 Brand may use third party service providers to analyze user activity to fix errors, monitor usage, and improve the performance of the mobile applications. For example, Story 2 Brand receives reports on some of our mobile applications' aggregate usage and browsing patterns, including information about the type of device used, articles accessed, and other events occurring within our apps. Story 2 Brand also receives reports on certain errors occurring within mobile applications. ​ In addition, our Story 2 Brand Insights app offers a personalized list of recommendations (called "Insights for you") directing you to Story 2 Brand content that we think you will find interesting. Recommendations are based solely on what you have viewed in the Insights app. A unique user identifier that is generated by the app helps personalize your app experience and tracks the articles that you read in the app. We do not share your viewing history or trends through the Insights app with other users or any external third parties (i.e., persons or entities that are not affiliates or third party service providers of Story 2 Brand). ​

Our processing of your personal data for the purposes mentioned above is based:

• in part, on our legitimate interests in promoting and protecting Story 2 Brand, building and maintaining relationships. recruitment, and providing our services;
• in part, on your consent, for example, if you create a user profile, or register for our newsletters or alerts, or for business purposes that support web operations such as understanding and enhancing the quality of your experience on our websites;
• in part, to comply with the law, when certain information is necessary to satisfy our legal or regulatory obligations.

Personal data collected in the course of Story 2 Brand business activities, including in connection with some client services, as well as on the Sites may be transferred from time to time to Story 2 Brand subsidiaries and affiliates and their personnel across our global organization, as well as to our third party service providers located throughout the world, including in countries where the local law may grant you fewer rights than you have in your own country. Additionally, the Sites may be viewed and hosted by Story 2 Brand and our third party service providers anywhere in the world. Where required by law, we have put in place legal mechanisms designed to ensure adequate data protection of your personal data that is processed by Story 2 Brand subsidiaries, affiliates and third party service providers, including the transfer of your personal data to countries other than the one in which you reside. If you would like more information about these legal mechanisms, which may include the EU's Standard Contractual Clauses, please contact us at the address below. By using any of the Sites and providing information on any of them, you voluntarily consent to such trans-border transfer and hosting of such information.

Story 2 Brand will not intentionally disclose or transfer (and will take reasonable steps to prevent the unauthorized or accidental disclosure of) your personal data to third parties without your consent or as otherwise permitted by law, whether for such third parties' own marketing purposes or otherwise, except as follows. Story 2 Brand may provide access to your personal data to third party service providers engaged by Story 2 Brand to provide services related to the Sites as well as related to Story 2 Brand's business activities, including in connection with some client services, in the manner agreed upon in our client services agreements. We maintain processes designed to ensure that any processing of personal data by third party service providers is consistent with this Privacy Policy and protects the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of your personal data.

We also may share your personal data with third party service providers who perform services and functions on our behalf to support our interactions with you, including, for example, processing recruitment materials, administering surveys or contests, or communicating with you.

In addition, we may disclose information about you:

• If we are required to do so by law or legal process;
• To law enforcement authorities or other government officials;
• When we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity;
• If disclosure is necessary to protect the vital interests of a person;
• To enforce our Terms of use;
• To protect our property, services and legal rights;
• To prevent fraud against Story 2 Brand, our subsidiaries, affiliates and/or business partners;
• To support auditing, compliance, and corporate governance functions; or
• To comply with any and all applicable laws.

In addition, we may disclose or transfer your personal data in the event of a re-organization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, or other transfer or disposition of all or any portion of our business.

You should be aware that whenever you publicly disclose information online, that information could be collected and used by others. Story 2 Brand is not responsible for any action or policies of any third parties who collect information that users publicly disclose in any such forums on the Sites.

Story 2 Brand may provide links to third party websites or information as a service to our users. If you use these links, you will leave the Sites. Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by Story 2 Brand of the third party, the third party website, or the information contained therein, and Story 2 Brand shall not be responsible or liable for your use thereof. Such use shall be subject to the terms of use and privacy policies applicable to those sites.

The Sites may allow you to sign into and associate your social network accounts including, but not limited to, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube, with Story 2 Brand. The Sites also may allow you to log in to a Story 2 Brand account using certain social network account credentials.​

By associating your social network account with Story 2 Brand or logging in to a Story 2 Brand account using your social network account credentials, you give us permission to access information that you have made available in your public profile for that social network account. The information available in your public profile varies based on the social network and your settings, but may include your email address, real name, profile picture, gender, and location. We use the information we receive from your social network account in accordance with the social network's terms of use and this Privacy Policy. Please refer to the privacy settings in your social network account for information about what data is shared with Story 2 Brand and other connected applications and to manage the data that is shared through your account, including information about your activities using our Sites.

If you would like to disconnect a social media account from us, refer to the settings of that social network account and its provider.​

Story 2 Brand has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security to protect personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized Story 2 Brand personnel and third party service providers are provided access to personal data, and these employees and service providers are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions however, Story 2 Brand cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personal data. ​

Story 2 Brand retains personal data, as necessary, for the duration of the relevant business relationship.

We may also retain personal data for longer than the duration of the business relationship should we need to retain it to protect ourselves against legal claims, use it for analysis or historical record-keeping, or comply with our information management policies and schedules. If you request that we delete your personal data, Story 2 Brand will make reasonable attempts to delete all instances of the information in their entirety. For requests for access, corrections, or deletion, please refer to the "Your Rights" section of this Privacy Policy.

The Sites are not designed for or directed at children 18 years of age or younger, and Story 2 Brand does not intentionally collect or maintain personal data about anyone under this age.

All content and functionality on the Site, including text, graphics, logos, icons, images, and videos and the selection and arrangement thereof, in addition to any concepts, know-how, tools, frameworks, software, applications or other technology, algorithms, models, processes, and industry perspectives underlying or embedded in the foregoing, along with any enhancements to or derivative works thereof (the "Site Content") is the exclusive property of Story 2 Brand or its licensors and, to the extent applicable, is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Neither the Site Content nor functionality of the Site, may be copied, reproduced, modified, reverse engineered, altered (including the removal or disabling of any security or technological safeguards, disclaimers, or legends) uploaded, published, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way without our written permission, except for those uses specified in Section 3 – Use of site content. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. ​

The trademarks, service marks, designs, and logos (collectively, the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site are the registered and unregistered Trademarks of Story 2 Brand and its licensors. You agree that, except as expressly permitted by us (e.g., through social media sharing tools provided on the Site) or by our licensors, where applicable, you will not refer to or attribute any information to Story 2 Brand or its licensors in any public medium (e.g., press release, websites, or public social media) for advertising or promotion purposes, or for the purpose of informing or influencing any third party and that you will not use or reproduce any Trademark of, or imply any endorsement by or relationship with, Story 2 Brand or its licensors. ​

Story 2 Brand hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license for the term hereof to access and download, display, and print one copy of the Site Content on any single computer solely for your internal, business use, provided that you do not modify the Site Content in any way (including creating derivative works thereof), that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices displayed on the Site Content, and that you otherwise comply with these Terms. You may not otherwise reproduce, modify, reverse engineer, distribute, transmit, post, or disclose the Site Content without Story 2 Brand's prior written consent. In addition, you may not "mirror" the Site Content or any portion thereof without Story 2 Brand's express written consent. Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting directly or indirectly, or by implication any license or right to use any Story 2 Brand intellectual property other than as expressly set forth herein. The license granted in this section terminates automatically and immediately if you do not comply with these Terms. ​

You acknowledge and agree that Story 2 Brand shall own and have the unrestricted right to use, publish, and otherwise exploit any and all information that you post or otherwise publish on the Site in postings, forums or message boards, questionnaire, survey responses, and otherwise, and you acknowledge and agree that, by providing us any such submission, you automatically grant, and hereby do grant, to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, sublicensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license and right to use, reproduce, publish, distribute, modify and otherwise exploit such submission for any purpose, and in any form or media, not prohibited by applicable law. In addition, you hereby waive any claims against Story 2 Brand for any alleged or actual infringements of any rights of privacy or publicity, intellectual property rights, moral rights, or rights of attribution in connection with Story 2 Brand's use and publication of such submissions. ​ You covenant that you shall not post or otherwise publish on the Site any materials that (a) are threatening, libelous, defamatory, or obscene; (b) would constitute, or that encourage conduct that would constitute, a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate law; (c) infringe the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of any third parties; (d) contain a computer virus or other destructive element; (e) contain advertising; (f) constitute or contain false or misleading statements; or (g) violates these Terms. ​ Story 2 Brand does not represent or endorse the accuracy of reliability of information posted to the Site by users. In addition, Story 2 Brand does not and cannot review all information posted to the Site by users and is not responsible for such information. However, Story 2 Brand reserves the right to refuse to post and the right to remove any information, in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. ​

Story 2 Brand prohibits the posting of any information that infringes or violates the copyright rights and/or other intellectual property rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of any person or entity. If you believe that your intellectual property right (or such a right that you are responsible for enforcing) is infringed by any content on the Site, please write to Story 2 Brand at the address shown below, giving a written statement that contains: (a) identification of the copyrighted work and/or intellectual property right claimed to have been infringed; (b) identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Site that is requested to be removed; (c) your name, address, and daytime telephone number, and an e-mail address if available; (d) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work and/or exercise of the intellectual property right is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right that is allegedly infringed; and (f) the signature of the intellectual property right owner or someone authorized on the owner's behalf to assert infringement of the right. Story 2 Brand will remove any posted submission that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property right of any person under U.S. law upon receipt of such a statement (or any statement in conformance with 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3)). U.S. law provides significant penalties for submitting such a statement falsely. Under appropriate circumstances, persons who repeatedly submit infringing or unlawful material will be prohibited from posting further submissions. Story 2 Brand's contact for submission of notices under this Section 5 is: Legal Department, Story 2 Brand, Inc., 9805 Double R Blvd, Reno, NV 89521. ​

THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT STORY 2 BRAND IS NOT HEREIN ENGAGED IN RENDERING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OR SERVICES TO YOU, NO SITE CONTENT IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS OR SHALL BE DEEMED INVESTMENT, LEGAL, TAX, ACCOUNTING OR OTHER REGULATED ADVICE, AND THAT YOU SHALL REMAIN SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE OF ALL SITE CONTENT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE UPON THE SITE CONTENT SHALL BE ENTIRELY AT YOUR SOLE OPTION AND RISK. ALL CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. STORY 2 BRAND AND ITS THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OWNERSHIP, ACCURACY, OR ADEQUACY OF THE SITE CONTENT. STORY 2 BRAND SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON LINKED WEBSITES, CONTAINED IN ANY USER SUBMISSIONS PUBLISHED ON THE SITE, OR PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES. NEITHER STORY 2 BRAND NOR ITS THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOSSES OR FOR LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY. ​

You hereby indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Story 2 Brand and all of its predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, investors, employees, agents, representatives, and attorneys and their respective heirs, successors, and assigns ("Story 2 Brand Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all liability, expenses, costs, or other losses ("Losses") incurred by Story 2 Brand and/or Story 2 Brand Indemnified Parties in connection to any claims arising out of your use of the Site and/or any breach by you of these Terms, including the representations, warranties and covenants you made, if any, by agreeing to these Term. Story 2 Brand reserves the right to assume, at its own expense, the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. ​

We may provide links to third-party websites, and some of the content appearing to be on this Site is in fact supplied, supported, or provided directly or indirectly by third parties, for example, in instances of framing of third-party websites or incorporation through framesets of content supplied by third-party servers. Story 2 Brand has no responsibility for these third-party websites, which are governed by the terms of use and privacy policies, if any, of the applicable third-party content providers. ​

9. Governing law; jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Nevada & Wyoming without reference to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. ​​​

10. Accessibility

At Story 2 Brand, Inc., we strive to make our website and services accessible to everyone. While we do our best to follow current accessibility standards and best practices, we acknowledge that technology and guidelines change over time. If you experience any difficulties accessing our site or need accommodations, please reach out to us at privacy@story2brand.com—we are happy to assist and will make every reasonable effort to address your concerns. ​ By using this website, you agree to contact us first with any accessibility concerns before pursuing legal action. We are committed to inclusivity and will work with you to find a resolution. ​

11. Use of AI on our Website

This website may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance user experience, improve functionality, and provide creative or technical solutions. While AI-generated content is used to streamline services, all outputs are reviewed to ensure accuracy, reliability, and alignment with our professional standards. ​ Ownership of AI-Assisted Content
Any content generated or enhanced using AI tools remains the exclusive intellectual property of Story 2 Brand, Inc. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution of such content is strictly prohibited. ​

12. Privacy & AI Processing

AI tools may process certain data to optimize website functionality, user interactions, or service improvements. However, any data processed by AI is handled securely and in compliance with our Privacy Policy. We do not retain, sell, or repurpose AI-processed data beyond its intended use. ​ By using this website, you acknowledge the presence of AI-assisted functionalities and agree that they are intended to improve your experience while maintaining the highest ethical and professional standards. If you have any questions or concerns about AI usage on this site, please contact us at privacy@story2brand.com. ​

Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA Compliance)

If you are a California resident, you may:

• Request disclosure of the data we collect about you.
• Opt out of the sale of personal data (we do not sell personal data).
• Request deletion of your personal data. To make a request, contact us at privacy@story2brand.com​​Story 2 Brand, Inc.
  9805 Double R Blvd
  Reno, NV 89521
  +1 702-757-1911
  privacy@story2brand.com