How We Use Cookies
Story World uses cookies to:
- Keep you signed in to your account across sessions
- Remember your reading preferences and settings
- Save your reading progress and library state
- Understand how visitors use our platform so we can improve it
- Detect and prevent fraud and abuse
- Ensure the platform functions correctly
We do not use cookies to serve targeted advertising or to track you across other websites for advertising purposes.
Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for Story World to function. They include authentication cookies that keep you signed in, security cookies that protect against cross-site request forgery, and session cookies that maintain your state as you navigate the platform. You cannot opt out of these cookies without losing access to core platform features.
Functional Cookies
These cookies remember your preferences and settings, such as your reading theme, font size, and other customisations. They improve your experience but are not strictly required for the platform to work.
Analytics Cookies
We use analytics tools to understand how visitors use Story World — which pages are most popular, how long people spend reading, and where they encounter problems. This helps us improve the platform. Analytics data is aggregated and anonymised where possible.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on Story World are set by third-party services we use to operate the platform. These may include:
- Authentication provider cookies (used to manage your sign-in session securely)
- Analytics provider cookies (used to measure platform usage)
- Content delivery network cookies (used to serve assets efficiently)
We select third-party providers carefully and require them to handle your data in accordance with applicable privacy laws. We do not permit third parties to use cookies on Story World for their own advertising purposes.
Managing Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in several ways:
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies through their settings. Please note that blocking all cookies will prevent Story World from functioning correctly — in particular, you will not be able to sign in or save your reading progress.
Opt-Out Tools
For analytics cookies, you may be able to opt out using your browser's “Do Not Track” setting or through opt-out tools provided by our analytics providers. We honour browser-level Do Not Track signals where technically feasible.
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us via our Contact page.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected by updating the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Your continued use of Story World after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.