Privacy Policy

01 Who We Are and What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy explains how Fintentive LLC, doing business as Fintentive Press (“Fintentive,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), handles information about you when you visit thestorytax.com (the “Site”), including its companion pages for the STIx, the production prompt, the 90-Day Protocol, and STIx Speak. Fintentive LLC is based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and is the publisher of The Story Tax by Balaram Krishna.

This policy applies to the Site only. It does not apply to the third-party services the Site links to, including BookFunnel, Payhip, LinkedIn, and Google, each of which has its own privacy practices. Section 4 describes those services and what each one does.

03 Information We Collect

Information you provide to us. The Site does not contain forms that send information to us. If you email us, we receive your email address, your name if you include it, and whatever you choose to write. We use that information to respond to you.

Information collected automatically. The Site is delivered through Cloudflare, Inc., our hosting and content delivery provider. As with nearly every website, Cloudflare processes technical information needed to deliver and secure the Site, such as your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, the pages and files requested, the referring page, and the date and time of the request. This information is used to serve the Site, to detect and prevent abuse, and to keep the Site available and secure.

Fonts. The Site loads its typefaces from Google Fonts. When a page loads, your browser requests the font files directly from Google, which receives your IP address and browser information as part of that request. See Section 4.

Information we do not collect. We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information through the Site, such as government identifiers, financial account numbers, health information, precise location, or biometric data. We do not collect payment card details; payments are handled entirely by Payhip.

05 The Production Prompt and Your Own Data

The STIx production prompt published on the Site is text that you copy and paste into an enterprise AI assistant that your own organization has approved, such as Microsoft 365 Copilot or Gemini for Workspace. When you run it, your calendar, meeting, email, and related data are processed within that tool, under your organization’s agreement with its provider and your organization’s policies.

Fintentive does not receive, access, view, store, or process that data, the prompt as you run it, or the results the tool returns. The “Copy full prompt” button on the prompt page copies text to your device’s clipboard and does not transmit anything to us. Questions about how your AI tool handles your data should be directed to your organization and the tool’s provider.

The STIx and the production prompt are operational diagnostic tools. They are not validated for, and must not be used for, hiring, promotion, compensation, performance ratings, discipline, reassignment, termination, or any other employment decision.

07 Legal Bases for Processing (EEA, UK, and Switzerland)

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process personal information on the following bases: our legitimate interests in operating, securing, and improving a book-publishing website and responding to inquiries; performance of a contract when you buy a product; your consent when you ask to receive a sample and emails about the book, which you may withdraw at any time; and compliance with legal obligations. Where we rely on legitimate interests, we balance them against your rights and expectations.

09 How We Share Information

We share personal information only as follows:

• Service providers that host the Site, deliver email, and process orders on our behalf, under obligations to protect the information and use it only for those services;
• Legal and safety reasons, where disclosure is required by law, subpoena, or legal process, or is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Fintentive, our readers, or others;
• Business transfers, such as a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, in which case the information would remain subject to this policy or a successor policy with equivalent protections.

We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under applicable U.S. state privacy laws.

11 Data Retention

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described in this policy, including to meet legal, accounting, and reporting requirements, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Hosting logs are kept for the period set by our hosting provider. Email list information is kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. Order records are kept for as long as required for tax and accounting purposes. Third parties keep information under their own retention policies.

13 Your Privacy Rights

United States. Depending on where you live (including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, Oregon, and other states with comprehensive privacy laws), you may have the right to know what personal information we hold about you, to access and obtain a copy of it, to correct it, to delete it, to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information or targeted advertising (which we do not do), and not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights. Some states also allow you to appeal a denial of a request.

EEA, UK, and Switzerland. You may have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your personal information, to object to processing based on legitimate interests, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

How to make a request. Email balaram@thestorytax.com with the subject line “Privacy Request,” tell us what you would like us to do, and include the email address you used so we can find your information. We may need to verify your identity before acting, and you may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf. We will respond within the time required by applicable law, generally within 45 days (or 30 days where the law requires). Because most information connected to you is held by BookFunnel, Payhip, and Cloudflare, we may also direct you to those providers to complete a request with them.

California Shine the Light. We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

15 International Transfers

Fintentive LLC is located in the United States, and the services described above process information in the United States and other countries. If you access the Site from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in countries whose data protection laws differ from those of your home country. Where required, we and our service providers rely on appropriate safeguards for those transfers, such as standard contractual clauses.

17 Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and revise the “Effective” date above. If a change is material, we will give additional notice where required by law. Your continued use of the Site after a change means you have read the updated policy.