Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 12, 2026
Your privacy matters to Endo Library. This Privacy Policy explains how Endo Library collects, uses, and protects your information when you use the website.
This policy is intended to explain clearly and honestly how your information is handled. Certain actions on Endo Library, such as sharing a story or creating an account, involve the processing described below.
Data Controller
For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, the data controller responsible for your information is Endo Library, operated by Pteyra.
Information We Collect
When You Share a Story
What you share
When you submit a story, you provide your story, your email address, and your choice to be credited or remain anonymous.
If you choose to be credited, you may also choose which of your social media accounts you’d like to include with your published story. Only the social media accounts you choose to share will be displayed.
Your email
Your email address is:
- Completely private and never shared publicly without your permission
- Used only to contact you about your story, including publication updates, edit requests, removal requests, or other matters directly related to your submission
- Never used for marketing, newsletters, or unrelated communication
Your story
The content you submit may become a published story on Endo Library.
Account Information
If you create an account to bookmark stories, Endo Library collects:
- Login credentials, such as your email address and password
- Your bookmarked stories
- Information necessary to maintain your account
This information is private and used to provide account-related features.
Technical Information
Website Analytics
Endo Library uses Independent Analytics, a privacy-focused analytics tool, to understand how people use the website and improve the experience.
Independent Analytics:
- Does not track you across other websites
- Does not store personal data for analytics
- Does not use cookies for tracking
- Stores analytics data on Endo Library’s own server
- Helps Endo Library understand how people engage with content
Technical Data
Limited technical information, such as browser type, device type, and pages visited, may be processed to keep the website secure, functional, and reliable.
How We Use Your Information
Endo Library uses your information only for purposes such as:
For Your Story
- Reviewing and preparing your submission for publication
- Respecting your choice to be credited or remain anonymous
- Communicating with you about your story, including publication updates, edit requests, and removal requests
For the Website
- Providing account features such as bookmarking
- Understanding how people engage with content
- Maintaining website security and functionality
- Improving the website and user experience
What We Don’t Do
Endo Library does not:
- Sell or rent your personal information
- Use your email address for marketing or newsletters
- Share your personal information with third parties except where necessary to provide the service, comply with legal obligations, or as otherwise explained in this policy
- Track you across other websites
- Use invasive analytics or advertising cookies
- Use your stories or other submitted content to train AI models
Information Sharing
Public Information You Choose to Share
If you’ve chosen to be credited, your published story may include the social media accounts you provided when submitting your story.
If you’ve chosen to remain anonymous, your story will be published without attribution.
Service Providers
Endo Library may use trusted third-party services to operate the website and provide necessary functions such as hosting, email delivery, forms, account management, storage, security, and analytics.
These services may process information on behalf of Endo Library as necessary to provide their services.
Legal Requirements
Endo Library may disclose information where required by law, such as in response to valid legal processes, court orders, or other lawful requests.
Anonymized Data
Endo Library may use or share anonymized, non-identifying statistics about website usage.
Your Rights and Choices
Content Removal
You can request removal of your story at any time.
Endo Library will remove it from platforms and services it controls within 3 days of a valid removal request.
Complete removal from the internet may not be possible because copies may exist on third-party platforms, search engines, caches, archives, screenshots, or other services outside Endo Library’s control.
Account Control
If you have an account, you can:
- Update your account information
- Delete bookmarks
- Delete your account
Updating Your Story
You can request changes to your published story at any time.
Data Access
You can request information about the personal data Endo Library holds about you.
Data Security
Endo Library takes reasonable steps to protect your information, including:
- Encrypted website communication (HTTPS)
- Secure handling of login credentials
- Private handling of email addresses
- Security updates and monitoring
- Reasonable measures designed to prevent unauthorized access
No online system is completely secure, but Endo Library is committed to protecting your information responsibly.
Data Retention
Endo Library retains information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
Generally:
- Your stories: Stored while they remain published, unless you request removal
- Archival copies: Private, non-public copies of published stories may be retained for internal record-keeping. These are deleted when the story is removed.
- Email addresses: Kept as long as reasonably necessary to communicate with you about your story or account
- Account information: Kept until you delete your account, subject to information that may need to be retained for legitimate or legal purposes
- Technical data: Kept only as long as reasonably necessary for security, functionality, and analytics purposes
Embedded Content
Some stories may include embedded content, such as videos or other media.
When you interact with embedded content, the third-party service may collect information about you according to its own privacy policy.
Children’s Privacy
You must be at least 18 years old to submit a story to Endo Library.
Browsing and reading stories may be permitted for younger users depending on applicable laws and the nature of the content. Endo Library does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone below the minimum age required by applicable law.
International Users
Endo Library is accessible from around the world and uses online tools and services that may process information in different countries.
By using the website, you acknowledge that your information may be processed in locations outside your country of residence.
Where required by applicable law, Endo Library will take appropriate measures for international transfers of personal information.
Changes to This Policy
Endo Library may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
When changes are made, the revised version will be posted here with a new “Last Updated” date.
Significant changes may be communicated through appropriate means where required by applicable law.
Contact Endo Library
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding your personal information or this Privacy Policy, please contact:
hi@endolibrary.com
This policy reflects Endo Library’s commitment to protecting your privacy while preserving and sharing endometriosis experiences with care and respect.
Every story is personal, and protecting the trust placed in Endo Library is central to its mission.