Privacy Policy

Welcome to Kaleidoscope ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your choices regarding your information. This policy applies to our website and services. We do not require you to create an account or provide any personal information to use our service, ensuring your creative process remains anonymous.

We collect a minimal amount of information strictly to provide and improve our service:

• User-Generated Content: When you save your art to the Community Gallery, we store the image data you created. This is displayed publicly in the gallery. This content is not linked to any personal identifier.
• AI Suggestions: To provide AI-powered style suggestions, we send the current image data from your canvas to a third-party AI service (Google Gemini). This data is processed in real-time to generate suggestions and is not stored long-term by us or linked to any personal identifiers. Please refer to Google's privacy policy for more information on their data handling.
• Local Storage: To remember your "likes" and "hearts" on gallery items and prevent duplicate reactions, we use your browser's local storage. This information is stored only on your device and is not transmitted to our servers.
• Anonymous Analytics: We may collect anonymous usage data (e.g., page views, feature usage) to understand how our visitors use the website and to improve our service. This data is aggregated and cannot be used to identify you personally.

The non-personal information we collect is used exclusively for the following purposes:

• To operate and maintain the Kaleidoscope website and its features, such as the art canvas and gallery.
• To display your creations in the Community Gallery if you choose to share them.
• To provide you with AI-driven style suggestions to enhance your creative experience.
• To analyze usage patterns to improve the user experience and develop new features.
• To ensure the security and integrity of our service.

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to provide and improve our services. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device. We use them for the following purposes:

• Essential Functionality: To remember your preferences, such as your "likes" and "hearts" on gallery items. This information is stored in your browser's local storage and is not sent to our servers.
• Analytics: With your consent, we use Google Analytics to collect anonymous usage data. This helps us understand how visitors interact with our website, so we can improve the user experience. This may include information like your device type, browser, and general location, but it is not personally identifiable.
• Advertising: With your consent, we use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You can control our use of non-essential cookies through the consent banner that appears when you first visit our site. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings.

Since we do not collect personally identifiable information, your primary control is over the content you create. You have the right to:

• Choose not to save your art to the public gallery.
• Clear your browser's local storage at any time to reset your likes and hearts history.