Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Pictabay (website url address: https://pictabay.com) appreciates your business and trust. We are a web based company that shares artistic talent all across the web. Please read this Privacy Policy, providing consent to both documents in order to have permission to use our services.
Last Updated: [August 28, 2023]
Thank you for using Pictabay.com, a free stock photography website (referred to as “Pictabay,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, and safeguard any personal information you provide to us while using our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your information.
1. Information We Collect
Pictabay currently does not collect or store any personal information for personal use. We may collect non-personal information such as anonymous usage data, user preferences, and technical information related to your device or browser to improve our services and enhance user experience.
2. Use of Cookies
Pictabay may use cookies or similar technologies to gather non-personal information about your interactions with our website. Cookies help us analyze user behavior, track usage patterns, and remember certain preferences. You can modify your browser settings to control cookies or receive notifications when they are being used.
3. Third-Party Services
Pictabay may use third-party services, such as analytics tools, to collect and analyze non-personal information. These third-party services may use cookies and other tracking technologies to gather data about your use of the website. However, these services do not collect any personally identifiable information from Pictabay users.
4. Data Security
While we do not collect personal information for personal use, we implement reasonable security measures to protect any non-personal information collected from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
5. Children’s Privacy
Pictabay does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. Our services are intended for users who are at least 13 years old. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately, and we will take steps to remove the information.
6. Changes to this Privacy Policy
Pictabay reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be effective upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on our website. Your continued use of Pictabay after the changes constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email address].
By using Pictabay.com, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy, and you agree to its terms. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use our website.
Embedded Content
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
The Facebook page plugin is used to display our Facebook timeline on our site if we choose to do so. Facebook has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Facebook and your IP is not sent to a Facebook server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy .
We may use the Twitter API to display our tweets timeline on our site. Twitter has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. Your IP is not sent to a Twitter server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Twitter Privacy Policy .
Youtube
We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.