Your privacy is important to us. It is Art Pexels's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, https://artpexels.com/, and other sites we own and operate, as well as through our wallpaper gallery services.
1. Information We Collect
Log Data
When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details.
Device Data
We may also collect data about the device you’re using to access our website. This data may include the device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, device settings, and geo-location data. What we collect can depend on the individual settings of your device and software. We recommend checking the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn what information they make available to us.
Personal Information
We may ask for personal information, such as your:
- Name (if provided, e.g., display name)
- Email address (for account creation and communication)
- User-generated content, such as uploaded wallpapers.
- Favorites or saved preferences related to wallpapers.
2. App Permissions
Our app requests certain permissions to provide you with the best experience and enable core features. Here’s what we ask for and why:
Set Wallpaper
We request permission to set wallpapers on your device so you can easily apply your favorite images directly from the app.
Read/Write External Storage
We request access to your device’s storage to save wallpapers and allow you to access them later.
- We do not access, collect, or share your personal files or data.
- All images saved are only used within the app and remain private on your device.
Read Media Images
This permission is used to access your gallery for displaying and saving wallpapers.
- We do not upload or share your gallery images.
- We only use these permissions to enable the app’s main features.
- Your data is never collected, sold, or shared with third parties.
- All user data and images remain private and secure on your device.
Notifications Permission
Our app may request permission to send you notifications.
- Notifications are used to inform you about new wallpapers, updates, or important information related to the app.
- We do not use notifications to collect personal data or share your information with third parties.
- You can choose to enable or disable notifications anytime from your device settings.
3. Legal Bases for Processing
We will process your personal information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner. We collect and process information about you only where we have legal bases for doing so.
These legal bases depend on the services you use and how you use them, meaning we collect and use your information only where:
- it’s necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract (for example, when we provide a service you request from us, like creating an account);
- it satisfies a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your data protection interests), such as for research and development, to market and promote our services, to maintain the security and integrity of our platform, and to protect our legal rights and interests;
- you give us consent to do so for a specific purpose; or
- we need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.
4. Collection and Use of Information
We may collect, hold, use and disclose information for the following purposes and personal information will not be further processed in a manner that is incompatible with these purposes:
- to enable you to create and manage your account on Art Pexels;
- to enable you to access and use our website, wallpaper gallery, and associated applications or social media platforms (if any);
- to process your requests, such as saving favorite wallpapers;
- to contact and communicate with you (primarily for account-related matters or if you initiate contact);
- for internal record keeping and administrative purposes;
- for analytics, market research and business development, including to operate and improve our website and associated applications;
- to personalize your experience on Art Pexels, such as suggesting wallpapers;
- to run competitions and/or offer additional benefits to you (if applicable);
- for advertising and marketing, including to send you promotional information about our products and services and information about third parties that we consider may be of interest to you (with your consent where required);
- to comply with our legal obligations and resolve any disputes that we may have.
Information Shared with Third Parties
We may share your information with third-party service providers to facilitate services on our behalf. These may include:
- Cloud hosting providers (e.g., Firebase for database, storage, authentication).
- Analytics providers.
We only share information to the extent necessary for these third parties to perform their services. We may also share information with third parties, such as Pinterest if you choose to integrate such services. When you opt to use such features, you are also subject to the privacy policies of those third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
5. Security of Your Personal Information
When we collect and process personal information, and while we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. We use services like Firebase which provide robust security features.
Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure and no one can guarantee absolute data security. We will comply with laws applicable to us in respect of any data breach.
You are responsible for selecting any password and its overall security strength, ensuring the security of your own information within the bounds of our services.
6. How Long We Keep Your Personal Information
We keep your personal information only for as long as we need to. This time period may depend on what we are using your information for, in accordance with this privacy policy. For example, we may need to keep your personal information for as long as your account is active on Art Pexels. If your personal information is no longer required, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our website, Art Pexels, and its services are not directed to children under the age of 13 (or a higher age threshold if required by applicable law in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
8. Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information
You always retain the right to withhold personal information from us, with the understanding that your experience of our website and services may be affected. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights over your personal information. If you do provide us with personal information you understand that we will collect, hold, use and disclose it in accordance with this privacy policy.
If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please contact us using the details provided (email: copyright@artpexels.com). We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or out of date.
9. Links to Other Sites
Our website may link to external sites (e.g., social media platforms) that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.
10. Changes to This Policy
At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect updates to our business processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or regulatory changes. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the changes here at the same link by which you are accessing this privacy policy.
If required by law, we will get your permission or give you the opportunity to opt in to or opt out of, as applicable, any new uses of your personal information.
11. Contact Us
For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you may contact us by emailing our designated contact for data inquiries: copyright@artpexels.com.