We care deeply about your privacy at Brush Ninja. We also recognise the importance of protecting and respecting your personal data. This privacy policy is here to tell you what personal data is collected on this site, how the data is used, and how you can contact us regarding your personal data.

By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of your data as outlined in this Privacy Policy. We value your privacy, and this transparent approach ensures that you understand how your information is used.

The key points of our privacy policy are:

• Brush Ninja does not ask Children to provide their name, address, or other contact information. We, and third-party service providers, may automatically collect IP address and similar device identifiers from Platform visitors - but only for analytical and other internal-operations purposes.
• If Adults subscribe to a paid account then Brush Ninja will collect personal information in order to take payments and perform neccessary operations related. This information will be encrypted and not passed on to other third-party companies.
• Brush Ninja features advertisements served by third=party companies. These can be removed with a paid subscription plan.

More detailed information follows.

What is Brush Ninja?

Brush Ninja is a website for creative people. It can be found at: https://brush.ninja. It is owned and operated by Ben Gillbanks.

We don’t sell your data

We don’t gather or sell your information or create user profiles for selling. By offering an extensive free version of Brush Ninja we hope to inspire people to be creative and have fun. Hopefully users will love Brush Ninja enough to pay for a Premium Membership, but this is entirely optional.

Advertising

We use AdMetricsPro to manage our advertising. You can see the AdMetricsPro privacy policy on their website.

You control who sees your content

You own the content (animations and artwork) that you create with Brush Ninja and you have the ability to download your content or use it with a different product. We do not store your content on our servers and have no control over what you create or how you use it. For full usage rights please see our Terms of Service.

What Information We Collect

You don’t have to provide any data to use Brush Ninja. Any data collected will be given freely as detailed below. In these instances the data collected will be required for the specified service to be offered.

While Brush Ninja endeavors to maintain compliance with COPPA, FERPA, and EdLaw 2-d regulations, it’s important to note that third-party entities, such as advertisers, may not follow the same standards. While we strive to safeguard the privacy of our young users, we advise adult supervision and discretion when using our platform.

How We Collect Data

We may collect your data in a few different ways.

Memberships

The paid Memberships system uses two services, Userbase for the Memberships and Stripe for the payments. They both have their own privacy policies which are linked to.

We do not give these services any data beyond the minimum required for them to work. Userbase only stores a username, and optionally an email address, plus the subscription details. Stripe stores the payment information so that the subscription can function.

Contact Forms

The main method for us collecting data is through our contact forms. Here you will supply your name and email address so that we can respond to your messages, the information supplied will not be used for any other purpose. Our contact forms use a third party service called Formspree. The Formspree privacy policy can be read here: https://formspree.io/legal/privacy-policy/.

Newsletter

The newsletter is served by Buttondown you can see the Buttondown privacy policy on their website. We will only use your email address to send you regular email newsletters. To receive the newsletters you must confirm you subscription. There is a link in every newsletter to unsubscribe.

Who We Share Your Data With

Brush Ninja is hosted on third party web servers.

• Firebase - is a hosting and database site. We only use them for serving static html. They do not receive any other data. Firebase is a Google company and so uses the Google Privacy Policies. Firebase Privacy Policy
• Userbase - is a memberships service allowing Brush Ninja to implement a signup and login system. They only store a username, password, and optional email address. All of the data stored in Userbase is encrypted and not visible by anyone. Userbase Privacy Policy
• Stripe - is a payment provider. They collect and manage payment information for registered users with a subscription. Stripe Privacy Policy
• Cloudflare - is a website optimization service that helps us to make our website fast and secure for our visitors. Cloudflare Privacy Policy

The following websites are third party content providers. On some pages we link to or embed their content.

• YouTube - is a video hosting service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Website to add videos to our site. Youtube Privacy Policy
• Other external websites - Our website includes links to other websites, whose privacy practices may be different from ours. If you submit Personal Information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website you visit.

What do we do with your data?

The data we collect from you is used to provide you with help and services. By submitting your information on this website, you agree that we may use your information for the following purposes:

• Give you extra features through our Premium Memberships. You can change your Membership at any time.
• Reply to emails or customer support - If you send us email messages then we will use the information you provide to reply to you.
• Send regular newsletters - We send an email newsletter roughly once a month. You can stop this at any time using the “unsubscribe” link in each email.

How long do we keep hold of your information?

We retain information for the purposes of reporting, and communication. If you ask, we will delete any data of yours that we hold.

How can I access information you hold about me?

The GDPR gives European visitors certain rights over their data. We give everyone around the world these same rights.

We do not directly store any information about individual users however, where possible, we give you the ability to verify and seek rectification of your data, delete data, and export data. Please contact us if you would like to exercise these rights.

Contact

If you wish to ask us about anything in this policy then you can do so on our contact page.

Updates to the Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our data practices or legal requirements. The date of the last update will be indicated below. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

Last Updated: 3rd September 2024