Privacy Policy for Imagening.com

Last Updated: May 15th, 2025

Imagening.com ("Imagening," "we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website Imagening.com (the "Site") and use our image colorization services (collectively, the "Service"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or use the service.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

a. Personal Data:

• When you register for an account, we collect personally identifiable information, such as your email address and password (which is stored in a hashed format).
• When you contact us via email (e.g., [email protected]), we collect your email address and any information you provide in your correspondence.

b. User Content (Images):

• We collect the images you upload for processing through our Service ("User Content"). These images are processed by third-party AI services (Google AI, Replicate.com AI) to provide the colorization service.

c. Usage Data and Analytics:

• We use Google Analytics to collect information about your use of the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, pages viewed, and the referring URL. This information is aggregated and anonymized where possible.

d. Cookies and Tracking Technologies:

• We use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience.
• Specifically, we use cookies for:
  • Session Management: To keep you logged in and maintain your session.
  • Preferences: To remember your settings and preferences (e.g., your choice to save images).
  • Analytics: To help us understand how our Site is being used, through services like Google Analytics.
• You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use our Site, but your ability to use some features or areas of our Site may be limited.

e. Payment Information:

• When you purchase Credits, you will be redirected to our third-party payment processor, Gumroad. We do not directly collect or store your full payment card details. Gumroad handles all payment processing, and their use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policy. We may receive transaction information from Gumroad, such as confirmation of payment.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Provide, operate, and maintain our Service, including processing your uploaded images for colorization.
• Store your images if you have opted-in to this preference.
• Process your transactions for Credits through Gumroad.
• Respond to your comments, questions, and customer service requests, including account deletion requests.
• Improve our Site and Service.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
• Enforce our Terms of Service.
• Comply with legal obligations.

3. How We Share Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

a. Third-Party Service Providers:

• AI Processing: To provide the core colorization service, we share your uploaded images with Google AI and Replicate.com AI. These services process the images to perform the colorization. Their use of data is governed by their respective privacy policies. We recommend you review their policies.
• Analytics: We share usage data with Google Analytics to help us understand how our Site is used. Google's use of this data is governed by its privacy policy.
• Payment Processing: We use Gumroad to process payments for Credits. Your payment information is provided directly to Gumroad and is subject to their privacy policy.
• We may share your information with other third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf (e.g., hosting providers, customer support tools).

b. By Law or to Protect Rights:

• If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

c. Business Transfers:

• We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

d. With Your Consent:

• We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

We do not sell your personal data or User Content.

4. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, for as long as your account is active, or as needed to provide you services. Specifically:

• Account Information: Your email address and hashed password are retained as long as your account is active.
• Uploaded Images & Colorized Results:
  • Unless you have opted to save your images, uploaded images and their colorized versions are generally retained for up to seven (7) days after processing for operational, delivery, and compliance purposes, after which they may be deleted from our active systems.
  • If you have explicitly chosen a user preference to save your images, they will be stored until you change this preference, delete the specific images, or delete your account.
• Other Data: We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Upon account deletion request, we will delete your personal data and user content subject to our backup policies and any overriding legal or operational retention needs.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure (Account Deletion): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data and account by emailing [email protected]. We will process your request subject to any legal or operational retention needs as outlined in Section 5.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

7. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that a child under 18 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information. If you become aware that a child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us at [email protected].

8. Third-Party Websites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website.

9. International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data and User Content, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Imagening.com
Email: [email protected]