This notice describes how Puddle Sketch collects and uses data about you.
Puddle Sketch is owned by Spinners Inc., based in Tokyo - Japan. (referred to as "I", "Me", "Our" or "We"). As a customer of this service you're a "User" or "You" according to this policy. The applications or any services offered by us will be referred to as "Puddle", "Puddle Sketch", "App", "Website" or "Service".
Puddle Sketch collects data about you:
When researching potential customers, we sometimes search the public World Wide Web or paid business databases. Otherwise, we don't buy or receive data about you from data brokers or other private services.
When you add papers, sketchbooks on the Puddle Sketch app, Puddle Sketch stores them in your local devices and the Puddle Sketch servers. The data is associated with your account or device id. The Puddle Sketch server uses the data to provide restore feature by auto backup. You can disable this functionality from Preferences with SignIn.
Basically, the sketch data is not used for any purpose other than the backup function.
If we are inquired about sketch data from users, we may view the content with their permissions.
When you use the Puddle Sketch apps or the Puddle Sketch website, we log data that might be identified to you:
Puddle Sketch uses this data to:
Puddle Sketch usually deletes log entries with identifiable information within a few weeks, but may preserve logs longer, as needed in specific cases, like investigations of specific incidents.
When you visit puddle-sketch.com and other Puddle Sketch websites, Puddle Sketch uses cookies, server logs, and other methods to collect data about what pages you visit, and when. Puddle Sketch also collects technical information about the software and computer you use, such as:
Puddle Sketch uses data about how you use the website to:
Puddle Sketch usually deletes website log entries with identifiable information within a few weeks, but keeps entries for visitors with apple id accounts longer. Puddle Sketch reviews log entries for those users twice a year, and deletes entries when they're no longer needed.
Puddle Sketch may preserve log entries for all kinds of visitors longer, as needed in specific cases, like investigation of specific incidents. Puddle Sketch stores aggregate statistics indefinitely, but those statistics don't include data identifiable to you personally.
Basically Puddle Sketch services does not require an user account. But when you use Cloud Backup feature, require an Apple id account. Puddle Sketch uses this data to provide you access to features and identify you across Puddle Sketch service, publicly and within Puddle Sketch.
You do not have to give your personal or legal name to sign in Puddle Sketch. You can use a pseudonym instead.
Puddle Sketch uses your email to:
Puddle Sketch stores account data as long as the account stays open.
Puddle Sketch collects data about you when you send Puddle Sketch support requests, legal complaints, privacy inquiries, and business inquiries. Those data usually include your name and email address, and may include your company or other affiliation.
Puddle Sketch uses contact data to:
Puddle Sketch stores correspondence as long as it may be useful for these purposes.
Puddle Sketch stores account data, paper data, data about website use on servers in the United States of America. We sometimes retrieve those data to my personal computers in Japan. We use the data to develop, debug and maintain the service. The data is erased from our computers when no longer needed.
Puddle Sketch respects privacy rights under Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Information that GDPR requires Puddle Sketch to give can be found throughout these privacy questions and answers. So can information about specific rights, like access, rectification, erasure, data portability, and objection to automated decision-making.
GDPR does not apply to everyone worldwide. But Puddle Sketch's policy is to do its best to offer all users the same privacy information, control, and protections, whether GDPR applies to them or not.
You can access your account data at any time by visiting your apple account page.
You can access your paper data from the client apps.
You can export all your paper data from the client apps.
You can change your account data and payment card data at any time by apple account page.
If you have questions or problems using the website to change or delete data about you, email contact@spinners.work.
Puddle Sketch shares account data with others as mentioned in the section about account data.
Puddle Sketch does not sell information about you to others. However, Puddle Sketch uses services provided by other companies to provide Puddle Sketch service. Some of those services may collect data about you independently, for their own purposes. All of the companies are based in the United States.
Some of these services may be used to collect information about your online activities across different websites.
Puddle Sketch's website uses Google Analytics to collect and analyze data about visitors to its websites. You can read the privacy policy for Google Analytics online. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing a free browser extension.
And you can also opt out of Google Analytics on Puddle Sketch App (Settings -> Analytics -> Google Analytics).
Puddle Sketch uses Amazon Web Services servers and services, in service regions all across the world, to power the Puddle Sketch services. You can read the privacy policy for AWS online.
Puddle Sketch uses Heroku servers and services, in service region in the United States of America, to power the Puddle Sketch services. You can read the privacy policy for Heroku online.
Puddle Sketch uses Mixpanel to collect and analyze data about visitors to its websites and how you use our apps. You can read the privacy policy for Mixpanel online. You can opt out of Mixpanel by visiting this page: www.mixpanel.com/optout.
And you can also opt out of Google Analytics on Puddle Sketch App (Settings -> Analytics -> Google Analytics).
No. Puddle Sketch does not use your data for personalization or retargeting purposes.
You can send questions or complaints to:
Spinners Inc.
contact@spinners.work
Puddle Sketch will announce the next version on app store. In the meantime, Puddle Sketch may update its contact information and minor changes by updating the page at Privacy Policy, without an announcement. Puddle Sketch may change how it announces changes in future privacy versions.