At coding.kitty, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services. Please read this privacy policy carefully.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information that you provide directly to us when using our services:
- Video Topic Suggestions: When you submit a video topic suggestion, we collect the title, description, and optional Instagram handle you provide
- Voting Data: We track upvotes and downvotes on video topics to prioritize content creation
- Cat Pinboard Uploads: When you upload a cat photo, we collect the image file, cat name, and position data
- Usage Data: With your consent, we collect information about how you interact with our website through Google Analytics, including pages visited, features used, and interaction patterns
- Contact Information: When you submit the contact form, we collect your name, email address, subject, and message
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our services and educational content
- Process and prioritize video topic suggestions based on community voting
- Display cat photos on the public pinboard feature
- Validate uploaded images using AI to ensure they contain cats
- Communicate with you about suggestions and content updates
- Monitor and analyze usage patterns to improve user experience (with your consent via Google Analytics)
- Understand which features and content are most valuable to our community
- Integrate with project management tools (Jira) to track content creation
- Prevent spam and abuse through bot protection (Cloudflare Turnstile)
3. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services to operate our platform:
- Google Analytics: For analyzing website traffic and user behavior (only with your consent, IP anonymization enabled)
- AWS S3: For storing uploaded cat images securely in the cloud
- Azure Computer Vision: For AI-powered validation of uploaded images to ensure they contain cats
- Cloudflare Turnstile: For bot protection and spam prevention on forms and interactive features
- Discord: For community notifications and displaying server member counts
- Instagram: For displaying follower statistics on our website
- TikTok: For displaying follower statistics on our website
- Jira: For internal project management and tracking video topic suggestions
These services have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them.
4. Data Storage and Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information:
- All data is stored in secure databases with access controls
- Uploaded images are stored on AWS S3 with appropriate security configurations
- We use HTTPS encryption to protect data transmitted between your browser and our servers
- Access to user data is restricted to authorized personnel only
However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
5. Public Information
Please be aware that certain information you provide is publicly visible:
- Video topic suggestions and their vote counts are publicly displayed
- Cat photos uploaded to the pinboard are publicly visible to all website visitors
- Cat names associated with pinboard photos are publicly displayed
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us remember your preferences and understand how you use our site.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics collects information such as:
- Pages you visit and time spent on each page
- How you arrived at our website (referral source)
- Your general location (country/city level)
- Device and browser information
- Interactions with features (button clicks, video views, votes)
Important: Google Analytics only activates after you accept cookies through our cookie consent banner. We have configured Google Analytics with:
- IP anonymization to protect your privacy
- No personally identifiable information (PII) collection
- Consent-based activation
You can opt out of Google Analytics by declining cookies in our consent banner or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. You can also control cookie settings through your browser preferences.
7. Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
- The right to access the personal information we hold about you
- The right to request correction of inaccurate information
- The right to request deletion of your information (subject to legal obligations)
- The right to object to or restrict certain processing of your data
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.
9. Data Retention
We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy. Video suggestions, votes, and cat pinboard photos are retained indefinitely unless you request deletion. We may also retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.
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. We encourage you to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at contact@thecodingkitty.com