Privacy Policy

Image processing happens in your browser

When you choose an image, cropping, colour matching, pattern generation, bead editing, mirroring, and exports happen locally in your web browser. Your source image is not uploaded to a BeadDraw server. An unsaved image remains in browser memory and is discarded when the page is closed or replaced.

Projects you save locally

Saving is optional. Choosing Save project stores the project in your browser’s IndexedDB storage. This may include the source image, project name, board and crop settings, conversion settings, logical bead pattern, manual edits, selected colours, and build progress.

This information remains in storage controlled by your browser on that device. It is not synchronized to an account or cloud service.

Preferences and offline files

Your selected “Colours I own” preference is stored locally. The Progressive Web App service worker may cache application files such as HTML, JavaScript, styles, and icons for reliable or offline loading. It does not place project images in the application asset cache.

Privacy-friendly analytics

BeadDraw uses Plausible Analytics to understand aggregate usage and improve the application. Plausible does not use cookies or create profiles that follow you across websites.

For standard pageviews, Plausible may process the page URL, referring website, browser, operating system, device type, and approximate location derived from the IP address. The IP address and browser information produce a rotating daily visitor identifier; the raw IP address is not stored.

Analytics events do not include source images, bead patterns, project names, saved-project contents, palette selections, inventory, or exported files. We currently collect standard pageview information only. We do not use advertising trackers or sell project information.

Hosting and standard server logs

The hosting provider may process standard technical information such as an IP address, browser type, requested file, timestamp, and security logs when delivering application files. These requests do not contain the source images or patterns created in the app.

Exports and your controls

PNG and PDF exports are generated and downloaded in your browser. You can delete individual projects from the project library or remove all BeadDraw data through your browser’s site-data settings. Clearing browser data, using private browsing, or uninstalling the PWA may permanently remove locally saved projects.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy if BeadDraw’s features or data practices change. The date above identifies the current version. The policy will be updated before introducing accounts, cloud storage, advertising, or other server-side features.