Privacy
This Privacy Policy explains what information Color Picker collects when you visit color-picker.org, how that information is used, and the choices you have. Everything below applies across the site, from the tool to the help articles.
About us and this policy
The website color-picker.org is operated under the name Color Picker and offers a free color picker. The site's operator is responsible for the processing described here and can be reached at [email protected]. Under European data protection law, the operator is the controller of the limited data described below.
The data involved
Color Picker has no registration, no logins and no paid plans, so there is no account data to collect. Whatever you enter into the color picker is handled by your browser itself; it is not transmitted to us or stored on our server. Below we list the technical data that is collected through server logs, analytics and advertising, and why.
What the tool keeps locally
Remembered inputs
Some of what you enter, such as recent values or saved items, is kept in local storage, a small storage area inside your browser. It lives only in the browser you used and is never uploaded to us. Clearing cookies and site data for color-picker.org removes it completely.
Local files
Opening a file in the color picker does not upload it anywhere: the browser reads it on your device. We do not receive the file or any part of it.
About cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data that a site, or a service used by the site, stores in your browser, and similar technologies include pixels and local storage. Color Picker does not set cookies of its own for the color picker to work; the cookies you may see come from the analytics and advertising services described below. Blocking cookies in your browser will not break the tool, though ads may be less relevant to you.
Visitor statistics
Two analytics tools run on the site: Yandex Metrica, provided by Yandex, and Microsoft Clarity, provided by Microsoft. The data they gather includes pages viewed, visit length, referrer, browser and device details and a coarse location derived from your IP address.
We also use their session replay and heatmap features, which show clicks, scrolling and pointer movement, to see which parts of the color picker are hard to use. They set their own cookies, and Yandex and Microsoft handle the data under their own privacy statements. We review the reports to improve pages and do not try to work out who individual visitors are.
Technical logs
Standard web server logs are kept for color-picker.org. Each log line records the IP address, browser user agent, time and requested page. We use them to keep the site secure, diagnose errors and produce basic traffic statistics.
Advertising
The site is funded by advertising, which keeps the color picker free. The ads are supplied by third-party ad networks, which may set cookies and use device data, such as your IP address and browser details, to choose ads and measure how they perform.
Where allowed, ads may be personalised using information about your visits to this and other websites. The networks act under their own privacy policies, and we do not pass them your tool inputs. To limit ad personalisation, block third-party cookies in your browser or use the opt-out tools at optout.aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.eu.
Our legal bases
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we rely on the following legal bases:
- Consent where the law requires it for analytics and advertising technologies.
- Legitimate interests for server logs, security and general usage statistics, where your rights do not override them.
- Necessity: keeping your entries in local storage is part of the feature you choose to use.
- Handling your messages: when you email us, we use your message to answer it.
Keeping data
Information is kept only while it serves its purpose; server logs are rotated out after a limited period unless they are needed to investigate misuse. Local storage keeps your entries until you clear the site's data. Messages you send are kept only as long as the conversation requires. Third-party services keep the data they collect for the periods set out in their own policies.
Where data is processed
Data collected through color-picker.org may be processed by service providers located in other countries. The level of legal protection there may differ from that of your home country.
Your rights
If European or UK data protection law applies to you, you may access, rectify and erase your data, restrict or object to processing, and receive it in a portable form. Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time. Because we hold very little data and no accounts, we may need details such as your IP address and the approximate time of your visit to find anything relating to you. If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the supervisory authority in your country. Write to [email protected] to make a request.
If you live in California
Under California law (the CCPA as amended by the CPRA), you may request to know and to delete or correct personal information about you, and you may opt out of its sale or sharing. We do not sell personal information in the ordinary sense: we never hand over visitor data for money. That said, ad cookies used for personalised ads may be treated as “sharing” under California law.
You can opt out by turning on the Global Privacy Control signal in your browser, blocking third-party cookies, or contacting us. We will not treat you differently for exercising these rights.
Keeping data safe
Connections to color-picker.org use HTTPS encryption. Only those who run the site can access the server and its logs. No website can promise absolute security, though local processing keeps your inputs off our server.
Children
The site is meant for a general audience and is not aimed at children under 13 (under 16 in the EEA and UK). We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, for example by email, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes
We update this page when our practices change, for example when we add or remove a service. Whatever appears here is the policy that applies.
Contact us
If you have a question about this policy or want to make a privacy request, email [email protected]. We answer privacy requests within the time limits that apply under data protection law.