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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-06-07

This privacy policy explains what data PrintablesWorld collects, what we do with it, and the rights you have over it. We aim to keep this page short and in plain English. If anything is unclear please get in touch at contact@brightscalelabs.com.

1. Who we are

PrintablesWorld is operated by Brightscale Labs. The data controller for the purposes of the UK GDPR is Brightscale Labs, contactable at contact@brightscalelabs.com.

2. What data we collect

PrintablesWorld is a static website that generates printable PDFs in your browser. We are deliberately light on data collection.

• Technical request data. When you visit a page, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) automatically receives your IP address, browser user-agent, the page you requested and a timestamp. This is standard web-server logging and is used only to keep the site online and protect it from abuse.
• Rate-limit counter. To stop automated scrapers downloading thousands of PDFs, we count how many times each IP address requests a download permit during a single UTC day. The count is stored in Cloudflare KV keyed by a SHA-256 hash of the IP address (not the raw IP) and auto-deletes after 25 hours.
• Turnstile verification. Each download triggers Cloudflare Turnstile (a privacy-focused CAPTCHA alternative). Turnstile inspects non-personal signals from your browser to decide whether you are human. It does not track you across sites and does not set persistent advertising cookies.
• Local preferences. If you pin tools in the sidebar, toggle dark mode, or adjust the dashboard font size, those choices are saved to your browser's localStorage. They stay on your device and are never sent to our servers.
• Cloud-saved worksheets (optional). In the worksheet editor you can choose Save to cloud. Only then is your worksheet uploaded and stored in Cloudflare KV under a random 10-character code so you can reopen it on another device or share it. Anyone who has the code can open the worksheet, so don't put private information in one you share. We store only the worksheet content you built — no name, email or account is required. A private edit key is kept in your browser's localStorage so that only your device can overwrite or delete that copy. Each worksheet is automatically deleted 30 days after it is last opened or saved, and you can delete it yourself at any time from the same dialog. If you never press Save to cloud, nothing about your worksheet leaves your browser.

3. What we do not collect

• No account system — we do not ask for your name, email or password.
• No Google Analytics and no Facebook / Meta tracking pixel.
• We never sell your personal data.
• No logging of the content you type into a tool (names on certificates, recipe ingredients, spelling lists — it all stays in your browser and goes straight into the PDF).
• No logging of the PDFs you generate.

4. Cookies

Aside from the strictly-necessary cookies described at the end of this section, the optional cookies on PrintablesWorld come from Google AdSense (which keeps the site free) and Microsoft Clarity.

Google AdSense. We show ads served by Google AdSense. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (including the DoubleClick / Google ad cookies) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites, and may collect information such as your IP address and device/usage data. If you are in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, Google shows a consent message and only personalises ads with your consent; you can also opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendors at aboutads.info/choices. How Google uses data when you use our site is described at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Microsoft Clarity which loads only if you accept in the cookie banner. If you accept, Clarity records aggregated heatmaps and anonymised session replays to help us improve the printables, and sets two cookies: _clck (about a year) and _clsk (session). Text you type into a tool is masked before anything is sent, so the values you enter are not captured. You can withdraw consent by clearing site data, after which the banner reappears. See Microsoft's Privacy Statement.

Separately, Cloudflare may set a small number of strictly-necessary cookies for bot protection and performance (for example __cf_bm); these cannot be disabled without breaking basic site functionality. Your accept/reject choice is stored in your browser's localStorage (not a cookie) so the banner does not reappear on every visit.

5. Third parties

• Google AdSense serves the ads that keep the site free, and may set advertising cookies and process your IP and device data as described above. Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.
• Cloudflare hosts the site, provides the CDN, SSL, DDoS protection and the Turnstile verification service. Cloudflare's privacy policy: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
• Microsoft provides Clarity (heatmaps and session replay), loaded only after you consent via the cookie banner. Microsoft's privacy statement: privacy.microsoft.com.
• GitHub hosts our source code. Visiting this website does not send any data to GitHub.

6. How long we keep data

• Web-server logs (at Cloudflare): retained per Cloudflare's standard policy, typically a few days.
• Rate-limit counters (hashed IP): automatically deleted after 25 hours.
• Cloud-saved worksheets (only if you chose "Save to cloud"): deleted automatically 30 days after they are last opened or saved, or immediately when you delete them.
• LocalStorage preferences on your device: kept until you clear your browser storage.

7. Your rights

Under the UK GDPR you have the right to access, correct, erase or restrict processing of personal data we hold about you, to object to processing, and to data portability. Because we don't run an account system, the only personal data we typically hold is transient server-log IP addresses. To exercise any of these rights, email contact@brightscalelabs.com with the subject "Privacy request".

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk) if you are unhappy with how we handle your data.

8. Children

Many of our tools are aimed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. The site can be used without entering any personal data.

9. Changes to this policy

We will update this page when our practices change. The "Last updated" date at the top always reflects the most recent revision.

10. Contact

For any privacy-related question, email contact@brightscalelabs.com.