Privacy Policy

Welcome to StitchBitz (www.stitchbitz.com). We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our web-based cross-stitch pattern generation tools.

1. Information We Collect

We only collect information that is necessary to provide you with the best possible experience on our platform.

• User-Uploaded Photos and Images: When you use our tool to convert a photo or image into a cross-stitch design, the file is processed in your browser to generate your pattern. We do not permanently store, sell, or publicly share your uploaded photos or images without your explicit consent.
• Usage Data & Analytics: If you opt in to analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics 4 to understand how people use StitchBitz. Analytics events may include pattern workflow actions such as uploads, blank canvas starts, generation attempts, landing-page interactions, browse filters and searches, stash interactions, downloads, and transformation video milestones. We do not send uploaded photos, images, or generated pattern files to Google Analytics.
• Cookies and Local Storage: We use necessary browser storage for your theme and cookie choices. Optional analytics and marketing storage is disabled by default and can be changed through the cookie banner or the Cookie settings link in the footer.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected data for the following purposes:

• To operate, maintain, and improve the StitchBitz pattern generator utility.
• To understand user engagement patterns and fix technical issues or bugs.
• To optimize our programmatic content and ensure our landing pages remain helpful and relevant to visitors.
• To prepare consent-aware monetisation features, such as advertising or affiliate links, only where your choices and applicable law allow them.

3. Third-Party Services & Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we do utilize trusted third-party service providers to help run our website:

• Hosting & Infrastructure: Our website is hosted using modern cloud infrastructure (such as Vercel), which may log standard server requests.
• Analytics: If you consent, we use Google Analytics 4 with measurement ID G-N7JP2LGY61 to monitor traffic and user engagement.
• Advertising: We may add Google AdSense in the future. Where required, advertising tags will be controlled by marketing consent and by a Google-certified consent management platform for regions such as the EEA, UK, and Switzerland.
• Affiliate Links: We may add Amazon affiliate links in the future. If we do, affiliate links will be clearly disclosed near the relevant links and the site will include the required Amazon Associates disclosure.

4. Data Security

We implement commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

5. Children's Privacy

StitchBitz is intended for general audiences and does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately so we can remove it.

6. International Visitors

StitchBitz is accessible globally. If you are visiting from the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK, or regions with specific data protection laws (like Australia's Privacy Act), please note that third-party providers may process data in countries where their services operate. Where consent is required for optional cookies, analytics, advertising, or similar technologies, we ask for that consent before enabling them.

7. Cookie Choices

You can accept all optional storage, reject optional storage, or choose analytics and marketing separately. You can reopen Cookie settings from the footer at any time. If you withdraw analytics consent, future analytics events stop and StitchBitz attempts to clear existing Google Analytics cookies for this site.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for regulatory reasons. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our official repository or channel at:

• Email: hello@stitchbitz.com