PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: 26-01-2026

Contact Email: contact@coloringyes.com

Introduction

Welcome to Coloringyes.com (“we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Service”). We are committed to protecting the privacy of all our users, including children under the age of 13. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your personal data.

Our Service is designed for users of all ages, including children under 13. We comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Google AdSense policies, and other applicable privacy laws.

Information for Parents and Guardians

Important Notice to Parents: Our website is directed to users of all ages, including children under 13. We take children’s privacy very seriously and have implemented special protections as required by COPPA. We encourage parents to supervise their children’s online activities and to help us protect their privacy by instructing them never to provide personal information without parental permission.

Information We Collect

Automatically Collected Information (Usage Data)

When you use our Service, we automatically collect certain technical information:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type and unique device identifiers
  • Mobile device operating system
  • Pages visited on our Service
  • Time and date of visits
  • Time spent on pages
  • General geographic location (city/region level)
  • Referring website addresses
  • Other diagnostic and technical data

This information is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies as described below.

Information You May Provide

For General Users: Our basic coloring service does not require you to create an account or provide personal information.

For Optional Features: If you choose to use certain optional features (such as saving your work, receiving updates, or contacting us), we may collect:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Any information you choose to provide in communications with us

For Children Under 13: We obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under 13, except for the limited information automatically collected to support the internal operations of our Service.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience and understand how our Service is used.

Types of Cookies We Use:

Essential/Necessary Cookies

  • Type: Session Cookies
  • Purpose: Required for the Service to function properly. These help authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use, and enable core features like saving your coloring preferences during a session.

Analytics Cookies

  • Type: Persistent Cookies
  • Purpose: Help us understand how visitors use our Service so we can improve it. These collect information in aggregate form and do not identify individual users.

Functionality Cookies

  • Type: Persistent Cookies
  • Purpose: Remember your choices and preferences (such as language or color settings) to provide a more personalized experience.

Advertising Cookies

  • Type: Persistent Cookies (with restrictions for child-directed content)
  • Purpose: Used to serve advertisements. The type of advertising varies based on whether content is child-directed (see Advertising section below).

Your Cookie Choices:

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

  • View what cookies are stored
  • Delete cookies
  • Block all cookies
  • Block third-party cookies only

Note: If you disable essential cookies, some features of our Service may not work properly.

Learn more about cookies at: https://www.allaboutcookies.org

Advertising and Google AdSense

We display advertisements on our Service using Google AdSense and other third-party advertising networks to help keep our Service free for users.

Child-Directed Content Treatment

For content directed to children under 13, we comply with COPPA by:

  • Tagging all child-directed pages for child-directed treatment (using TFCD parameters)
  • Serving ONLY contextual, non-personalized advertisements
  • Disabling interest-based advertising and remarketing
  • Preventing ad networks from collecting persistent identifiers for personalization
  • Ensuring only age-appropriate ad content is displayed

Important: Contextual ads are based on the content of the page you’re viewing, NOT on tracking your browsing behavior across websites.

General Audience Content

For content directed to general audiences (users 13 and older or mixed audiences), advertising works differently:

Google AdSense and other advertising partners use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites on the Internet. These advertising cookies enable Google and its partners to serve ads based on your browsing history and interests.

How Advertising Works:

  • Ad networks may collect information about your visits to our Service and other websites
  • This information is used to provide interest-based (personalized) advertisements
  • Ads may be more relevant to your interests based on your online activity
  • Ad networks use persistent identifiers like cookies and device IDs

Third-Party Ad Technology: Ad networks may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information. This information is used to serve targeted advertisements and measure ad effectiveness.

Your Advertising Choices

You have control over personalized advertising:

  • Google Ads Settings: Opt out of personalized ads from Google by visiting https://www.google.com/settings/ads
  • Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): Opt out of interest-based advertising from NAI member companies at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
  • Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): Opt out via the DAA at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
  • Your mobile device settings: Most mobile devices have settings to limit ad tracking

Important Notes:

  • Opting out of personalized advertising does not mean you’ll see fewer ads
  • You will still see advertisements, but they will be less relevant to your interests
  • Opting out applies only to the specific browser or device you’re using
  • You may need to opt out separately on each device and browser

For more information about how Google uses data when you use our Service, visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

How We Use Your Information

We use collected information for the following purposes:

  • Provide and maintain our Service: Operate and deliver our coloring features and functionality
  • Improve our Service: Analyze usage patterns to enhance user experience and develop new features
  • Customer support: Respond to your questions, requests, and provide assistance
  • Security: Protect against fraud, abuse, and security threats
  • Legal compliance: Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms
  • Communications: Send service-related announcements and updates (with your consent where required)
  • Analytics: Understand how users interact with our Service
  • Advertising: Serve contextual or personalized ads as appropriate (see Advertising section)

For Children Under 13: We use information collected from children only to provide our Service and support its internal operations. We do not use children’s information for targeted advertising or to build user profiles.

How We Share Your Information

We may share information in the following circumstances:

With Service Providers: We work with third-party companies that help us operate our Service, including:

  • Hosting and infrastructure providers
  • Analytics services (configured for COPPA compliance when serving children)
  • Advertising networks (with appropriate restrictions for child-directed content)
  • Security and fraud prevention services
  • Customer support tools

These providers are contractually required to protect your information and use it only for specified purposes.

For Legal Reasons: We may disclose information if required by law or in response to:

  • Legal processes (subpoenas, court orders)
  • Government or law enforcement requests
  • Protection of our rights, property, or safety
  • Prevention of fraud or security threats
  • Emergency situations involving public safety

Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

With Your Consent: We may share information for other purposes with your explicit consent.

Aggregate Information: We may share anonymized, aggregated information that does not identify individual users.

Parental Rights Under COPPA

Parents and legal guardians of children under 13 have the following rights:

Right to Review: Request to review personal information collected from your child

Right to Delete: Request deletion of your child’s personal information

Right to Refuse: Refuse to allow further collection or use of your child’s information

Right to Consent: We will obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13 (except for limited automatically collected information to support our Service’s internal operations)

To Exercise These Rights: Contact us at contact@coloringyes.com with “Parental Rights Request” in the subject line. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe and may require verification of your identity as the parent/guardian.

Data Retention

Personal Information: We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

Usage Data: Automatically collected technical data is typically:

  • Retained for up to 26 months for analytics purposes
  • Aggregated and anonymized after 30 days where possible
  • Retained longer only when required for security or legal compliance

Children’s Information: Information collected from children under 13 is retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected or as required by law.

Deletion Requests: When you request deletion of information, we will delete it within 30 days unless we are required to retain it for legal reasons.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your information:

  • SSL/TLS encryption for data in transit
  • Secure hosting infrastructure with access controls
  • Regular security assessments and updates
  • Limited employee access to personal data
  • Secure backup systems
  • Incident response procedures

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information:

General Rights:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you
  • Correct inaccurate or incomplete information
  • Request deletion of your information
  • Object to certain processing activities
  • Withdraw consent where we rely on it

State-Specific Rights (US):

  • California (CCPA/CPRA): Right to know, delete, opt-out of sale, and non-discrimination
  • Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah: Similar rights to access, delete, and opt-out

International Rights:

  • GDPR (Europe): Rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, and objection

To Exercise Your Rights: Contact us at contact@coloringyes.com. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law (typically 30-45 days).

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your country of residence, including the United States, where our servers and service providers are located.

These countries may have different data protection laws than your jurisdiction. When we transfer information internationally, we:

  • Ensure appropriate safeguards are in place
  • Comply with applicable legal requirements for international transfers
  • Require service providers to protect information according to our standards

By using our Service, you consent to the transfer of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Links

Our Service may contain links to third-party websites, services, or applications not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party sites.

We strongly encourage parents to:

  • Review the privacy policies of websites their children visit
  • Monitor their children’s online activities
  • Use parental control tools

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites.

Children’s Privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children under 13 in compliance with COPPA.

What We Collect from Children:

  • Limited technical information automatically collected (IP addresses, browser type, device information)
  • Only the minimum information necessary to support our Service’s internal operations
  • No personal information without verifiable parental consent

What We Don’t Do:

  • We do not condition a child’s participation in activities on providing more information than is reasonably necessary
  • We do not sell or rent children’s information
  • We do not use children’s information for targeted advertising
  • We do not enable children to make their personal information publicly available

Age Verification: When we become aware that a user is under 13 and personal information has been collected without parental consent, we take immediate steps to delete that information.

Parental Involvement: Parents can contact us at any time regarding our privacy practices related to children.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect:

  • Changes in our practices
  • New legal requirements
  • Service improvements
  • User feedback

When we make changes:

  • We will update the “Last Updated” date at the top
  • We will post the new Privacy Policy on this page
  • For material changes, we will provide prominent notice on our website
  • For material changes affecting children’s privacy, we will notify parents and may require new parental consent

Your Continued Use: Continued use of our Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about how we protect your information.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:

Email: contact@coloringyes.com

Subject Line Suggestions:

  • “Privacy Policy Question”
  • “Parental Rights Request” (for COPPA-related inquiries)
  • “Data Deletion Request”
  • “Privacy Rights Request”

Response Time: We will respond to all inquiries within 30 days, or sooner as required by applicable law.


Acknowledgment

By using Coloringyes.com, you acknowledge that:

  • You have read and understood this Privacy Policy
  • You consent to the collection, use, and sharing of information as described
  • If you are a parent/guardian, you consent to the practices described herein for your child’s use of our Service
  • You understand your rights and how to exercise them

Thank you for trusting us with your privacy. We are committed to protecting your information and providing a safe, enjoyable coloring experience for users of all ages.