Privacy Policy

1. What We Collect

colourtree.club ("we", "us") collects the following information when you register and use the platform:

• Email address (required)
• Name (required)
• Phone number (optional)
• City and state (optional)
• Voting activity (which designs you vote on)
• Cookie consent choice

We collect only what is necessary to provide you with a membership account and let you participate in design voting.

2. How We Use It

Your data is used for:

• Account creation and management
• Enabling your participation in design voting
• Sending you updates about votes, drops, and your membership (you can unsubscribe at any time)
• Password reset and account security
• Anonymous analytics to improve the platform (only with your consent)

We do not use your data for targeted advertising. We do not build advertising profiles. We do not share your data with advertisers.

3. Cookies

We use the following:

• Cloudflare Web Analytics - privacy-first analytics that requires no cookies and no consent. Collects no personal data.
• Google Analytics 4 - only loaded if you consent. Used to understand which pages and content resonate with our audience.
• Microsoft Clarity - only loaded if you consent. Heatmaps and session replays to improve the user experience.

GA4 and Clarity are behind a consent gate. If you reject cookies, they are never loaded. You can change your preference at any time.

Manage Cookie Preferences

4. Third Parties

We share data only with the services required to operate the platform:

• Supabase - authentication and database hosting
• Cloudflare - website hosting, CDN, and privacy-first analytics
• Google Analytics - analytics (behind consent)
• Microsoft Clarity - user experience analytics (behind consent)

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to any third party. We do not share data with social media platforms or advertising networks.

5. Your Rights (DPDPA 2023)

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you have the right to:

• Access - Request a copy of the data we hold about you
• Correction - Request corrections to inaccurate data
• Deletion - Request deletion of your account and all associated data. We process deletion requests within 72 hours.
• Portability - Request your data in a machine-readable format

Data is retained until you delete your account, or after 3 years of inactivity. After deletion, data is permanently removed from our systems within 30 days.

6. Contact

For any data-related inquiries, corrections, or deletion requests:

Email: support@colourtree.club

Or visit our Contact page.

Data Fiduciary: colourtree.club, Chennai, India.