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Sketchal — Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 20, 2026

Sketchal (“we”, “our”, “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.

1. Information We Collect

Account Information

When you create an account, we may collect:

  • Email address
  • Username
  • Display name
  • Password hashes and authentication credentials
  • Account preferences
  • Language and profile settings

Profile Information

Depending on your settings, we may collect and display:

  • Avatar/profile images
  • Biography text
  • Profile tags and customization
  • Practice statistics

Practice and Learning Data

We collect activity and learning information including:

  • Practice sessions and duration
  • Exercise progress
  • Quiz results and scores
  • Learning topic progress
  • User interaction events
  • Session timestamps

Uploaded Media

When you upload images or artwork, we may collect:

  • Uploaded image files
  • File metadata
  • MIME type and file size
  • Storage identifiers
  • AI moderation results
  • Security scan results
  • Processing and cleanup metadata

Uploaded content may be processed for moderation, abuse prevention, optimization, and storage handling.

Social and Community Data

If you use public features, we may collect:

  • Posts and captions
  • Reactions and tags
  • Follows and blocks
  • Reports and moderation actions
  • Notifications and interactions

Device and Technical Information

We may automatically collect:

  • IP address
  • Device information
  • User agent information
  • Authentication session data
  • Security and audit logs
  • Crash and operational logs

Billing Information

If paid features are introduced or used, payment providers may collect:

  • Billing customer identifiers
  • Payment method details
  • Transaction and invoice records
  • Subscription status

Sketchal does not store full payment card numbers directly.

2. How We Use Information

We use collected information to:

  • Operate the platform
  • Authenticate users
  • Track learning progress
  • Display user profiles and posts
  • Moderate content
  • Detect spam, fraud, abuse, or security threats
  • Improve platform performance
  • Process payments and subscriptions
  • Provide customer support
  • Enforce our Terms and policies
  • Comply with legal obligations

3. AI and Automated Processing

Sketchal uses automated systems and AI tools for:

  • Content moderation
  • Image validation
  • Abuse detection
  • Spam prevention
  • Safety enforcement
  • Platform analytics

Uploaded content and metadata may be processed by third-party AI providers solely for these purposes.

Automated systems may influence moderation outcomes, but they are not guaranteed to be accurate.

4. Visibility of Content

Private Profiles

If your account is private:

  • Your posts will not appear in public feeds
  • Social posting functionality may be disabled
  • Your profile visibility is restricted

Public Profiles

If your account is public:

  • Your posts, profile information, and artwork may be visible to other users
  • Content may appear in feeds or discovery systems

You control whether your account is public or private through your settings.

5. Data Retention

We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary for:

  • Platform functionality
  • Security and fraud prevention
  • Legal compliance
  • Dispute resolution
  • Backup and recovery systems

Deleted accounts may remain in soft-deleted form for a period of time before permanent removal.

Certain logs and moderation records may be retained longer for security or legal purposes.

6. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect user data, including:

  • Authentication safeguards
  • Session management
  • Rate limiting
  • Audit logging
  • Security monitoring
  • MFA/passkey support where enabled

However, no system is completely secure.

7. Sharing of Information

We may share information with:

  • Hosting and infrastructure providers
  • AI moderation providers
  • Payment processors
  • Security and fraud prevention services
  • Legal authorities where required

We do not sell personal information to advertisers.

8. International Processing

Your information may be processed or stored outside Australia depending on the infrastructure and providers used.

By using Sketchal, you consent to such transfers where legally permitted.

9. Your Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to:

  • Access your data
  • Correct inaccurate information
  • Request deletion
  • Withdraw consent where applicable
  • Object to certain processing activities

Requests may be subject to verification and legal limitations.

10. Children’s Privacy

Sketchal is not specifically directed toward children.

Parents or guardians who believe a child has provided personal information may contact us to request review or deletion where applicable.

11. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Sketchal may use cookies, tokens, or similar technologies for:

  • Authentication
  • Security
  • Preferences
  • Session continuity
  • Analytics and performance

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Continued use of Sketchal after updates become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

13. Contact

Operator: Sketchal Country of Operation: Australia

Additional contact details may be added later.