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Cookie Policy
This page explains what we store in your browser while you use FindColor.space, why we store it, how long it stays there, and how you can remove it. It complements our Privacy Policy, which describes how we handle personal data in general.
The short version
- We use no advertising cookies, no tracking pixels and no third-party analytics.
- Everything we store is strictly necessary: it keeps you logged in and stops your work from being lost.
- Most of it is not even a cookie — it is local storage that stays on your device and is never sent to us automatically.
- Nothing we store is used to profile you or to follow you across other websites.
- You can clear all of it at any time from your browser, or simply by logging out.
1. Cookies, local storage and similar technologies
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to save. It is attached to every subsequent request to that website, so the site can recognise your browser.
Local storage (also called localStorage) works differently:
the data is kept on your own device and is only read by the scripts running on the page.
It is not automatically transmitted with every request the way a cookie is.
FindColor relies almost entirely on local storage rather than cookies. Throughout this page we use “cookies” as a convenient umbrella term for both, as the law generally does.
2. The categories we use — and the ones we don’t
Cookies are usually grouped into four categories. Here is where we stand on each:
- Strictly necessary — yes. Without these the site cannot do what you asked it to do: log you in, keep you logged in, and protect the site from automated abuse.
- Functional / preferences — minimal. We store a couple of items so that your work is not lost between page loads, for example a palette you pressed Save on before logging in.
- Analytics / statistics — none. We do not run any analytics product. We do not measure your visits, sessions, scroll depth or clicks.
- Advertising / profiling — none. We do not run ads, we do not embed tracking pixels or social plugins, and we do not share data with advertising networks.
3. What exactly is stored
The table below lists everything FindColor puts in your browser. All of it is either strictly necessary or functional.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Login session token | Local storage | Keeps you signed in, so you do not have to type your password on every page. Only created after you log in. | Until you log out or clear your browser storage |
findcolor_pending_palette |
Local storage | Holds a palette you pressed “Save” on while logged out, so it can be saved for you immediately after you log in. | Removed as soon as the palette is saved |
findcolor_saved_palettes |
Local storage | A local copy of your saved palettes, so the list appears instantly instead of waiting for the network. | Until you log out or clear your browser storage |
findcolor_last_history_snapshot |
Local storage | Remembers the last palette written to your history, so the same generation is not recorded twice in a row. | Until you log out or clear your browser storage |
fc_recovery_pending |
Local storage | Security flag set while a password reset is in progress. It ensures a reset link can only be used to set a new password and not to browse the site as you. | Removed when the reset finishes or is abandoned |
| Security / anti-bot cookie | Cookie | Set by the security layer that sits in front of our servers to tell real visitors from automated traffic and to protect the site from attacks. It contains no personal profile. | Short-lived, typically less than 24 hours |
None of these are used for marketing, and none of them are shared with third parties for their own purposes.
4. Third-party content
A small number of technical resources needed to run the site are loaded from a content delivery network rather than from our own server. This is a standard practice that makes pages load faster. Such a request makes your IP address and browser type visible to the network delivering the file — as with any file you load from the internet — but it sets no tracking cookie for us and creates no profile of you.
We do not embed advertising frames, social network buttons, comment widgets, session recorders or heatmap tools.
5. Images and moodboards
When you extract a palette from a photo or build a moodboard, your images are read and processed by your own browser. They are never uploaded to us and never written to long-term storage on your device by us — they exist only in the page’s memory and are released as soon as you close or reload it.
6. Why you do not see a cookie banner
Under EU and UK rules, consent is required for cookies that are not strictly necessary — typically analytics, advertising and profiling. Since we use none of those, and the items listed above are either required for a service you explicitly asked for or set for security reasons, there is nothing for you to consent to. If we ever introduce anything beyond that, we will ask for your permission first and update this page.
7. How to control or delete this data
- Log out. The quickest way — logging out ends your session and clears the items tied to your account.
- Clear site data in your browser. Every modern browser lets you remove cookies and local storage for a single site, usually under Settings → Privacy, or by clicking the icon to the left of the address bar and choosing to clear site data.
- Use private / incognito mode. Everything is discarded when you close the window.
- Block storage entirely. Browsers allow you to refuse cookies and site data, either globally or per site.
8. What happens if you block it
The palette generator, the palette-from-image tool and the moodboard will keep working normally — they do not need an account. However, logging in will not be possible, because the session cannot be kept anywhere, and saved palettes will therefore be unavailable.
9. Changes to this policy
If we add, remove or change what we store, we will update this page and the date at the top. Where a change requires your consent, we will ask for it before it takes effect.
10. Contact
If anything here is unclear, or you would like to know more about a specific item, write to [email protected] or use our Contact page. You may also want to read the full Privacy Policy.