Welcome to Known Ones (knownones.com), your free-to-use platform for downloading and sharing images, quotes, and GIFs. Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, and how we use and protect it.
1. What Information Do We Collect?
Because Known Ones focuses on free content access without user accounts, our direct data collection is minimal.
- Automatically Collected Information (Non-Personal):
- Log Data: Like most websites, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site. This may include your IP address (anonymized where possible), browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics. This data is used for anonymous analytics and to improve site performance.
- Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access Known Ones, such as the device type, operating system, and unique device identifiers. This helps us ensure compatibility and optimize your Browse experience.
- Cookies: We use “cookies” to enhance your experience. These are small data files stored on your device. We use them for:
- Essential Functionality: To ensure the website operates correctly (e.g., remembering your preference for certain categories).
- Analytics: To understand how visitors use our site, which helps us improve content and navigation. We may use third-party analytics services (like Google Analytics) that may set their own cookies. These cookies typically collect aggregated, non-personally identifiable information.
- Advertising (if applicable): If we introduce third-party advertisements in the future, these advertisers may use cookies to serve ads based on your visit to Known Ones and other sites. We will update this policy if and when advertising is implemented.
- No Personal Information Collected Directly: We do not require you to create an account, provide your name, email address, or any other personally identifiable information to use Known Ones. We are committed to providing a completely free and anonymous Browse experience.
2. How Do We Use the Information We Collect?
The non-personal information we collect is used solely for the following purposes:
- To Operate and Maintain Our Website: Ensuring Known Ones functions smoothly and is accessible to all users.
- To Improve User Experience: Analyzing website usage patterns helps us understand what content is most popular and how we can better organize and present our images, quotes, and GIFs.
- For Analytics and Research: To monitor the effectiveness of our content and make informed decisions about site development.
- To Detect and Prevent Technical Issues: Troubleshooting and ensuring the security of our platform.
3. Sharing Your Information
We do not share, sell, rent, or trade any personal information with third parties because we do not collect any.
- Aggregated, Non-Personal Data: We may share aggregated and anonymized usage data with third parties for analytics, research, or marketing purposes. This data cannot be used to identify any individual user.
- Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal obligations, protect and defend our rights or property, or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the site or the public.
4. Third-Party Services
Known Ones may utilize third-party services for various functionalities, such as website hosting, analytics (e.g., Google Analytics), or content delivery networks. These third parties may have their own privacy policies governing the collection and use of information. We encourage you to review their policies.
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand website traffic and usage patterns. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to Known Ones is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
5. Your Choices and Controls
- Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being placed. However, if you disable cookies, some features of Known Ones may not function properly.
- Do Not Track (DNT): Our website does not currently respond to “Do Not Track” signals from web browsers.
6. Children’s Privacy
Known Ones is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will take steps to remove that information from our systems.
7. Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect against the unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of non-personal data collected and stored on our servers. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of Known Ones after any changes signifies your acceptance of the updated policy.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- Email: blessedbliss227@gmail.com