Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 2006 – Present
Welcome to Sketchbooks.org. Your privacy is important to us, and this policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website.
Use of Website
By accessing Sketchbooks.org, you agree to use the website for lawful purposes. You must not violate any laws, use content for unauthorized commercial purposes, or interfere with functionality—including AI scraping or modifications for AI training.
Intellectual Property
All website branding, including photographs, text, and graphics, is the property of Sketchbooks.org and contributors mentioned on our Credits Page. This content is protected by copyright laws; unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.
User Contributions & Member Submissions
By submitting content, you grant Sketchbooks.org a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use and display that content. You retain full copyright ownership of your work. We may create thumbnails to showcase your work on our platform.
Limitation of Liability: Users assume full responsibility for interactions. We are not responsible for damages, inaccuracies, or service disruptions.
Media Uploads
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Data Sharing & Retention
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Your Rights & Usage
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data, excluding data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Image Usage: Please see our Wiki for our specific Image & Sketch Usage Policy.
Comments & Data Collection
When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comment form, plus the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.