Privacy Policy

The short version: We only collect what's necessary to make the service work and keep it safe. We don't sell your data, and we don't use it for advertising. Home

What We Collect and Why

  • Account Information: Your username, email, and a scrambled (hashed) version of your password so you can log in.
  • Your Images: The files you upload, so we can store and serve them back to you.
  • Usage Logs for Image Requests: When your images are viewed, we log technical info like your IP address, browser type (User-Agent), and the site that linked to the image (Referer). We use this only for security, to block abuse, and to keep the service reliable.
  • Page-View Analytics: For page views, we store the page path, HTTP method, a truncated referrer header, whether the visitor was anonymous/authenticated/admin, and a daily-changing anonymized session hash (SHA-256 of IP + User-Agent + a salt). We do not keep IP addresses, usernames, emails, or cookies in analytics, and nothing is sent to third parties.
  • Cookies: We use two cookies: one to keep you logged in and one feature cookie. That's it.
  • Image Backups: When you use the image editor, a temporary backup of the original image is stored on the server. These backups are automatically deleted whenever the server restarts, which can happen at random times.

How We Use Your Data

  • To provide the service to you (storing images, letting you log in).
  • To send you important emails, like account verification or password resets.
  • To protect the service from abuse, like blocking bots or malicious users.

What We DON'T Do

  • We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing or advertising.
  • We do not track your activity across other websites.
  • We do not use your images for anything other than serving them back to you as requested.
  • We do not use cookies for tracking or advertising—only for session management and feature preferences.
  • We do not use your images or data to train AI models or for any machine learning purposes, its your data and we respect that.
  • We do not store IP addresses, usernames, emails, or cookies in page-view analytics—only page counts with an anonymized, daily-changing hash.

Your Control and Deletion

You can delete your images at any time from your dashboard. If you wish to delete your entire account and all associated data, please contact us at admin@8ball.space.

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