Privacy & cookies

Who we are

4thecreatives.com is operated by 4 The Creatives LLC, based in Vancouver, Washington, United States.

For questions or requests concerning privacy, email support@4thecreatives.com.

Summary

• The public 4thecreatives.com website does not provide user accounts, newsletter registration, or public submission forms.
• Student Login leads to a separate learning platform hosted by Thinkific.
• Optional analytics and advertising tools remain off unless you allow them.
• YouTube videos and the Ko-fi contribution form load only after you choose to load them or allow embedded content.
• We do not exchange personal information for money.
• You can change or withdraw your cookie choices at any time.

Information we use

Website delivery and security

SiteGround hosts this website. Its servers process technical information needed to deliver and protect the site, including IP addresses, requested pages, dates and times, browser information, referring pages, and server responses.

We use this information to provide the website, maintain security, diagnose technical problems, and prevent misuse.

Where a lawful basis is required, we rely on our legitimate interests in operating and securing the website.

Choices and progress stored on your device

The website stores your privacy choices, whether you chose to hide the floating support button, and any Learning Path progress you save.

Learning Path progress remains in your browser and is not sent to us.

We use this storage to provide features and remember choices that you requested.

Emails

If you email us, Microsoft 365 processes your email address, message, and related technical information so that we can respond.

Where a lawful basis is required, we rely on our legitimate interests in answering messages and managing requests.

Analytics and advertising

Google Analytics 4

Google Analytics loads only if you allow Analytics in cookie settings.

We use it to understand how visitors use our pages and learning resources. We may also record which support link was used and when the support panel was opened. We do not treat these actions as completed contributions.

Our website code:

• Keeps Analytics off before consent.
• Denies advertising storage, advertising user data, and advertising personalization.
• Disables Google Signals and advertising-personalization signals in the website tag.
• Removes accessible Google Analytics cookies when Analytics permission is withdrawn.

Google states that Google Analytics 4 does not log or store individual IP addresses.

Google Analytics cookies may remain for up to two years. User-level and event-level Analytics data is retained for no longer than 14 months. Google’s standard aggregated reports may remain available for longer.

See Google’s privacy policy.

Meta Pixel

Meta Pixel loads only if you allow Advertising in cookie settings.

We use it to measure advertising on Facebook and Instagram. Meta may use information received through the Pixel for advertising measurement and targeted advertising under its own policies.

Meta Pixel remains off when your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal. If Advertising permission is withdrawn, we stop loading Meta Pixel and remove its cookies that this website can access.

See Meta’s privacy policy.

Cookies and browser storage

Necessary and user-requested functional storage does not activate Analytics or Advertising.

You can change or withdraw your choices at any time through cookie settings, which is linked in every page footer.

YouTube and Ko-fi

YouTube

Course trailers use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced embedded player.

The player loads only when you select Play video or allow embedded content in cookie settings. Once loaded, YouTube can receive technical and usage information and store data under Google’s policies.

Privacy-enhanced mode limits how embedded views are used for personalization, but it does not make the YouTube player data-free.

Ko-fi

The contribution form is provided by Ko-fi. It loads only when you choose to load it or allow embedded content.

Once loaded, Ko-fi and services used by Ko-fi may process information and use their own cookies. These services can include Google Analytics, Google advertising services, Cloudflare, Stripe, and PayPal.

Ko-fi’s embedded page may send activity to the Google Analytics measurement ID associated with 4 The Creatives. This occurs within Ko-fi’s service and is separate from the Analytics and Advertising choices controlling scripts on 4thecreatives.com.

You can use the external 4 The Creatives Ko-fi page without loading the embedded form.

See Ko-fi’s privacy policy.

Contributions

Ko-fi and its payment providers process contributions. We do not receive or store complete card details.

Depending on the payment method and information provided, we may receive:

• Your display name.
• Your email address.
• Your message.
• The amount and date of the contribution.
• Transaction or payment-status information.
• Your name and email address from PayPal when PayPal is used.

We use this information to record contributions, answer questions, manage refunds or disputes, prevent fraud, and maintain required financial records.

Ko-fi, PayPal, and Stripe process information under their own terms and privacy policies.

Student Login

Student Login leads to courses.4thecreatives.com, a separate learning platform hosted by Thinkific.

When you create or use a student account, Thinkific may process information such as your name, email address, account information, course enrollments, course progress, activity, and transaction information. Thinkific provides this information to us as the course owner so that we can operate the learning platform and support students.

Thinkific processes platform information under its own privacy practices and its agreements with course owners. The cookie settings on 4thecreatives.com do not control cookies or storage on the Thinkific platform.

See Thinkific’s privacy policy.

Sharing and advertising

We disclose information to the service providers described in this notice when needed to operate the website, provide requested features, process contributions, communicate with visitors, or measure optional analytics and advertising.

We do not exchange personal information for money.

If you allow Advertising, Meta Pixel sends information about your visit to Meta for advertising measurement and targeted advertising. Some privacy laws may define this type of disclosure as “sharing” or “sale,” even when no money changes hands.

Advertising is off unless you allow it. You can turn it off at any time through cookie settings. We also honor Global Privacy Control as an opt-out of this advertising disclosure.

How long we keep information

• Consent choices are kept for six months.
• The support-button preference lasts for a browser session, although browser session-restoration features may preserve it.
• Learning Path progress remains on your device until you clear it.
• SiteGround makes archived website access logs available for up to 30 days.
• Google Analytics user-level and event-level data is retained for no longer than 14 months. Standard aggregated reports may remain available longer.
• Support emails are normally kept for up to 24 months after the last communication. They may be kept longer when needed for an unresolved request, security issue, legal obligation, or necessary business record.
• Financial and contribution records are kept for as long as reasonably necessary to meet accounting, tax, fraud-prevention, dispute, and legal obligations.
• Nonfinancial supporter messages and related correspondence are normally kept for up to 24 months.
• Student account and course information is kept while the account or course relationship remains active and afterward only as reasonably necessary for support, recordkeeping, security, and legal obligations.

We may delete information earlier when it is no longer needed.

Your choices and rights

You can:

• Accept or reject optional cookies.
• Change or withdraw your consent through cookie settings.
• Load YouTube or Ko-fi content once without granting continuing permission for other optional tools.
• Use your browser to block or delete cookies and browser storage.
• Send a Global Privacy Control signal to opt out of Advertising.
• Contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we hold about you.

Depending on where you live and which laws apply, you may also have rights to receive a copy of your information, restrict or object to its use, withdraw consent, or opt out of certain disclosures used for targeted advertising.

To make a privacy request, email support@4thecreatives.com. We may need to verify the request before acting on it. We will respond within the period required by applicable law.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the privacy regulator or attorney general responsible for your location.

International processing

4 The Creatives LLC is based in the United States. Our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries.

Where required, international transfers are handled through the safeguards and contractual arrangements offered by the relevant provider and required by applicable law.

Children

4 The Creatives provides general graphic design education and is not directed specifically to children under 13.

The public 4thecreatives.com website does not ask children to create accounts or submit personal information. Some educational content may be viewed by younger learners with the involvement of a parent, guardian, or school.

Student Login is a separate account-based platform. A parent or guardian who believes a child has provided personal information through that platform can contact us at support@4thecreatives.com.

Changes and contact

We may update this notice when our website, providers, or practices change. When we do, we will update the date at the top of this page.

Questions and privacy requests can be sent to support@4thecreatives.com.