Privacy Policy

Last reviewed on 28 April 2026.

This privacy policy describes how bestbackgrounds.com ("the site", "we") handles personal data when you visit. Read alongside the cookies page, which goes into more detail on the specific cookies set by the site and its third-party services.

Information we collect

The site does not require an account, and there are no contact forms that submit personal data to a server. Information is collected only in the following ways:

• Server logs. Like most websites, the hosting provider records request metadata — IP address, user agent, requested URL, referrer, and timestamp — to operate the service, detect abuse, and diagnose errors.
• Analytics. Aggregate, pseudonymous information about page visits is collected via Google Analytics 4. This includes truncated IP, device type, browser, country-level location, and on-page events. Analytics cookies are described on the cookies page.
• Advertising. Pages may carry display advertising delivered by Google AdSense and its partners. Ad delivery may use cookies, device identifiers, and similar technologies as described below.
• Email correspondence. If you email the address on the contact page, we receive the message, your email address, and any content you choose to share. Messages are kept only as long as needed to handle the conversation.

Cookies

The site uses cookies for analytics and, where pages display ads, for advertising. Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. You can clear or block cookies in your browser settings, and most modern browsers offer a private-browsing mode that limits cookie persistence. The full list and purposes are on the cookies page.

Google AdSense and ad personalisation

Some pages on this site may display advertising delivered by Google AdSense. As a third-party vendor, Google uses cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) and similar technologies to serve ads to users based on their visits to this site and other sites on the internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on a user's visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.

Users may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising via aboutads.info (US) or YourOnlineChoices (EU). Google's policies for advertising are available at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Even when personalised advertising is disabled, ads may still be shown — they will simply be selected based on the page's content and general context rather than on your past browsing.

Third-party vendors

The site relies on a small number of third-party services to operate:

• The hosting provider serves the static files that make up the site and produces the server logs described above.
• Google Analytics 4 measures aggregate site usage.
• Google AdSense and its certified ad partners deliver display advertising on pages that carry ads.
• Bing Webmaster Tools verifies site ownership for search indexing.

Each provider operates under its own privacy policy. By using this site you consent to data being processed by these providers as described in their policies.

Your rights under GDPR and CCPA

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or California, you have specific rights regarding personal data we hold about you. These include:

• Access. Request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Rectification. Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erasure. Ask us to delete data, subject to legal retention requirements.
• Restriction. Ask us to limit how we process the data.
• Objection. Object to processing based on legitimate interests, including profiling.
• Portability. Receive the data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Opt-out of "sale" or "sharing" (CCPA). California residents may opt out of the sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising. Disabling personalised ads via the links above is the practical equivalent for this site.

To exercise any of these rights, email the address on the contact page and indicate which right you are exercising. We may need to verify your identity before acting on the request.

Retention

Server logs are retained by the hosting provider according to its standard log-rotation schedule, typically a few weeks. Analytics data is retained according to the retention setting configured in Google Analytics, which is currently set to the platform default. Email correspondence is kept only as long as is reasonably useful for the conversation and any follow-up.

Children

The site is intended for a general design and developer audience and is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or 16 in jurisdictions where that is the relevant threshold). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data, please contact us so the data can be removed.

International transfers

The site's third-party providers (analytics, advertising, hosting) may process data in countries outside your own, including the United States. These transfers are made under the providers' published safeguards, typically Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent mechanisms.

Changes to this policy

The policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the services we use or in applicable law. The "Last reviewed" date at the top of this page indicates when the most recent revision was published. Material changes will be highlighted at the top of the page when they are made.

How to contact us about privacy

For privacy questions, data-rights requests, or anything else covered by this policy, write to the address on the contact page with "Privacy" in the subject line.