1. Introduction & Scope
At Memeton (memeton.com), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personal data in full compliance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR — Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and the ePrivacy Directive.
This Privacy and Cookie Policy explains how our website operates, what data stays strictly on your device, and how third-party services (Google AdSense and Google Analytics) operate under the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF v2.2).
2. 100% Client-Side Image Creation (Zero Server Uploads)
Memeton is a free static web application for creating greeting cards, quotes, and memes. All text editing, canvas rendering (HTML5 Canvas), and any custom images you select from your device are processed exclusively inside your own web browser.
None of the cards, memes, or custom photos you create or select are ever uploaded to, transmitted to, or stored on our servers.
3. Local Storage (LocalStorage) & Strictly Necessary Cookies
We use browser localStorage and strictly necessary technical cookies to remember your selected interface language and any templates you bookmark as favorites. This information remains exclusively on your device and is never transmitted to us or any third party.
4. Advertising & Google AdSense Cookies
To keep Memeton completely free to use, we display advertisements served by Google AdSense.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the Internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve personalized or non-personalized ads to our users based on their visit to memeton.com and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland are presented with a Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) compliant with IAB Europe TCF v2.2 upon visiting the site.
- Personalized ads are only served if you explicitly grant consent. If you decline or restrict consent, only non-personalized contextual ads (or no ads) are requested.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings (myadcenter.google.com), www.aboutads.info, or by clicking the "Manage Cookie Preferences" button on this page.
5. Web Analytics (Google Analytics 4 & Consent Mode v2)
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) with IP address anonymization and Google Consent Mode v2 enabled. This helps us understand aggregate website traffic, diagnose technical errors (such as font loading or canvas rendering issues), and monitor Core Web Vitals performance.
Analytics storage is governed directly by your choices in our Consent Management Platform.
6. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Article 6)
Under the EU GDPR, our legal bases for processing data are:
- Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR): For reading and storing advertising and analytics cookies, and for serving personalized advertisements via our certified CMP.
- Legitimate Interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR): For strictly necessary static content delivery, DNS/CDN routing, and security/DDoS protection (provided via Cloudflare).
7. Your Rights Under the EU GDPR (Articles 15–22)
If you reside in the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK, or Switzerland, you have the right to access, rectify, erase ("right to be forgotten"), restrict processing, object to processing, data portability, and the right to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You can exercise your consent rights immediately at any time using the "Manage Cookie Preferences" button above, by clearing your browser's cookies and localStorage, or by lodging a complaint with your national Data Protection Supervisory Authority (such as the AEPD in Spain or your local EU authority).