Privacy Policy

Version Control

This version was last updated on 09/03/2021 and historic versions can be obtained by contacting us. Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Website Visitor Data

Customers

When you buy something on this website, we collect personal information from you to fulfil the order. We may collect information like your:

Billing and shipping address
Details relating to your purchase (for example, your shirt size)
Email address
Name
Phone number

We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us. Depending on the product(s) purchased this information may also be shared with our third party Fulfilment & Logistics Partners - see our about page for more information on these.

As you go through checkout, this site may auto-complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

Visitors

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

Information about your browser, network and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

Cookie Policy

By visiting this website with your browser settings adjusted to allow cookies, you are consenting to threadbuilt using cookies for the purposes outlined herein in order to provide you with a fully functional shopping experience.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on this site, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. We use analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Analytics

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

Clicks
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Customer Accounts

If you create a customer account on this website, we collect personal information to improve our checkout experience and customer service.

This information may include your:

Billing and shipping address(es)
Details about your orders (for example, your shirt size)
Email address
Name
Phone number

We share this information with Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can provide website services to us.

Communications

Abandoned Cart Emails

You’ll receive an automated email within 24 hours after you abandon your shopping cart, if all of the following occur:

You enter your email address at checkout, or are logged into your Customer Account.
You add a product which is in stock to your shopping cart.
You close your browser or leave this website without completing your purchase.

You can unsubscribe from these messages at the bottom of the email.

The email will link back to this website, where you can pick up where you left off and complete your purchase.

Marketing Emails

We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

Order & Account Emails

We may email you with messages about your order or account activity. For example, we may email you to tell you that:

You’ve created a Customer Account
Your Customer Account password has been reset or updated
You’ve made a purchase
Your order has shipped

It’s not possible to unsubscribe from these messages.

We share your contact information with Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can send these emails to you on our behalf.

Fonts

This website uses font files from Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, servers where the font files are stored may receive personal information about you, including:

Information about your browser, network, or device
Your IP address

Third Parties

General Business Operations

For general business inquiries, website interactions, or direct purchases, Threadbuilt may engage the following categories of third parties:

Service Providers: Processors providing IT, hosting, and system administration services (primarily located within the UK/EEA).
Professional Advisers: Lawyers, accountants, and insurers providing consultancy or legal services.
Public Authorities: Regulatory or legal bodies where disclosure is required by law.

Specific External Providers

Payment & Marketing: We use providers such as PayPal for transactions and Mailchimp for newsletters. Data is shared only to the extent necessary to process your request.
Manufacturing Partners: For physical product fulfillment (e.g., Printful, Shapeways), design and shipping data is shared only as required to manufacture and deliver your order.

Third-Party Platforms

Distributed software, apps and add-ins developed by Threadbuilt and hosted/distributed via Third Party Platforms may collect information related to your account, app downloads and payment transactions. These activities are governed by the relevant platforms’ privacy statements - further information specific to each use case can be found below (where relevant).

Third Party Platforms

Autodesk® Fusion 360® Add-Ins

This privacy policy applies to all Fusion 360 add-ins developed by Threadbuilt, including but not limited to:

Spirograph Maker

If you purchase a paid version of this add-in from the Autodesk App Store, your payment information is processed securely by Autodesk’s third-party providers (such as PayPal) and is subject to their respective privacy policies.

Important Note for Fusion 360 Users: Add-ins developed by Threadbuilt are designed to be "Privacy-First." Because these tools operate locally on your machine, the third-party sharing mentioned above does not apply to the data within your Fusion 360 design files.

Our Commitment to Privacy

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. Our add-ins are designed to operate according to a "Privacy by Design" principle: they function entirely within your local Fusion 360 environment without collecting, storing, or transmitting any personal data to Threadbuilt or any third party.

Data Access & Collection

Our add-ins only access data strictly necessary for their core modeling functionality. This includes:

Design Data: Reading the active Fusion 360 design to generate geometry.
User Inputs: Processing parameters (radii, offsets, gear ratios) provided by the user.
Entity Selection: Identifying selected planes, faces, or edges to position the generated sketch.
API Integration: Utilizing the official Autodesk Fusion 360 API to perform modeling operations.

Data Storage

Threadbuilt does not host any remote databases. All data remains local to your machine:

Parameters: Dimensions and settings are stored as attributes within your .f3d files.
Preferences: Last-used settings (e.g., your favorite "pen" offset) are stored locally in the Fusion 360 application's local storage to improve workflow.
Debug Logs: If troubleshooting is required, technical logs may be generated locally on your computer. These are never automatically transmitted.

Data Transmission

To ensure total security, our add-ins:

Do NOT connect to the internet or external servers.
Do NOT transmit any data outside of your local Fusion 360 environment.
Do NOT use cookies, tracking pixels, or telemetry.
Do NOT collect analytics or usage statistics.
Do NOT share data with third parties.

Security

Because our software operates strictly offline and locally, your data remains as secure as your local computer system and your Autodesk account.

User Rights & Control

You maintain 100% ownership and control over your data:

All geometry created is part of your standard Fusion 360 design files.
You may delete or modify any created entities at any time.
Uninstalling the add-in removes the executable code from your system entirely.

Autodesk and Fusion 360 are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc.

Privacy FAQs

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected in the "Version Control" date at the top of this policy. Continued use of our add-ins after any changes indicates your acknowledgment of such changes.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to threadbuilt@gmail.com.

Managing cookies:

You can easily erase cookies from your computer or mobile device using your browser. Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone's handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

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