Privacy notice

Last updated: 14 October 2026

Makesquishy is a free website where children can design and print paper squishy templates. We built it to work without collecting personal information.

Who runs Makesquishy

Makesquishy (makesquishy.com) is made and run by the avo42 studio. Contact for all privacy questions: m@avo42.com.

What we collect

• No accounts, no sign-up, no ads and no personal details from children.
• We do not ask for names, emails, photos or any other personal information. The “name” you can give a squishy is only printed on your template; it is never sent to us.
• Visit counting is explained in the next sections: one tool is always on and uses no cookies, and one (Google Analytics) is off unless a parent or guardian allows it.

What is stored on your device

Your current design (shape, colors, stickers and squishy name) and your analytics choice are saved in your browser's local storage so they are still there when you come back. They never leave your device. You can delete them any time by clearing this site's data in your browser settings.

Hosting and basic page counts

The website is hosted by Vercel Inc. Like any web host, Vercel's servers briefly process technical data such as your IP address and browser type to deliver the pages and protect against abuse. We use Vercel Web Analytics to count page views in aggregate, without cookies and without collecting personal information. See Vercel's privacy policy.

Google Analytics and parental consent

Makesquishy is a children's site, so Google Analytics is switched off by default and is not even loaded. When you first visit, a notice asks a grown-up to choose. Children are asked to tap “No thanks”. Google Analytics is loaded only if a parent or guardian (18 or older) chooses to allow it.

• What it records if allowed: which pages are viewed, the approximate location (country or city, from a shortened IP address), the type of device and browser, and how a visitor arrived. It uses the cookies _ga and _ga_…, which expire after 6 months.
• What we switch off: Google signals, ad personalisation, advertising and remarketing. We do not build profiles of children and we never use this data for advertising.
• Why we ask: we use it only to understand how many people use the site and which pages help, so we can improve it. The legal basis is the parent's or guardian's consent (GDPR Article 6(1)(a) and the EU cookie rules).
• Who processes it: Google processes this data for us. It can be handled in the United States and other countries under safeguards such as the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses. Analytics data is kept for 2 months at most.
• Change your mind: use the “Privacy choices” link in the footer of any page, or the link below. Turning it off stops Google Analytics and deletes its cookies on this device.

Google Analytics is currently off. Change your choice

Read-aloud voice

The 🗣️ button uses your browser's built-in speech feature. Some browsers use an online voice from the browser maker; in that case only the app's instruction text is sent, never anything you type.

Children (COPPA and GDPR)

Makesquishy is made for children aged about 6–10, used with a parent or carer nearby, so it is directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children: there are no accounts, chats, photo uploads or ads, and designs stay on the device. The only optional data collection is Google Analytics, which needs a parent's or guardian's consent as described above. Under the GDPR, children below the age set in their country (between 13 and 16) cannot consent for themselves, which is why a parent decides. If you think a child has given us personal information, email m@avo42.com and we will delete it.

Your rights and questions

You can ask us for access to, correction or deletion of any personal data we hold, ask us to restrict or stop using it, and withdraw consent at any time. Parents in the United States can ask to review or delete a child's information and refuse further collection (COPPA). You can also complain to your data protection authority, for example the Polish authority UODO. Contact us at m@avo42.com.