Last Updated: September 25, 2026
Welcome to Pikvector ("Pikvector", "we", "us", or "our").
Pikvector is a microstock digital-content platform that provides and/or facilitates access to digital creative resources, including stock images, photographs, videos, vectors, illustrations, graphic design templates, and other digital creative assets.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information of our users, customers, contributors, visitors, and other individuals who interact with our website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, when we may share it, how we protect it, and what choices and rights may be available to you.
By accessing or using https://pikvector.com, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
Depending on how you use Pikvector, we may collect the following categories of information.
When you create an account, purchase a product, contact us, submit content, or otherwise interact with Pikvector, we may collect information such as:
Name
Email address
Username
Password or authentication information
Billing information
Payment-related information
Business or company information
Address and country
Telephone/mobile number, where provided
Contributor information
Tax or payment information where required for contributor payments
Information contained in communications with us
Information you voluntarily submit through forms
We do not intentionally request sensitive personal information unless it is reasonably necessary for a specific service and permitted by applicable law.
If you create a Pikvector account, we may collect and maintain information associated with your account, including your username, email address, profile information, purchase history, downloads, licenses, submissions, and account preferences.
If you submit photographs, videos, vectors, illustrations, templates, or other creative assets to Pikvector, we may process:
The uploaded content
File names and metadata
Titles, descriptions, keywords and categories
Contributor profile information
Model/property release information where applicable
Licensing and ownership information
Content review and submission records
Payment and tax information required for contributor payments
You are responsible for ensuring that content you upload does not unlawfully contain another person's personal information or infringe another person's privacy, copyright, trademark, publicity, or other rights.
If you purchase products or services from Pikvector, payments may be processed by third-party payment providers.
Depending on the payment method, we may receive limited payment-related information such as transaction ID, payment status, billing details, or the last few digits of a payment card.
Pikvector generally does not store complete payment-card numbers or security codes on its own servers when payment processing is handled by a third-party payment provider.
Payment providers may process your information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
When you visit or use Pikvector, certain technical information may automatically be collected, including:
IP address
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
Language preferences
Referring website
Pages viewed
Search queries performed on our website
Date and time of visits
Approximate location derived from IP address
Website interaction information
Download and usage information
Error and diagnostic information
This information may be used to operate, secure, analyze, and improve our website.
Pikvector may use cookies, pixels, local storage, tags, and similar technologies.
Cookies may be used to:
Keep you signed in
Remember your preferences
Maintain shopping-cart or download functionality
Understand website usage
Improve website performance
Detect fraud and abuse
Measure advertising performance
Provide relevant advertising where permitted
Analyze traffic and user behavior
Some cookies may be placed by third-party service providers.
Where required by applicable law, we will request consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
You may control cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through Pikvector's cookie-consent tools. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
We may use personal information for legitimate business and operational purposes, including to:
Create and manage user accounts.
Provide access to Pikvector's services and digital content.
Process purchases and transactions.
Provide downloads and license-related services.
Process contributor submissions.
Review and moderate submitted content.
Communicate with users and contributors.
Respond to customer-service requests.
Process contributor payments where applicable.
Prevent fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and other harmful activity.
Maintain website security.
Monitor and improve website performance.
Understand how users interact with Pikvector.
Conduct analytics and research.
Personalize certain website experiences.
Send service-related communications.
Send promotional communications where legally permitted and, where required, with your consent.
Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations.
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
Protect the rights, property, safety, and security of Pikvector, our users, contributors, and others.
We aim to collect and process only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, we may process personal information based on one or more of the following grounds:
Your consent
Performance of a contract or provision of requested services
Compliance with legal obligations
Legitimate business interests
Protection of the rights, safety, security, or property of individuals or organizations
Other lawful grounds permitted by applicable law
Where processing is based on consent, you may have the right to withdraw your consent, subject to applicable legal requirements and limitations.
We do not sell your personal information in the ordinary meaning of selling personal data for money.
However, we may share information with trusted third parties when reasonably necessary to operate Pikvector or provide requested services.
These may include:
Payment processors may process information required to complete transactions.
We may use third-party providers for hosting, storage, content delivery, databases, security, email, and other technical services.
We may use analytics services to understand website traffic and usage.
Where applicable, advertising providers may process information through cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to measure or personalize advertising, subject to applicable law and your choices.
We may use third-party services to send transactional emails, account notifications, newsletters, and other communications.
We may use third-party security services to detect suspicious activity, prevent fraud, protect accounts, and secure our website.
Information may be disclosed to lawyers, accountants, auditors, insurers, or other professional advisors when reasonably necessary.
We may disclose information when required by law, regulation, court order, legal process, or governmental request, or when reasonably necessary to protect our rights or safety.
Pikvector may use service providers located in countries other than the country in which you live.
As a result, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in other countries.
Where required by applicable law, we will take appropriate measures to protect personal information transferred internationally.
For users subject to laws such as the GDPR, international transfers may be subject to applicable safeguards and requirements.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to:
Provide requested services
Maintain accounts and transaction records
Meet legal and regulatory obligations
Resolve disputes
Enforce agreements
Prevent fraud
Maintain security
Protect legitimate business interests
The retention period may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.
When personal information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Security measures may include:
Access controls
Authentication mechanisms
Encryption where appropriate
Secure server infrastructure
Monitoring and security controls
Regular security updates
Restricted access to personal information
However, no method of transmission or electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
If you create an account with Pikvector, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials.
You should:
Use a strong password.
Avoid sharing your password with others.
Notify us if you believe your account has been compromised.
Log out of shared or public devices.
Pikvector will not be responsible for unauthorized account activity caused by credentials that you have voluntarily disclosed or failed to protect, except where otherwise required by applicable law.
We may send you service-related communications, including:
Account notifications
Transaction confirmations
Download or license information
Security alerts
Important policy updates
Customer-service messages
Where permitted by law, we may also send promotional communications about Pikvector products, services, content, offers, or updates.
You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by using the unsubscribe option included in the communication or by contacting us.
You may still receive essential service-related communications after unsubscribing from marketing messages.
Pikvector may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, payment services, social-media services, advertising services, or other external resources.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.
When you leave Pikvector or interact with a third-party service, we recommend reviewing that third party's privacy policy.
Pikvector is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.
If you are under the applicable minimum age required to use our services, you should not create an account or provide personal information without appropriate parental or guardian involvement where required.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child in circumstances where such collection is unlawful, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information.
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These may include the right to:
Know what personal information we process
Request access to your personal information
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of personal information
Request restriction of certain processing
Object to certain processing
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Request portability of certain information
Opt out of certain marketing communications
Make a complaint to an applicable privacy or data-protection authority
These rights are subject to applicable legal exceptions and limitations.
For users in jurisdictions covered by the GDPR, additional rights may apply, including rights relating to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and certain automated decision-making.
For users covered by India's applicable data-protection framework, rights and consent requirements may also apply under relevant Indian law.
If you would like to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, please contact us.
When making a request, we may need to verify your identity to protect your account and personal information.
We may retain certain information where required or permitted by applicable law, including information necessary for legal compliance, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, security, accounting, or enforcement of agreements.
If you are a contributor who uploads content to Pikvector, information associated with your contributor account may be processed for purposes including:
Account management
Content submission and review
Licensing administration
Sales reporting
Contributor payments
Tax and legal compliance
Fraud prevention
Customer support
Platform security
Certain contributor information may be displayed publicly where necessary for attribution, contributor profiles, content pages, or licensing purposes.
Contributors should avoid submitting unnecessary personal information within uploaded files, descriptions, keywords, metadata, or other content.
Pikvector is a creative-content marketplace/platform. Uploaded files may contain metadata or other information.
Before uploading content, contributors should remove unnecessary personal information from file metadata and ensure that they have the appropriate rights, permissions, releases, and consents required for the content.
If a submitted asset contains an identifiable person, private property, personal information, or other protected material, the contributor is responsible for obtaining any required permissions or releases.
We may process technical and account information to detect and prevent:
Unauthorized downloads
Account sharing
Payment fraud
Copyright abuse
Automated scraping
Malicious activity
Security attacks
Attempts to bypass licensing restrictions
Other violations of our Terms and Conditions
This processing may include analysis of IP addresses, device information, account activity, transaction information, downloads, and other relevant technical information.
If Pikvector is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or similar business transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
Where legally required, we will provide appropriate notice regarding material changes in how personal information is handled.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, technology, legal requirements, or business practices.
When we make changes, we may update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.
If a change is materially important, we may provide additional notice where required by applicable law.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or privacy-related requests, please contact Pikvector through the contact information provided on our website.
Website: https://pikvector.com
Website Name: Pikvector
Privacy Contact: Please use the official contact email/address published on the Pikvector website.
This Privacy Policy is intended to provide a general framework for how Pikvector handles personal information. It should be reviewed and customized according to Pikvector's actual business operations, technology providers, payment processors, advertising services, analytics tools, cookie configuration, contributor system, and the countries in which Pikvector operates or serves users.
If Pikvector uses services such as Google Analytics, Google AdSense/Google Ads, Meta, Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Cloudflare, AWS, Firebase, or other third-party services, the relevant disclosures and links should be added where applicable.
By using Pikvector, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand how your information may be handled as described above.