Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 26, 2025

At YT-Thumbnail.com, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide directly to us when using our services:

YouTube URLs: When you use our thumbnail extraction service, we process the YouTube URLs you submit.
Uploaded Images: When you use our Thumbnail SEO Checker, we temporarily process the images you upload for analysis.
Watch History: For our Ad-Free YouTube Player, we store your watch history locally on your device using browser storage.
Usage Data: We collect anonymous information about how you interact with our website, including pages visited and features used.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our services
To improve our website and user experience
To analyze usage patterns and optimize performance
To develop new products, services, and features
To prevent fraud and enhance security

Data Retention

We retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy. Specifically:

YouTube URLs and extracted thumbnails are processed in real-time and not stored on our servers.
Uploaded images for the Thumbnail SEO Checker are temporarily stored during analysis and deleted immediately afterward.
Watch history for the Ad-Free YouTube Player is stored locally on your device and not on our servers.
Anonymous usage data is retained for up to 12 months for analytical purposes.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

We use the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies: Required for the operation of our website.
Analytical Cookies: Allow us to analyze how visitors use our website.
Functional Cookies: Enable enhanced functionality and personalization.

Third-Party Services

Our service may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by YT-Thumbnail.com. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.

We may use third-party service providers to:

Facilitate our service
Provide the service on our behalf
Perform service-related services
Assist us in analyzing how our service is used

These third parties have access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Security

The security of your information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

The right to access, update, or delete your information
The right to rectification (to correct inaccurate data)
The right to object to our processing of your personal data
The right to restriction (to request we restrict processing of your data)
The right to data portability
The right to withdraw consent

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@yt-thumbnail.com.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: privacy@yt-thumbnail.com
By visiting our contact page