At YouTube Tools, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services.

1. Information We Collect

a. Personal Information

We do not require registration to use our tools, and we do not collect personally identifiable information such as your name, email address, or phone number unless you voluntarily provide it to us (for example, when contacting us).

b. YouTube URLs

Our tools process YouTube URLs that you provide to generate thumbnails, extract tags, or perform other functions. These URLs are processed in real-time and are not stored on our servers after processing.

c. Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Operating system
• Referring URLs
• Pages visited
• Time spent on pages
• Other usage statistics

d. Cookies

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.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our services
• Improve, personalize, and expand our services
• Understand and analyze how you use our services
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners
• Send you marketing and promotional communications
• Find and prevent fraud

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent: Where you have given us consent to process your personal data for specific purposes.
• Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as improving our services and providing a secure website.
• Contractual Necessity: Where processing is necessary to fulfill a contract with you.
• Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

4. Data Storage and Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

YouTube URLs and other processing data are not stored on our servers after the immediate processing is complete. Analytics data may be retained for up to 26 months.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the security of your personal information. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

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

• The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you
• The right of rectification if that information is inaccurate or incomplete
• The right to object to our processing of your personal information
• The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent

7. Third-Party Services

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services, provide services on our behalf, or assist us in analyzing how our services are used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

a. Analytics

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our services, such as Google Analytics.

b. Advertising

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

8. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

9. 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.

10. Contact Us

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

• By email: privacy@youtubetools.example
• By visiting our contact page