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Privacy Policy
Short version: your video is analysed inside your own browser and is never uploaded to us or to any server. We don't have accounts, sign-up forms or a database of users. The site uses Google Analytics to count visits and Google AdSense to show ads, and those Google services use cookies. You can email us if you have any question.
Who runs this site
YT Policy Shield (yt-policy-shield.vercel.app) is a free tool built and run by Manish Singh, an independent YouTube creator in Rajasthan, India. In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" mean YT Policy Shield. Questions about privacy: manishsingh20044@gmail.com.
Your videos stay on your device
When you choose or drop a video file, the scanner opens it with JavaScript that runs in your own browser. It reads the picture frames, the audio track, the file name and basic technical details of the file (such as size, length, resolution and format) on your device, and works out the results there.
- The file is not uploaded. The page has no upload endpoint, and the scanner code makes no network request that sends your file, its audio, its frames or its results anywhere.
- We never see, receive or keep a copy of your video.
- Scan results are shown on the page only. They are not saved by us, and the scanner does not store them in cookies or browser storage. Reloading or closing the page clears them.
Information we collect
We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number or any other personal details to use the tool. There is no account, login or sign-up form.
If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to write or attach. We use it only to reply and to fix the problem you report. We don't add you to a mailing list or share your message. Email is handled through Gmail, a Google service.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4, a service from Google LLC, to understand how the site is used: how many people visit, which pages they open, roughly which country or city they are in, what kind of device and browser they use, and how they found the site. Google Analytics sets first-party cookies (for example _ga and _ga_*) and receives standard browser information such as your IP address and user agent. We see only aggregated reports; we cannot identify you from them. Your video and scan results are not sent to Google Analytics.
You can learn more at How Google uses information from sites that use its services, and you can block Google Analytics with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on or your browser's cookie settings.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
This site uses Google AdSense to show ads, which keeps the tool free.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices.
For details on how Google uses data in advertising, see policies.google.com/technologies/ads. If you opt out, you may still see ads, but they will not be personalised.
Cookies in short
The scanner itself does not set cookies. The cookies on this site come from Google Analytics (measurement) and Google AdSense (advertising), as described above. You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings at any time; the scanner will keep working without them.
Sharing and selling
We do not sell your personal information. Apart from the Google services described above, we don't share information with anyone, unless the law requires it.
Hosting
The site is hosted on Vercel. Like any web host, Vercel's servers process basic request data (such as IP address and the page requested) to deliver pages and keep the service secure. This does not include your video, which never leaves your browser.
Children
The site is a general tool for YouTube creators and is not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children.
Your choices
Because we don't keep accounts or user records, there is usually nothing about you stored with us. If you have emailed us and want that email deleted, or have any other privacy request, write to manishsingh20044@gmail.com and we will handle it.
Changes to this policy
If the way the site works changes, we will update this page and the date at the top.
Contact
Email: manishsingh20044@gmail.com. See also the Contact page and About page.