Privacy Policy
Last updated: 27 September 2026
This policy explains what information Driftbuilder ("we") handles on this website and through our publishing tool, which uses the YouTube API Services.
1. This website
This website has no accounts, forms, advertising or tracking cookies. It is hosted on Cloudflare, which processes technical data such as IP addresses and request logs in order to deliver and protect the site. See the Cloudflare Privacy Policy.
2. Our publishing tool and the YouTube API Services
We operate an internal tool (Google Cloud project "driftbuilder-agent") that uses the YouTube API Services to manage our own YouTube channels only. It is not offered to the public and is not used to access anyone else's account.
By interacting with our YouTube channels you are also subject to the YouTube Terms of Service, and Google's handling of data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
When the owner of our channels authorises the tool, it may:
- upload videos, thumbnails, captions and translated titles/descriptions to our channels;
- read and update the metadata of our own videos and playlists;
- read public statistics of our own videos (views, likes, comment counts) to decide what to make next;
- read public comments on our own videos in order to reply to or moderate them.
3. Information about viewers
We do not sell, rent or share information obtained through the YouTube API Services. We do not build profiles of individual viewers. When we read comments on our own videos, we use them only to reply, moderate and understand overall feedback; aggregated numbers may be kept in our internal notes, but we do not store commenters' personal information beyond what is needed for that purpose, and comment text we retrieve is refreshed or deleted within 30 days.
4. Storage and security
Authorisation tokens and any data retrieved through the API are stored on a private computer operated by the project, are not published, and are accessible only to the project's operator and its automation. We keep API data no longer than needed for the purposes above and, in any case, refresh or delete it within 30 days as required by the YouTube API Services policies.
5. Cookies and device information
We do not use advertising, analytics or tracking cookies, and our publishing tool stores nothing on viewers' devices. Cloudflare, our host, may set a strictly necessary security cookie (for example __cf_bm) to protect the site from automated abuse; it is not used to identify you.
6. Revoking access and deleting data
The channel owner can revoke the tool's access at any time through the Google security settings page. After revocation, we delete stored tokens and API data within 30 days. Anyone may ask us to delete information relating to them by writing to the address below.
7. Children
Our content is intended for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
8. Changes
If this policy changes, we will update the date at the top of this page.