Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 11, 2026

At YTDLP Web ("we," "our," or "us"), we prioritize your privacy and aim to handle your information with care and transparency. This Privacy Policy outlines what information we collect, how it gets used, and your rights concerning your data.

1. Data Collection & Usage

We believe in data minimization. The core of our service functions efficiently without requiring extensive personal data collection.

• URL Processing: When you submit a URL for parsing or downloading, the URL is used exclusively to fetch the requested media. It is immediately processed and NOT logged, cached, or associated with your profile once the interaction succeeds.
• Account Information: If you register for an account or subscribe to our premium services, we collect necessary basic details (e.g., your email address and encrypted password hashes). Your payment data (when upgrading) is solely processed by our verified third-party payment gateways (Paddle or PayPal)—we do not store or process your sensitive credit card information on our servers.

2. Logging & Service Integrity

To ensure system stability and protect against abuses (such as scraping, rate-limit bypassing, and Denial of Service), we maintain basic server logs.

• Server Logs: Our firewalls and request validators temporarily log standard HTTP requests. This data includes standard information, such as IP address, User-Agent, request timestamps, and response sizes.
• Anti-Abuse Mechanisms: These server logs are frequently rotated and deleted. They exist strictly for monitoring general analytics, preventing abuse, mitigating bot access, and enforcing service security boundaries.

3. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use minimal tracking mechanisms purely to maintain user sessions and provide essential service functions:

• Authentication Cookies: We utilize encrypted cookies and JWT tokens to keep you logged into the application interface securely avoiding recurrent prompts.
• Analytics & Integrations: We use an aggregated, privacy-oriented, self-hosted version of Matomo Analytics to collect anonymous feature-usage metrics, alongside Clicky. We do NOT share profile-specific navigation data across ad networks.
• Managing Cookies: You can manage or block third-party cookies via your web browser's security settings. However, doing so could affect some site functionalities, such as remaining logged-in or viewing targeted service messages properly.

4. Third-Party Sharing

We do not "sell" your personal data. The only circumstances under which we might share the limited data we have include providing it safely to service providers under strict obligations (such as payment processing) or complying with explicit legal obligations and warrants from applicable law enforcement.

5. Reaching Out to Us

If you have any questions or requests regarding your personal data or this Privacy Policy, please feel free to email our contact address at [email protected].