From 05b91a71025b5608a4b64f5bf5123e6bc0995a58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cadence Ember Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 20:05:40 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] Update privacy policy - Explain how data is shared with YouTube/Google --- pug/privacy.pug | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/pug/privacy.pug b/pug/privacy.pug index 90bfa33..79ea564 100644 --- a/pug/privacy.pug +++ b/pug/privacy.pug @@ -32,9 +32,15 @@ block content li providing the core service li providing information for debugging h2 How the data is shared - p It is not. - p Data stored by the site remains within the site, and is never shared with other companies or individuals. + h3 With YouTube + p YouTube is a company owned by Google, Inc. CloudTube displays information from YouTube. + p When you perform a query on CloudTube that requires data from YouTube, such as making a search or loading a video, your query is forwarded to YouTube. + p For example, when searching, YouTube receives a query for those search terms, and when watching a video, YouTube receives a page load for that video. + p When watching a video, your browser connects to googlevideo.com directly to request the video stream. This connection, and any data stored by YouTube as a result, is subject to #[a(href="https://policies.google.com/privacy") Google's privacy policy]. + p All other queries are forwarded to your selected Invidious instance, which forwards them to YouTube. YouTube does not receive any metadata about you for these queries, only the query itself. + h3 With other organisations + p CloudTube does not share any data with other people or organisations. h2 How to delete your data p #[a(href="/settings") Visit the settings page] and find the "delete data" section. Read the text. p To delete your data, check "I understand the consequences", then click "permanently erase my data". - p This will erase all of your data from the server, and delete the identifying cookie from your web browser. + p This will erase all of your data from the server, and delete the unique cookie from your web browser.