Privacy Policy - ThumbAI

1. Introduction

ThumbAI ("we," "us," "our," or "Company") operates the website. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

2. Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected:

Personal Data: When you register or authenticate with Google Sign-In, we collect your name, email address, and profile picture.
Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you interact with our Service (page views, clicks, generation requests, duration of visits).
YouTube Data: When you provide YouTube URLs, we fetch publicly available video metadata (title, description, channel name, thumbnail).
Cookie Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service.

3. Use of Data

ThumbAI uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service
To notify you about changes to our Service
To provide customer support
To gather analysis or valuable information to improve our Service
To monitor the usage of our Service
To detect, prevent and address technical and security issues
To display personalized advertisements and content
To track user engagement for analytics and revenue purposes

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and store certain information. These include:

Necessary Cookies: Required for authentication and security
Analytics Cookies: Google Analytics 4 for usage tracking
Advertising Cookies: Google AdSense and related services for personalized ads
Preference Cookies: Your consent preferences and subscription tier

You can control cookie preferences through our Cookie Consent Manager. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

5. Google Analytics & Google Ad Manager

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how users interact with our Service. We also use Google AdSense to display targeted advertisements. These services may collect information about you, including your IP address, browser type, and behavior on our site.

For more information about Google's data collection and privacy practices, visit their privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

6. Third-Party Services

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Third-party services we use include:

Firebase (authentication and data storage)
Google APIs (YouTube metadata, Assistant APIs)
Anthropic Claude API (thumbnail generation)
Upstash Redis (rate limiting)

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. You can request deletion of your account and associated data at any time.

8. Your Rights

You have the right to:

Access your personal data
Correct inaccurate data
Request deletion of your data
Withdraw your consent for data processing
Opt-out of analytics and advertising tracking
Receive a copy of your data in a portable format

9. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: thumbnail-generator@protonmail.com