Privacy policy

This policy explains what information TubeKeyword (“we”, “us”) collects when you use this website and its tools, why we collect it, who processes it for us and what you can do about it.

Information we collect

Keyword searches

When you run a search, the topic you type and your chosen settings are sent to our server, which asks our data provider for YouTube autocomplete suggestions. If you are not signed in, we do not keep a record of your searches. Autocomplete answers are cached for up to 12 hours under the query text alone, not linked to you, so repeated searches are fast.

Rate limiting and security

To stop abuse we count requests per network address in our server's memory for up to one hour. These counts are not written to a database or used for anything else.

Accounts

If you create an account we store your email address, an optional display name and your account role. Passwords are stored only as secure one-way hashes; we never see them in plain text. While you are logged in we also keep the searches you run (your search history) and the keywords you choose to save, so you can find them in your dashboard. Signing in sets one essential cookie that keeps you logged in. Password reset emails are sent through Modulify and may record whether the email was opened.

Contact messages

When you use the contact form we store your name, email address, topic and message privately and send them to our inbox so we can reply. Emails sent through our email provider may measure whether they were opened or links were clicked.

Visitor statistics

Our hosting platform counts page views, referrers, countries, browsers and devices in an aggregated, cookieless way. It does not identify you or follow you across other websites.

Cookies

We use only cookies that are strictly necessary: the session cookies set when you sign in. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

Who processes data for us

• Modulify: hosting, our database (user accounts, search history and saved keywords), file storage, cookieless visitor statistics and email delivery.
• YepAPI: retrieves YouTube data such as autocomplete suggestions. It receives the search text, never your account details.

How long we keep data

Account data is kept while your account exists. Contact messages are kept for as long as needed to handle your request. Cached autocomplete answers expire after at most 12 hours.

Your choices and rights

You can ask to see, correct, export or delete the personal data we hold about you, or close your account, by writing to us (you can also delete your account yourself from your dashboard settings) through the contact page. Depending on where you live, you may also have the right to object to processing or to complain to your data protection authority.

Children

TubeKeyword is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal data.

Changes to this policy

When we add features that change how we handle data, such as payments or analytics tags, we will update this page and the date at the top before they go live.