This Privacy Policy explains how TubeThumb Pro ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, stores, and protects your information when you use our free YouTube Thumbnail Downloader website and services.

1. Information We Collect

We believe in collecting the minimum amount of data necessary to provide our service. Here is what we may collect:

YouTube URLs you submit. When you enter a YouTube URL to download a thumbnail, the URL is processed entirely in your browser. We do not store video URLs on our servers.
Usage analytics. We use privacy-friendly analytics tools to understand aggregate traffic patterns, page views, and feature usage. This data is anonymized and cannot identify individual users.
Newsletter subscriptions. If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address solely for the purpose of sending you updates, tips, and new feature announcements.
Technical data. We may collect non-personal technical information such as your browser type, operating system, and screen resolution to improve compatibility and performance.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the limited information we collect for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our YouTube Thumbnail Downloader service
To analyze and improve website performance and user experience
To send newsletter updates to subscribers who have opted in
To detect and prevent abuse, fraud, or security incidents
To comply with legal obligations

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

TubeThumb Pro uses cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

Essential cookies: Required for basic website functionality such as theme preferences and form submissions.
Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website so we can improve it.
Advertising cookies: Third-party advertising partners (including Google AdSense) may use cookies to serve relevant ads based on your interests and browsing history.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some features of the website.

4. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising

TubeThumb Pro participates in the Google AdSense program to display advertisements. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other sites on the internet.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Data Retention

We do not retain YouTube video URLs, thumbnails, or any personally identifying request data submitted through our tool. Newsletter subscriber emails are retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right to access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data.
Right to restrict processing: Request limitation on how we use your data.
Right to data portability: Request transfer of your data to another service.
Right to object: Object to processing of your personal data for specific purposes.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

8. GDPR and CCPA Compliance

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

We are committed to complying with applicable data protection laws and will respond to valid requests within the timeframes required by law.

9. Third-Party Links and Services

Thumbnails displayed on our website are fetched directly from YouTube's public image CDN (ytimg.com and i.ytimg.com). We do not control YouTube's privacy practices. When you click on third-party links on our site, you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties.

10. Children's Privacy

TubeThumb Pro is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately and we will delete it.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. We will post the updated policy on this page and update the "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Email: hello@tubethumb.pro