Last updated: January 1, 2025
At YouTube-Thumbnail-Downloader.cc ("we," "our," or "us"), your privacy is taken seriously. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have regarding your data.
We do not require you to create an account or provide personal information to use our thumbnail downloading tool. If you contact us via email or our contact form, we collect the information you provide (name, email address, and message content) solely to respond to your inquiry.
Like most websites, we collect basic analytics data to understand how our service is used. This includes browser type, operating system, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring URLs. This data is aggregated and anonymous — we cannot identify individual users from this data.
When you paste a YouTube URL into our tool, it is processed entirely within your browser. We do not log, store, or transmit your YouTube URLs to our servers. All thumbnail fetching happens directly between your browser and YouTube's public CDN.
We use analytics data to improve our service, fix bugs, understand which features are most used, and optimize performance. Contact form information is used only to respond to your message. We do not use your data for advertising profiling or sell it to third parties under any circumstances.
We use minimal cookies to store your preferences (such as UI settings). We do not use advertising cookies, cross-site tracking cookies, or third-party marketing cookies. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, though this may affect some functionality.
Our tool accesses YouTube's public thumbnail CDN (img.youtube.com) to retrieve thumbnails. This is the same mechanism YouTube uses itself for embedding thumbnails. YouTube's own privacy policy governs their CDN. We use Cloudflare for hosting and CDN services. Cloudflare may log basic access information per their standard terms.
We implement industry-standard security measures to protect any information we do handle. Our site runs exclusively over HTTPS. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Our service is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.
Depending on your location, you may have rights under GDPR, CCPA, or other privacy laws, including the right to access, correct, or delete personal data we hold about you. Contact us at [email protected] to exercise these rights.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will indicate the revision date at the top of this page. Continued use of our service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
For privacy-related questions, contact us at: [email protected]