Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

VidStandMedia respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the information you provide when using our website and services. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how we share it, and the choices you may have regarding your information.

By using VidStandMedia, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information necessary to provide, maintain, and improve our services. This may include:

• Your name and email address.
• Information associated with your Google Account.
• Your YouTube channel name, channel ID, profile image, videos, thumbnails, titles, publication information, and other information made available through the permissions you authorize.
• Google Ads account information and customer ID necessary to manage your advertising campaigns.
• Campaign goals, advertising budgets, targeting preferences, audience information, business information, and other information you provide during campaign setup.
• Payment and subscription information necessary to process VidStandMedia management fees.
• Information you provide when communicating with us.
• Technical information necessary to operate and secure our website and services.

3. Google Account and YouTube Information

If you choose to connect your Google Account and YouTube channel, VidStandMedia may access information permitted by the Google permissions you authorize.

Depending on the permissions granted, this information may include your Google account information, YouTube channel information, video information, and YouTube-related information necessary to provide our services.

We use this information to help you select and promote your YouTube videos, configure campaigns, provide campaign-related services, and display relevant information within your VidStandMedia account.

We do not sell your Google Account or YouTube information to third parties.

4. How We Use Information

We may use information we collect for purposes including:

• Providing and managing VidStandMedia services.
• Connecting your Google Account and YouTube channel.
• Configuring and managing Google Ads campaigns.
• Monitoring and optimizing advertising campaigns.
• Communicating with you about your account, campaigns, payments, and services.
• Processing VidStandMedia management-fee payments.
• Providing customer support.
• Improving our website, services, and user experience.
• Detecting, preventing, and addressing fraud, abuse, security issues, and unauthorized activity.
• Complying with applicable laws and legal obligations.

5. Google Ads Information

When you authorize VidStandMedia to assist with Google Ads campaigns, we may process information associated with your Google Ads account that is necessary to provide campaign management services.

This may include your Google Ads customer ID, account information, campaign settings, advertising budgets, targeting information, campaign performance information, and other information necessary to create, manage, monitor, or optimize your campaigns.

Your Google Ads account remains under your ownership and control. VidStandMedia may use manager access or other authorized access to manage campaigns on your behalf.

6. Advertising Budget and Billing

Your Google Ads advertising budget is separate from any VidStandMedia management fee.

Google Ads advertising charges are generally billed directly by Google to the payment method associated with your Google Ads account. VidStandMedia does not collect or hold your Google Ads advertising budget as part of our standard campaign management service.

VidStandMedia management fees are processed separately through payment providers such as Stripe.

7. Payments and Stripe

Payments for VidStandMedia management services may be processed through Stripe or another third-party payment provider.

VidStandMedia does not store complete payment card numbers on its own servers. Payment information may be collected and processed directly by the applicable payment provider according to its privacy policy and terms.

We may receive limited payment-related information, such as payment status, transaction identifiers, customer identifiers, subscription information, and other information necessary to administer your VidStandMedia account and services.

8. Information Sharing

We may share or provide access to information with trusted service providers when necessary to operate our website, provide our services, process payments, maintain security, or perform other legitimate business functions.

These providers may include hosting, database, authentication, payment, analytics, advertising, communications, and other technology providers.

We do not sell your personal information.

9. Legal and Safety Disclosures

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests.

We may also disclose information when necessary to protect the rights, property, security, or safety of VidStandMedia, our users, our service providers, or others.

10. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information associated with your account and services.

However, no method of transmitting, storing, or processing information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

11. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain business and transaction records, provide customer support, resolve disputes, comply with legal obligations, enforce our agreements, and protect our legitimate business interests.

When information is no longer reasonably necessary for these purposes, we may delete, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable law and our business practices.

12. Cookies and Similar Technologies

VidStandMedia may use cookies and similar technologies that are necessary to operate the website, maintain user sessions, remember settings, protect accounts, and provide requested functionality.

Third-party services used by VidStandMedia may also use cookies or similar technologies according to their own policies.

13. Third-Party Services

VidStandMedia relies on third-party services to operate and provide portions of our website and services. These may include Google, YouTube, Google Ads, Stripe, Supabase, Vercel, and other service providers.

These third-party services may process information according to their own privacy policies, terms, and security practices. VidStandMedia does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party services.

14. Google and YouTube Services

Your use of Google and YouTube services remains subject to Google's and YouTube's applicable terms, policies, and privacy practices.

VidStandMedia is not responsible for changes to Google or YouTube services, policies, account decisions, outages, or other actions taken by Google or YouTube.

15. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

You may contact us to request that we review, update, correct, or delete certain information associated with your account, subject to applicable legal, contractual, security, and business requirements.

You may also revoke Google permissions previously granted to VidStandMedia through the account controls provided by Google.

16. Children's Privacy

VidStandMedia is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps.

17. International Users

VidStandMedia may use service providers that process or store information in countries other than the country where you reside.

By using our services, you acknowledge that your information may be processed in jurisdictions with different data protection laws, subject to applicable legal requirements.

18. Account and Authorization Security

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your Google Account, Google Ads account, and other accounts that you use in connection with VidStandMedia.

VidStandMedia will not ask you to provide your Google Account password. Authentication and authorization should be completed through the applicable official Google authentication process.

19. Business Transfers

If VidStandMedia is involved in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information associated with the service may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, technology, business practices, or legal requirements.

When changes are made, the updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.

21. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or how VidStandMedia handles information, please contact us.

vidstandmedia@gmail.com