Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2025

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to MAKEFY.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to: Italy
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.
  • Website refers to MAKEFY, accessible from https://www.makefy.co/
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone Number
  • Usage Data

YouTube and Google Account Data

When you connect your YouTube channel to Makefy through Google OAuth, we collect the following data from your Google account and YouTube channel:

  • Google Account Information: Your Google account email address and name (if provided)
  • YouTube Channel Data: Your YouTube channel ID, channel metadata (titles, descriptions, tags, thumbnails, publish dates), and basic video statistics
  • YouTube Analytics Data: Analytics metrics including views, watch time, audience retention, click-through rates (CTR), geographic data, device information, and other performance metrics
  • OAuth Tokens: Encrypted access tokens that allow us to read data from YouTube APIs on your behalf

Important: Makefy uses only read-only OAuth scopes ( https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly and https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly). We never post, edit, delete, or upload content to your YouTube channel. All access is read-only for the purpose of providing analytics and recommendations.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service.
  • To provide YouTube analytics and insights: to display analytics dashboards, compute SEO audits and scores, generate AI-powered recommendations, and create reports based on your YouTube channel and video data.
  • To improve our Service: to analyze usage patterns, prevent abuse, and enhance the functionality of our analytics and SEO tools.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

YouTube Data and OAuth Tokens: When you disconnect your YouTube channel from Makefy, we immediately revoke access to your OAuth tokens and stop collecting new data from YouTube APIs. Cached analytics data and stored tokens are deleted within 30 days of disconnection or account deletion. You can disconnect your YouTube channel at any time through your account settings.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You. You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account and visiting the account settings section.

Disconnecting YouTube: You can disconnect your YouTube channel at any time through your account settings. This will immediately revoke our access to your YouTube data and OAuth tokens. All cached YouTube analytics data will be deleted within 30 days.

Account Deletion: To request complete deletion of your account and all associated data, including YouTube data, please contact us at makefyai@gmail.com. We will process your request and delete all personal data within 30 days, except where we are required to retain certain information by law.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

OAuth Token Security: All OAuth tokens used to access YouTube APIs are stored encrypted at rest. These tokens are used solely to read data from YouTube APIs on your behalf and are never shared with third parties. Access to tokens is restricted to authorized personnel and systems necessary to provide the Service.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your Personal Data, including:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your Personal Data.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at makefyai@gmail.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Service Providers

We may share Your Personal Data with service providers that perform services on our behalf, including:

  • Cloud hosting and database providers
  • Error logging and monitoring services
  • Analytics and usage tracking services
  • Email service providers
  • Payment processors

These service providers are bound by data processing agreements and are only permitted to use Your Personal Data to provide services to Us. They are not authorized to sell or share Your Personal Data with any third parties.

No Sale of Data: We do not sell, rent, or trade Your Personal Data, including YouTube data, to any third parties for marketing or other purposes.

Third-Party Services

Our Service uses Google OAuth to connect to YouTube. When you connect your YouTube channel, you are subject to Google's Privacy Policy and YouTube's Terms of Service. We encourage you to review:

Makefy's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: makefyai@gmail.com