Privacy policy
Last updated 15 November 2026
ChannelManager (“we”, “us”) is a web app at channelmanager.dev, operated by Sebastian Romo, 22 Fillmore St, Trenton, NJ 08638, USA. It helps you upload, translate, schedule and moderate videos and comments on YouTube channels you own or manage. This policy explains what data we handle and what you can do about it.
YouTube API Services
ChannelManager uses YouTube API Services. By connecting a channel you also agree to the YouTube Terms of Service, and Google's handling of your data is governed by the Google Privacy Policy. You can revoke our access at any time from your Google account's third-party connections page or with the Disconnect button in ChannelManager.
Permissions we ask Google for
| Permission | What we use it for |
|---|---|
| Your name, email and profile picture | Signing you in and showing which Google account each channel belongs to. |
| Upload YouTube videos | Uploading the videos you add or schedule in ChannelManager. |
| Manage your YouTube videos and comments | Only on your command: setting thumbnails, uploading caption tracks, adding translated titles and descriptions, setting publish times, adding videos to playlists, and listing, replying to, approving, hiding, banning the author of or deleting comments. |
We ask for comment permissions only when you first open the comments inbox.
Data we store
| Data | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Account: email, name, workspace and team membership | To run your account | Until you delete your account |
| Google sign-in (refresh) tokens, encrypted | To act on your channels when a scheduled job runs | Until you disconnect the channel; revoked at Google and deleted at once |
| Channel details: id, title, picture, whether custom thumbnails are allowed | To show your channels and their health | Refreshed or deleted within 30 days; deleted within 7 days of disconnecting |
| Files you upload: videos, thumbnails, subtitle files | To send them to YouTube | Source videos deleted 7 days after a successful upload |
| Translations and caption files we make | So you can review, edit and download them | Until you delete the video in ChannelManager or your account |
| Comments on your videos (text, author name and channel, time, moderation status) | To show them in your inbox, translate them and draft replies | Refreshed or deleted within 30 days; deleted within 7 days of disconnecting |
| Activity log: who uploaded, replied, hid or deleted what | So workspace owners can see what their team did | Until you delete your account |
We don't sell your data, we don't use it for advertising, and we don't use YouTube data for anything other than the features listed above.
Services that process data for us
- Hosting and databases (Vercel, Neon, Upstash), which store and run the app.
- File storage for your uploads before they go to YouTube.
- Translation providers, which receive your titles, descriptions, caption files and comments only to produce translations and reply drafts. We choose providers that don't train their models on this data.
- Payments (Stripe) and email delivery, when those features are live.
Security
Google tokens are encrypted at rest, are never sent to your browser and are never written to logs. All traffic uses HTTPS.
Disconnecting and deleting your data
- Disconnect a channel: we revoke our access at Google, delete its tokens immediately and delete its cached YouTube data within 7 days.
- Delete your account: everything above is deleted within 7 days.
- Or email hello@channelmanager.dev and we'll do it for you.
Videos already published on YouTube stay on YouTube; you manage those in YouTube Studio.
Changes
If we change this policy in a way that affects how we use your data, we'll email you before the change takes effect.
Contact
Questions or requests: hello@channelmanager.dev.
Sebastian Romo, 22 Fillmore St, Trenton, NJ 08638, USA