Privacy policy

Last updated 11 October 2026

Smash & Sink ("we", "us") runs the website smashandsink.com and a publishing tool that posts our own videos to our own accounts on YouTube, X, Instagram and TikTok. This policy explains what information that involves. Questions: [email protected].

Visitors to this website

This website has no sign-up, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking cookies. Our web server keeps standard access logs (IP address, time, page requested, browser type) for up to 30 days for security and then deletes them.

Our publishing tool

The tool is used only by Smash & Sink staff. Through each platform's official API it:

• signs in to our own accounts, with our permission, and stores the resulting access tokens on our server, readable only by the tool;
• reads the basic profile of those accounts (account ID, handle and display name) to confirm it is posting to the right account;
• uploads videos and captions that a person has approved, and deletes our own posts when we ask it to;
• reads public posts and public video information (titles, descriptions, view counts, the public handle and follower count of the account that posted) to find clips worth covering and to credit their source.

It does not collect personal information about people who watch, follow or comment on our posts, and it does not send messages, follow accounts or like posts.

YouTube API Services

Our tool uses YouTube API Services. By using our YouTube channels you also agree to the YouTube Terms of Service, and Google's handling of data is described in the Google Privacy Policy. The tool accesses only our own channels; it uses YouTube data only to upload, manage and delete our own videos and to read public video information as described above. Access can be revoked at any time from the Google security settings page.

Where information is kept, and for how long

• Our server is hosted by Hetzner Online in the European Union.
• Access tokens are kept until we disconnect the account or revoke access.
• Downloaded footage and edited videos are deleted after 7 days.
• Public post and video information, and our record of what we approved and published, are kept for as long as we need them to run and account for our channels, and reviewed at least once a year.

Sharing

We do not sell or share personal information. Service providers that process data for us: Hetzner (hosting), Cloudflare (domain and DNS), and Anthropic (an AI model that helps score clips and draft captions from public titles, descriptions and transcripts only).

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask what information we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it. If a public post of yours appears in our tool or one of our videos and you want it removed, email [email protected]. You can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).

Changes

We will post any change to this policy on this page and update the date at the top.