Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 2026
1. Information We Collect
You can use ThumbnailLift without an account. We collect only the following:
- Contact form: if you send us a message, we store the name, email address, subject, message, optional phone number, and IP address you submit so we can reply and prevent abuse.
- Video lookups: when you paste a YouTube link, the video ID is sent to our server to fetch public details (title, channel, duration) from YouTube. We don’t store the links you paste.
- Usage counts: we keep anonymous totals, such as how many thumbnails were generated or downloaded. These counts aren’t linked to you.
- Analytics and advertising data: collected by Google through cookies, as described in sections 3 and 4.
2. How We Use Information
We use contact form details only to answer your message. We use anonymous usage counts and analytics to understand which tools and guides are useful and to improve the site. We do not sell personal information.
3. Third-Party Services
Our site uses the following third-party services:
- Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager: measure how visitors use the site. Subject to Google’s privacy policy.
- Google AdSense: may display advertisements on this site. See section 4 and how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
- YouTube: thumbnail images load directly from YouTube’s public image servers (
img.youtube.com), and video details come from YouTube. Subject to YouTube’s policies.
4. Cookies and Advertising
ThumbnailLift does not set its own tracking cookies. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info. To stop Google Analytics collecting data, use the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland are asked for consent before personalized ads are shown.
5. Data Stored in Your Browser
To make the tool easier to use, your browser’s local storage keeps your light/dark theme choice, your recent searches, and the blog category you last selected. This data stays on your device, is never sent to us, and you can clear it at any time from your browser settings or with the “Clear” button in the search history.
6. Data Retention and Security
We keep contact form messages only as long as needed to handle your request. All traffic to ThumbnailLift is encrypted using HTTPS.
7. Children’s Privacy
ThumbnailLift is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
8. Your Rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or CCPA), you may have the right to access, correct, or delete personal information we hold about you, such as a contact form message. Email contact@thumbnaillift.com and we will respond within 30 days.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, use our contact page or email contact@thumbnaillift.com.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will appear on this page with a new “Last updated” date.