Privacy Policy for EnthaScene

Last Updated: [Date - e.g., May 28, 2025]

Welcome to EnthaScene ("us", "we", or "our"). We operate the website enthascene.web.app (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may collect the following information:

Usage Data (Automatically Collected)

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer'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. This data is collected through Firebase Hosting and potentially Google Analytics (if integrated).

How We Use Your Data

EnthaScene uses the collected data for various purposes:

Data Processing and Third-Party Services

To provide the analysis, the YouTube video URLs you submit and associated data (like comments fetched based on the URL) are processed by the following third-party services provided by Google:

Your use of our Service means that data related to the video URL you submit will be shared with these Google services. We recommend reviewing Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We also use Firebase (a Google service) for hosting our website and for Cloud Functions that power the analysis. Firebase may collect usage data as described above.

Data Storage and Retention (IP Addresses)

IP addresses collected for rate limiting purposes are stored in our Firestore database. We associate your IP address with a count of requests made on a particular day.

We intend to retain this IP address usage data only for as long as necessary for the purpose of rate limiting, typically for a short period (e.g., a few days to cover daily limits) before it is automatically deleted or anonymized. We may implement Time-To-Live (TTL) policies in Firestore to facilitate this. [നിങ്ങളുടെ Firestore TTL നയം ഇവിടെ വ്യക്തമാക്കുക - ഉദാഹരണത്തിന്: "ഈ ഐപി വിലാസ ഉപയോഗ ഡാറ്റ 3 ദിവസത്തിന് ശേഷം ഓട്ടോമാറ്റിക്കായി ഇല്ലാതാക്കപ്പെടും."] (Specify your actual TTL policy here - e.g., "This IP address usage data is automatically deleted after 3 days.")

Cookies

Our Service (enthascene.web.app hosted on Firebase Hosting) may use cookies for basic functionality provided by Firebase or for analytics if integrated. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some portions of our Service may not function properly.

Ads (If Applicable)

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We may use third-party Service Providers to show advertisements on our Service to help support and maintain our Service. Google AdSense is one such provider. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy. Please review their privacy policy for more details.

[പരസ്യങ്ങൾ സംബന്ധിച്ച വിവരം ഇവിടെ ചേർക്കുക, നിങ്ങൾ AdSense ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ.]

Security of Data

The security of your 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 (like using HTTPS and secure Google Cloud infrastructure), we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain data protection rights. These may include:

Since we primarily process IP addresses for transient rate-limiting and YouTube URLs which are publicly accessible, direct user data management options are limited. If you have concerns about your IP address being logged, please contact us.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 (or a higher age if stipulated by local law). If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

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.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.