About & Privacy

A quick overview of what TubeThumb Tools is, how it works, and how your data is handled.

About TubeThumb Tools

TubeThumb Tools is a small collection of browser-based utilities designed for YouTube creators. The tools help you work with thumbnails, embeds, Shorts URLs and channel images quickly, without needing to sign up or install anything.

Everything runs as a static site, which means there is no custom backend and no database. The pages you see are just HTML, CSS and JavaScript, hosted on a static hosting platform.

How the tools work

The tools on this site work entirely in your browser:

  • When you paste a YouTube URL or video ID, the page uses simple JavaScript to extract the ID and construct standard, publicly accessible thumbnail and embed URLs.
  • When you upload an image (for mockups or channel art), that image is handled locally by your browser to generate a preview. It is not sent to a server for processing.
  • No official YouTube Data API calls are made, and no scraping of YouTube pages takes place.

Privacy

This site is intentionally minimal in the data it collects. The core tools do not require an account and do not ask for any personal information such as your name or email address.

When you paste a YouTube URL or upload an image, that data is processed in your browser in order to generate previews and links. The site itself does not store a log of the URLs or files you use with the tools.

Analytics & usage data

To understand how the site is used and to improve it over time, standard web analytics may be used. These typically record anonymised information such as page views, approximate location (based on IP), device type and referring pages.

If you choose to use analytics, please refer to your chosen provider’s privacy policy for details of how they handle data.

Advertising & cookies

TubeThumb Tools is intended to be supported by display advertising through third-party ad networks, such as Google AdSense or similar providers. These networks may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Serve and measure ads on this site;
  • Limit how often you see the same advert;
  • Provide reports on ad performance.

Where required, you should display any consent banners or notices mandated in your region, and link to the relevant ad network privacy policies (for example, Google’s “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services” page, if you use AdSense).

Third-party links

Some tools link directly to YouTube or other external sites. Once you leave TubeThumb Tools and visit those sites, their own privacy policies and terms of use apply.

Contact

If you have questions about the site, spot a bug, or wish to request removal of content, you can contact the site owner at:

Email: smartertradesshop@gmail.com