Privacy

This explains what stays on your machine, the little that reaches us, and what you can ask us to do with it.

Last updated 6 August 2026

Your research never reaches us

Bangermap talks to YouTube from your own machine, using the free Google API key you create yourself. Channel and video data goes straight from Google to your machine. It is cached in a local database that expires within 30 days, and your API key is stored on that machine and sent only to Google. Scans, watchlists, settings and exports stay on your machine. We run no server that sees any of it, so there is nothing on our side to hand over, sell or lose.

What we do receive

Your email address, if you ask for our emails. We hold it on your consent, you confirm it by clicking a link before anything else is sent, and every message carries a one-click way off the list.

If you buy, your email address, your licence key and the dates you purchased and first activated. We use them to send the key, to help you get a first scan running, and to tell you about releases. Those messages carry the same one-click way off.

Your licence key and a device label when you activate, recheck or release a machine. The label is a random identifier plus the name of your operating system, not your computer's name. We need this to honour the licence you bought, which is the contract between us.

Your purchase details, which are held by Creem, our payment provider and merchant of record. Card numbers never touch our systems.

Ordinary server logs when your browser or the app calls bangermap.com, including the IP address. We keep these briefly to run the service and to stop abuse.

No cookies, no analytics, no account

This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics or tracking scripts. There is no account to create and no profile to build, which is why nothing here asks for consent to be tracked.

Who else handles it

Creem processes payments and licence keys. Vercel hosts the site and its licence proxy. Brevo holds the mailing lists and sends our email. Each acts on our instructions, some are outside the European Economic Area, and those transfers rely on the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.

How long we keep it

A mailing address goes when you unsubscribe. Activation records last as long as your licence. Invoices are kept for the periods Italian tax law requires. Logs are measured in weeks.

What you can ask for

You can ask for a copy of what we hold, have it corrected or deleted, take it elsewhere, object to how we use it, or withdraw consent at any time. Deleting your activation record releases the licence, so ask for that only when you want the key freed.

Write to support@bangermap.com and we will answer within a month. If we get it wrong you can complain to the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali in Italy, or to the authority where you live.

Changes

If this changes we update the page and the date at the top. Material changes to how we use your email will reach you by email first.