Privacy Policy
This policy explains what information Fack’d™ collects, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices you have.
- Introduction
- Information we collect
- How we use information
- Legal bases
- How we share information
- Cookies and local storage
- Information from Google
- How long we keep information
- Security
- Your rights and choices
- Children
- International transfers
- Changes to this policy
- Contact us
1. Introduction
Fack’d (the “Service”), available at fackd.com and formerly known as CiteYT, is operated by Pixel Potion (“Pixel Potion,” “we,” “us” or “our”). Fack’d plays YouTube videos and shows AI-generated fact checks of claims made in them. This Privacy Policy applies to the Service, including our websites, the fact-checking features and Fack’d Premium. By using the Service, you acknowledge the practices described here.
2. Information we collect
We collect only what the Service needs to work.
Information you give us
- Account information. When you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address and profile picture from Google.
- Reports and flags. When you report a problem or flag a check, we collect what you write, any contact details you choose to include, the page you were on and the check you flagged.
- Early-access sign-ups. If you join the early-access list, we collect your email address and the video you were watching.
- Payment information. If you subscribe to Premium, payment is processed by Stripe. We receive your Stripe customer identifier and the status and renewal date of your subscription. We do not receive or store your full card number.
Information collected automatically
- Browser identifier. A random identifier stored in your browser’s local storage, used to measure how much checking each browser uses per month. If local storage is unavailable, we use your IP address for this purpose.
- Log and device information. IP address, request time, pages and endpoints requested, browser type, and usage and cost records for each request, collected by our hosting provider and by us to operate and secure the Service.
- Session cookie. If you sign in, a cookie that keeps you signed in (see Section 6).
Content you have checked
When a video is checked, we store the transcript lines that were heard and the resulting checks, keyed to the YouTube video rather than to you, so that later viewers can see the same checks. If you replay your own clip or share a browser tab’s audio for checking, short audio segments are sent to our transcription providers; the audio itself is not stored by us.
3. How we use information
We use information to:
- provide, operate and maintain the Service, including signing you in and showing fact checks;
- provide Premium, process payments and manage subscriptions;
- meter usage, enforce plan limits and prevent abuse, fraud and excessive cost;
- investigate and correct reported checks, and respond to you;
- tell early-access sign-ups when new features are available;
- monitor, debug and improve the Service; and
- comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.
We do not sell personal information, use it for targeted advertising, or use it to build advertising profiles.
4. Legal bases
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we process personal information on these legal bases: to perform our contract with you (providing the Service and Premium); our legitimate interests (securing the Service, preventing abuse, measuring usage and improving accuracy); your consent (early-access sign-ups and optional contact details in reports), which you may withdraw at any time; and compliance with legal obligations.
5. How we share information
We share personal information only with service providers that process it on our behalf to run the Service, under contractual obligations to protect it:
| Provider | Purpose | Data involved |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Hosting, storage, security, speech-to-text (Workers AI) | All data described in Section 2 |
| Sign-in; YouTube video player; web fonts | Sign-in details; your requests to YouTube and Google Fonts | |
| Stripe | Payments and subscription billing | Payment and billing details |
| Anthropic | AI analysis of transcripts to find and check claims | Transcript text and video details, not your identity |
| Deepgram | Speech-to-text transcription | Audio segments |
| Supadata | YouTube captions and video details | Video identifiers |
We may also disclose information if required by law or legal process, to protect the rights, safety or property of Pixel Potion, our users or the public, or in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, in which case this policy will continue to apply to the information transferred.
6. Cookies and local storage
Fack’d uses a small number of first-party cookies and local storage entries that are necessary for the Service. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
fackd_session | Cookie | Keeps you signed in | 30 days |
fackd_oauth_state, fackd_return | Cookie | Protects Google sign-in and returns you to your page | 10 minutes |
fackd-client | Local storage | Browser identifier for usage limits | Until you clear it |
fackd-access | Local storage | Saves a team access code, if you enter one | Until you clear it |
YouTube may set its own cookies when you play a video through its embedded player; those are governed by Google’s Privacy Policy.
7. Information from Google
When you sign in with Google, Fack’d requests only your basic profile (name, email address and profile picture). We use this information solely to create and identify your account, show your name and picture in the Service, and associate your Premium subscription with you. We do not transfer it to others except as described in Section 5, and we do not use it for advertising.
Fack’d’s use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
8. How long we keep information
- Account information is kept while your account exists and deleted when you ask us to delete it.
- Sign-in sessions expire after 30 days.
- Reports and flags are kept for up to one year.
- Checked videos (transcript lines and checks) are kept for up to one year after they were last saved.
- Early-access sign-ups are kept until you ask us to remove them or the early-access program ends.
- Billing records are kept by Stripe and by us as required for tax and accounting.
- Logs are kept for a limited period set by our hosting provider.
9. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information, including encryption in transit (HTTPS), HttpOnly and Secure cookies, and access controls on stored data. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Your rights and choices
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of your personal information, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent. California residents have the right to know, delete and correct personal information and not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights; we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
To make a request, contact us as described in Section 14. You can also sign out at any time, cancel Premium from the account menu, and clear your browser’s local storage to reset your browser identifier. If you are in the EEA or UK, you may lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
11. Children
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
12. International transfers
Pixel Potion and our service providers operate in the United States and other countries. Your information may be processed outside the country where you live, under safeguards required by applicable law.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated policy on this page and change the “Last updated” date. If changes are material, we will provide additional notice, such as a notice in the Service.
14. Contact us
For questions about this policy or to exercise your rights, contact Pixel Potion through the contact form on fackd.com (choose “Report a problem” and include an email address so we can reply).
See also our Terms of Service and how Fack’d rates claims. Fack’d and the Fack’d duck are trademarks of Pixel Potion.