Privacy Policy
Short version? We don’t collect any data about you. No telemetry, no trackers ! Because Poke is free software, you can also check the source and self-host.
Preamble
Welcome to Poke’s Privacy Policy. We don’t collect data about you and we don’t run telemetry. Poke is free software you can read, remix, and run yourself.
Not legal advice lol
TL;DR
- No data collected. Full stop.
- No telemetry. We don’t phone home.
- No third‑party trackers. We’re allergic.
- YouTube can’t see what you watch here. Its all done on the backend.
- Poke Account: no email required, no personal info needed.
- Poke Maps: uses OpenStreetMap data; map tiles/attribution may have separate privacy rules depending on the tile server you use.
- No required cookies. Preferences (like theme or layout) may live in local storage on your device.
What We Do/Don’t Collect
We collect nothing about you
We don’t store IP addresses, user‑agent fingerprints, unique identifiers, emails, names—none of it. There’s no telemetry or “anonymous crash reports.”
What exists briefly so the internet works
Your browser and our server exchange data to deliver pages (that’s how HTTP works). That info is handled transiently and not logged in a way that identifies you on our primary instance.
Poke Account
If you make a Poke account, we don’t require an email or personal details.
Third‑Party Requests & Proxy
When Poke needs assets (videos, thumbnails, etc.), we fetch them through our proxy (e.g., p.poketube.fun).
Fonts and other assets are shipped locally where possible. If a third‑party endpoint is necessary, we keep it behind the proxy and strip identifying headers.
Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR)
- Legitimate interests: Operating a secure, reliable service while collecting no personal data.
- Consent: If a future optional feature needs info, we’ll ask first and explain why.
- Legal obligation: If the law requires us to act, we provide only what we actually have (which is essentially nothing personal by default).
Your Privacy Rights
We simply don’t keep personal data.
Data Retention
- Server logs: No personal identifiers on our main instance.
- Telemetry/analytics: Not enabled here.
- Optional contact data (if you added it): Kept only as long as you want it to be.
Security
Connections use modern TLS. We minimize what could ever be exposed by not collecting personal data in the first place. Less data, less risk. Math checks out.
Self‑Hosting
Poke is free software under the GNU GPL v3.0 or later.
Changes to this Policy
If we ever change how privacy works here, we’ll update the date at the top and announce major changes. Spoiler: changes would not include adding two bananas. this isnt minions LOL :3
Contact
Questions or concerns? Open an issue on our project tracker :D
- Project: codeberg.org/Ashley/poketube
Policy License
© 2021–2025 Poke. This policy is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
GPLv3 Warranty Disclaimer (excerpt)
IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER,
OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM
(E.G., LOSS OF DATA, DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE, OR FAILURES OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.