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Poke Privacy Policy
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. at all!!
- No telemetry. We don’t phone home.
- No third-party trackers. Yippe!!
- 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.
Ownership
The Poke service and this default instance (poketube.fun) are owned and operated by the Poke Project. Learn more at initiative.poketube.fun.
Initiative Site Privacy
The informational website at initiative.poketube.fun does not collect personal information. For hosting-related processing, the Codeberg privacy policy applies: codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/src/branch/main/PrivacyPolicy.md.
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.
OpenStreetMap
Poke Maps uses OpenStreetMap data. That means when you explore maps at /map, we embed OSM via an iframe directly into the Poke site. The tiles and geographic info are delivered from OSM contributors’ servers. While Poke itself doesn’t collect any of your data, OpenStreetMap’s tile servers have their own privacy policy.
Weather Pages & Services
Poke’s weather pages use third-party, privacy-respecting services to resolve places and fetch forecasts:
- Geocoding / place lookup: nominatim.openstreetmap.org (OpenStreetMap Nominatim). Privacy: OSMF Privacy Policy.
- Forecast data: open-meteo.com. Privacy: Open-Meteo Terms & Privacy.
Poke does not add trackers to these requests. However, when these services are contacted, their respective privacy policies apply to those specific requests.
Translate Page (SimplyTranslate)
Our translate page does not send data to Google. We use the community-run SimplyTranslate service (a privacy-friendly translation front-end). SimplyTranslate is a free software project: source code at codeberg.org/ManeraKai/simplytranslate and its legal notice.
We don’t know whether the text you translate contains personal information or not—that’s up to you. Please avoid submitting sensitive personal data to any translation service.
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: Running Poke smoothly while collecting exactly zero personal data.
- Consent: If we ever invent an optional feature that needs info, we’ll ask. But right now? There’s nothing to consent to.
- Legal obligation: Even if someone waves a fancy piece of paper at us, we literally have nothing personal to hand over. Empty pockets.
Your Privacy Rights
Since Poke doesn’t collect or store personal data, there’s basically nothing for us to give, sell, or lose about you. You don’t have to worry about “export my data” or “delete my profile” requests because we don’t have anything on you in the first place.
Poke Accounts don’t require an email, name, or any other identifying info — and there’s no way to add that kind of data even if you wanted to.
Data Retention
- Server logs: No personal identifiers on our main instance.
- Telemetry/analytics: Not enabled here.
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
Document History
You can view the full edit history for this policy at: codeberg.org/ashley/poke/commits/branch/main/html/priv.ejs.
Warranty Disclaimer
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.
Contact
Questions or concerns? Open an issue on our project tracker :D
- Project: codeberg.org/Ashley/poke
- Initiative: initiative.poketube.fun
Policy License
© 2021–2025 Poke (Poke Project). This policy is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).