Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 24, 2025

Welcome to **The Backyard Meta**. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or use our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data transparently.

1. Information We Collect

When you visit the site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the site, and information about how you interact with the site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

• Cookies: These are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier.
• Log files: These track actions occurring on the site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

2. Use of YouTube API Services

Our website uses **YouTube API Services**. By using our site, you are also agreeing to be bound by the **YouTube Terms of Service** and the **Google Privacy Policy**.

We access and collect certain information from the YouTube API, such as your YouTube channel name, profile picture, and live stream status. We use this information solely to display channel content and provide a live/not live banner to improve your user experience. We do not sell or share this YouTube-related information with any external parties, and it is not stored on our servers after being used for display.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to operate, maintain, and provide all features of our website. This includes:

• Improving our services: We use Device Information to analyze how our users interact with the site, which helps us optimize its performance and features.
• Security: We use your IP address to help screen for potential fraud and to protect the security of our site.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We may share information with third-party service providers only as necessary to provide our services (e.g., using hosting services or analytics providers).

5. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@thebackyardmeta.com.