Privacy Policy.

1. Who we are

Cynic Stick is a short-form tech commentary project covering AI, consumer tech, apps, platforms, privacy creep, and internet culture. The official website is cynicstick.com.

2. Information we collect

We collect only the information needed to run the website, respond to contact requests, operate official publishing workflows, and maintain the Cynic Stick social media presence.

• Information you send directly, such as emails, requests, questions, or review-related messages.
• Basic technical information that may be processed by hosting, security, analytics, or logging systems, such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, timestamps, and referral data.
• Publishing metadata for Cynic Stick content, such as captions, upload status, post IDs, timestamps, public post URLs, platform responses, and technical logs.
• OAuth tokens or API credentials when an official Cynic Stick account is connected to a third-party platform for authorized publishing. These are used only for the connected account and approved permissions.

3. Information we do not intentionally collect

We do not intentionally collect payment card information, private messages from platform users, address books, contact lists, government ID information, or sensitive personal data from visitors to this website.

4. How we use information

We use information to operate the website, answer messages, manage official Cynic Stick publishing workflows, upload and publish approved videos, check publishing status, store public post results, troubleshoot technical issues, improve reliability, and protect the security of the site and related systems.

We do not sell personal data. We do not use platform OAuth data for advertising, resale, profiling, or unrelated analytics.

5. Third-party platforms and services

Cynic Stick may use third-party services for hosting, media delivery, analytics, security, email, automation, and publishing to official social media accounts. These providers may process limited data as needed to provide their services.

When Cynic Stick connects to platforms such as YouTube, X, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, or similar services, the connection is used only to manage official Cynic Stick content and account publishing workflows.

6. Cookies and analytics

The website may use basic cookies, logs, or privacy-conscious analytics to understand site performance, diagnose problems, and improve the experience. If analytics are used, they should be treated like a measuring tape, not a personality test.

7. Data sharing

We may share limited information with infrastructure providers, platform API providers, analytics or security services, legal authorities when required, or trusted service providers that help operate Cynic Stick. We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data.

8. Data retention

We keep contact messages, publishing records, technical logs, and related operational data only as long as needed for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer period is required for legal, security, or operational reasons. OAuth tokens may be removed when access is revoked, an integration is no longer needed, or deletion is requested.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect website data, publishing records, access tokens, and related systems. No online system is perfectly secure, because apparently humanity looked at complexity and said, “yes, more of that.”

10. Your choices and deletion requests

You may contact us to request access, correction, or deletion of personal information associated with Cynic Stick. If you authorized a platform integration, you may also revoke access through that platform’s account or app settings.

11. Children’s privacy

Cynic Stick is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can review and remove it where appropriate.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.