WhoPaysWhy Uploader – Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 27, 2026 · Operated by Canyon Rim Digital LLC, doing business as Who Pays Why Social, Kimberly, Idaho, creator of the YouTube channel Who Pays Why (@whopayswhy)

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Summary: WhoPaysWhy Uploader is a private, internal tool used only by the owner of the Who Pays Why YouTube channel to manage that one channel. It is not offered to the public. It uses YouTube API Services. YouTube data stays on the operator's own machine. It is never sold or shared with third parties.

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1. What this tool is

WhoPaysWhy Uploader is a command-line tool. It is used only by the channel owner, and only for the channel "Who Pays Why" (channel ID UC-B6JM3z9jJ-JOpqkB7o49Q). It uploads the owner's own pre-made videos, replies to comments on those videos, and reads the channel's own statistics. It has no public sign-up, no other users, and no website login.

2. YouTube API Services

This tool uses YouTube API Services. By using it, you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service. Google's handling of data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.

3. What YouTube data is accessed, and why

Data	API method	Why
Channel statistics (subscriber, view and video counts)	channels.list	To show the owner how the channel is doing
The channel's own videos: titles, privacy and schedule status, view/like/comment counts	videos.list, playlistItems.list	To confirm uploads and scheduled publish times, and to see basic performance
Comments on the channel's own videos: comment text, the commenter's public display name and channel ID, timestamps, reply counts	commentThreads.list	So the owner can read comments and reply to viewers
Replies written by the owner	comments.insert	To post the owner's replies to comments on the owner's videos
The owner's own video files and their metadata (title, description, tags, category, privacy, scheduled publish time)	videos.insert	To upload the owner's own videos to the owner's channel

OAuth scopes requested: youtube.upload and youtube.force-ssl. The tool only accesses the channel owner's account. It does not access other users' private data, and it collects no data from viewers apart from the public comment information listed above.

4. How data is stored

The OAuth access/refresh token is stored only in a local file on the operator's own machine. It is never transmitted anywhere except to Google's OAuth servers.
API responses are shown to the operator and are not kept in any database. At most, the tool keeps a small local record of which comment IDs have already been answered, so it does not reply twice.
There are no servers, cookies, analytics, advertising, or tracking.

5. Sharing and sale

YouTube data obtained through this tool is not shared with any third party and is never sold. It is used only to manage the Who Pays Why channel.

6. Retention and deletion