PRIVACY
POLICY.

1. Information We Collect

Scary Snowman TV may collect information you provide directly, such as your name, email address, newsletter subscription choice, community username, public display name, selected or uploaded profile picture, comments, ratings, inquiry details, video-submission information, licensing details, and communications. Members may authenticate with ChatGPT or create an email-and-password account through our authentication provider, Supabase. Passwords are handled by the authentication provider and are not stored in the Scary Snowman TV community database. Your email is not displayed publicly as part of your community profile.

The website and its service providers may also receive standard technical information, including IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location derived from IP address, timestamps, and security or diagnostic logs. Information collected depends on which features you choose to use. The in-development social integration is not represented as publicly launched.

2. TikTok Information

If you choose to connect TikTok to Scary Snowman Social Hub, the initial integration is read-only. Subject to the permissions you approve and TikTok's availability, it may access basic profile data, extended profile information, account statistics, and listings or metadata for public videos.

Examples may include display name, username, avatar, profile description, verified status, follower and following counts, like or engagement statistics, public video identifiers, captions, cover images, publication dates, durations, and public performance statistics. TikTok publishing is disabled. The integration does not publish, edit, or delete TikTok content.

3. OAuth Authorization and Tokens

TikTok connection uses OAuth authorization. You are sent to TikTok to review and approve requested permissions; Scary Snowman TV does not ask for or receive your TikTok password. Authorization credentials and tokens are intended to be stored securely on the server and are not intentionally exposed in browser code, public pages, URLs, logs, or client-side storage.

You may decline authorization or revoke Scary Snowman Social Hub through TikTok's connected-app settings. Revocation stops future authorized access, subject to normal processing time and any information that must be retained for legal, security, or recordkeeping reasons.

4. How We Use Information

Information may be used to operate and secure the website; create and manage community accounts; send the monthly newsletter to people who subscribe; display usernames, profile pictures, comments, and ratings that members intentionally make public; provide requested features; display authorized read-only TikTok account and public-video information; respond to inquiries; manage submissions, licensing, and business relationships; troubleshoot errors; prevent abuse; maintain records; improve performance and usability; and comply with legal obligations.

Scary Snowman TV does not use the TikTok integration to publish content or to impersonate users.

5. Sharing and Service Providers

Information may be disclosed to vendors that provide hosting, databases, authentication, analytics, email, security, storage, error monitoring, or other technical services. Supabase provides email-account authentication, while ChatGPT provides an optional separate sign-in method. These providers may process information only as needed to perform their services and under applicable contractual or legal obligations.

Information may also be disclosed when required by law, to protect rights or safety, to investigate fraud or abuse, or in connection with a merger, financing, acquisition, reorganization, or transfer of business assets. TikTok information is also governed by TikTok's own terms and privacy practices. We do not sell TikTok user data.

6. Retention and Deletion

Information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described here, including operating the requested feature, maintaining security, resolving disputes, meeting contractual obligations, and complying with law. Retention periods vary by the type of information and the reason it was collected.

Signed-in members may use the account page to delete their public community profile, uploaded profile picture, comments, and ratings. A separate request may be needed to delete the underlying identity-provider record. Signed agreements, licensing records, fraud-prevention records, or other limited information may be retained when legally or operationally required. To request additional deletion, email TheScarySnowman@yahoo.com with the subject “Privacy Deletion Request.” We may need to verify your identity. You should separately revoke TikTok authorization in TikTok's settings.

7. Security

Scary Snowman TV uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information, including access controls, server-side secret management, transport encryption where supported, restricted credential access, and operational monitoring. Client keys, client secrets, and access tokens are not intentionally published or exposed.

No online system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security or uninterrupted availability.

8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website and its service providers may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for authentication, security, preferences, session continuity, performance, and basic analytics. Browser controls may allow you to block or delete cookies, but doing so may prevent some features from working correctly.

9. Children’s Privacy

The website and Scary Snowman Social Hub are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child provided personal information, contact us so we can review and delete it as appropriate.

10. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or portability of certain personal information, or to withdraw consent. Newsletter subscribers may opt out using the unsubscribe method included with newsletter messages or by submitting a privacy request. You may also disconnect TikTok at any time through TikTok's authorization settings. We will respond to valid requests as required by applicable law and may ask for identity verification.

11. Contact

Privacy questions and requests may be sent to:

12. Effective Date and Updates

Effective date: August 22, 2026. This policy may be updated as the website, integration, legal requirements, or service providers change. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Material changes may also be communicated through an appropriate website notice.