This is a plain-language summary of what orystreams collects and why. It's meant to be honest and readable, not legal advice — orystreams is in open beta and this will be refined as the site matures.
What we collect
- Your account — when you sign in with Discord, Google, or Twitch, we store the identifier, display name, email address, and avatar that provider shares with us. We never see your password.
- What you create — the posts, recaps, replies, likes, and follows you make on orystreams.
- Notifications — if you turn on push notifications, we store a delivery address for that browser so we can send them. Turning them off removes it.
- Basic usage — privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics that count visits. No ad networks, no cross-site tracking, and we never sell your data.
Third parties
- GIF search — when you search for a GIF in the composer, your search words are forwarded to Klipy (the GIF provider) along with a pseudonymous identifier. Your account details are never shared with them.
- YouTube — pages with YouTube videos load thumbnails from YouTube's image servers; the players use YouTube's no-cookie embed and set nothing until you press play.
Your choices
- Sign out any time to end your session.
- Online status — the green "online" dot and the "here now" list are optional; turn them off in Settings and you appear in neither.
- Delete your account from Settings. It's hidden immediately — your profile is anonymized, sign-in tokens are erased, and push notifications stop right away — and everything else is permanently removed after a 30-day grace period. Your posts stay, attributed to "[deleted]".
Beta note
While orystreams is in beta, data may occasionally be reset as we build. We'll give notice where we can, but please don't treat the beta as permanent storage.
Cookies & storage
No consent banner here because there's nothing to consent to:
- Sign-in cookies — keep you logged in. Strictly necessary, gone when your account is.
- On-device preferences — things like which spoilers you've revealed live in your browser's local storage and never leave your device.
- No tracking cookies. None. Our analytics are cookieless, and there are no ads or third-party trackers.
Questions
Ask on the orystreams Discord or use the Send feedback button in the app — see the contact page.