Privacy Policy | Macca Lab

Website

Macca Lab is a public website and does not currently offer visitor accounts or a sign-up form. When a page is requested, the hosting and network providers may process technical request information such as IP address, browser and device details, the requested URL and request time to deliver, secure and troubleshoot the service. Their handling and retention of this information are governed by their own policies and service settings.

Macca Lab does not sell personal information and does not build advertising profiles about visitors. When configured, the site uses Cloudflare Web Analytics for aggregate traffic and performance measurement; Macca Lab does not use that service to identify individual visitors.

Cookies and local storage

The website does not currently set its own tracking cookies. The optional Skylet chat widget stores up to eight recent chat messages in your browser's local storage so they can remain visible when you return. This is browser storage, not a cookie. You can remove it using your browser's site-data controls; if storage is unavailable, the chat can be used for the current page view.

When you use Skylet, the message you submit is sent to the Cloudflare Worker and Cloudflare Workers AI service that provide its response. Macca Lab does not operate a separate conversation-history database for the website chat.

Advertising

Macca Blog may show partner promotions through Macca Lab's own first-party promotion system. That system loads configured creative images and affiliate links; it is separate from Google AdSense. To reduce repetition and improve relevance during a browsing session, the browser keeps session-only impression and click counters in sessionStorage. In addition, aggregated ad events may be sent to Macca's Cloudflare Worker and recorded in Cloudflare Workers Analytics Engine with the creative, placement, page path, article context and aggregate count. Macca Lab does not store an advertising user ID, email address or IP address in this dataset. These aggregate results are used to compare creative CTR after a minimum sample size and to prioritize more relevant affiliate promotions.

Google AdSense is not currently active on Macca Lab. The site's ads.txt remains published for account verification, but the AdSense JavaScript and ad placements stay disabled until Google approves the site. If AdSense is activated later, this policy will be updated or the applicable Google disclosures and consent controls will be enabled before serving those ads.

Google and YouTube API integration

The Macca the Gator publishing automation uses Google OAuth 2.0 and the YouTube Data API to upload videos to the YouTube channel authorized by its owner. Uploading uses the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload scope. A separate authorization uses https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly to read performance metrics for videos published by the channel, including views, engaged views, watch-time indicators, interactions and audience-retention data.

OAuth client credentials and persistent refresh tokens are held as protected GitHub Actions secrets. Temporary access tokens are obtained only when an automation run needs them. Article titles, descriptions, tags, video files and publication results are processed for publishing. Aggregated video-performance snapshots may be stored in the repository so the publishing system can evaluate which topics and formats perform better; no viewer-level identity is collected or stored by Macca Lab through this integration. Temporary video files are removed from the Actions runner after the job.

Google API information is not used for personalized advertising, sold, or shared except as needed to communicate with Google and YouTube for this feature or as required by law. The integration's use and transfer of Google API data follow the Google API Services User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements. The channel owner can revoke access from their Google Account connections.

Third-party services, analytics and links

The site relies on Render for hosting and Cloudflare for Skylet, aggregate affiliate analytics and, when the account setup permits it, Cloudflare Web Analytics. Cloudflare Web Analytics is used for aggregate site traffic and performance measurement without Macca Lab setting its own analytics cookies or building visitor profiles. Macca Blog links to independent publishers and may display images hosted by those publishers. The publishing automation also reads aggregated performance insights for Macca the Gator's own Instagram Reels, YouTube videos and Search Console property when the connected account authorizations permit it; these owner-level performance signals are used to improve topics, search snippets and distribution, not to identify individual visitors. Social, source, advertising and API links may take you to services with their own privacy practices; review those providers' policies when you use them.

Data retention

Chat messages saved in your browser remain in local storage until you clear them or your browser removes site data. Technical hosting logs, if collected, are retained under the hosting provider's policies and configuration. The YouTube automation retains its credentials only while the integration is authorized and keeps article/video publication records to prevent duplicate posts. Temporary video files are removed when a GitHub Actions job ends.

Your choices

Clear Macca Lab site data in your browser to remove the locally saved Skylet conversation.
Choose whether to open third-party links and review their privacy settings.
Revoke Google authorization using your Google Account connections page.
If Google ads are added, use the linked Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info controls for available advertising choices.

Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact Macca the Gator through the official Instagram account.