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Cookie Policy

FAST-VID currently uses one essential first-party session cookie. Optional analytics is off until you affirmatively accept it; this draft explains the consent choice and the current cookie behavior.

Last updated: Draft for operator and legal review

Draft pending legal review. Consent requirements differ by jurisdiction and must be confirmed. Items marked [REQUIRES OPERATOR REVIEW] are not final legal conclusions.

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small values a website can store in your browser. FAST-VID uses a first-party session cookie so the server can associate browser requests with the same anonymous download session.

2. Cookies currently used

NamePurposeAttributes and lifetime
__Host-ydl_sessionKeeps the anonymous browser session, jobs and file authorization tied together.First-party; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax; Path=/; no Domain. Default lifetime: 24 hours.

The server stores a hash of the session token rather than the raw token. The session cookie is required for the downloader workflow. If you delete or block it, the browser can receive a new anonymous session, but existing jobs and file links tied to the old session may no longer be accessible.

Local source development may use a non-__Host- session name when secure cookies are explicitly disabled. That development setting is not the production configuration.

3. CSRF token

State-changing API requests use a session-specific CSRF token sent in the X-CSRF-Token request header. It is returned by the session API and is not stored as a separate cookie.

4. Optional analytics and other tracking

The Google Tag Manager container GTM-KLH45BKB is not loaded until you affirmatively accept analytics. If you accept, Google Tag Manager may load tags and Google may set cookies or receive event data according to the container configuration and Google's terms. The exact Google cookie names, purposes and retention periods depend on the configured tags and require operator/legal review.

  • No optional analytics is loaded before an affirmative analytics choice.
  • No advertising cookies or advertising scripts are active.
  • No social-media tracking pixels are active.
  • No platform login cookies imported from YouTube, TikTok or Instagram.
  • No tracking cookies across unrelated websites.

5. Consent

The site uses a consent notice to control optional analytics. Accepting analytics loads the Google Tag Manager container; declining keeps the downloader available and does not load the container. The choice is stored in browser local storage under fastvid.analytics-consent.v1 with a version and timestamp so it can be remembered. It is not a cookie. This is a technical consent gate, not a claim of legally sufficient consent or a server-side consent record.

[REQUIRES OPERATOR REVIEW: consent model, jurisdiction-specific rules, Google cookie/tag wording, legal proof of consent, withdrawal handling and whether a preference centre is required.]

6. Managing cookies

You can delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking the session cookie may prevent downloads, previews or access to previously created jobs. The Analytics settings control lets you review or change the optional analytics choice; this is not a general cookie-preference centre.

7. Logs are not cookies

Operational logs are separate from cookies. The Privacy Policy describes the current log metadata, including which sensitive headers and token query values the reverse proxy and application redact.

8. Future changes and contact

If new analytics, advertising or other cookies are introduced, this policy and the Advertising Policy must be updated before deployment. Questions can be sent to support@fast-vid.com.

Read the Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy.