Privacy Policy
Effective date: 2026-07-19. Operated by BTY (Better Than Yesterday), operated by Dr. Chi (“BTY,” “we,” “us”).
1. Who operates btyNorebang
btyNorebang is a private-event karaoke web application operated by BTY (Better Than Yesterday), operated by Dr. Chi. It lets guests at a hosted event search for publicly available YouTube videos and add them to a shared song queue. Contact: ywamer2022@gmail.com.
2. Scope
This policy covers the public btyNorebang web service. It does not cover YouTube, Google, or any third-party website you open from our service; those are governed by their own policies.
3. Information you provide
- A display name you enter for the event (you may use a nickname).
- Song search terms you type.
- Your chosen performance style (MR / karaoke / original).
- The video you select, or a YouTube link/ID you paste, to add a song request.
4. Information created through use of the service
- A song request record: your display name, the selected YouTube video ID, video title, channel name, thumbnail URL, the room and event it belongs to, a queue position, a “ready” signal, and start/complete/removed status and timestamps.
- A room- and event-scoped identifier for the request (a request ID).
We do not use analytics, advertising, or third-party tracking services, and we do not sell personal information.
5. YouTube API Services data
btyNorebang uses YouTube API Services. When you search, we send your search terms to the YouTube Data API on the server and receive public video metadata (video ID, title, channel name, thumbnail). We may store the selected video’s ID and related public metadata as part of your song request. We do not download, re-host, or modify YouTube video content; playback is handed off to YouTube (the video opens on YouTube). By using these features you are also agreeing to the YouTube Terms of Service. Google’s handling of your data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
No Google sign-in. btyNorebang does not use Google OAuth or Google sign-in, does not access your private Google or YouTube account, does not read your subscriptions/history/playlists, and never uploads, deletes, or modifies anything in a YouTube account. We do not collect Google passwords or credentials. You can review or manage which apps have access to your Google Account at any time on the Google security & permissions page; because we request no Google authorization, btyNorebang does not appear there.
6. Browser storage and cookies
To track the songs you personally requested at an event, we store a small record in your browser’s localStorage (the request IDs you submitted and a capability token that lets only your device cancel your own request, plus your display name). This stays on your device, expires after about 12 hours, and is removed if you clear your browser storage.btyNorebang does not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.
7. How information is used
- To run the shared song queue and show you your place in it.
- To let you (and only your device) cancel a request you submitted.
- To search YouTube and hand off playback of the video you chose.
- To let the event host manage the queue and playback order.
8. When information is shared
Your display name and song request are visible to others at the same event (the shared queue and the host’s controls). We share data with the processors listed below only to operate the service. We do not sell your data or share it for advertising.
9. Third-party services and processors
- Google / YouTube (YouTube Data API v3): server-side video search and public metadata; playback handoff to YouTube.
- Cloudflare: hosting (Cloudflare Workers) and a short-lived search cache (Cloudflare KV).
- Supabase: the managed PostgreSQL database that stores rooms, events, and song requests.
Cloudflare processes standard network request metadata (such as IP address) to deliver and protect the service, as is inherent to any website.
10. YouTube and Google policies
Your use of YouTube-powered features is subject to the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy. See also the btyNorebang Terms of Service.
11. Retention and deletion
- Cached YouTube search results (Cloudflare KV) are kept for at most 1 hour and then automatically expire and refresh — well within the maximum period permitted by YouTube API policy.
- Song request records (in the database) remain for the event as its history; a host may remove or cancel requests, which drops them from the active queue.
- Browser storage (your request IDs / display name) expires after about 12 hours and is removed when you clear site data.
- We keep no advertising or analytics profiles.
12. Your choices and deletion requests
You may use a nickname rather than your real name. You can cancel a request you submitted from the device that created it, and you can clear your browser storage at any time. To request deletion of your display name and song request records, email ywamer2022@gmail.com with enough detail to identify the event and request; we will honor reasonable deletion requests manually.
13. Security
Access to YouTube uses a server-side API key that is never exposed to your browser. Administrative access is protected by hashed credentials and short-lived tokens. Data is transmitted over HTTPS. No method of storage or transmission is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable measures appropriate to a small private-event service.
14. Children
btyNorebang is intended for use at hosted events by a general audience and is not directed to children. Please do not submit a child’s personal information beyond a display name.
15. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy; the effective date above will change and, when the update is material, guests will be asked to accept the current version again before using the search and request features.
16. Contact
Questions or requests: ywamer2022@gmail.com (BTY (Better Than Yesterday), operated by Dr. Chi).