Privacy policy
Last updated: 14 November 2026
This policy covers the website sideblock.tv and the publishing tool Sideblock uses to post videos to its own social media accounts ("the Sideblock publishing tool"). Sideblock is operated by Dylan Michael & Nikolai Stankiewicz. "Sideblock", "we" and "us" mean them.
The short version
- This website has no accounts and no forms, and we do not ask visitors for personal information.
- This website is supported by advertising. When ads are shown, our advertising partners may use cookies. See Advertising.
- The Sideblock publishing tool is used only by Sideblock, to post Sideblock's own videos to Sideblock's own accounts. It is not offered to the public.
- We do not sell personal information.
Information this website collects
We do not ask visitors for any personal information. The company that hosts this website may keep standard server logs, such as IP address, browser type and the time of a request, to deliver the pages and protect against abuse. We do not use these logs to identify visitors.
If you email us
If you write to info@sideblock.tv, we receive your email address and whatever you include in the message. We use it only to answer you and to act on your request, for example to remove a clip. We keep removal requests for as long as we need a record that a streamer asked not to be clipped.
The Sideblock publishing tool and connected accounts
Sideblock uses a self-hosted publishing tool to schedule and upload its own videos. To do that, an authorised Sideblock team member connects Sideblock's own accounts on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok by signing in on the platform's own page.
- What the tool accesses: basic profile information of the connected Sideblock account (such as its name, picture and account ID), and permission to upload and manage videos on that account. Where the platform provides it, the tool may read view and engagement numbers for Sideblock's own videos.
- How it is used: only to publish Sideblock's own videos to that account and to check that they were published.
- Where it is stored: access tokens are stored on a computer Sideblock controls. They are not shared with or sold to anyone, and are not used for advertising.
- Who can connect: only accounts Sideblock owns. The tool does not collect data from the public or from other people's accounts.
YouTube API Services
The Sideblock publishing tool uses YouTube API Services to upload videos to Sideblock's own YouTube channel. By using it, the account holder agrees to the YouTube Terms of Service. Google's handling of information is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
The tool's use of information received from Google APIs follows the Google API Services User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements. Access can be revoked at any time on the Google security settings page. When access is revoked or an account is disconnected, the stored tokens for that account are deleted.
Other platforms
For Instagram, TikTok and other platforms, access can be removed in that platform's own settings for connected apps. Once it is removed, the tool can no longer reach the account, and we delete the stored tokens.
Videos and the people in them
Sideblock's clips come from public live streams and credit the streamer. If you appear in a clip and want it removed, see removal requests.
Advertising
This website shows advertising to help pay for running Sideblock. Ads are provided by third-party advertising partners, such as Google. When ads are shown, these partners may use cookies or similar technologies in your browser to deliver and measure ads, to limit how often you see an ad and, where you allow it, to show ads based on your interests.
- We do not give advertising partners your name or email address.
- Information from the Sideblock publishing tool and from connected accounts is never used for advertising.
- You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. You can turn off personalised ads from Google in Google's Ads Settings, and from many other companies at aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.eu.
- How Google uses information from sites that use its services is described at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Children
This website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Your choices
You can ask what information we hold about you, or ask us to delete it, by emailing info@sideblock.tv.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version is posted on this page with a new date.