Please read the full terms below, but in order to simplify things here are a couple of bullet points to understand our privacy policy and how we handle data.
We automate things, but at the end of the day, pretty much all data you see on TokCounter is akin to going to your public profile on a social media site and writing down your follower count/etc. We don't store, show or share private information unless explicitly stated and requested and permission is granted. Furthermore, we feel our job is a bit like a journalist. We want to be a trusted source of information and that means not accepting requests to remove or change information we have listed unless there is something inaccurate with it. The world comes to us to see transparent follower/etc numbers to see if there is any "fishy business" going on. If we remove this data when requested it ruins our credibility. As the data we are displaying is public data anyone could have gotten from visiting your profile anyway we don't feel like this should raise any privacy concerns.
Just like the rest of the Internet we use cookies. Cookies aren't evil, they're the way you can log into a website once and stay logged in until you log out instead of typing your login/password on every page.
We provide our services for the most part free of charge. Servers cost money though as well as the team to program them. For this reason we monetize the site via ads.
You come to TokCounter for analytics. Analytics also helps us know how many people are using the site, which parts of the site you use the most often, etc. It helps us build out things you're interested in and not focus on things you're not. Google Analytics and other analytics tools we may use from time to time also aren't evil. Without things like this we wouldn't know how to help you!
We hope this more informal, yet also more informative privacy policy helped. Again see below the more "legal" version but there shouldn't be anything surprising there if you read this section.
TokCounter’s Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, and share information from visitors to our website TokCounter (the “Site”) and the services (“Services”) available through our Site.
TokCounter may change any of the terms and conditions in this Policy at any time for any reason. A notice of material change will be posted on TokCounter’s website, and you are responsible for reviewing the changes. If you do not agree with them, do not continue to use TokCounter’s website, uninstall our apps, and refrain from using our data.
By visiting our Site and/or using any of our Services, you agree to have your personal information handled as per this Policy. TokCounter collects information about you directly from you, from third parties, and automatically through your use of our Site and/or Services.
TokCounter may use cookies to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by the web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
Information gathered from third parties includes data and statistics from, but not limited to TikTok. This data is PUBLIC INFORMATION. If you do not want to have this information shared on TokCounter, you will have to adjust your privacy settings on TikTok. TokCounter WILL NOT REMOVE PUBLIC INFORMATION FROM IT’S WEBSITE WITHOUT A LEGALLY BINDING ORDER TO DO SO.
TokCounter uses technology to collect information about your use of our Site and Services through cookies and third party tracking technologies. These include your domain name, your device ID, your operating system, your browser type, web pages you view on our website, links you click, your IP address, the length of time you use our Site and/or use our Services, and the referring URL that led you to our Site.
We may disclose the information we collect from you to third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform functions on our behalf. We may disclose the information we collect from you to comply with the law, a court order, or other legal process.
We may disclose the information we collect from you where we believe it is necessary to investigate, or prevent illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Use or this Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
We may share aggregate information about users with third parties for marketing, advertising, research, or similar purposes.
TokCounter’s Site includes links to third-party websites. Access to and use of linked websites is governed by those third-party websites' privacy policies. TokCounter is not responsible for their information practices.
In order to keep statistical data updated, TokCounter utilizes API services of third parties including but not limited to TikTok Unless specific access is asked for at time of use (i.e. to validate your identity), we are only gathering publicly available data from each of the API services, not anything private about your account.
Our site uses products/services from Google Analytics and Google Adsense and thus Google's Privacy Policies along with our own are used. (Google's Privacy Policy)
This Document is Effective as of November 20th, 2022. Last Updated: November 20th, 2022.