dropcast is a tool I built to post one video to a few platforms at the same time, namely YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, so I don’t have to upload the same clip over and over. Since it connects to your accounts to do that, I think it’s only fair to be clear about what information it touches and what happens to it. That’s what this page is for.
What information the app deals with
There are really only three things. The first is the access tokens you get when you connect an account through its login screen, which are what let the app post for you. The second is the video you upload along with whatever title, description, and tags you write for it. The third is a simple record of each upload, basically the status, the time, and which account it went to, so you can look back and see what happened.
What it is used for
All of that is used for one purpose, which is to actually post your video. The app signs in to each platform with your tokens and sends the clip to the accounts you picked. Nothing here is used for advertising, and none of it is sold or handed off to anyone for that kind of thing. It would honestly defeat the point of a personal tool like this.
How long things stick around
Video files don’t hang around on the server. Once an upload finishes, the file is cleaned up automatically. Your access tokens stay only for as long as the account is connected, and the moment you disconnect that account, the tokens are deleted with it.
What actually goes to each platform
When you hit post, your video and its text are sent to whichever platform you chose, whether that’s Google for YouTube, Meta for Instagram and Facebook, or TikTok. From that point on, what they do with it is covered by their own privacy policies rather than this one, the same as if you had uploaded it there directly.
About the TikTok side specifically
For TikTok the app only asks for two things: your basic profile, so it can show you which account is connected, and permission to upload a video. The video gets dropped into your TikTok drafts rather than posted publicly. It doesn’t read your followers, your messages, or anything else, and the only place your data goes is back to TikTok so the upload can happen.
What you can do about it
You stay in control the whole time. You can disconnect any account whenever you feel like it, which wipes its tokens, and you can delete your upload history straight from the app if you want a clean slate.
Contact
If anything here is unclear or you just want to ask about it, send me a note at support@dropcast.dev and I’ll get back to you.