Privacy Policy

What we collect

This Privacy Policy explains what information AncientCCTV (ancientcctv.com, “we”, “us”) collects when you use our website, why we collect it, how long we keep it, and what choices you have.

Account data. When you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address and Google profile picture. If you register with email and password, we store the email and name you provide.

Your video requests. When you create a clip, we store the era, scene and camera presets you select, the event description you write, the AI prompt our server composes from your selections, and the video we generate.

Payment data. Our payment provider handles checkout. We receive order information such as the product, amount, currency and payment status. AncientCCTV does not see or store your full card number.

Technical data. Our servers and security services may process your IP address, browser information, device information and session data to operate and protect the website.

Cookies and analytics data. We use essential cookies for sign-in and website preferences. Optional analytics and referral technologies are described below.

Messages you send us, such as support emails and content reports.

For video creation, the only creative inputs you provide are the presets you select and the event description you write. We do not currently require you to upload personal photos or source videos.

How your videos are generated

When you create a clip, our server combines your selected presets and event description into a prompt. The composed prompt and generation settings are sent to our third-party AI video provider to generate your requested video. The generated video is stored with our cloud infrastructure provider so you can access and download it.

We do not use your event descriptions, composed prompts or generated videos to train AI models.

Content safety checks

Before a clip is generated, your event description is checked by an automated text-safety classifier. After generation, a small number of still frames are extracted from the video and sent to the classifier for a further safety check.

The classifier is used only to enforce our content rules. If a video fails the check, it is not delivered and the credits used for that request are refunded. We do not use safety-check results for advertising or unrelated purposes.

How we use your data

We use your information to create and manage your account; compose prompts and generate your videos; store and deliver your clips; manage credits, payments and refunds; send service emails such as receipts, account notices and notifications when your clip is ready; check content against our rules and prevent abuse; protect the website and respond to support requests; and understand how visitors find and use our website, where analytics is enabled.

We do not send marketing emails. We do not sell personal data or use your text or videos for AI model training.

Who we share data with

We share information only with service providers needed to operate AncientCCTV: Google for account sign-in; our AI video provider for your composed prompt and generation settings; cloud hosting and storage providers; a content-safety provider for event descriptions and selected video frames; our payment provider for checkout, orders, refunds and transaction records; an email provider for account and service notifications; a bot-detection provider against automated abuse; and an analytics provider for website usage measurement when optional analytics is enabled.

These providers process information as necessary to provide their services. Some providers may also process information independently for their own legal, payment or security obligations. We may also disclose information if required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect our users, the public or our service.

Google user data

What we access. If you choose “Sign in with Google”, AncientCCTV requests only the basic sign-in scopes openid, email and profile. From your Google Account we receive your name, email address, Google profile picture and a Google account identifier. We do not request access to Gmail, Google Drive, Contacts, Calendar or any other Google service, and we cannot read or change data in them.

How we use it. We use this information only to create your AncientCCTV account, sign you in, show your name and picture in your account, and send service emails such as receipts and notifications when your clip is ready. We do not use Google user data for advertising, we do not sell it, and we do not use it to develop, improve or train AI or machine-learning models.

How we store and share it. Google user data is stored with your account in our database at our cloud hosting provider and is protected in transit with TLS. We do not transfer Google user data to third parties except to the service providers described above as needed to operate the service (for example, sending a receipt through our email provider), to comply with applicable law, or as part of a merger or acquisition with notice to you.

How to delete it. You can delete your account at any time in Dashboard → Settings, which deletes your Google user data from our active systems. You can also revoke AncientCCTV's access at https://myaccount.google.com/permissions. For other requests, email support@ancientcctv.com.

AncientCCTV's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy (https://developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy), including the Limited Use requirements.

Cookies and analytics

We use essential cookies and similar browser storage to keep you signed in and remember preferences such as your light or dark theme.

vt_attr is a first-party cookie kept for up to 90 days. It records how you first and most recently reached us, such as a referring website or campaign link. We use it to understand which channels lead to sign-ups and purchases, and we do not share it with advertising networks. It is only set while analytics cookies are on, and turning them off deletes it.

If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, or we cannot tell where you are visiting from, analytics cookies stay off until you accept them in the banner. Elsewhere they are on by default. Wherever you are, you can turn them on or off at any time under “Cookie settings” in the footer; turning them off deletes them.

vt_ref is a referral cookie kept for up to 30 days and removed after you sign up. It records an invitation so that the appropriate referral reward can be credited. To prevent referral abuse, we store a salted hash of your IP address rather than the IP address itself.

When analytics cookies are on, we use Google Analytics. It uses cookies such as _ga to provide website usage reports. Google may process browser, device and network information, including IP address, for this purpose. Google Analytics is not loaded while they are off, and turning them off under “Cookie settings” also deletes these cookies.

Turning off optional cookies stops the associated tracking and deletes the relevant cookies where technically possible.

How long we keep data

Account information is kept while your account is active.

Event descriptions and composed prompts are deleted automatically 7 days after the clip is created.

Generated videos are kept until you delete them. If you remove a clip from My clips, it disappears from your account, share links and the public gallery, but we may keep the file in admin records.

Gallery authorization records are kept while needed to maintain and verify your authorization.

Payment records are kept as long as required by applicable tax and accounting laws.

Support and report information is kept as long as reasonably necessary to handle the request and related matters.

When you delete your account, we delete associated account information and clips from our active systems, subject to legal retention requirements. We may retain a one-way hash of your email address solely to prevent the same email address from claiming the sign-up bonus more than once. Backup copies may remain until they are removed through our normal backup deletion cycle.

Public gallery and shared videos

Your clips are private by default. We only allow an administrator to select an individual clip for the public gallery after you explicitly authorize that specific clip. We store the authorization and its timestamp with your account. You can revoke gallery authorization at any time. Revocation removes the clip from the public gallery immediately. Gallery authorization and public sharing are separate controls.

If you share a clip, anyone with its link can watch it. The share page does not display your name or email address and asks search engines not to index it, although we cannot guarantee that third parties will never discover or copy a shared link. To create link previews, your browser extracts a still frame from the video, which we store with the video. Stopping sharing or deleting the video disables the link. Anyone who has already downloaded or copied a shared video may retain their own copy.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply, you may have the right to access, correct, export or delete your personal information, and to object to or restrict certain processing. You can download a JSON export of your account information through Settings, remove your clips at any time, delete your account through Settings, or email support@ancientcctv.com about other privacy requests. We will respond within the time required by applicable law.

We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioural advertising.

Children

AncientCCTV is intended for adults aged 18 and older. We do not knowingly allow anyone under 18 to create an account or use our services. If we learn that an account belongs to someone under 18, we will take steps to suspend it and delete associated personal information, except where retention is required by law. If you believe a child has provided personal information to AncientCCTV, contact support@ancientcctv.com.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information, including encryption of stored files and access controls. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

International transfers

Our service providers may process or store information in other countries. Where required by applicable law, we use appropriate contractual and other safeguards to protect information transferred internationally.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will publish the updated version on this page and change the “Last updated” date above.

Contact

AncientCCTV. Email support@ancientcctv.com. Website https://ancientcctv.com