Shrinky Privacy Policy

Shrinky is a Discord app that shrinks videos and photos so they fit in Discord. It is run by Horizon ERTI ("we", "us"), based in Indiana, USA. This policy explains what Shrinky collects, why, how long it's kept, and your choices. Questions or requests: support@horizonerti.pro.

The short version

• Your videos and photos are deleted right after they're posted (or within an hour if something goes wrong). We never keep a copy.
• Location data (GPS) and device details are removed from your files before they're posted.
• Before anything is posted, software on our own server checks it for nudity. No outside service sees your files, and the check keeps nothing but a score.
• We keep a small record of each job for 30 days (who, where, when, file sizes and a fingerprint of the result, never the file itself) so we can deal with abuse.
• No ads, no tracking, and we never sell your data.

What we collect and why

Your files

When you upload a video or photo, it is processed on your own device where possible (trimming, editing and compressing happen in your browser), and the result is uploaded to Shrinky's server, which finishes the job and posts it to Discord. The uploaded file and the result are deleted as soon as the post is made or the job fails. Anything left behind (for example, if an upload is abandoned) is deleted automatically within 1 hour, or within 6 hours for an upload that was started but never finished. When you use "Shrink this" or "Make GIF" on a message, Shrinky downloads that message's file from Discord and handles it the same way. Captions you add are drawn into the video; if Shrinky's servers do the work, the caption image is deleted with the other files.

Before anything is posted, Shrinky's server runs an automatic safety check on the result: software running on our own server (not a third-party service) looks at a sample of frames for nudity. Content it flags is posted only in channels marked age-restricted; anywhere else it isn't posted, and you're told privately. The check doesn't keep your file or any frames, only its result (a score). It's automatic and can be wrong; it isn't a human review.

We remove location (GPS) data, device information, titles and similar metadata from videos and photos before posting. Photos keep only their color profile.

Discord information

To post your file and keep Shrinky safe, we use your Discord user ID, the server and channel IDs where you used Shrinky, the ID of the message it posted, and whether you have Shrinky Pro. We do not collect your messages, your username, your email address or your friends list. If you @mention Shrinky in a message or send it a DM, Discord shows Shrinky that message so it can reply with a short help note; it isn't stored. Payments for Shrinky Pro are handled entirely by Discord; we only learn whether a subscription is active, never your payment details.

Job log (30 days)

For each job we keep: the time, your Discord user ID, the server and channel, whether it was a video, photo or GIF, file sizes, whether it succeeded, the ID of the posted message, a SHA-256 fingerprint of the posted file (or of the file that would have been posted, if the safety check held it), and the safety check's result (a score, never the content). A fingerprint can't be turned back into the file; it lets us confirm whether a reported file came from Shrinky. This log is deleted automatically after 30 days. We use it only to handle abuse reports, enforce our Terms, and respond to valid legal requests.

Server logs (30 days)

Our server's technical logs record Discord IDs, file sizes, processing details (for example, whether your browser could compress the video and how many tries it took) and errors. They never contain your files, file names or IP address. They are deleted after 30 days.

Settings and limits

We store a few things you or your server's admins choose: your "Process on" preference (Pro), a server's Shrinky settings (allowed channels and channel options), manually granted Pro, and bans. These are kept until changed or removed. To enforce fair-use limits, we count how many links and files you use per hour and per day, and how many of your posts the safety check held in the last 24 hours; these counters expire on their own.

On your device

The upload page stores a few technical values in your browser (for example, how your device's video encoder behaves, so the next compression is more accurate, and what's needed to resume an interrupted upload). They never leave your device. Shrinky does not use cookies, analytics or trackers.

Who we share data with

• Discord: the finished file is posted to the chat you chose, which is the point of the service. Discord's own privacy policy applies to everything on Discord.
• Cloudflare: our website and uploads pass through Cloudflare's network, which protects and delivers it. Cloudflare may set strictly necessary security cookies. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
• Law enforcement and safety organizations, only when required by law, or to report child sexual abuse material to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), as US law requires.

We don't sell or rent personal data, and we don't share it for advertising.

Your choices and rights

You can ask us what data we hold about your Discord account, or ask us to delete it, by emailing support@horizonerti.pro from an address you can verify, with your Discord user ID. We'll respond within 30 days. We may keep job log entries for the rest of their 30 days if they're needed to investigate abuse or comply with the law. Depending on where you live (for example, in the EU, UK or some US states), you may have further rights, such as correcting your data or objecting to how it's used, and you can complain to your local data protection authority. Server admins can change or clear their server's Shrinky settings at any time with /shrinky-settings.

Our legal basis for processing (where that applies) is providing the service you ask for, and our legitimate interest in keeping Shrinky safe and preventing abuse.

Where data is stored

Shrinky's server is in the United States, so your data is processed there.

Children

Shrinky is for people who are at least 13 (or the minimum age to use Discord in your country). We don't knowingly collect data from younger children; if you believe a child has used Shrinky, contact us and we'll delete their data.

Security

Files are stored only briefly, in a private location on our server, and are processed in a restricted, network-isolated sandbox. Upload links are single-use and expire after 15 minutes. No system is perfectly secure, but we keep as little as possible for as short a time as possible.

Changes

If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. For significant changes we'll also announce them where Shrinky users can see them.

Contact

Horizon ERTI, Indiana, USA. Email: support@horizonerti.pro.