Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2026-11-11
Sojourn Church Midtown, Inc. (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates this website to provide information and media content related to our church and its activities. We also operate Sojourn Uploader, an internal tool our staff and volunteers use to publish the church’s own videos. This policy covers both: the first part describes this website, and the second part describes Sojourn Uploader.
Our Website
Use of YouTube API Services
This website uses YouTube API Services to display publicly available YouTube video content, including livestreams. By using this website, you acknowledge that such features are provided through YouTube’s services.
Information We Access
When displaying YouTube content, this website accesses only publicly available video metadata provided by YouTube (such as video IDs and livestream status). This website does not access, collect, store, or share personal information from visitors through YouTube API Services.
How Information Is Used
The information this website obtains from YouTube API Services is used solely to display video and livestream content on this website. It is not used for profiling, advertising, or analytics by us.
Information Sharing
We do not sell, rent, or share visitor information with third parties. YouTube may independently collect information in accordance with its own policies when YouTube content is embedded or played.
Data Deletion
Because this website does not collect, store, or retain any personal information through YouTube API Services, there is no visitor data from these services for us to delete. If you have used other features of this website that do involve personal information, you may request deletion of that information by contacting us at hello@sojournmidtown.com, and we will respond within a reasonable timeframe.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
YouTube may place cookies or use similar technologies on visitors’ devices when YouTube content is embedded or viewed on this website. These technologies are controlled by YouTube and are subject to YouTube’s and Google’s privacy practices.
Sojourn Uploader and Google User Data
What Sojourn Uploader Is
Sojourn Uploader is an internal tool that Sojourn Church Midtown staff and authorized volunteers use to publish the church’s own videos to the Sojourn Midtown YouTube channel. It is not offered to the public. People who use it sign in with a password issued by the church; they do not connect their own Google accounts. The only Google account it accesses is the church’s YouTube channel, connected by an authorized church staff member through Google sign-in.
What It Accesses
With that permission, Sojourn Uploader uses YouTube API Services to upload videos to the church’s channel; schedule when they are published; set their titles, descriptions, thumbnails, and captions; add them to the channel’s playlists; and list or delete videos on the channel. It reads the channel’s name and playlists so staff can choose where a video goes.
What It Stores
Sojourn Uploader stores:
- A Google sign-in token that lets it act on behalf of the church’s channel, kept as an encrypted secret with our hosting provider, Cloudflare.
- A history of uploads: titles, descriptions, scheduled publish times, playlist names, and the resulting YouTube video IDs.
- Video files waiting to be published, held temporarily and deleted automatically after they are published.
How It Is Used and Shared
This information is used only to publish and manage the church’s videos, including listing the church’s own videos (titles and links) on this website. It is not sold, not used for advertising, and not shared with anyone other than our hosting provider, Cloudflare, which stores it on our behalf. It is not used to develop, improve, or train generalized artificial intelligence or machine-learning models.
Limited Use
Sojourn Uploader’s use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Retention, Revoking Access, and Deletion
Upload history is kept while Sojourn Uploader is in use, or until we are asked to delete it. Access can be revoked at any time from the Google Account’s Third-party apps & services page. When access is revoked, Sojourn Uploader can no longer act on the channel, and we delete the stored sign-in token within 30 days. To request deletion of any data Sojourn Uploader stores, contact us at hello@sojournmidtown.com.
Google Privacy Policy
For more information on how Google collects and processes data, please review the Google Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
YouTube Terms of Service
This website and Sojourn Uploader use YouTube API Services. By accessing or using features that incorporate YouTube content, you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service, available at:
https://www.youtube.com/t/terms
Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at hello@sojournmidtown.com.