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# How does YouTube maintain user privacy?
We understand at YouTube and across Google that when you use our services, you’re trusting us with your information. This is a big responsibility and we work hard to protect your information and put you in control. For example,  is designed to give you transparency over what information we collect, why we collect it, and how you can manage your information.  is a powerful, easy-to-use tool designed to give you control over the privacy settings that are right for you, and provides information on the data we collect and use across our services.
## Does YouTube sell viewer data?
We do not sell your personal information to anyone. We use the information we collect to customize our services for you, including providing recommendations, personalizing search results, and serving relevant ads for you. While these ads help fund our services and make them free for everyone, your personal information is not for sale. YouTube has long provided powerful, meaningful privacy controls, such as , that makes it easier for you to understand and control what data is saved and how it is used on YouTube and across Google.
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YouTube Privacy Guidelines aim at protecting users’ privacy and sense of safety while balancing public interest and newsworthiness. We're serious about protecting our users by addressing potential privacy concerns, and these guidelines apply to all users across the world. In other words, while a video may not violate your country's privacy laws, it may still violate YouTube's Privacy Guidelines.
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# How does YouTube protect copyrighted content?
We have invested millions of dollars to develop a Copyright Management Suite designed to balance the needs of the entire ecosystem. We work with rightsholders and Creators of all types to match them to the appropriate features based on their specific needs and resources.
Our Copyright Management Suite gives rightsholders control of their copyrighted material on YouTube. It is powered by Content ID matching, best-in-class technology used to detect potentially infringing content. It consists of our public DMCA webform, available to the billions of users who come to YouTube; the Copyright Match Tool, our tool designed specifically for Creators and available to over 3 million of them; and Content ID, our enterprise solution for those with scaled rights management needs like music labels, movie studios, or collecting societies.
Content ID and Copyright Match Tool users are automatically notified of user-uploaded videos that may contain their creative work: for Content ID, this is done through reference files provided by the rightsholder; in the case of Copyright Match Tool, users see matches to their own uploads or to videos they've removed through valid copyright takedown notices. Additionally, Content ID users can choose in advance what they want to happen when those videos are detected. Thanks to the different options that Content ID gives copyright owners, it’s not just an anti-piracy solution, but also a revenue-generation tool. YouTube has paid more than $9 billion to rights holders as of December 2022, from ad revenue alone from content they've claimed and monetized through Content ID.
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