Privacy policy

Updated 11 November 2026

Pythonation (the Python Arabic Community) runs pythonation.com. This page explains what the website collects, why, and what you can do about it. Questions: partner@pythonation.com.

The short version

• No ads, no tracking cookies and no analytics scripts.
• If you join the launch list, we keep your email address to send you one email when the new site launches.
• The media kit shows statistics of our own YouTube channel. The site never reads any visitor’s Google or YouTube account.

The launch list

When you use the “Notify me at launch” form we store your email address, the language you chose, and when you signed up and confirmed. We send one email to confirm the address (double opt-in). After you confirm, we send one email when the new site launches.

An address that is not confirmed within 7 days expires and is cleared from the list. We keep the list until the launch email has been sent, and we remove any address as soon as you ask.

Protection against abuse

To stop spam sign-ups we count requests from each IP address for 15 minutes. The IP address is kept only as a one-way hash (SHA-256), never in plain text.

If we switch on the Cloudflare Turnstile bot check, the form sends your IP address and a check token to Cloudflare for that check (cloudflare.com/privacypolicy).

Our web host, Hostinger, keeps standard server logs (IP address, browser, page and time) to run and secure the site.

Cookies and videos

pythonation.com sets no cookies. The video player for the latest episode loads only when you press play. It comes from youtube-nocookie.com, and from then on YouTube’s own privacy policy applies to the player (policies.google.com/privacy).

The media kit and YouTube data

The media kit at pythonation.com/mediakit shows statistics of our own YouTube channel, @PythonArab: views, watch time, subscribers, the age, gender, country and device mix of viewers, and our most-watched videos.

We read these numbers from the YouTube Analytics API and the YouTube Data API. The channel owner gave our own Google Cloud project read-only access to the channel’s data.

• We access only our own channel. The site never asks visitors to sign in with Google and never reads a visitor’s Google or YouTube account.
• The audience numbers are totals and percentages from YouTube. They do not identify any viewer.
• The numbers are saved on our server and replaced with fresh ones once a day.
• We do not sell this data, share it with anyone, or use it for advertising.

The media kit uses YouTube API Services. See the YouTube Terms of Service (youtube.com/t/terms) and the Google Privacy Policy (policies.google.com/privacy). The channel owner can remove the site’s access at any time at myaccount.google.com/connections.

Pythonation’s use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Who we share data with

We never sell personal data. We share only what is needed with the services that run the site:

• Hostinger: hosting the website and sending our emails.
• Cloudflare: the bot check, only if it is switched on.
• Google: the YouTube APIs, which return our own channel’s statistics.

Your choices

Email partner@pythonation.com to see, correct or delete what we hold about you, or to leave the launch list. We answer within 30 days.

Children

The site is for a general audience learning Python. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you think a child has given us an email address, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

When what we do changes, we update this page and the date at the top.