Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains what information Farix Studio (“Farix Studio”, “the Service”, “we”, “us”) receives, how it is used and stored, who receives it, and the choices available to you. It applies to the Farix Studio desktop app, the Farix Studio server it uses, and this website, farixstudio.com.
Farix Studio is a desktop app for macOS and Windows that publishes and schedules finished videos to YouTube channels, Facebook Pages, Instagram professional accounts and TikTok accounts that their owners connect, after the user reviews and confirms each publication. Most information stays on the user's computer; a small Farix Studio server provides account sign-in, beta access, software updates and a token broker, as described below.
1. Information we process
Your Farix Studio account
When you sign in to the app with Google or another supported identity provider, our server receives and stores:
- Your email address, whether the provider verified it, and the provider's identifier for your account;
- Device identifiers generated by the app for the computers you use it on, and whether each device is active;
- Plan and usage records, such as your access level and usage credits, if they apply to your account.
We do not receive your identity provider password.
Information received when you connect social accounts
When you authorize an account through a platform's OAuth consent screen, the platform returns information that the app stores on your computer:
- Account identifiers, such as a YouTube channel ID, a Facebook Page ID, an Instagram professional account ID, or the TikTok
open_id. - Account names, such as a channel name, Page name, handle or TikTok display name, used to show you which account will receive a post.
- Granted scopes, meaning the permissions you approved (for example
user.info.basicandvideo.publishon TikTok). - Access tokens and refresh tokens needed to call the platform's API on your behalf.
For TikTok, the app also requests your creator information when you prepare a post (your nickname, avatar, available privacy levels, interaction settings and maximum video duration). It is used to show you the posting options and is not sent to our server.
We never receive or store your platform passwords.
Content and publishing information
- Video files you choose to publish. They stay on your computer and are uploaded only to the platforms you selected.
- Titles, captions, descriptions, tags and per-platform settings such as privacy, comment, Duet and Stitch settings, AI-generated content labels and content disclosure.
- Publishing records on your computer: the file location, destinations, schedule, progress, status and the IDs the platforms returned, used to resume uploads and avoid duplicate posts.
Videos, captions and publishing records are not sent to Farix Studio's servers.
Token broker
For TikTok and Meta, the platforms require an application secret to exchange an authorization code for tokens and to renew them. That secret stays on our server, so when you connect or renew a TikTok or Meta account, the app sends the authorization code or refresh token to our server, which adds the secret, forwards the request to the platform and returns the platform's response to your app. The server does not store or log these codes or tokens.
Diagnostics and updates
- Anonymous usage events, only if you turn them on in the app: the event name, app version and operating system, stored as aggregate counts and not linked to your account.
- Update checks: the app downloads the signed update information and installers from our server.
Information from this website and email
This website is static. It has no forms, cookies, analytics or advertising trackers, and it loads no third-party scripts. The servers that deliver it keep standard access logs (IP address, date and time, requested page, browser user agent and response status) for security and troubleshooting; they are rotated automatically and not used to identify or profile visitors.
If you email us, for example to request beta access, we receive your email address and the content of your message.
2. How we use information
We use information only to provide Farix Studio:
- to sign you in, recognize your devices and manage your beta access;
- to show you which account, caption and privacy setting a publication will use before you confirm it;
- to upload the content you confirmed to the accounts you selected, at the time you chose, and report the result;
- to renew access tokens with the refresh tokens you granted, so scheduled and retried uploads do not fail;
- to resume interrupted uploads and prevent duplicate posts;
- to deliver software updates and, if you opt in, understand how the app is used in aggregate;
- to respond to your messages, beta requests, access and deletion requests, and security reports;
- to protect the service and comply with legal obligations and platform policies.
We process this information to provide the service you asked for, with your authorization, which you can withdraw at any time; for the security of the service; and where required by law.
3. Where information is stored
- Platform tokens are stored on your computer in the macOS Keychain or the Windows Credential Manager. The app's local database holds only a reference to them.
- Connected accounts, publishing records and settings are stored in a local database in the app's data folder on your computer.
- Video files remain where you keep them. The app does not copy them to any server other than the platforms you selected.
- Your Farix Studio account (email, identity provider identifier, devices, plan and usage records) and aggregate anonymous usage counts are stored on our server.
4. Who receives your information
Your content and publishing data are sent only to the platform you selected for a publication, through that platform's official API over HTTPS:
- Google / YouTube — see the Google Privacy Policy. Use of YouTube is subject to the YouTube Terms of Service.
- Meta (Facebook and Instagram) — see the Meta Privacy Policy.
- TikTok — see the TikTok Privacy Policy.
When you sign in, your identity provider (for example Google) processes the sign-in under its own privacy policy. Each platform processes the content and data it receives under its own terms. We may also disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights and safety of users or others.
- We do not sell or rent personal information.
- We do not use your information for advertising, unrelated marketing or profiling.
- We do not use data obtained from platform APIs for any purpose other than the actions you requested in the app, and we do not use it to train machine-learning models.
5. International processing
The platforms that receive your content operate globally and may process and store it in countries other than your own, under their own policies. Our server and the platforms' APIs are reached over the internet, so information you send through the service may be processed outside your country.
6. Data retention
- Platform tokens and connected accounts stay on your computer until you remove the account in the app or uninstall the app and delete its data. Revoking access on the platform makes the tokens stop working.
- Publishing records stay in the app's local database on your computer until you delete them or the app's data.
- TikTok creator information is used to show posting options and is not stored on our server.
- Your Farix Studio account is kept while your account exists and deleted on request.
- Codes and tokens handled by the token broker are not stored.
- Anonymous usage counts are aggregate and contain no personal information.
- Website access logs are rotated automatically and kept only for a short operational period.
- Emails are kept as long as needed to handle your request.
Content you publish stays on the destination platform under that platform's rules until you or the platform remove it.
7. Revoking platform access
You can revoke the Service's access at any time from your platform account settings. After you revoke access, the stored tokens stop working and no further publishing to that account is possible.
- YouTube / Google: remove the app at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
- Facebook: remove it from the business integrations or apps and websites section of your Facebook settings, or from the Page's settings.
- Instagram: remove it from the apps and websites section of your Instagram account or Meta Accounts Center settings.
- TikTok: remove it from the section of your TikTok account settings that manages apps and services connected to your account.
8. Data deletion requests
Data stored on your computer (tokens, connected accounts and publishing records) is under your control: remove an account in the app, or uninstall the app and delete its data. To have your Farix Studio account deleted from our server, follow the steps on the Data Deletion page or email support@farixstudio.com with the subject “Data deletion request”. We will confirm the deletion within 30 days. You can also ask what information we hold about your account, or ask us to correct it, at the same address.
9. Security
We protect information with practical measures: OAuth instead of passwords, minimal scopes, platform tokens kept in the operating system's credential store, application secrets kept off user computers, HTTPS for every network request, signed and verified software updates, and a confirmation step before any publication. See the Security page for details. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Children
Farix Studio is not directed to children. You must meet the minimum age required by each platform you connect.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the Service or legal requirements change. The “Last updated” date above shows the latest version. Material changes will be highlighted on this page before they take effect.
12. Contact
For privacy questions or requests, email support@farixstudio.com.