Privacy
The short version: we store your videos for two days so people with the link can watch them, we have no accounts and no trackers, and then it is all deleted.
Last updated November 12, 2026.
What we collect
- Your recordings. The screen, and if you turned them on, your camera and microphone. That is the product.
- Video details. Duration, dimensions, file size, and when the video was uploaded and will expire.
- A device token. A random string the Mac app creates on first run. It lets the app list and delete its own videos. It is not linked to your name, email or Apple ID, because we never ask for those.
- Server logs. Our host, Cloudflare, logs requests for security and reliability, including IP addresses. We do not build profiles from them.
- Pro and the waitlist. If you join the Pro waitlist we keep your email to tell you when Pro launches. If you buy Pro, Stripe handles the payment; we receive your email, Stripe's customer and subscription ids, and whether the subscription is active. We never see your card.
- Reports you send us. If you fill in the abuse or takedown form, we keep what you wrote so we can act on it.
The website sets no cookies and runs no analytics or advertising scripts, on the landing page or on video pages.
How we use it
To store your video, stream it to people who open the link, show you your recent links in the app, delete everything on schedule, and handle abuse and legal requests. Nothing else.
Who can see your video
Anyone with the link. Links are long random strings that are not guessable in practice, and video pages ask search engines not to index them. Share a link only with people you want to see it. We may look at a video ourselves if it is reported or if the law requires it.
How long we keep it
- Free videos are deleted about two days after upload; Pro videos after 30 days, or never if you keep them while Pro is active. An hourly job removes expired videos and their records, and the storage layer has an independent three-day limit as a backstop.
- Uploads that never finish are removed after 24 hours.
- Deleting a video from the app's Recent Links removes it immediately.
- Deleted means deleted: the file and its record are gone. We keep no copies or backups of video content.
- Reports and takedown notices are kept as long as needed to handle them and to show we did.
Where it lives
Videos and records are stored with Cloudflare, which operates globally from the United States. Pro payments are processed by Stripe. We use no other processors and we share nothing with advertisers or data brokers.
Your choices
- Press Discard instead of Done and the recording never leaves your Mac.
- Turn off the camera or microphone in the app before recording.
- Delete a video from Recent Links in the app, or just wait two days.
- Download a video from its page if you want to keep it yourself.
Children
dropa.video is not for children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect anything from them. If you think a child's content is on the service, report it and we will remove it.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it.
Contact
Privacy questions go through zishin.io. Problems with a specific video go to the report form, which is the fastest route.