Privacy Policy
This policy explains what happens to your data when you use trendingsongsnow.com.
It is effective as of November 11, 2026.
Who we are
Trending Songs Now is an independent music chart website edited by Charlie Gillingham in Alberta, Canada.
You can reach us about privacy at [email protected].
The short version
There are no accounts, no sign-ups and no forms on this site.
Analytics cookies are only set if you accept them.
Your saved songs and settings stay in your own browser.
Cookies and consent
When you first visit, a banner asks whether you accept analytics cookies.
We use Google Consent Mode v2, which starts with analytics and advertising storage denied until you choose.
If you accept, analytics storage is turned on; if you reject, it stays off.
Advertising storage stays denied, because the site shows no ads.
You can change your choice at any time with the Cookie settings link in the footer of every page.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to count visits, see which charts are used and tell new visitors from returning ones.
With your consent, Google Analytics sets cookies such as _ga to recognise a returning browser.
Without consent, Consent Mode may send Google limited cookieless signals, such as that a page was viewed, without setting analytics cookies.
We do not use Google Analytics to identify you, and we do not combine it with other data about you.
Google's use of this data is covered by the Google Privacy Policy, and you can learn more at How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
YouTube API Services
This site uses YouTube API Services to show and play music videos.
By playing a video on this site you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service.
Videos are provided by YouTube, and Google's handling of your data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
The YouTube player is not loaded until you press play, and it uses YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode on the youtube-nocookie.com domain.
Once a video plays, YouTube may set cookies or similar technologies on your device and collect information such as your IP address and viewing activity, under Google's policies.
Video thumbnails are loaded from YouTube's image servers (i.ytimg.com), which receive your IP address like any image request.
We use the YouTube Data API only in our automated build checks, to confirm that videos are public and can be embedded.
We never access, store or share any information from your YouTube or Google account.
If you have ever connected a Google account to a third-party service, you can review or revoke that access on the Google security settings page.
Storage in your browser
Some features save small pieces of data in your browser's local storage, and none of it is sent to us.
- Your theme choice, dark or light.
- Songs you save with the heart button.
- The date of your last visit, used to mark songs that are new since then.
- Your cookie consent choice.
The site also uses a service worker that keeps a copy of pages and files you have visited so the site loads faster and works offline.
You can delete all of this at any time by clearing your browser's site data for trendingsongsnow.com.
Hosting and server logs
The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages.
Cloudflare processes technical data such as IP addresses to deliver pages and protect the site from abuse, as described in the Cloudflare privacy policy.
If you email us, we use your address and message only to reply, and we do not add you to any list.
Children
This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has sent us personal information, email us and we will delete it.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, including the EU, the UK, Canada and California, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data and to withdraw consent.
Because we hold almost no personal data, the quickest way to use these rights is to change your cookie settings or clear your browser data, and you can also email us.
Links to other sites
Chart pages link to the sources we used and to music platforms, and those sites have their own privacy policies.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.