THE SHOW & ITS PRODUCTION STUDIO
Privacy &
connections.
Your story deserves care. This page explains what the public website and the private Twist Studio use, store and share.
Updated 15 November 2026 · Operator: Jeff Ostler / THE CHAIRMAN JEFE, Twist the Throttle Podcast.
Website visitors
You can browse without creating an account. The website does not include advertising pixels or a visitor analytics dashboard. Hosting and content delivery providers process network requests, including IP addresses and browser information, to serve and protect the site.
The featured clip is hosted with the website. Playing an archive episode requests audio from its podcast host. Links to social platforms, Linktree and podcast directories open those services, whose privacy policies then apply. This site does not embed an automatically playing YouTube player.
Contact links open your email app. If you send us a story, we receive the details you choose to include. We do not publish a private message or guest contact information just because it was sent to us.
The private production studio
Twist Studio runs locally on the owner's Windows computer. It stores episode records, source file references, drafts, captions, approval records, publication receipts, post statistics and a Twist-only billing register. Working files may be synced through the owner's OneDrive. Private guest notes and contact details are separate from the public website's content.
Connection credentials are encrypted for the Windows user and stored outside the project and OneDrive. They are not included in public website deployments. Backups must exclude the credentials folder. Approved cloud schedules also use the separate Cloudflare service described below. Twist and Broken Turbo Brain use separate accounts, credentials and project files.
Statistics relate to the show's posts, not a database of individual viewers. A missing metric is not treated as zero. YouTube data is presented separately from other platforms. Access to statistics does not approve a new post.
Connections and their purposes
| Service | What Twist uses and stores |
|---|---|
| YouTube / Google | Twist Studio uses YouTube API Services. With the owner's authorisation it verifies the show channel, uploads reviewed videos, checks publication status and reads video views, likes and comments. Local records include video/channel IDs, approved metadata, publication links, access tokens and dated statistics. YouTube API data is not used for cross-platform totals, rates or scores. See Google's Privacy Policy and YouTube's Terms of Service. |
| Facebook & Instagram / Meta | The dedicated show app verifies the Page and linked Instagram professional account, publishes reviewed Reels and, where the owner grants insights access, reads post performance. Local records include account/media IDs, captions, publication receipts, statistics and encrypted connection details. Read Meta's Privacy Policy. |
| Buffer, TikTok, X & Threads | The separate Twist Buffer account carries approved show posts and video links to these three profiles. The studio verifies their IDs and stores publication receipts and available post metrics, including the provider's update time. Buffer receives the approved content and hosting URL. Its platform connections may have broader permissions than the features used by this studio; the studio does not read or send direct messages. Read Buffer's Privacy Policy, TikTok's Privacy Policy, X's Privacy Policy and Threads' Supplemental Privacy Policy. |
| Bluesky | A show-only app session without direct-message access publishes approved posts or videos. The studio stores post URIs, receipts and public likes, replies and repost counts. It does not claim a video-view count when the API does not supply one. Read Bluesky's Privacy Policy. |
| Cloudflare scheduling | A dedicated Twist Worker and D1 database hold approved Instagram and Bluesky video schedules so they can run while the owner’s PC is off. Records contain the approved caption and title, public Cloudinary video URL, file hash, UTC release time, pinned show destination, processing references and publication receipts. Show Meta credentials and a separate limited Bluesky session are encrypted in D1; the encryption key and studio access key are Worker secrets. Source recordings, private guest notes, billing records and personal accounts are not copied into this queue. Read Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy. |
| Cloudinary | The separate show cloud hosts approved clips for Buffer publishing and the dedicated Instagram/Bluesky cloud scheduler. A hosted clip has a public URL: anyone with that URL can view it. Upload IDs, URLs and file hashes are stored locally. Hosted copies remain until separately removed. Read Cloudinary's Privacy Policy. |
| Descript & local editing tools | Selected production media, transcripts and editing instructions may be sent to the show's Descript project when that editing work is authorised. Local rendering uses source media, captions and export settings. Descript is an editing service, not a source of social viewing statistics. Read Descript's Privacy Policy. |
| Spotify, podcast feed & directories | The public archive uses published episode titles, credits, release dates, artwork and audio links from the existing show feed. Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and iHeart handle listening on their own services. Their listener data is not automatically imported into the studio. |
| Sites hosting, Namecheap & Linktree | Sites hosts the public listener website. Namecheap manages the show domain; Linktree provides the existing public links hub. These services store their own account, hosting and domain information. The studio's billing register holds relevant costs and receipt references, not full payment-card details. |
| Email & billing review | Owner-authorised searches of Gmail or Outlook may identify show receipts or recovery messages. The studio has no automatic inbox import. Only Twist expense details belong in its billing register; personal and other-project bills are excluded. Passwords, verification codes and unrelated messages do not belong in that register. |
Scheduled releases
The owner reviews one batch with its exact video, copies, show accounts and Sydney release time before booking. YouTube and Facebook store native schedules; Buffer stores TikTok, X and Threads schedules. The dedicated worker stores Instagram and Bluesky schedules. A remote confirmation is needed before the studio reports that a booking can run with the PC off.
Cloud-worker jobs over one hour late are held for review. An uncertain publication is checked against its saved provider reference rather than automatically resent. Worker jobs can be cancelled before dispatch; native schedules are managed in the provider’s dashboard. Removing a local draft does not cancel a remote schedule.
Control, retention & deletion
The owner reviews the actual content and destinations before publishing. Connecting an account or reading statistics does not authorise publishing. New connections or new uses of statistics must be reflected on this page before collection begins.
Production records are kept while needed to run the show. YouTube authorisation must be checked at least every 30 days for retained authorised statistics; if access is revoked or deletion is requested, the associated API data must be removed as soon as possible and within seven calendar days. Statistics already posted publicly by a platform remain subject to that platform's controls. Removing a local record does not delete a live post or a hosted clip.
You can revoke Google access in Google's account permissions, remove the app in Meta's business integration settings, revoke a Buffer key or channel connection, or remove the Bluesky app password. The operator can cancel pending worker jobs and remove its queue records and encrypted credentials separately; revoking a platform credential does not erase stored schedule metadata. Contact the operator to arrange deletion of the corresponding local and cloud data, saved exports and relevant backup copies, and separately identify any public post or hosted media you want reviewed for removal.
For access, correction, deletion or a privacy concern, email contact.twist.the.throttle@gmail.com. Please identify the record or public link without sending a password or access token.
Terms for the studio's YouTube features
By using the YouTube features in Twist Studio, the operator agrees to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service. The studio is an independent production tool and is not endorsed by YouTube, Meta or the other services listed here.