Video privacy explained (and how to alter settings in ) - blog

As we publish content on the world wide internet, sharing a portion of our personal lives and artistic projects, privacy becomes an essential aspect of the way we conduct our business. You may be working on an idea for a promotional video, and only want an individual project manager from the company to view it. Maybe you're making educational content that can be open to all, however you would like people to see the content on your website, from . Privacy settings play a crucial aspect in each of these scenarios.

What is video privacy and why is it so important?

Before we begin we need to know what video privacy is and what it means for the content you upload. Video privacy is the concept of securing your videos so that you can control who has access to access their content. The privacy settings that you control for videos can help in the management of distribution strategies, keeping the secrecy of content, as well as making use of video to communicate internally.

Fortunately, all of these scenarios and more can be achieved with the privacy settings, whether it's just for one-off individual videos as well as a video that is part of an the form of an embedded playlist. This article will help you to make sure that you can keep your video content as privateor as open to the public as you need them to be.

Personal privacy settings for video

You can ensure that only certain people see your video by setting them to a specific setting. Everyone who uploads a video on has access to the following settings:

• "Public" means that anyone (yes everyone) is able to view your video.
• Private signifies that only you (and the members of your team) have access to the video.
• Password allows users to create a password for viewers that want to access your videos, which includes those who are not members.

Additionally, you can set your embed privacy to Anywhere which means that any person could embed your video onto an external site. Or you can change your embed privacy settings to Nonewhere meaning that you can't embed your video on any external site. It's pretty simple, isn't it?

If you are a Plus user or have an upgrade to a paid-for subscription, you'll also get access to two more privacy settings that are granular and specific:

• Unlisted is a semi-private setting which makes your personal video available only to users with the URL. Your video's credits are removed and the video will be deleted from all channels and groups. Be aware that anybody who has access to this URL may share it with anyone else.
• Hide from can make the video inaccessible to accessible on the site (unless you log in as yourself) however, it may be embedded on other sites. The video may be uploaded to showcases and portfolios, but no other types of collections.

Paid users are also able to access security at the domain level , which lets you pick the website that you wish to permit your video to be embedded on.

And finally All Pro users and up have access to what we call review pages. They are semi-private video links (similar to the Unlisted privacy setting) which can be viewed by the person with the hyperlink. It is possible to remove the branding on the page as well as allow notes for your collaborators to leave comments on what works and what doesn't in this video cut. The only privacy setting you could add to a review site is the option to add a password, therefore, anyone who has this link will be able share it and the password with others. This is a great option for collaborating with others on an unfinished version of a film.

Complexer privacy settings

With regards to showcases, playlists that can be embedded, and folders, things get slightly more complex, because there are a variety of ways to group multiple videos.

A showcase may be set to be public or you could add a password to it. Like with your individual videos, the people that you share your private showcase's URL and password can share it with anyone else.

The inclusion of an unlisted video in a showcase is contingent upon the privacy settings of the display. If you choose to add an unlisted film to a showcase that is open to the public that is open to the public, you alone and any other person who has access to the video will be able to view the footage in the showcase. If you add an unlisted film to the showcase with a password protection means that anyone with the credentials to access the showcase has access to any video that is not listed within (without entering additional passwords ).

If you're in an embeddable playlist zone the rules change. Only public showcases and showcases that are set to Hide from can be embedded, as password-protected showcases cannot be. Furthermore, only videos with an privacy setting of Anytime or Hide this video on .com can be displayed as the embedding playlist. But the individual video's embed privacy setting (even domain-level privacy) will always be respected when embedding a video.

Pro subscribers and up can collaborate privately using 's folders feature. With this feature option, you are able to restrict access to the folder you've created by either adding members of your team as administrator, contributor, or a viewer. As a reminder, viewers in a folder are able to access the folders they've been posted to, post comments on videos, and get notified of responses to their comments.

Video security settings have been added on Showcase pages

The workforce of today is more global and, since the percentage of employees who work remotely is increasing, it's becoming more critical than ever for businesses to shift the way they communicate with their team. More and more businesses of all sizes leverage the power of live video in their revamped corporate communication strategies. However, whether you're using it for a virtual classroom or live stream your monthly town halls, making sure that your information is protected remains of paramount crucial importance, particularly in the case of confidential internal communications.

Enterprise customers may also get a showcase through the creation of a custom domain using an unique URL, or by using a domain they already own or even by using the My team is the only one who can access view.

So hopefully, you've learned some tips on how to keep your videos private, no matter what device or storage method you decide to use within the privacy settings of your browser. We wish you the best way to protect your work or expand your audience through .

For a more granular breakdown of our privacy settings, check out our Help Center articles on an overview of each of the privacy options we offer, how to modify the privacy settings in the future, and what happens to the privacy of videos in your review or collection pages..

 First published in September of 2018.