What happens when you open a link

The whole process, step by step — including exactly what the person who sent it can and cannot see.

  1. The page opens in your browser

    It shows the video the sender prepared — often with the sender’s own logo and colors. Nothing is downloaded or installed on your device.

  2. Some senders ask who’s watching

    You may be asked for your name or email first, so the sender knows the right person watched. That information goes to the sender who created the link — you’re telling them, not signing up for anything with us. Some senders instead protect their video with a passcode they’ve already given you.

  3. You watch the video

    At the end there may be a button the sender added — book a meeting, visit their website, leave your contact details. All of it is optional.

What a genuine page looks like

This is a real video page, opened from a sample link. Yours will have a different video and sender name — and maybe the sender’s own logo and colors — but the shape is the same.

myvideourl.com/sample-demo
A genuine myvideourl.com video page: the sender’s name at the top, a video player in the middle, and a short tracking disclosure with a privacy-policy link at the bottom.
Three things every genuine page has: the sender’s name in the top bar, a video and nothing else in the middle, and — in plain sight at the bottom — a disclosure that your watch progress is recorded, linking to our privacy policy. A page pretending to be us rarely admits that.

What the sender can see

This service is a delivery-confirmation tool, so we’re completely open about this. The sender of your video can see:

  • that their link was opened, and when
  • whether the video was played, how much of it was watched, and when playback stopped
  • anything you typed into their form or clicked in their end-of-video button
  • the type of device and browser you used
  • your approximate location — city level, estimated from your internet address

That’s the extent of it. It’s comparable to what any professional email or newsletter tool shows its senders — applied to one video instead of an inbox.

What the sender can never see

  • your camera, microphone, or photos
  • your files, passwords, or anything else on your device
  • your other browser tabs or browsing history
  • anything at all once you close the video page

What we do with your data

Your viewing data is stored securely and shown to the sender who sent you the video — that’s its only job. We don’t sell it, and we don’t use it to advertise to you. You may receive an email about the video (for example a confirmation or a reminder) only if the sender turned that on, and every such email honors unsubscribe. The details are in our Privacy Policy.

How to tell it’s really us

  • The address bar shows myvideourl.com or companyname.myvideourl.com — with a padlock (https). Check the spelling carefully; imitators rely on look-alike addresses.
  • A genuine page plays a video. It will never ask you for payment or card details, and it will never ask you to sign in to your email, bank, or any other account.
  • Unsure about a link? Don’t open it — check it with our link validator first, ask the person who sent it, or send it to us and we’ll verify it.