Effective date: 09 September 2025
Last edited: 06 February 2026
Who we are
We are ChatArchive.tv, an independent project that provides an online archive of publicly available Twitch streams and their associated chat messages. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Twitch.tv or any streamers. All data shown on this website is collected and displayed independently.
What data we process
- Twitch chat: We store only publicly available Twitch chat messages, including the username and the text of the message. No other personal data is collected or stored.
- Analytics: We use Ahrefs analytics. Your IP address may be transmitted to Ahrefs for traffic analysis. We do not store this data ourselves.
- Hosting: Our infrastructure is hosted on Supabase, Hetzner & OVH. For technical reasons, IP addresses are transmitted to those providers when you access our service. We do store basic logs containing ip address and page visited for 14 days.
- Anti-abuse protection: We use Fingerprint to prevent misuse of our service (e.g. scraping or bot abuse). Fingerprint generates a unique technical identifier from your browser and device information. We do not use this for marketing or advertising, only for security purposes.
- Twitch login & Dashboard: You may optionally log in with your Twitch account via OAuth (powered by Supabase Auth). When you do, we receive and store your Twitch user ID, username, display name, and profile picture URL. We do not receive your Twitch password, email address, or any private Twitch data. This information is used solely to provide your personalised Dashboard — streamers see their channel statistics and recent streams, while viewers see a summary of their public chat activity across archived channels. Your login session is stored in browser cookies (with a 7-day expiry). You can log out at any time, which clears your session. You may also request deletion of your account data by contacting us.
We encourage visitors to use ad blockers if they prefer — ChatArchive.tv does not rely on ads, and your browsing experience will not be negatively affected by blocking trackers or ads.
Legal basis
We process publicly available Twitch chat data on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) in providing an archive of public conversations. Fingerprint data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in protecting the service from misuse and ensuring availability for all users. When you log in with Twitch, your account data is processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) — you actively choose to authenticate and can withdraw consent by logging out or requesting account deletion. We do not process data for advertising purposes.
Data retention
Twitch chat messages are stored without a time limit as part of the archive. If you log in with Twitch, your user profile (Twitch user ID, username, display name, avatar URL) is retained until you request deletion. No IP addresses or non-public personal data are stored.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, and object to processing of your personal data. Since we only store public chat messages, you may request removal of your data (for example, if you are a streamer and wish your content to be removed) by contacting us.
Contact
If you have questions or requests regarding your data, please contact us:
- Email: privacy@chatarchive.tv
- Discord: Join our Discord
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy if our data practices change. Significant updates will be announced on this website.
You can see all versions of this policy at https://chatarchive.tv/archive.