Privacy Policy for YouTube Video Summarizer

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how the YouTube Video Summarizer Chrome extension ("we," "our," or "the extension") collects, uses, and protects your information when you use our service.

2. Information We Collect

Our extension collects and processes the following types of information:

2.1 YouTube Video Information

• Video titles and URLs
• Channel names
• Video transcripts and captions
• Video duration and metadata

2.2 User-Provided Information

• API keys for external services (Supadata.ai)
• Manually entered transcripts (when automatic extraction fails)

2.3 Usage Information

• Extension usage count
• Last usage timestamp
• Current video state

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to:

• Extract and process video transcripts for summarization
• Facilitate integration with external summarization services
• Track usage statistics for improvement purposes
• Provide a seamless user experience

4. Data Storage and Security

• Local Storage: All user data is stored locally in your browser using Chrome's storage API
• Encryption: API keys are stored in encoded format for basic security
• No Server Storage: We do not store any user data on our servers
• Temporary Processing: Video content is processed in memory and not permanently stored

5. Third-Party Services

Our extension integrates with the following external services:

5.1 Supadata.ai

• Used for transcript extraction when YouTube's native methods fail
• Video URLs may be sent to their API
• Subject to their privacy policy

5.2 ChatGPT (OpenAI)

• Video information is formatted and sent to ChatGPT for summarization
• Subject to OpenAI's privacy policy

5.3 YouTube

• Extension accesses publicly available video information
• Subject to YouTube's privacy policy

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties, except:

• When necessary for the extension's functionality (e.g., sending video URLs to summarization services)
• When required by law or to protect our rights

7. Your Rights and Choices

You have the right to:

• Access and delete your locally stored data through Chrome's settings
• Disable the extension at any time
• Remove API keys from local storage
• Contact us with privacy concerns

8. Data Retention

• Usage statistics are retained until you uninstall the extension
• API keys are stored until manually removed
• Video content is processed temporarily and not retained

9. Children's Privacy

Our extension is not intended for use by children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

11. Permissions Explained

Our extension requests the following permissions:

• activeTab: To access the current YouTube tab for video information
• storage: To save user preferences and API keys locally
• host_permissions: To access YouTube, Supadata.ai, and related services