Privacy policy

1. About video2ctx

video2ctx is a research service for finding, organizing, monitoring, and analysing video information. In this policy, “video2ctx,” “we,” and “us” refer to the operator of the video2ctx service available at video2ctx.dev.

2. Information we collect

Account and authentication information

When you sign in, we may receive your name, email address, profile image, provider account identifier, and email verification status. We also process session identifiers, IP address, browser or device information, and authentication events to operate and protect your account.

Research and workspace information

We store information you submit or create, including searches, URLs, projects, notes, tags, imported documents, monitoring preferences, exports, generated reports, and other research inputs and outputs.

Video-platform information

We process public video, channel, playlist, transcript, comment, and engagement information obtained from supported platforms or public sources. If you explicitly connect a YouTube account, we also process the authorization described in the Google user data section below.

API keys and service activity

We store an API key name, prefix, hashed credential, permissions, creation and last-use information, and request counters. The complete secret is displayed only when it is created. We also process request identifiers, route, response status, duration, credit usage, and security events. We do not intentionally place raw API keys, session cookies, authorization headers, or email addresses in application access logs.

Website analytics

We use Vercel Analytics to understand aggregate website usage and performance. Vercel may process technical details such as the page visited, referring page, device or browser information, and an approximate location derived from a network address in accordance with its own privacy documentation.

Commercial inquiries

If you ask about a Scale plan, we collect your name, role, company, work email, company size, expected usage range, and the use case you describe. We also process a protected network identifier to prevent repeated or abusive form submissions.

3. How we use information

• Provide authentication, research, search, analysis, monitoring, export, and API functionality.
• Associate saved work, credits, preferences, connected accounts, and API keys with the correct user.
• Generate evidence-linked summaries, comparisons, trend insights, and reports.
• Maintain caches, prevent duplicate work, enforce limits, and measure service usage.
• Detect abuse, protect accounts, troubleshoot failures, and improve reliability.
• Send requested sign-in links and enabled service notifications.
• Review and respond to commercial inquiries you choose to submit.
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.

4. Google user data

Google sign-in

Google sign-in requests only OpenID identity information: your Google account identifier, basic profile information, and primary email address. We use this information to create, secure, and display your video2ctx account.

Connected YouTube accounts

Connecting YouTube is optional and uses the read-only YouTube scope. When you choose to connect, video2ctx receives permission to view information associated with your YouTube account. We store an encrypted refresh token so the requested connection can continue without asking you to sign in each time. We do not use this permission to publish, edit, or delete videos.

You can disconnect YouTube from video2ctx or revoke access from your Google Account permissions. On disconnect, we attempt to revoke the Google token and delete the stored connection. Account deletion also removes the stored connection.

video2ctx’s use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

5. AI-assisted features

When you request an AI-assisted analysis, relevant prompts, research inputs, and evidence excerpts are processed by Cloudflare’s AI infrastructure and the selected model so the feature can return a result. Do not include sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for your research. AI output may be incomplete or inaccurate and should be checked against the cited source material.

6. When information is shared

We do not sell personal information. We disclose information only as needed to:

• Operate the service through infrastructure providers, including Cloudflare for compute, storage, security, email, and AI services, and Vercel for website hosting and analytics.
• Interact with Google and supported video platforms when you request their functionality.
• Comply with law, legal process, or valid governmental requests.
• Protect users, the public, video2ctx, or our legal rights from fraud, abuse, or security threats.
• Complete a merger, financing, acquisition, or transfer of the service, subject to appropriate safeguards.

7. Cookies and similar technologies

video2ctx uses secure authentication cookies to keep you signed in and protect account actions. The service may also use local browser storage for interface preferences. Vercel Analytics processes usage signals as described above. Blocking essential authentication storage may prevent account features from working.

8. Storage, retention, and deletion

Account and workspace information is generally retained while your account remains active. Connected-account tokens are retained until you disconnect the provider, delete your account, or the connection is otherwise revoked. Cached public video information is retained according to operational cache periods and may be refreshed or deleted over time.

Commercial inquiry details are retained while we evaluate and respond to the request, and afterward only as needed for business records, fraud prevention, or legal obligations. You may ask us to delete an inquiry unless we must retain it.

When an account is deleted, video2ctx deletes the account’s database records, private stored objects, connected-account authorization, and private search index through its deletion workflow. Limited records may remain temporarily in backups, security logs, delivery records, or where retention is required by law. We retain such residual information only for the applicable operational or legal period and do not use it for unrelated purposes.

9. Security

We use measures designed to protect information, including encrypted connections, hashed API keys and verification tokens, encrypted connected-account refresh tokens, access controls, request limits, and secrets managed outside the source code. No online service can guarantee absolute security.

10. Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, export, object to processing of, or delete personal information. You may revoke API keys, change notification preferences, disconnect YouTube, revoke Google access, or request account deletion. Contact us if you cannot exercise a request through the product. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

11. International processing

video2ctx and its service providers may process information in countries other than your own. Those countries may have different data-protection laws. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for these transfers.

12. Children

video2ctx is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 18. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can investigate and delete it where appropriate.

13. Changes and contact

We may update this policy as the service changes. We will revise the effective date and provide additional notice when required. Questions or privacy requests can be sent to privacy@video2ctx.dev.