Privacy Policy

What We Collect

• Video transcripts: When you analyze a video, the transcript is sent to our server for AI analysis. Transcripts are stored to cache results and avoid redundant processing.
• Video metadata: Title, channel name, tags, view counts, and other publicly available YouTube data used to provide keyword intelligence.
• Account information: If you create an account, we store your email address and authentication tokens.
• Search data (optional, extension only): If you opt in via the Chrome extension consent prompt, we collect YouTube search keywords you enter, along with the video titles, channel names, view counts, and publication dates shown in search results. This data is used to power trending topic detection and content intelligence. No browsing history, passwords, or personal identifiers are collected.

How We Use Your Data

• To provide video analysis, keyword intelligence, and creator insights
• To cache results and reduce processing costs
• To improve our AI analysis accuracy
• We do not sell your data to third parties
• We do not use your data for advertising

Data Retention

Video analyses and metadata are stored indefinitely to provide cached results. Account data is retained until you delete your account. Optional search data is stored anonymously with no connection to your account.

Your Rights

• You can request deletion of your account and associated data
• You can opt out of search data collection at any time via the extension popup
• You can export your analysis history from the dashboard

Third-Party Services

• Supabase: Authentication and database hosting
• Groq: AI analysis processing (Llama 3.3 70B)
• YouTube Data API: Video metadata and search results
• Vercel: Web application hosting
• Railway: API server hosting

Chrome Extension

The VidSyntax Chrome extension operates on youtube.com to provide video analysis and creator intelligence. The extension:

• Reads YouTube video transcripts from the page to enable analysis (requires active user action)
• Optional data collection (consent required): If you opt in, the extension collects search keywords you enter on YouTube, along with video titles, channel names, view counts, and publication dates from search results. This data is sent to our servers to power trending topic detection. You can opt out at any time by reinstalling the extension or clearing extension storage.
• Does not collect browsing history, passwords, form data, or any data outside of youtube.com
• Does not inject advertisements or modify YouTube page content beyond the VidSyntax panel
• Stores authentication tokens locally in Chrome's secure extension storage

Permissions used: "storage" (save preferences and auth tokens), "scripting" (read video transcripts), "tabs" (detect YouTube navigation), and host access to youtube.com and our API servers.

Data Deletion

You can request deletion of all data associated with your account by emailing hello@vidsyntax.com. We will process deletion requests within 30 days. Anonymized, aggregated search data that cannot be linked back to any individual is retained for analytics purposes.

Contact

For privacy-related questions or data deletion requests, contact us at privacy@vidsyntax.com