Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

SkipYT provides a web application and a Chrome-compatible browser extension that help users load YouTube captions, generate AI-powered summaries, and ask follow-up questions about video content. This Privacy Policy explains what information we process, why we process it, and how we handle that information.

We aim to be clear and practical. We do not sell personal data. We only process information that is needed to operate, improve, secure, and support SkipYT.

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to:

  • The SkipYT website and web application at skipyt.com and related domains.
  • The SkipYT browser extension distributed for Chrome-compatible browsers.
  • Related product, support, analytics, and operational services used to run SkipYT.

2. Information We Process

2.1 Information you provide directly

  • YouTube links you paste into SkipYT.
  • Questions you submit through Ask AI or similar features.
  • Optional API keys or preferences you store locally in your browser.
  • Messages you send for support or feedback, if applicable.

2.2 Information processed from video content

  • Video identifiers and source URLs.
  • Video metadata, such as title, channel name, duration, and thumbnail URL.
  • Captions, transcript segments, subtitle timing, and related transcript-derived text.
  • AI-generated summaries, highlights, chapters, takeaways, and follow-up answers.

2.3 Technical and device information

  • Basic browser, app, and device information needed to operate the service.
  • Anonymous or aggregated website analytics, such as Google Analytics if enabled.
  • Diagnostic logs, error information, and usage telemetry used to maintain reliability and security.
  • Extension runtime events needed to coordinate transcript capture between the extension and web app.

3. How the Website Uses Data

The SkipYT website may process the following categories of data when you use the product:

  • Submitted YouTube URLs and related metadata to identify and analyze the requested video.
  • Transcript and subtitle content to generate summaries and support AI question-answering.
  • Locally stored preferences, such as selected model, output language, or optional API key.
  • Recently analyzed items saved in local browser storage on your device for convenience.

Local browser storage remains on your device unless you clear it. SkipYT may use local storage to retain settings, drafts, recent analyses, and extension-assisted transcript state.

4. How the Browser Extension Uses Data

The SkipYT extension is designed to support the SkipYT web app by helping load captions from embedded YouTube players.

  • It may access YouTube pages or embedded YouTube frames to detect subtitle availability and transcript data.
  • It may read video-related caption responses, transcript timing, and player state needed to support transcript capture.
  • It may communicate with the SkipYT website to pass transcript-related results into the web app flow.
  • It may store limited operational data in browser extension storage to support settings or runtime coordination.

The extension is not intended to collect unrelated browsing activity. Its functionality is limited to the permissions and page contexts required for SkipYT to work with supported YouTube and SkipYT pages.

5. Why We Process Information

  • To load and analyze YouTube transcript and caption content.
  • To generate summaries, highlights, chapters, takeaways, and AI responses.
  • To improve app performance, extension reliability, and product quality.
  • To troubleshoot failures, prevent abuse, and maintain service security.
  • To remember settings and recent activity on your own device when local storage is enabled.

6. Legal Basis and User Expectations

Where required by applicable law, our basis for processing may include performance of a requested service, legitimate interests in operating and securing the product, user consent where applicable, and compliance with legal obligations.

By using SkipYT, you instruct the service to process the video links, transcript content, and related data needed to provide summaries and AI-assisted features.

7. Sharing and Third Parties

We may use third-party infrastructure or providers to operate SkipYT, including:

  • Hosting, storage, logging, and deployment providers.
  • AI or model providers used to generate summaries or answer questions.
  • Platform services necessary to retrieve public video metadata or captions.

We do not sell your personal data. We may share information only when necessary to operate the product, comply with law, enforce our terms, or protect the rights, safety, and security of users or the service.

8. Data Retention

We retain data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law, security needs, dispute handling, or legitimate operational reasons.

Data stored in your local browser or extension storage remains under your control and may remain until you clear browser data, remove the extension, or explicitly delete stored items.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure. However, no system can guarantee absolute security.

If you choose to store an API key or similar credential in local browser storage, you are responsible for securing the device and browser profile where that information is stored.

10. Children’s Privacy

SkipYT is not directed to children under the age required by applicable law for independent consent. If you believe a child has provided personal data inappropriately, please contact us so we can review and respond.

11. International Use

If you use SkipYT from outside the country where the service is operated or hosted, your information may be processed in other jurisdictions. By using the service, you understand that data may be transferred and processed where legally permitted.

12. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or object to certain processing of your information.

  • You can clear local browser storage or uninstall the extension to remove locally stored data.
  • You can stop using the service at any time.
  • You may contact us regarding privacy-related requests where applicable.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the product, legal requirements, or operational practices. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

14. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at:

Email: support@easontechtalk.com