Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

TubeScript (“we,” “our,” or “the Extension”) is a browser extension designed to extract, view, and download YouTube video transcripts with enhanced metadata and formatting. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what data (if any) TubeScript accesses, how that data is used, and your choices regarding it.

2. Information We Do Not Collect

• Personal Identifiers: We do not collect your name, email address, IP address, or any other personally identifiable information.

• Usage Analytics: We do not track or send any analytics data or usage statistics to external servers.

• Transcript Content: Although TubeScript reads the transcript from the active YouTube page, it does not transmit transcript text to any external server—everything happens locally in your browser.

3. Information We Do Access

• Active Tab URL & Page Content: To determine whether you are on a YouTube video page and to extract its transcript, TubeScript uses the Chrome activeTab and scripting permissions.

• Browser Storage (chrome.storage): We store only your extension preferences (e.g., whether timestamps are included by default). This data is saved locally in your browser’s storage area and is not shared or synchronized with our servers.

4. How We Use the Information

• Transcript Extraction: We parse the transcript and metadata (title, channel name, publish date, duration) directly from the YouTube page’s HTML.

• Local Storage of Preferences: Settings such as “Include Timestamps” are stored in your browser so that your choices persist between uses of the extension.

5. Data Security

• All data processing occurs locally within your browser. We do not send any extracted transcript text or metadata to external servers.

• We rely on Chrome’s security model; no additional network communication is performed by TubeScript beyond standard interactions with YouTube’s public web pages.

6. Third-Party Services

• YouTube Transcripts: TubeScript interfaces with YouTube’s publicly available transcript feature. YouTube’s own privacy policy governs how YouTube handles any data on its platform.

• Fonts & Libraries: We load Google Fonts for UI rendering; the font requests are made directly between your browser and Google’s servers under Google’s privacy policy.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top. Your continued use of TubeScript after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

8. Your Choices

• Extension Permissions: You can review and revoke TubeScript’s permissions by visiting chrome://extensions/, finding TubeScript, and adjusting its settings.

• Data Removal: To clear any stored preferences, you can uninstall TubeScript or clear its data via Chrome’s extension storage settings.