Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to YTTools ("we", "our", or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency about how we handle data when you use our free YouTube tools.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect (if any), how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide

YouTube URLs: When you use our transcript extractor or thumbnail downloader, you provide YouTube video URLs. We do NOT store these URLs in any database. They are processed temporarily in your browser session only.

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

We may collect:

• Usage Data: We may use analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to understand how visitors use our website. This may include pages visited, time spent, browser type, and general location (country/region).
• Cookies: We may use cookies for analytics and to improve user experience. You can disable cookies in your browser settings.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use collected information to:

• Provide and maintain our YouTube tools
• Improve and optimize our services
• Understand usage patterns and user behavior
• Detect and prevent technical issues

We DO NOT:

• Store your YouTube video URLs or extracted transcripts
• Sell your data to third parties
• Require you to create an account
• Collect personally identifiable information (PII)

4. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services such as:

• Google Analytics: For website analytics (subject to Google's privacy policy)
• YouTube API: To fetch video transcripts and thumbnails (subject to YouTube's Terms of Service and Google's Privacy Policy)

5. Data Retention

We do not store your YouTube URLs or extracted transcripts. All processing happens in real-time, and no data is permanently stored on our servers.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access any data we have about you
• Request deletion of your data
• Opt-out of analytics cookies

Since we do not collect personal information or store user data, there is minimal data to access or delete.

7. Children's Privacy

YTTools does not knowingly collect information from children under 13. Our services are intended for general audiences.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: privacy@yttools.co