Privacy Policy
Last Updated: March 31, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to YouTube Transcript Reader ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website (https://youtubetranscripts.net) and use our services.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including:
- Usage Information: How you interact with our website, including pages visited, time spent, and actions taken.
- Device Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, and device identifiers.
- YouTube URLs: The YouTube video URLs you submit for transcript extraction.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience, analyze usage, and deliver personalized content. See our Cookie Policy for more details.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our website and services
- Process YouTube transcript requests and generate AI summaries
- Analyze usage patterns to enhance user experience
- Protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other illegal activity
- Comply with legal obligations
4. How We Share Your Information
We may share your personal information with:
- Service Providers: Third parties that perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, and customer service.
- Analytics Partners: We use Google Analytics to understand how users interact with our site.
- Legal Requirements: When required by law or to respond to legal process, to protect our rights, or to protect the safety of others.
5. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- Accessing, correcting, or deleting your personal information
- Withdrawing consent, where we rely on consent as the legal basis for processing
- Objecting to or restricting certain processing of your data
- Opting out of cookies and analytics tracking
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@youtubereader.com.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.
7. Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the European Union). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can delete the information.
8. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites and services. We have no control over these sites and are not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. We will post the updated policy on this page and update the "Last Updated" date.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@youtubereader.com