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Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 2, 2026
Oleksandr Yatsenko ("I", "me", or "the Service Provider") provides YT Summary, a freemium iOS application for watching YouTube videos and requesting AI-generated summaries, fact checks, and answers to questions (the "Service"). This policy explains what information is processed, why it is used, who receives it, and the choices available to you.
When you request AI analysis, the app sends our server the video's YouTube identifier, title, subtitles or transcript, your selected analysis type, summary length, response language, and any question you submit. A transcript already stored on the server may be reused instead of uploaded again. Requests are associated with an app installation identifier so that we can deliver results, apply usage limits, and verify access.
Our server sends the relevant video text, title, question, and analysis instructions to OpenAI to generate the requested result. Fact checking also uses online searches; search terms derived from video claims may be processed by search services and external websites. Generated responses may contain inaccurate information or personal information present in the source material.
Do not include passwords, payment information, confidential material, or personal information you do not want processed by these services in your questions or submitted text. We do not send your Google password or YouTube session cookies to our AI server or include them in AI requests.
You can use Google/YouTube sign-in inside an embedded browser to access your subscriptions and personalized content. Google processes sign-in information directly. The app uses a persistent browser data store, which can retain cookies and session information on your device.
The app may display and locally cache your YouTube account name, email address, and avatar. Our app does not upload these profile fields to our analysis server or include them in custom Firebase analytics events.
YouTube receives requests needed for video playback, feeds, search, and sign-in, including network and device information. Depending on your account and privacy settings, Google may associate this activity with your account and use it for personalization and advertising. Google's processing is described in its own privacy policy.
The app stores preferences, recently opened videos, playback positions, and saved analysis results on your device. Searching your local history does not send that search to our server. Searching YouTube sends the search to YouTube.
Apple handles subscription payments. We do not receive your payment card details. To verify and restore Pro access, our server processes subscription product identifiers, transaction and original transaction identifiers, purchase and expiration dates, purchase environment, and verification status. These records can be associated with your app installation.
We use installation identifiers and Apple's App Attest verification information to authenticate requests, prevent abuse, and enforce free usage limits. We do not need a separate YT Summary account for these functions.
The app uses Google Analytics for Firebase to understand usage and Firebase Crashlytics to diagnose crashes and errors. These services may process app-instance or installation identifiers, device and operating system information, app version, session activity, purchase events, crash traces, and diagnostic data. Analytics may derive an approximate location from network information; the app does not request precise GPS location.
Our custom analytics events describe actions such as opening the paywall, starting an analysis, and completing a purchase or restore operation. We do not put video titles or identifiers, transcripts, questions, account emails, or transaction identifiers in these custom events. Firebase may separately collect its standard automatic events, including purchase-related events.
The native app does not collect the advertising identifier (IDFA), and its Firebase configuration disables advertising consent categories and ad-personalization signals. It does not integrate a rewarded-ad network. This does not prevent Google/YouTube web content from processing information under Google's own policies and your settings.
Our hosting infrastructure also keeps technical access and error logs, which may include IP addresses, request paths, timestamps, response status, and browser or app information. We use these to operate, secure, and troubleshoot the Service.
We use the following services to operate the app:
- OpenAI: AI processing and web-assisted fact checking. See the OpenAI Privacy Policy.
- Google/YouTube: video playback, accounts, feeds, search, and related web services. See the Google Privacy Policy.
- Google Analytics for Firebase and Firebase Crashlytics: usage analytics and diagnostics. See Google Analytics privacy information and Firebase privacy information.
- Apple: purchases, subscriptions, purchase restoration, and device verification. See the Apple Privacy Policy.
- DigitalOcean: hosting for our backend and stored service data. See the DigitalOcean Privacy Policy.
Providers process information under their applicable terms, privacy policies, and account settings. OpenAI processing is performed through a server-side authenticated service; we do not promise that API-specific retention or model-training exclusions apply to this arrangement.
We do not sell your personal information. We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful requests, protect users and the Service, or investigate fraud and security incidents. A transfer of the Service may involve a transfer of relevant records, subject to applicable privacy obligations.
Our current application-server retention settings are:
| Data | Usual retention in the active application database |
|---|---|
| Completed question requests and answers | 1 hour after completion; not reused as a shared answer cache |
| Completed summaries | 30 days after completion |
| Completed fact checks | 1 day after completion |
| Cached transcripts | 30 days, with the period renewed when reused |
These are application cleanup periods, not guarantees of immediate erasure from every storage system. Queued or running jobs can remain until processing or cleanup completes. Expired records are removed through database cleanup; old database pages and backups may retain residual copies until overwritten or removed.
Installation records and verified subscription history currently have no automatic expiration deadline. They are retained to support device verification, entitlement restoration, usage enforcement, and fraud prevention. Technical logs, backups, correspondence, and third-party records follow separate operational or provider retention practices; the periods above do not apply to them.
Local history and saved results remain subject to the app's storage behavior and actions taken on your device. Provider-side deletion and retention are governed by the relevant provider's policies and applicable law.
- You can use the app without signing in to YouTube, although account-specific feeds require sign-in.
- You can sign out of YouTube through the app and manage Google account history, advertising preferences, and other privacy controls through Google.
- You can clear viewing history in Settings. This removes local history and playback positions; it does not delete server analysis records, saved reports, Google account activity, Firebase records, or purchase history.
- You can avoid sending video text and questions to our AI service by not requesting AI analysis.
- You can manage or cancel subscriptions through your Apple Account. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or obtain a copy of your personal data, and to withdraw consent where processing relies on consent. You may also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority. Contact me to exercise these rights. Because backend records are associated with installation or transaction identifiers rather than a YT Summary email account, I may need limited additional information to identify the relevant records and verify your request. Do not send passwords or full payment details.
Deletion may be limited where records must be retained for legal obligations, transaction disputes, security, or other grounds permitted by law. Requests concerning your Google or Apple account can also be directed to those providers.
Where applicable data protection law requires a legal basis, processing relies on providing the service you request, legitimate interests such as security and service improvement, compliance with legal obligations, or consent where required. You may contact me with questions or objections about these grounds.
The Service and its providers may process information outside your country, where privacy laws may differ. Applicable providers describe their international-transfer arrangements and safeguards in their privacy documentation. You may contact me for information about processing relevant to your request.
We use measures such as encrypted network connections, request authentication, device verification, and restricted server access to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
YT Summary is not directed to children under 13. Where local law requires a higher minimum age or parental permission, those requirements also apply. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the Service without the required permission, contact me so that I can investigate and take appropriate action.
The app and its reports may link to third-party websites. Their operators are responsible for their own privacy practices.
This policy may be updated as the Service changes. The latest version will show its revision date. Material changes will be communicated through the app or another appropriate notice where required by law.
Oleksandr Yatsenko
Email: alex.yatsenko.sas@gmail.com