Privacy policy

Effective November 13, 2026

This policy explains what the Video Reader Chrome extension and its online service collect, why, and what we do with it. Video Reader is made by Future Computing Systems Inc., Ontario, Canada ("we"). Contact: videoreader@futurecompute.com.

What we collect

Your account

• Email address, and a password if you sign up with email. Passwords are stored by our sign-in provider only as a secure hash; we never see them.
• If you sign in with Google: your email address, your name and your profile picture link, from your basic Google profile. We ask Google for nothing else: no access to Gmail, Drive, YouTube or any other Google data.
• Account details such as when you signed up and last used the service, your role, and whether you asked to be told when paid plans start.

When you use the extension

• The video you ask about: its YouTube address and ID, title, channel name, length, language and which caption tracks it has.
• The video's captions, read from the YouTube page in your browser, so the service can build the full text without listening to the video.
• Your calls: which video, full text or summary, which language, the time, and whether the call was counted. This is used for your free-call count, the daily limit and your History.
• The results: the full texts and summaries the service makes, with how they were made and their processing cost.

The extension reads a YouTube page only when you open its side panel on it. It does not record your browsing history, and it does not read pages other than YouTube videos.

How we use it

• To make the full texts and summaries you ask for, and to show you your History.
• To count free calls and enforce the daily limit and video length limit.
• To send you account emails: email confirmation and password reset. If you switch on "notify me", one email when paid plans become available. We don't send marketing emails otherwise.
• To keep the service working, prevent abuse and understand its costs.

Results are shared

Full texts and summaries are made from public YouTube videos and are stored so that the next person who asks about the same video gets them quickly. A stored result is linked to the video, not to you: other users can't see who asked for it, your email or your History.

Who processes the data

We don't sell your data and we don't use it for advertising. We use these service providers to run Video Reader:

• Supabase: database, sign-in and server functions (servers in the United States).
• Google Gemini API: receives the video's address and captions, or the full text, to make full texts, translations and summaries.
• YouTube Data API: used to check a video's length and details. Video Reader uses YouTube API Services; see the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.
• Google sign-in, if you choose it.
• Resend: sends account emails.
• Cloudflare: hosts this website.

Your data may be stored and processed outside your country, including in the United States.

Google user data

Video Reader's use of information received from Google APIs follows the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We use your Google profile only to sign you in and to identify your account. We don't transfer it to others except as needed to run the service, as required by law, or as part of a merger or sale with notice to you. We don't use it for ads, and no person reads it except when you ask for support, for security, or as required by law.

On your computer

The extension keeps your sign-in in Chrome's extension storage on your computer, so you stay signed in for up to 30 days. Signing out removes it.

How long we keep data

• Your account, calls and History: until you delete your account.
• Stored results: as long as they are useful to the service. They don't contain personal information.
• Server logs: a short time, normally a few days.

Your choices and rights

You can ask us to see, correct or delete your data, or to delete your account, by writing to videoreader@futurecompute.com from the email address of your account. Deleting your account removes your profile, calls and History. You can also remove Video Reader's access in your Google account settings. You may also contact the privacy authority where you live.

Security

Data is sent over encrypted connections (HTTPS). Database rules let each user read only their own account, calls and History. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

Children

Video Reader is not meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If we change this policy, we'll update the date above. If a change matters, we'll tell you in the extension or by email.