Privacy

Last updated: October 20, 2026

PasteQuill uses the information needed to process your video request and protect the service.

Information we handle

We process the submitted YouTube video ID, video metadata, transcript text, task status and request accounting. A signed browser cookie identifies your recent records and free daily use. The free generator still works without an account.

If you sign in with Google, we store your Google account identifier and email so we can keep you signed in and, if you subscribe, connect the account to billing. A separate signed account cookie remembers that session. Pro recent transcripts can be opened on every device where you are signed in. We do not receive your Google password.

Storage and retention

Transcript text becomes unavailable after 24 hours. Scheduled deletion may take longer during a backlog or outage. Recent-record metadata, task status and cost records are kept separately for operation and troubleshooting. Removing Recent transcripts records removes your access link, not another visitor’s shared cache.

For short-term abuse protection, the application stores keyed network hashes rather than raw IP addresses. Inactive hashes are eligible for cleanup after two minutes; scheduled cleanup can lag. Hosting and API providers may also process request information under their own policies.

Payments

If you subscribe, we send your email address and an internal account ID to Stripe to create your billing profile. You enter your payment details on Stripe's hosted pages; we never see or store your full card number. We store your Stripe customer ID and your subscription's status, plan, price, and billing dates so we can turn Pro on and off. Stripe processes payment information under its own privacy policy (https://stripe.com/privacy).

Service providers

Cloudflare hosts the application; Supabase stores application data. Supadata processes caption and transcription requests. YouTube Data API supplies video metadata when generation eligibility is checked. If enabled, Inngest schedules background work; transcript bodies are not included in our scheduler step outputs. Google provides sign-in when you choose to create an account. Stripe processes subscription payments. We also use Cloudflare Web Analytics, a cookieless beacon that reports aggregate page-load metrics; Cloudflare states that it does not use cookies or localStorage for this, does not fingerprint individual visitors, and does not collect or use visitors' personal data.

Sharing a transcript

Anyone with a transcript share link can read and download that one result until it expires. The link does not grant access to your other records. Removing the associated recent record also disables its share link. Keep share links private if you do not want others to read the result.

Your choices

You can remove recent transcript records and clear the browser cookie. Clearing the cookie removes access to your previous browser session; it does not cancel an already submitted task. Signing out ends the account session on that browser. Signing out doesn't cancel a paid plan. To cancel Pro, open Account > Manage billing. We do not sell transcript content. Optional Google Analytics loads only if configured and you choose to allow it. It uses analytics cookies; use the analytics preferences control to withdraw consent. We do not deliberately send transcript text, video URLs or private result identifiers to analytics.

Do Not Track

We don't respond to browser Do Not Track signals. Optional Google Analytics loads only if you allow it.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

For data questions, contact us. This service is independent of YouTube and Google.