Privacy Policy

Tubient is built with a "Privacy by Design" architecture. We ensure that you have full control over your data and that non-essential tracking is restricted until you explicitly allow it.

Unlike many platforms that track first and ask later, Tubient blocks all non-essential storage (such as API response caching) by default. This data is only stored in your browser after you click "Accept All" on our privacy banner.

Tubient provides AI-powered YouTube analytics. To provide these services, our API Client accesses, collects, and stores specific user information and API Data:

• YouTube API Data (Access): When you authenticate, our application accesses your YouTube channel information (including channel name, handle, and thumbnail) and your YouTube Analytics data (including views, watch time, subscriber counts, and engagement metrics).
• Authentication Information (Storage): We store a long-lived Refresh Token in our secure server-side database to maintain your connection. A short-lived Access Token is kept locally in your browser to perform authorized requests on your behalf.
• YouTube Metadata (Collection): Your channel ID, display name, and thumbnail URL are collected and stored in our database. We also collect and store basic video metadata (titles, durations, and thumbnails) to facilitate instant loading and visual recognition.
• Pipeline Sessions (Storage): The analytics pipelines you build (nodes, edges, chart configurations) and your AI conversation history are stored in our remote database to allow you to persist and resume your work across different devices. This storage includes cached video identifiers to support "Zero-Unit" metadata hydration.
• Ephemeral Cache (Storage): If you provide consent, specific YouTube API responses are cached in your browser's local storage for a limited time (usually 1 hour) to improve performance and minimize API quota usage. Our server-side database also maintains a "warm" cache of video metadata with dynamic TTLs.
• Usage Metrics: We track total API usage volumes (quotas) at an aggregate level to manage service health and limits.

The information and API Data we access and collect is used exclusively for the following purposes:

• Visualization: To generate interactive charts, graphs, and tables based on your channel's performance.
• AI Insights: To provide the Google Gemini AI model with the necessary context to answer your natural language questions about your YouTube data.
• Zero-Unit Hydration: To provide instant metadata context to the AI assistant without requiring redundant external API calls.
• Session Persistence: To save your progress, configurations, and history so you can access them in future sessions.
• Optimization: To reduce the number of redundant network requests made to YouTube's servers.

We do not sell your data, use it for advertising, or share it with any third parties except for the processing required by Google Gemini as described below.

Tubient uses YouTube API Services as an API Client to fetch real-time analytics data and channel metadata. All metrics are provided directly by YouTube API. By using our application, you agree to be bound by the:

• YouTube Terms of Service
• Google Privacy Policy

The API Data fetched is processed to provide the visualizations and AI-driven analysis features of the app. As noted above, this data is only stored permanently if it relates to your account identity or saved session configurations. Raw analytics metrics are only stored ephemerally in your browser's cache.

Tubient includes an AI assistant powered by Google Gemini. When you interact with the assistant:

• Your natural language queries and recent conversation context are sent to our backend and forwarded to the Gemini API.
• We share anonymized metrics and your pipeline's node schema to help the AI construct visualizations.
• Sensitive credentials or personal profile data are never shared with the AI model.
• We do not use your data or queries to train AI models.

Your data is protected by industry-standard security measures:

• Encryption: All data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS) and at rest within our Firestore database.
• Access Control: All database operations are authenticated through our backend server; there is no direct client-side database access.
• Retention: We retain your saved pipelines and tokens as long as your account is active. When you remove a channel or request account deletion, we permanently wipe all associated data.

You have full control over your data usage:

• Revocation: You can revoke Tubient's access to your YouTube account at any time via the Google Security Permissions page.
• Data Deletion: You can permanently delete all your stored pipeline sessions, tokens, and account data at any time via the "Delete My Account" option on the Account Page.
• Access: You have the right to request a copy of the data stored in our database.

Tubient uses cookies and local storage to provide a high-performance experience. We follow a "Privacy by Design" architecture: non-essential cookies are blocked by default until you provide explicit consent.

For privacy questions, data requests, or to exercise your rights under GDPR/CCPA, please visit our Contact Page.