Privacy Policy

youtdict · effective 2026-04-29

Overview

This policy describes what data youtdict (the Chrome extension and its server) collects when you use it, how it is stored and what choices you have over it.

Data we collect

• Account credentials: your email address and a bcrypt hash of your password. The original password is never stored. Email is used as your account identifier.
• Personal dictionary: words and phrases you choose to save from YouTube captions — the text, translation, surrounding caption context, the video URL and timestamp.
• Translation requests: text snippets you click or select in captions are sent to our server and forwarded to Yandex Cloud Translate to produce a translation.
• Usage statistics: per-day count of translation requests and total character count, used to enforce the free-plan daily limit and to power simple administrator analytics.
• Technical logs: IP address and request metadata retained for 14 days for abuse protection and error diagnostics.

What we do NOT collect

• Your YouTube viewing history or contents of other tabs.
• Third-party analytics or advertising cookies.
• Payment data — the extension is free; paid tiers are not implemented.

Data sharing

Translation text is sent from the extension to the youtdict server, which forwards it to Yandex Cloud Translate solely to produce a translation. No other third parties receive your data. We do not sell or share data for marketing.

Retention and deletion

We keep your data until you delete your account. From the extension popup → Account menu, click “Delete account” to permanently remove your account, dictionary and usage history. Only aggregated, de-identified statistics remain.

Security

Communication between the extension and our server uses TLS. Passwords are stored as bcrypt hashes. Administrative sessions use HTTP-only / Secure cookies.

Contact

For questions or data deletion outside the in-app flow, email support@youtdict.ru.