Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
ShortClip ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit shortclip.pro and use our services. Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the site.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in several ways:
**Account Information** — When you create an account, we collect your name, email address, and password.
**Payment Information** — Payments are processed by Stripe. We do not store your full credit card number; we only receive a token and the last four digits of your card.
**Usage Data** — We collect information on how you access and use the service, including your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent, referring URLs, and actions taken within the app.
**Video Content** — When you submit a YouTube URL for processing, we temporarily access the video's audio and visual content to generate clips. Source video data is deleted from our servers within 24 hours of delivery.
**Communications** — If you contact us via email, we retain the contents of your message and your contact details.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
• Provide, operate, and maintain our services • Process transactions and send related information • Send transactional and promotional communications (you may opt out at any time) • Monitor and analyze usage trends to improve the service • Detect and prevent fraudulent or unauthorized activity • Comply with legal obligations
4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information. We may share your information with:
**Service Providers** — Trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website and services (e.g., Stripe for payments, AWS for hosting, Postmark for email). These parties are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential.
**Legal Requirements** — We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
**Business Transfers** — In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files stored on your device.
**Essential cookies** — Required for the site to function (session management, authentication).
**Analytics cookies** — Help us understand how visitors interact with the site (e.g., page views, traffic sources). We use privacy-respecting analytics.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies. However, some features of our service may not function properly without them.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
• **Access** — Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. • **Correction** — Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data. • **Deletion** — Request deletion of your personal data (subject to legal retention requirements). • **Portability** — Request a machine-readable export of your data. • **Opt-out** — Opt out of marketing communications at any time via the unsubscribe link in any email.
To exercise any of these rights, email us at hello@shortclip.pro.
7. Data Retention
We retain your account data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services. If you delete your account, we will delete your personal data within 30 days, except where retention is required by law or for legitimate business purposes such as fraud prevention.
8. Security
We use industry-standard security measures including TLS encryption for data in transit, encrypted storage for sensitive data, and access controls for internal systems. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Children's Privacy
Our service is not directed to individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information promptly.
10. Third-Party Links
Our service may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. For material changes, we will also send an email notification to registered users.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: