AutoTube Privacy Policy

Licence activation data

When a customer activates or validates a licence, AutoTube sends these fields to the AutoTube licence service:

• a SHA-256 device fingerprint derived from the Windows Machine GUID, hostname, and MAC address;
• the Windows Machine GUID;
• the computer hostname;
• the network adapter MAC address;
• the AutoTube application version; and
• the privacy-policy version acknowledged during activation.

The licence service also receives the connection's public IP address. Its hosting provider may supply an approximate country, region, and city inferred from that IP. This is network-level approximation, not GPS or a precise physical address.

AutoTube uses these records to activate a purchased licence, bind it to the permitted device, prevent key sharing and fraud, enforce licence status, diagnose activation problems, and respond to support requests. The acknowledgement timestamp is generated by the licence database, rather than accepted from the customer computer.

Active licence/device records are retained while the licence is active and for up to 12 months afterward for support, chargeback, fraud-prevention, and accounting needs. Licence audit events are retained for up to 24 months. Records may be retained longer where law, a dispute, or security investigation requires it.

Local and third-party data

API keys, OAuth tokens, drafts, downloaded clips, render files, retry state, job metadata, and upload history are stored in the customer's Windows AutoTube data folder. Secrets and OAuth tokens are protected using Windows account-bound encryption and are not returned to the React renderer.

When enabled by the customer, AutoTube sends requests to Pexels, Google Gemini, Google/YouTube, Google News/Trends, Reddit, and other configured topic sources. Those providers receive normal connection information and the request data needed to provide their service, under their own privacy terms. AutoTube does not sell customer personal information.

Deletion and support

Customers can remove local render/history files from their AutoTube data folder, disconnect YouTube by revoking AutoTube access in their Google Account, and replace stored API keys in Settings. To request access to or deletion of server-side licence/device data, open a private support request at AutoTube support. Do not include licence keys, API keys, OAuth tokens, or device identifiers in a public issue.

Deletion requests are completed unless retention is required for law, fraud prevention, security, payment disputes, or establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims. Removing a device binding may deactivate the software until a new activation is completed.

Policy changes

The policy version appears in the application and activation record. Material changes require a new dated version, release notes describing the change, publication at this stable policy address, and a fresh acknowledgement before a later activation. Where continued processing materially changes, existing customers must be notified through the application or the contact channel held by the seller before the change takes effect.

Contact

Support and privacy requests: AutoTube support.

The seller must add its approved legal entity name, postal address, jurisdiction, and a non-public privacy contact channel after legal review and before sale.