Privacy Policy

At Read Setting, we believe that your data is yours. Our core philosophy is built around a privacy-by-default architecture. This Privacy Policy explains how our Chrome Extension handles your information — specifically, the fact that we do not collect or store it on any external server.

1. Information We Do Not Collect

Read Setting operates entirely locally within your browser. We emphatically confirm that:

• No Personal Data: We do not collect, store, or process any personal identification data, email addresses, or account information.
• No Browsing History: We do not track your browsing history or keep logs of the YouTube videos you watch.
• No External Servers: We do not operate backend servers. Your data is never transmitted to us, and we do not sell, rent, or monetize your information in any way.
• No Analytics or Tracking: We do not use any analytics SDK, telemetry service, or third-party tracking pixel.

2. How Your Data Is Handled Locally

Read Setting is designed with a single purpose: to extract publicly available text transcripts from YouTube videos and facilitate AI-powered summaries. Here is exactly what happens when you use the extension:

• Page Re-fetch for Transcript Extraction: When you activate the extension on a YouTube video, the extension makes an HTTP request directly from your browser to the same YouTube URL you are already viewing. This is done solely to reliably parse the publicly available caption/subtitle data embedded in the page source. No data from this request is sent to us — the request goes only from your browser to YouTube's servers.
• DOM Fallback: If the page re-fetch method fails, the extension reads the caption data directly from the page's DOM (the content already loaded in your browser tab). No network request is made in this case.
• Temporary Local Storage: Your selected output language preference and a temporary prompt template (containing the video transcript) are saved in your browser's local storage (chrome.storage.local). This data is stored exclusively on your device, never transmitted externally, and is automatically deleted by the extension immediately after it is injected into the AI platform's input field.
• Clipboard Usage: In cases where the extension cannot directly interact with an AI platform's interface (e.g., due to interface updates), it may use your device's clipboard (navigator.clipboard.writeText) as a fallback to place the transcript prompt for you to paste manually. This is a one-way write operation — we do not read your clipboard.
• Direct Transfer to AI & Interface Automation: When you choose to summarize a video, the extension opens the selected AI platform (ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude) in a new tab, inserts the transcript prompt into its text input field, and programmatically clicks the send button to submit your query. The extension acts purely as a local automation bridge. We do not intercept, read, store, or transmit any content from your AI conversations.

3. Data Retention

Because we do not collect data on external servers, there is no data retention on our end. Regarding data stored locally on your device:

• Language Preference: Stored indefinitely in chrome.storage.local until you uninstall the extension or manually clear your browser's extension storage.
• Prompt Template (Transcript): Stored temporarily in chrome.storage.local for the duration of a single summarization session — typically a few seconds. It is deleted automatically by the extension as soon as it is injected into the AI platform.
• Uninstalling the Extension: All data in chrome.storage.local associated with Read Setting is permanently deleted by Chrome when you uninstall the extension.

4. Explanation of Required Permissions

To function properly, Read Setting requests the minimum set of Chrome permissions necessary. Below is a precise justification for each:

• activeTab: Allows the extension to identify the URL of your currently active tab to determine whether you are on a YouTube video page. Without this, the extension cannot enable its features contextually.
• scripting: Allows the extension to execute a content script within your active YouTube tab to extract the transcript from the page. This is required in addition to activeTab because the transcript extraction involves DOM inspection and a re-fetch of the current page — operations that cannot be performed by activeTab alone in Manifest V3.
• storage: Required to save your language preference and the temporary prompt template locally on your device using chrome.storage.local.
• host_permissions: *://*.youtube.com/*: Required to inject the content script that reads publicly available caption data from YouTube video pages. The wildcard subdomain is necessary to cover all regional YouTube domains (e.g., www.youtube.com, m.youtube.com). We do not access any YouTube account data, private playlists, or authenticated user content.
• host_permissions: *://chatgpt.com/*, *://gemini.google.com/*, *://claude.ai/*: Required to inject a content script into the AI platform page (opened in a new tab) to automatically insert the transcript prompt into the text input field and click the send button. We do not read, store, or transmit any content from your conversations on these platforms.

5. Third-Party Services

Read Setting interacts with the following third-party platforms at your explicit request:

• YouTube (Google LLC): The extension reads publicly available subtitle/caption data from YouTube pages. It does not access your YouTube account, watch history, or any authenticated data. Subject to Google's Privacy Policy and YouTube's Terms of Service.
• OpenAI (ChatGPT): When you choose "Summarize with ChatGPT," the transcript is submitted as a prompt to ChatGPT. The content of that prompt is governed by OpenAI's Privacy Policy.
• Google (Gemini): When you choose "Summarize with Gemini," the transcript is submitted to Gemini. Subject to Google's Privacy Policy.
• Anthropic (Claude): When you choose "Summarize with Claude," the transcript is submitted to Claude. Subject to Anthropic's Privacy Policy.

We strongly recommend reviewing the privacy policies of each AI platform before use, particularly with respect to how they use conversation data for model training.

6. Children's Privacy

Read Setting is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in the European Union). We do not knowingly collect any information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has used this extension in a way that raises privacy concerns, please contact us using the information in Section 8.

7. Your Rights (GDPR & LGPD)

Because Read Setting does not collect personal data on external servers, most data subject rights under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, applicable to users in the European Union) and the LGPD (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados, applicable to users in Brazil) are inherently fulfilled by our architecture. Specifically:

• Right of Access & Portability: All data the extension stores is in your own browser's local storage, fully accessible and exportable by you.
• Right to Erasure: You can delete all locally stored extension data at any time by uninstalling the extension or clearing your browser's extension storage in Chrome settings.
• Right to Object / Withdraw Consent: You can disable or remove the extension at any time from Chrome's extension manager (chrome://extensions), which immediately stops all extension activity.

If you have any concerns about your rights or our compliance with applicable law, please contact us at the address below.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect changes in our extension's functionality or to comply with updated Chrome Web Store policies. Because we do not collect your email address, we cannot notify you directly of changes. Any updates will be posted on this page with a new "Effective Date" and "Version" number. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

9. Contact

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how Read Setting handles data, please contact us at:

📧 readsetting@gmail.com

We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 5 business days.