21. Privacy, data & fair use

This is a plain-language summary. The binding documents are the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service linked in the app footer — read those for the full detail, and rely on them if anything here differs.

What's stored, and what isn't

Stored: your analysis reports and the metadata that goes with them (video titles, scores, transcripts, and the results you see in the app). Your analysis history is kept for as long as your account exists.

Not stored on Contentine's servers: your uploaded video files. When you upload, the file goes directly from your browser to Google for analysis and never touches Contentine's servers. After analysis, each file is auto-deleted from Google within 48 hours. It's kept briefly so you can run extra lenses or Find frames without re-uploading — and you can delete it immediately from the report with the Delete from Google now control.

Your API keys

If you use My Keys mode, your keys stay in your browser and are never stored on Contentine's servers. They're used to talk to Google directly from your browser.

Fair use — analyze only what you have the right to

YouTube URLs: Contentine uses publicly available YouTube data through the official YouTube Data API. It does not access private or members-only videos.
Uploads: only analyze videos you own or have the rights to analyze. You confirm this with the rights checkbox on every upload.
Contentine is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.

How to delete your data

An uploaded file on Google: open the report and choose Delete from Google now (files are also auto-deleted within 48 hours regardless).
Reports and account data: contact support@analyze.contentine.ai to request deletion, and see the Privacy Policy for your rights and the process.

What we store, and for how long

Reports and analysis output — kept with your account (history is listed for 30 days). The scores, transcript and descriptions are Contentine's own AI output about the video.
Public YouTube figures (view, like and comment counts, subscriber counts) — stripped from stored analyses after 30 days, in line with the YouTube API rules. The analysis itself stays.
Uploaded files — never on Contentine's servers; on Google for about 48 hours, deletable immediately.
Reference images you attach to feedback — stored in your account's cloud storage, metered, synced across your devices, deletable per image or per video in Storage (Chapter 15).
Collaboration sessions — the shared report snapshot, notes, doc and chat live with the session; a shared copy of an uploaded video is deleted when the session ends, within 7 days.
My Keys (BYOK) — your API keys are encrypted in your browser and never sent to our servers.
Erasure — email support@analyze.contentine.ai to have your account and its data deleted.

Creator removal requests

Every report is an independent AI-generated analysis; it is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube and may contain errors. If you are the creator of a public video and want an analysis of it removed from a public or shared surface, email support@analyze.contentine.ai with the video link — we act on verified requests within 2 business days. We review each request and reply by email.

Independent AI-generated analysis. Not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube. May contain errors.