iShort Captions — Privacy Policy

iShort Captions adds captions to your videos. This policy explains exactly what it collects and what it does not.

What we collect

Your Google account details

When you sign in with Google we receive your email address, your name, and a user ID. We use these to identify your account, count your free transcriptions, and reply if you contact us. We do not use them for advertising, and we do not sell or share them.

The audio from videos you choose to caption

When you tap Transcribe, the app extracts the audio track from the video you selected and uploads it to our speech-to-text processing partner, which converts it to text and returns captions.

• This happens only when you tap Transcribe. Nothing is uploaded automatically.
• The video itself normally never leaves your phone — only the audio.
• In rare cases where the app cannot read a video's audio track (an unusual audio format, for example), it uploads the video file instead so transcription can still work. This is the only circumstance in which a video leaves your device.
• Audio is uploaded over an encrypted connection, used to produce your captions, and is not used to train anything or shown to anyone else.

The text of your transcript, when you ask for titles

If you use the SEO tools, the app sends your transcript text to our text-generation partner to produce titles, descriptions and hashtags. Your video and audio are not sent for this.

Usage records

We record when a transcription happens and how long the clip was, so we can enforce the free monthly limit and understand our costs. These records are tied to your account ID.

To stop the free monthly allowance being reset by deleting and re-creating an account, we also keep a salted, one-way fingerprint of your Google sign-in alongside the number of free transcriptions you have used this month. The fingerprint cannot be reversed to identify you, is never used for contact or advertising, and the count resets at the start of each month. This is the one thing we retain after you delete your account — see Deleting your data.

Feedback you send us

If you send feedback in the app, we store your rating and message along with your account so we can act on it.

What we do NOT collect

• Your videos (except the rare case described above)
• Your captions, exported files, brand logo or project names — these are stored only on your phone
• Your location
• Your contacts
• Any payment or financial information
• Anything for advertising purposes

We do not use your microphone or camera. The app has no permission to.

Where your data lives

Your account record and usage history are held in Google Firebase (Firestore and Firebase Authentication). Audio sent for transcription is processed by our speech-to-text partner and is not retained by us afterwards.

Deleting your data

You can delete your account and everything we hold at any time:

In the app: Settings → Account → Delete account

This immediately removes your account, your remaining free transcriptions and your usage history. Your projects, videos and exports stay on your phone untouched, because they were never uploaded — delete the app to remove those.

The one thing we keep afterwards is the salted, one-way fingerprint described under Usage records — the count of free transcriptions used this month, so the allowance cannot be reset by deleting and re-creating an account. It cannot be reversed to identify you and clears at the start of each month.

If you cannot use the app, see the account deletion page or email aashishm20606@gmail.com and we will delete your data within 30 days.

Children

iShort Captions is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes to this policy

If we change what we collect we will update this page and the date above. If the change is significant we will say so in the app.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data: aashishm20606@gmail.com