Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12 November 2026

Clip Studio is a video clipping service operated by Vice Daily ("we", "us"). It turns long videos supplied by our clients into short vertical clips and, when a client asks us to, publishes those clips to the client's own YouTube channel. This policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have.

Information we collect

Videos and clips that clients upload or ask us to process, and the clips we produce from them.
Transcripts and clip details (titles, descriptions, hashtags, scores) generated from those videos.
Account details for staff (name, work email, a securely hashed password) and for clients (name, channel link, preferences).
YouTube authorization: when a client connects a YouTube channel, Google gives us an access token for that channel. We store the refresh token encrypted.
YouTube statistics for clips we published or that a client linked (views, likes, comments).

How we use Google user data

With the client's permission we use the YouTube Data API to:

upload clips the client has approved to the client's own channel, with the title, description, tags, visibility and scheduled time the client chose (youtube.upload);
read the connected channel's name and the statistics of clips we uploaded, to show the client how their clips perform (youtube.readonly).

We do not use Google user data for advertising, we do not sell it, and we do not transfer it to anyone except as needed to provide this service. Clip Studio's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

By connecting a channel you also agree to the YouTube Terms of Service, and Google's handling of your data is covered by the Google Privacy Policy.

Service providers

Vercel hosts the app and stores videos privately (Vercel Blob) and app data (Upstash Redis).
OpenAI processes audio transcripts and video frames to find moments and write titles. We send requests with storage disabled.
Google / YouTube receives the clips we publish on a client's behalf.

Retention and deletion

Source videos and clips are kept until the client or studio deletes them in Clip Studio. Deleting a video deletes its clips and files. Disconnecting a YouTube channel in Clip Studio deletes the stored tokens. You can also revoke Clip Studio's access at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions. To ask for any other data to be deleted, contact us.

Security

Connections are encrypted (HTTPS). Video storage is private and shared only through short-lived signed links. Passwords are hashed with scrypt, and YouTube refresh tokens are encrypted with AES-256-GCM.

Contact

Questions or deletion requests: benjimgmt5@gmail.com