Privacy Policy

Effective date: April 1, 2026

Retitle rewrites YouTube titles into clearer factual titles. To do that, the extension and backend process a limited set of page and transcript data.

Data Retitle processes

• YouTube video ID
• Original YouTube title text
• Transcript text returned by YouTube when available
• A generated install identifier stored in extension local storage
• Generated replacement title and transcript metadata such as language code and whether captions were auto-generated
• Local extension settings such as whether retitling is enabled

What leaves the browser

When Retitle requests a title from the backend, the following data can leave the browser:

• video ID
• original title text
• install ID
• transcript text when the user-IP InnerTube attempt succeeds
• transcript metadata used to classify the result

The backend sends transcript or title context to OpenRouter to generate the final rewritten title.

What does not leave the browser

• Gmail, Google account, or Chrome profile data
• browsing history outside YouTube pages where the extension is active
• cookies, passwords, payment data, or form entries

Storage

Retitle stores the following locally in Chrome extension storage:

• install ID
• whether retitling is enabled
• quota pause state
• usage snapshot for degraded-status display
• short-lived pending submission and cooldown state

The backend stores:

• cached generated title results keyed by video ID
• failure classification and transcript metadata
• monthly usage counters keyed by install ID

Sharing and selling

Retitle does not sell personal information. Data is used only to provide the retitling feature and related quota/accounting behavior.

Retention

• Extension local storage remains until the user removes the extension or clears extension storage.
• Backend cache and usage records remain in the Worker D1 database until they are manually rotated or deleted.

Contact

For privacy questions, contact retitledev@gmail.com.