ClipIt StudioPrivacy Policy
Last updated: 16 November 2026
ClipIt Studio ("we", "us") is made by ClipIt Studio. This policy explains what happens to your information when you use the ClipIt Studio website at https://clipitstudio.app, the web app, and the ClipIt Studio desktop app for Mac and Windows (together, "ClipIt Studio").
The short version: your videos, clips and projects are processed on your own device and are never uploaded to us. We don't use analytics or advertising trackers, and we don't sell data.
1. Your videos and projects
When you add a video, ClipIt Studio reads it on your device. That covers finding clips, previews, captions, face tracking and exporting. We never receive your videos, clips, captions or project data. The one exception is a YouTube link you ask the website to open: see below.
- Website: projects, thumbnails and settings are saved in your browser's storage (IndexedDB and localStorage) on your device. You can delete them by deleting the project in ClipIt Studio or clearing your browser's site data.
- Desktop app: projects are saved in the app's folder on your computer, and recordings and exports in your Documents/ClipIt Studio folder.
2. Information we do receive
| What | When | Why | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your account: email address, name and profile picture (from Google, if you sign in with Google), your licence key, and a record of your signed-in devices | Only if you create an account. Using ClipIt Studio without one is always possible | To sign you in, keep each account's projects separate on your device, and restore your licence on your other devices | Until you delete your account (email us); sign-in sessions expire after 180 days |
| Usage and visit statistics: which pages are visited, which buttons are clicked, the referring website or campaign tag, your country and region (worked out by our host from your connection; your IP address itself is not stored), device type, operating system, browser and language, plus numbers about what you do in ClipIt Studio (projects created, size and length of the videos processed, shorts exported, AI-captioned clips). Never your videos, clips, file names or captions. | When you use the website or the apps, unless your browser sends "Do Not Track" or "Global Privacy Control" | To understand how ClipIt Studio is used, fix problems and decide what to build next. If you have an account, these numbers are linked to it and shown on your profile. | Kept while ClipIt Studio runs; removed from your account (made anonymous) when you delete it |
| Your email address, and whether you want news of Pro and/or the desktop app | Only if you join the "Notify me" list | To send you one email when each launches. We check that the address can receive email before saving it | Until Pro launches plus 12 months, or until you ask us to delete it |
| A YouTube link you paste into the website | Only when you paste a link to preview its most-replayed moments | Our link service fetches the public YouTube page for the title, length and "Most replayed" graph. It does not download or keep the video. | Not stored |
| A YouTube video you ask the website to open (when the desktop app isn't running) | Only when you paste a link and choose to open it | Our download server downloads that public video so your browser can edit it. The copy on our server is deleted within a few hours. We keep the link and your IP address in short-lived logs and counters to prevent abuse. | |
| Purchase details (name, email, order number, country) | When you buy Pro (once available) | To deliver your licence key, give support and handle refunds and taxes | As long as required by tax and accounting law |
| Emails you send us | When you contact support | To answer you | As long as needed to help you |
Your licence key holds the name and order number it was issued for. It is checked on your device and is not sent to us when you use ClipIt Studio.
3. Service providers
- Cloudflare hosts the website, the sign-up list, the link service and the address of the download server. Like any web host, it handles your IP address and basic request data to deliver pages and protect against abuse.
- Google, if you choose "Continue with Google": Google confirms who you are and shares your name, email address and profile picture with us.
- Resend, if you sign in by email: it delivers the one-time sign-in link to your inbox.
- Payment provider (announced when Pro launches) will process Pro purchases as the seller of record. We never see your full card details.
- Hugging Face and jsDelivr serve the speech-recognition model and its runtime the first time you use AI captions. Your browser or app downloads them directly, so these services see your IP address. Your audio is not sent: captions are made on your device.
- YouTube: if you play an embedded YouTube preview on the website, or the desktop app downloads a video you asked for, your device connects to YouTube, and Google's privacy policy applies to that connection.
4. Cookies and tracking
We don't use cookies for advertising or analytics, we don't use third-party trackers, and we don't track you across sites. We count visits and feature use ourselves (see section 2): a random visitor number is kept in your browser's storage so repeat visits aren't counted twice, and nothing is sent if your browser asks not to be tracked. ClipIt Studio uses your browser's local storage only to keep your projects, settings, licence and (if you sign in) your sign-in session on your device. Signing in with Google sets one short-lived security cookie for the few minutes the sign-in takes. Your account never receives your videos or projects: they stay on your device, stored separately for each account.
5. The desktop app's local helper
The desktop app runs a small service that only your own computer can reach (127.0.0.1). It lets the ClipIt Studio website on the same computer ask the app to download a link you pasted. It answers only the ClipIt Studio website and pages served from your own computer.
6. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, the UK GDPR, California law or India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or export your personal data, to object to its use, and to complain to your data protection authority. Email [email protected] and we will reply within 30 days. You can leave the Pro email list at any time using the link in the email, or by writing to us.
We rely on your consent for the email list, and on performing our contract with you for purchases and support.
7. Children
ClipIt Studio is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country), and we don't knowingly collect their personal data.
8. Security and international transfers
Our providers may process data in countries other than yours. We use providers that protect data with industry-standard security and contractual safeguards.
9. Changes
If we change this policy, we will update the date above. If the changes are significant, we will say so on the website.
10. Contact
ClipIt Studio · [email protected]