Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2026-06-06

Transcript Copier for YouTube copies or downloads transcripts from the YouTube video page that the user is currently viewing.

Data handled by the extension

The extension reads the following data from the active YouTube video page only when the user clicks the extension button or chooses the transcript download context menu item:

• Video title
• Video URL
• Transcript or caption text available on the YouTube page

How the data is used

The data is used only to:

• Copy the transcript to the user's clipboard
• Download the transcript as a local .txt file

Data sharing

The extension does not collect, store, sell, or transmit transcript text, video titles, video URLs, browsing history, or any other user data to the developer, developer-operated servers, advertisers, analytics providers, or data brokers.

Transcript extraction runs in the user's browser. To retrieve captions or transcripts, the extension may make requests from the current YouTube page to YouTube endpoints, such as YouTube transcript or timed text endpoints. These requests are used only to provide the copy or download feature the user invoked.

This extension is not affiliated with YouTube or Google.

Permissions

The extension uses Chrome permissions only for its single purpose:

• activeTab: access the current YouTube video page after the user invokes the extension
• scripting: run the transcript extraction script on the active YouTube tab
• clipboardWrite: copy transcript text to the clipboard
• offscreen: support reliable clipboard writing in Manifest V3
• contextMenus: show the transcript download menu item
• downloads: save the transcript as a local text file

Limited Use

The use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Contact

For support or privacy questions, contact the developer through the support contact listed on the Chrome Web Store item page.