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Last updated May 5, 2026. This one-page notice covers privacy, terms, cookies, copyright, and contact details for Ask Channel AI.

These notices explain how Ask Channel AI handles account data, YouTube-related content, payments, cookies, copyright requests, and support requests.

Privacy Policy

This section explains what Ask Channel AI collects, why we collect it, and how you can ask us to delete or export it.

Google login data: your Google account ID, email address, display name, and profile image when you sign in.
Anonymous session data: a random channel_ai_anon_id stored in a cookie and local storage for signed-out usage limits and basic continuity.
App activity: prompts, chat messages, answers, selected channels, selected videos, conversation metadata, usage counters, and operational logs.
Imported content: channel and video metadata, transcripts or transcript-derived text, generated summaries, quote/search indexes, chunks, embeddings, and import job status.
Billing and email data: Stripe customer/subscription identifiers and Resend delivery records for transactional emails.

We use this information to provide search, chat, import, transcription, account, billing, abuse prevention, security, debugging, and support features.
We use transcript chunks and embeddings to retrieve relevant source material for answers. We use prompts and source excerpts to generate AI responses.
We may send transactional emails, such as import completion or account-related notices. Any promotional email will include opt-out instructions.

We may process data with providers such as Google/YouTube, Google Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, Cerebras, Voyage AI, Pinecone, Agentset, Stripe, Resend, Vercel, Railway, and similar infrastructure providers.
These providers process data only as needed to operate the service, secure the service, provide support, or meet legal and billing obligations.

The app uses YouTube API Services and YouTube embeds. Your use is also subject to the YouTube Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy.
We use YouTube data to find channels/videos, show metadata, link back to YouTube, and support AI search over imported content. We do not claim ownership of YouTube content.
You can revoke Google sign-in access from https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions. Revoking access does not delete data stored by YouTube; it only affects Ask Channel AI account access and stored data we control.

Account profile data is kept until you delete your account or ask us to delete it, subject to legal, security, billing, and backup retention needs.
Conversation data is kept until you delete the conversation or account. Deleting a top-videos conversation also removes its stored transcript bundle.
Imported channel/video data and derived indexes are kept while the imported content remains available in the service. Account deletion removes imported channels/videos owned by that account and the derived records we control.
Some security logs, billing records, provider records, and backups may remain for a limited period where required for compliance, fraud prevention, tax, accounting, dispute handling, or disaster recovery.

You can delete individual conversations in the chat interface and delete your account from the Account page.
To request a copy of your account, conversation, billing, or support data, contact support. We may need to verify your identity before exporting or deleting data.

Ask Channel AI is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Contact support@askchannel.ai if you believe a child provided personal information to the service.

These terms apply when you access or use Ask Channel AI. By using the service, you agree to use it responsibly and only in lawful ways.

Ask Channel AI is provided as a beta product for AI-assisted search and analysis of YouTube channel and video content.
AI output can be incomplete, inaccurate, or inappropriate for your situation. You are responsible for checking sources and deciding how to use the output.

Do not use the service to infringe copyrights, violate platform rules, bypass access controls, harass people, collect sensitive personal information, or break the law.
Only import, search, or analyze content where your use is lawful and consistent with applicable platform terms and creator rights.
Do not attempt to reverse engineer, overload, scrape, disrupt, or abuse the service or its providers.

You must be at least 13 years old and old enough to use the service under the laws where you live.
If you use the service for an organization, you confirm that you have authority to accept these terms for that organization.

YouTube videos, captions, channel metadata, thumbnails, and related content remain owned by their respective rights holders.
The service is designed to cite and link back to YouTube so users can verify context at the source.

Paid plans are billed through Stripe. Prices, renewal terms, and plan limits should be shown before checkout.
You can manage or cancel billing from the Account page. Cancellation timing, refunds, credits, and taxes may depend on Stripe settings, applicable law, and the plan terms shown at checkout.

The service is provided without warranties to the maximum extent allowed by law.
We may suspend or terminate access for abuse, security risk, nonpayment, legal risk, or violation of these terms.

channel_ai_anon_id stores a random signed-out identifier in a cookie and local storage for usage limits and continuity. The cookie expires after about 7 days unless refreshed.
NextAuth and Google login cookies keep signed-in sessions working. These are needed for authentication and account security.

Google login, YouTube embeds, Stripe checkout/billing, and similar providers may set their own cookies or use local storage under their own policies.
You can control cookies in your browser. Blocking essential cookies may prevent login, billing, or signed-out usage limits from working correctly.

Send copyright notices to legal@askchannel.ai. Include your contact information, a description of the copyrighted work, the allegedly infringing URL or content, a good-faith statement, an accuracy statement under penalty of perjury, and your physical or electronic signature.
We may remove or disable access to content while reviewing a notice. Repeat infringers may lose access.

If you believe content was removed by mistake, contact the same address with enough information for us to review the issue and respond under applicable law.
False notices or counter-notices may have legal consequences. We will update this page if our copyright contact or designated agent information changes.

General support and data requests: support@askchannel.ai.
DMCA, copyright, and legal notices: legal@askchannel.ai.
Please include the email address on your account, relevant channel/video/conversation links, and a clear description of what you want us to review.