Privacy Policy

Shorts Automation (“the app”) is a desktop application that runs on its operator’s own computer. It is used to write, produce and upload short videos to the operator’s own YouTube channel, TinyDramaCourt. This policy explains what data the app accesses, how it is used and how you can revoke access.

1. Google and YouTube data we access

When you sign in with Google, the app requests a single permission:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload — to upload videos (with their title, description, tags, category, language, privacy status and scheduled publish time) to your YouTube channel.

The app does not read your email, contacts, files, watch history, subscribers, comments or any other account data, and it does not change channel settings other than the videos it uploads.

2. How the data is used

• The access token is used only to upload videos that you have reviewed and approved in the app.
• The app uses the YouTube API Services. By using the app you also agree to the YouTube Terms of Service, and Google’s handling of your data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
• The app’s use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

3. Storage and security

• The OAuth token is stored only on the local computer running the app (in the user’s home folder, readable only by that user). It is never sent to any server operated by us.
• Videos, scripts, images and audio produced by the app are stored locally in the same way.
• We do not operate a backend server or database for the app.

4. Third-party services

To create videos, the app sends content prompts (topics, scripts and scene descriptions — never your Google account data) to AI services: Anthropic (Claude) for writing scripts, OpenAI for images, speech and word timing, and Higgsfield for video clips. Public story sources such as Reddit and news feeds are read to find topics. These services process the prompts under their own privacy policies. Google user data obtained through the YouTube API is never shared with them.

5. Sharing and selling

We do not sell, rent, share or transfer Google user data to anyone, and we do not use it for advertising, profiling, credit decisions or to develop or train AI/ML models.

6. Retention and deletion

• The token is kept until you revoke access or delete it. Deleting the file ~/.shorts_automation/youtube_token.json removes it from the computer.
• You can revoke the app’s access at any time from your Google Account: myaccount.google.com/permissions.
• Videos already uploaded remain on YouTube until you delete them in YouTube Studio.

7. Children

The app is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.

8. Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

9. Contact

Questions about this policy: namu3gru@gmail.com