FilterTube ("we", "our", or "the product") is built around local control. This Privacy Policy explains what information FilterTube handles, where that information stays, and how the current website and browser release behave today.

The short version is simple: the current browser release is designed to work locally on your device, and the website is a public information surface rather than a data-collection product.

FilterTube does not collect, store, or transmit personal data to FilterTube-operated servers in order to run its filtering features.

2.1 What we do not collect

• Personally identifiable information such as your name, email address, postal address, or phone number
• Your general browsing history or web activity outside the product’s supported surfaces
• YouTube watch history, viewing habits, or account credentials
• Search queries, channel names, or keywords for the purpose of sending them to FilterTube-operated servers
• Location data, IP-address-based profiles, financial information, or payment information
• Advertising identifiers, analytics identifiers, or telemetry used to profile you

2.2 What we store locally on your device

• Filter rules such as keywords, channels, whitelist entries, profile settings, and content controls
• Preferences such as Shorts, comments, theme, profile, and interface settings
• Local counters or status information that help FilterTube display what it filtered
• Optional backup and export files written to your own device when you use backup or export features

Local settings are stored through browser-local storage used by FilterTube. Backup and export files, when created, are saved on your own device and are not uploaded to us.

You define rules such as keywords, channels, profiles, and content-type controls. FilterTube then reads supported page content locally and applies those rules before or as elements render on supported YouTube surfaces.

Matching content is hidden locally in the browser. FilterTube does not need a FilterTube account, cloud profile, or personal telemetry pipeline to do that work.

FilterTube requests a limited set of browser permissions so the current browser release can operate on supported YouTube pages and manage optional local backup flows.

The FilterTube website does not use analytics products, advertising trackers, session replay, or marketing pixels. There are no contact forms on the site that collect personal information directly into a FilterTube database.

Like any hosted website, basic request handling may involve normal infrastructure logs from the hosting provider or CDN so pages can be delivered. FilterTube does not use the website as a profiling or ad-targeting system.

FilterTube also does not send your settings or browsing data to FilterTube-operated analytics, advertising, or telemetry services. Network activity that occurs as part of normal YouTube page loading remains between your browser and the relevant YouTube surface.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We do not transfer FilterTube settings or browsing data to third parties because the current product does not collect that data for a FilterTube server in the first place.

FilterTube is intended to help households and students create a calmer viewing environment, including on YouTube Kids-related surfaces. The current product does not knowingly collect personal data from children because it is not built around personal data collection at all.

Current rules and settings stay inside browser-local storage and on-device files that you explicitly create. That local-first model reduces the risk that comes with sending sensitive settings to external services.

No system can promise perfect security in every environment, but FilterTube is intentionally designed to minimize exposure by not depending on user accounts, ad-tech scripts, or a personal data backend.

• Access: you can inspect your current rules and settings inside the FilterTube interface.
• Modify: you can add, edit, or remove rules at any time.
• Delete: removing FilterTube from the browser removes browser-stored FilterTube data, while any backup or export files you created remain on your device until you delete them.
• Export: you can keep portable copies of your configuration using FilterTube’s local export tools.

FilterTube is open source. You can inspect the public repository to review how FilterTube currently works and how its local-first model is implemented.

Repository: github.com/varshneydevansh/FilterTube

We may update this page as the product evolves. If FilterTube ever changes in a way that materially affects data handling, this policy should be updated before that new behavior is relied on as the public description of the product.

FilterTube is built around data minimization, local processing, and user-controlled storage. That architecture is intended to align with the privacy expectations commonly reflected in browser-store policies and privacy frameworks such as GDPR and CCPA.

This page describes the current product behavior and privacy posture. It is not legal advice.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or the current data-handling behavior of FilterTube, contact hello@filtertube.in or open an issue in the public GitHub repository.

Certification: based on the current product architecture, FilterTube does not collect, use, sell, or transfer personal data to FilterTube-operated servers in order to run its filtering features.