Privacy Policy

Unbinge is built with one principle: collect only what is needed to keep YouTube focused on approved educational channels. This policy explains, in plain language, what we store locally, what we send to servers, and what we do not collect.

1. What the extension stores

Most Unbinge settings, including your age profile, filter mode, distraction filters, locally approved channels, and theme, are saved in your browser's local storage. If you set a parent PIN (always on the Kids profile; optional on General (13+)), only a salted hash of that PIN is stored locally — the PIN itself is not sent to our servers. These settings are used only to apply your YouTube filtering choices in this browser.

2. What we do not collect

• No names, emails, or account details. There is no sign-up.
• No full browsing history or watch history.
• No device identifiers or advertising IDs.
• No third-party trackers or analytics in the extension.

3. Channel requests

When you submit or locally approve a channel for review, the extension may send the channel URL, channel ID, channel handle, and channel name to our server. You can also submit a channel or video from the global review page without installing the extension; that form sends the YouTube URL and an optional note. This lets us review requested channels and improve the shared educational whitelist. We do not attach your name, email, account identifier, or Chrome profile information to the request.

4. Whitelist sync

When the extension syncs the approved channel list, your browser sends your selected age category to unbinge.watch so the server can return the appropriate channel list. These endpoints are rate-limited. Your browser stores the returned whitelist locally.

5. YouTube API Services & Metadata

Unbinge uses YouTube API Services to retrieve public channel and video metadata (such as channel title, channel ID, and handle) when verifying whether a YouTube video belongs to an approved educational channel.

By using Unbinge, you acknowledge and agree that Unbinge's use of YouTube API Services is governed by the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.

Data Access, Storage, and Revocation: Unbinge only accesses publicly available metadata and does not collect or request private user account credentials, watch history, or OAuth tokens. Because Unbinge does not require a Google account login or OAuth consent, no personal Google account data is accessed or stored. However, users can view and revoke API client access to their Google account at any time via the Google Security Settings page. Public channel metadata retrieved from YouTube API Services is cached locally in the browser and temporarily on our server for performance optimization, and is retained only as long as necessary (up to 30 days). Users can clear cached metadata at any time through their browser settings or by reinstalling the extension.

6. Limited Use

Unbinge uses extension permissions and any channel metadata returned by unbinge.watch (which may have been fetched from Google/YouTube on the server) only to provide and improve its single purpose: keeping YouTube limited to approved channels with distracting UI hidden. We do not sell this information, use it for advertising, or transfer it except as needed to provide the extension's features, comply with law, or protect the service from abuse.

7. Uninstall feedback

If you choose to leave feedback when uninstalling, the reason and optional message you provide are stored on our server to help improve Unbinge. Submission is entirely optional and anonymous.

8. This website

The unbinge.watch website does not use cookies, analytics, or advertising trackers. Standard server logs, such as IP address, timestamp, and requested path, may be kept by our hosting provider for security and abuse prevention.

9. Children's privacy

Unbinge is designed for families and children. We do not knowingly collect names, emails, account details, or other direct personal identifiers from children. If you believe a child has shared personal information with us, contact us and we will delete it.

10. Data retention

Channel requests and uninstall feedback are retained for as long as useful for improving the service. You may request deletion of any feedback you submitted by emailing us.

11. Contact

Questions about this policy? Email hello@unbinge.watch or visit our contact page.