Privacy Policy

Vidstew ("we", "us", "our") is operated by Camp Gagnon (insert legal entity here). You can reach us at privacy@vidstew.com.

• Account info — your Google account email, display name, and profile photo, supplied via Google sign-in.
• YouTube channel data — when you connect a channel, we pull public metadata (channel name, handle, thumbnail, recent uploads, view counts) via the YouTube Data API. We never request scopes that let us upload, edit, or delete content on your behalf.
• Content you create — projects, scripts, notes, packaging concepts, recording timestamps, QA notes, A/B test logs, performance insights, and any other text or files you save inside Vidstew.
• Billing info — handled entirely by Stripe. We never see your card number or CVV. We store your Stripe Customer ID and subscription status to gate paid features.
• Usage analytics — basic page views, feature interactions, and AI request counts to help us improve the product. No third-party analytics resold to advertisers.

• To run the Vidstew product and the features you signed up for.
• To process payments via Stripe.
• To send transactional emails (invites, billing receipts, project notifications). We use Resend as our delivery provider.
• To improve the product — debug issues, understand which features are useful, fix what isn't.
• To comply with legal obligations (tax records, lawful requests).

We do not sell your data. We do not share it with advertisers. We do not use your private project content to train any AI model.

When you use AI surfaces (Audience Fit, Packaging Analyzer, Topics fact-check, Audience Insights, Guest Suggester, Performance Insights, Brainstorm), we send the relevant context — your channel's public metadata + the project text you've authored — to Google's Gemini API. Google processes the request to produce the response and returns it to us. Per Google's terms for Gemini, this data is not used to train their public models when accessed via the developer API as we use it.

Vidstew uses Google APIs to read public information about the YouTube channels you connect. Specifically:

• YouTube Data API v3 — read-only access to public channel metadata (channel name, handle, thumbnail, description, subscriber count, video count) and public uploads (titles, thumbnails, view counts, publish dates, durations). We never request scopes that allow us to upload, edit, delete, or modify content on your behalf.
• Google OAuth (sign-in) — your basic profile (name, email, photo) so you can sign into Vidstew with your Google account.

The data we receive from Google APIs is used only to power the Vidstew dashboard for you — to display your channel's baseline metrics, surface recent uploads in the planner, and ground the AI features in your channel's actual context. We don't share this data with third parties beyond the sub-processors listed in the next section, and we don't use it to train any AI model.

Limited Use disclosure:Vidstew's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

We use the following providers:

• Google Cloud / Firebase — authentication, database, file storage, hosting.
• Google Gemini API — AI text generation for the surfaces listed above.
• Vercel — application hosting and edge routing.
• Stripe — payment processing and billing portal.
• Resend — transactional email delivery.

We retain your data while your account is active. If you delete your account, we erase your profile, channels, projects, and associated content within 30 days. Some records (billing, invoices, tax obligations) may be retained for up to 7 years where required by law.

Depending on where you live (GDPR, CCPA, etc.), you may have the right to access, correct, export, or delete the data we hold about you, and to object to certain processing. Email privacy@vidstew.com and we'll respond within 30 days.

Vidstew uses cookies and similar storage to keep you signed in, remember your preferences, and track basic session state. We do not use third-party advertising cookies.

Vidstew is not intended for children under 13 (or 16 in the EU). We don't knowingly collect data from minors. If you believe a child has signed up, contact us and we'll delete the account.

We'll update this policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we'll email registered users and post a notice in the dashboard. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the current revision.

Privacy questions: privacy@vidstew.com
General contact: hello@vidstew.com