EditBuddy ("we," "us," "our," or "Company") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website, extension, and services.
Your original project files  video clips, audio files, Premiere Pro projects, and anything you import  stay on your machine. EditBuddy does not upload your media library or full project files to our servers.
Some AI-assisted features (for example, transcription, AI analysis, visual understanding) need to generate a result using a cloud provider. When you run those features, the extension sends only the minimum extracted data required for that feature  for example, compressed audio, transcript text, vocabulary hints, or low-resolution frames from clips. These requests are sent over encrypted connections to secure cloud providers, processed to produce the result, and are not used to train third-party models.
Basic editing utilities and certain fallback workflows can run entirely locally in System mode where supported, with no cloud calls.
When you sign in via Google OAuth, we collect:
We automatically collect:
Some EditBuddy features use cloud-based AI and transcription providers. When you run those features, the extension may send only the processing data needed to complete the job, such as extracted audio, transcript text, vocabulary hints, or low-resolution frames taken from clips.
This cloud processing is used for features like hosted transcription, AI analysis, and visual understanding. Basic editing utilities and certain fallback workflows can still run locally in System mode where supported.
To validate licenses, prevent abuse, and keep account/device limits fair, EditBuddy stores a hashed device fingerprint generated from device and environment signals. We use this for account security and license verification, not for advertising or cross-site tracking.
EditBuddy may store local working data on your machine to make editing faster and more reliable. This can include transcript caches, caption state, downloaded stock assets, and similar temporary or project-related working files.
Payments are processed by Paddle. We do NOT store credit card details  Paddle handles all payment processing securely. We receive transaction IDs and subscription status only.
We collect anonymized usage events to improve the product. Events include feature usage, error logs, and performance data. No personal video content is collected.
We do NOT sell your data. We only share information with:
All third parties are bound by confidentiality agreements and only access data necessary to provide their services.
You have the right to:
To exercise these rights, email privacy@editbuddy.app.
We use industry-standard encryption (HTTPS/TLS) and secure authentication (OAuth 2.0 with PKCE). Your passwords are never stored - Google handles authentication. Cloud processing requests are sent over secure connections, and your original project files remain on your machine unless a feature requires cloud processing to generate a result. However, no system is 100% secure. If you suspect a breach, contact us immediately.
EditBuddy is not intended for users under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If we discover we have, we will delete it immediately.
We may update this policy. We will notify you of material changes via email or prominent notice on the website. Your continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.
If you have privacy questions or concerns, contact us at privacy@editbuddy.app.