TubeShelf: Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 8, 2026

TubeShelf is a Chrome extension that organizes YouTube and YouTube Music songs into your own YouTube playlists (by singer, music director, movie, and similar tags) with one click. This page explains what data TubeShelf accesses, how it's used, and what is (and isn't) stored.

What TubeShelf accesses

• Your Google OAuth token, obtained via Chrome's built-in chrome.identity sign-in. TubeShelf never sees your Google password.
• The video you're currently watching: its title, description, and tags, read via the YouTube Data API, to figure out singer / music director / movie / etc.
• Your YouTube playlists: read to check which playlists already exist and whether a song is already in one, and written to when you confirm adding a song (creating a playlist and/or adding the video).

What TubeShelf does not do

• It does not access videos other than the one you explicitly click "Shelf It" on.
• It does not read your watch history, subscriptions, comments, or any other YouTube data.
• It does not sell, rent, or share your data with any third party.
• It does not use your data for advertising.

What is stored, and where

TubeShelf's backend is stateless: it has no database. Each request is processed and then forgotten; nothing about you, your videos, or your playlists is retained on our server.

Locally, in your own browser's chrome.storage.local (never sent anywhere), the extension keeps only:

• A flag remembering that you signed out, so you aren't re-prompted to sign in on every page.
• The result of your last "Shelf It" action (the video title and which playlists were affected), so the extension popup can show it to you.

Data in transit

Your OAuth access token and video ID are sent over HTTPS to TubeShelf's backend, which uses that token to call the official YouTube Data API on your behalf. The token is used only for the duration of that request and is not logged or stored.

Revoking access

You can revoke TubeShelf's access to your Google account at any time from Google Account → Security → Third-party access.

Children's privacy

TubeShelf is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date above will be revised accordingly.

Contact

Questions about this policy: maravind2000@gmail.com