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Privacy Policy

Unshort does not collect your browsing history, page content, searches, or YouTube account data. This page explains the limited product and website analytics we do use.

Effective dateJuly 14, 2026

Data collection

Unshort does not collect, transmit, sell, rent, or share browsing history, YouTube account information, video watch history, search queries, page content, names, email addresses, account identifiers, or location data.

It sends a narrow set of product events to its own analytics endpoint and then to Amplitude:

  • a randomly generated anonymous installation ID, used as the Amplitude device_id
  • the extension or site version and selected language
  • extension installation or update, popup opens, and setting or language changes
  • whether one or more Shorts surfaces were hidden
  • whether a Shorts page was redirected to a normal watch page
  • Chrome Web Store button clicks

Analytics events never contain URLs, video IDs, titles, searches, page content, YouTube account data, names, or email addresses. Unshort does not set an Amplitude user_id.

Local storage

Unshort uses Chrome storage to remember whether the extension is enabled, whether Shorts surfaces should be hidden, whether Shorts links should open as normal videos, local counters shown in the popup, and the anonymous installation ID used for product analytics.

Settings and counters stay in Chrome storage. Only the anonymous installation ID and the limited events listed above are sent to the Unshort analytics endpoint.

Network requests

Unshort sends analytics events to https://unshort-site-t9js7.ondigitalocean.app/api/events. The server validates an allowlist of event names and properties, adds the Amplitude project key, and forwards the sanitized event to Amplitude. The key is never included in the extension.

The server may process an IP address transiently to rate-limit abuse. It does not add IP addresses or browser user agents to Amplitude events and does not persist them in an Unshort database.

Website analytics

The public website uses Google Analytics 4 with measurement ID G-9DD69MF879 to understand which pages and languages are useful. Google Analytics may store first-party analytics cookies and process the page path, referrer, approximate device and browser details, and interaction events.

We do not use Google Analytics for advertising or ad personalization. Website analytics does not change the extension analytics described above. Google processes website analytics under its own terms and privacy documentation.

Permissions

Unshort requests Chrome's storage permission to save settings, counters, and its anonymous installation ID. It runs on YouTube pages only so it can remove Shorts surfaces and redirect Shorts URLs. Host access to the Unshort analytics endpoint is used only for the limited events described here.

Use and sharing

Analytics is used only to measure adoption, understand which settings people use, and verify that Shorts hiding and redirection work. It is not used for advertising, profiling, credit decisions, or selling data. Event data is shared only with Amplitude as the analytics processor.

Retention and deletion

Anonymous analytics events are retained according to the Amplitude project retention settings. Removing the extension deletes its locally stored installation ID. Because Unshort does not know a user's identity, an event-level deletion request must include the anonymous installation ID shown in Chrome storage.

Contact

Questions, bug reports, and removal requests are welcome at [email protected].