Privacy

What the app connects to

This is section 5 of the licence agreement, word for word:

Clip Engine runs on your computer. We never receive your videos, clips, transcripts, stream keys, API keys or account tokens. The app connects to:

• Anthropic, when AI is on: the transcript text being scored or captioned, sent with your own key;
• Polar, when you activate or use Pro: your licence key, your computer's name, an anonymous device ID and the app version, to check the licence;
• clipengine.net: to check for updates (the app sends its version);
• the platforms you stream or post to, and the sites of any links you paste, when you ask it to.

Clip Engine has no analytics or tracking.

In more detail, Clip Engine only goes online for these, and only for the reason given:

Where	When	What's sent
Anthropic (Claude)	Finding clips or writing post text, when AI is on	The transcript text being scored or captioned, with your own API key
Polar, our reseller	Activating Pro, then a licence check every few days and before posting	Your licence key, your computer's name, an anonymous device ID and the app version
clipengine.net	Once a day, to check for updates	The app version
The platforms you stream or post to (Kick, YouTube, Twitch, Rumble, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X)	When you go live, connect an account or post	Your stream, or the clip and post text you choose, using the stream keys and accounts you connect
Twitch chat	While you stream to Twitch with your channel name set	Nothing: it reads your chat anonymously and keeps only when messages arrive and what kind they are (laughing, hype, “clip it”), never who sent them or what they said
YouTube, Twitch and Kick	When you paste a link or a brand watches a channel	Requests for that video or channel's list of videos
Hugging Face	Once, the first time you transcribe with a speech model	A download of the model; nothing about you
Python Package Index (PyPI)	Only if you turn on the NVIDIA speed-up	A download of NVIDIA's libraries; nothing about you
Cloudflare's speed test	Only when you click Test my upload	Test data, to measure your upload speed

Where your data is kept

• Everything Clip Engine makes or remembers is in %LOCALAPPDATA%\ClipEngine on your PC, and your clips are in the folder you choose (a Clips folder on your desktop to start with).
• Your Anthropic key, stream keys and account tokens are encrypted with Windows' own protection (DPAPI), so only your Windows account on that PC can read them. The Anthropic key isn't passed to any other program.
• We can't see any of it, and there's no copy anywhere else.

Connected accounts (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X)

When you connect an account, the platform asks you to allow Clip Engine to see your account's basic details (its name and ID, so the app can show which account is connected) and to publish the videos you choose. Clip Engine uses that permission only to post the clips you send and to check the account still works. It doesn't read your other videos, messages, followers or analytics, and the tokens never leave your PC.

Clip Engine uses YouTube API Services. By connecting YouTube you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service, and Google's use of your information is covered by the Google Privacy Policy.

To disconnect, click Disconnect under Accounts in Clip Engine, which deletes the token from your PC. You can also take back access on the platform itself at any time:

• Google and YouTube: your Google account's third-party connections
• TikTok: in the TikTok app, Settings and privacy, then the app permissions under Security
• Instagram and Facebook: Facebook's settings, under Apps and websites (or Business integrations)
• X: Settings, then Security and account access, then Apps and sessions

Buying Pro

Pro is sold by Polar, our reseller and the merchant of record. Polar takes the payment, handles sales tax and sends your receipt and licence key, under Polar's privacy policy. We never see your card details. Polar shares your name, email address, country and order with us, so we can help with your licence, support and refunds. We keep those records for as long as tax law requires.

Emailing us

If you email support@clipengine.net, we keep your email and anything you attach to answer you. Settings > Help > Save diagnostics makes a zip of the app's logs and settings with keys and tokens removed. It's only sent if you attach it yourself, so have a look inside first if you like.

This website

clipengine.net has no cookies, no analytics, no ads and no third-party scripts or fonts. It's served by Cloudflare, which handles each visit (your IP address, the page asked for, the time and your browser) to deliver the site and protect it from attacks, as every web host does. The download page reads a small file from this same website to show the latest version.

Deleting your data

Because your data is on your PC, you delete it yourself, at any time:

1. In Clip Engine, disconnect your accounts (Accounts) and, if you have Pro, click Deactivate this PC (Settings).
2. Uninstall Clip Engine (Windows Settings > Apps), then delete the %LOCALAPPDATA%\ClipEngine folder and any clips you don't want.
3. Take back access on each platform (the links above).

To have us delete your support emails or purchase details, email support@clipengine.net. We'll delete everything the law doesn't make us keep (tax records, for example) and tell you when it's done.

Changes

If this page changes, the new version is posted here with a new date. If a change affects what the app sends anywhere, it will also be in that version's release notes.

See also: Licence agreement · Refunds