Data & Privacy

Your privacy matters to us. This guide explains what data Vid Receipts collects, how we use it, and what controls you have over your information.

For the full legal details, see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

What Data We Collect

Account Information

When you sign up, we store basic account details through Firebase Authentication:

• Email address — Used for sign-in and account recovery
• Display name — Shown on your receipts, comments, and votes
• Authentication provider — How you sign in (email/password, Google, etc.)

Content You Create

Everything you post on Vid Receipts is stored in our database:

• Receipts — Your timestamped annotations on videos
• Comments — Replies and discussions on receipts
• Votes — Your validate/invalidate votes on receipts and comments
• Feeds — Custom feeds you create and their sharing settings

YouTube Data

If you connect your YouTube account, we access:

• Subscriptions — To show personalized video recommendations
• Channel information — To display your YouTube identity

YouTube OAuth access tokens are stored securely and are only used to fetch the data described above. We never post to YouTube on your behalf or access data beyond what's needed for the features you use.

Usage Data

We collect basic usage information to keep the platform running smoothly:

• Page views and feature usage — Helps us understand which features are popular
• Error logs — Helps us find and fix bugs
• Error tracking (Sentry) — When application errors occur, we collect error details and browser/device metadata to diagnose and fix issues. Personal information is filtered before transmission.
• AI moderation telemetry — We track the performance and outcomes of our AI content moderation system to ensure quality and fairness

How We Use Your Data

Your data is used to:

• Provide the service — Display your receipts, process votes, manage feeds
• Improve the platform — Understand usage patterns and fix issues
• Moderate content — AI moderation reviews public receipt content for quality (see AI Moderation)
• Communicate with you — Account notifications and important updates

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

Managing Your Data

Editing Your Profile

Update your display name and other profile details anytime from Account Settings.

Disconnecting YouTube

You can unlink your YouTube account at any time from Settings. When you disconnect:

• Your YouTube subscriptions are no longer synced
• Stored access tokens are removed
• Your existing receipts and content are not affected

Deleting Your Content

You can delete individual receipts, comments, and feeds at any time. Deleted content is permanently removed from our database.

Deleting Your Account

If you'd like to delete your entire account:

1. Go to Settings
2. Scroll to the Danger Zone section
3. Click Delete Account

Account deletion removes:

• Your profile and authentication data
• All receipts, comments, and votes you've created
• All custom feeds you own
• Your YouTube connection data

This action is permanent and cannot be undone.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under privacy laws like GDPR or CCPA:

• Access — Request a copy of the data we hold about you
• Correction — Ask us to fix inaccurate information
• Deletion — Request that we delete your data (or use the self-service option above)
• Portability — Request your data in a machine-readable format
• Objection — Object to certain types of data processing

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@vidreceipts.com.

Data Security

We use industry-standard security practices to protect your data:

• Firebase Authentication handles sign-in securely
• Firestore security rules enforce access control at the database level
• OAuth tokens are stored securely and scoped to minimum required permissions
• HTTPS is used for all data transmission
• Error tracking (Sentry) filters PII before transmitting error reports
• Analytics data is collected only in production and never in emulator/development mode

Contact Us

If you have questions about your data or privacy:

• Privacy inquiries: privacy@vidreceipts.com
• Legal inquiries: legal@vidreceipts.com

We aim to respond to all privacy-related requests within 30 days.