Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 17, 2026

Publish-Assistant ("the app", "we") is a Windows desktop application made by the-Automator. This policy explains what data the app uses, where it goes, and how you can remove it.

The short version

• The app runs on your PC. We do not run a server that receives your videos, transcripts or Google data.
• The app asks Google to upload videos to your YouTube channel (scope youtube.upload).
• It also asks for your basic profile (name, email address and profile picture), only to label each connected channel in the app.
• Your Google sign-in tokens are encrypted and saved only on your computer.
• We do not sell, share or use your data for advertising.

YouTube API Services

Publish-Assistant uses YouTube API Services to upload videos. By using the app you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service. Google's handling of your data is covered by the Google Privacy Policy.

What Google data the app accesses

With the youtube.upload permission, the app can only upload new videos and set their thumbnails on the channel you sign in with. It sends YouTube:

• the video file you choose,
• the title, description, tags, category, visibility (public, unlisted or private) and "made for kids" setting you approve,
• the thumbnail image you choose.

The app does not read, change or delete your existing videos, comments, playlists, subscribers, analytics or any other account data.

With the openid, email and profile permissions, the app reads the name, email address and profile picture of the Google account or channel you sign in with. It uses them only to show which channel is which, so you can pick where each upload goes. For a YouTube channel, that profile picture is the channel's logo.

You can connect more than one of your own channels. Each upload goes only to the channel you pick in the app.

How your Google data is stored

After you sign in, Google gives the app an access token and a refresh token for that channel. These are encrypted with Windows Data Protection (DPAPI) and saved in your Windows user profile under %APPDATA%\PublishAssistant. Only your Windows account on that PC can decrypt them. The tokens are never sent to us or anyone other than Google.

The same folder holds each connected channel's name and logo picture, plus a record of which files were uploaded so an interrupted upload can resume. All of it stays on your PC.

The app keeps a log file in a logs folder next to the app to help troubleshoot failed uploads. It stays on your PC and contains no sign-in tokens.

Limited Use

Publish-Assistant's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Other services the app uses

To transcribe and summarize your video and make thumbnails, the app can send your audio, transcript or prompts to AI services that you choose and configure with your own API keys:

• AssemblyAI (speech-to-text and summaries): privacy policy
• OpenRouter (titles, tags, summaries and thumbnail images, using models such as OpenAI and Claude): privacy policy. For thumbnails it receives your transcript text, your thumbnail prompt and any reference photos you add.
• A local transcription engine on your own PC, if you set one up. Nothing leaves your computer in that case.

No Google or YouTube data (tokens, name, email or profile picture) is ever sent to these services. They only receive the media and text you ask the app to process.

Revoking access and deleting your data

• Remove a channel in the app: Preferences > YouTube > Remove. This revokes the app's access at Google and deletes that channel's tokens, name and logo from your PC.
• Revoke Google access: go to your Google Account permissions page (Security > Third-party apps & services) and remove Publish-Assistant.
• Delete everything: delete the folder %APPDATA%\PublishAssistant on your PC.

Since we do not store your data on our servers, there is nothing for us to delete on our side. If you have questions, email us and we will help.

Children

The app is not directed at children under 13.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Email joe@publish-assistant.com.