Last updated: May 2025
What We Collect
When you use TraceMyClip, we collect only what is necessary to provide the service: your email address and name if you create an account, and the video files or URLs you submit for analysis. We do not sell, share, or monetise your personal data.
How We Use Your Data
- To process your video and deliver forensic results
- To maintain your account and search history
- To enforce daily usage limits on free accounts
- To improve our detection models (anonymised, never linked to you)
Video Storage
Video Files
Uploaded video files and submitted URLs are processed temporarily and deleted within 24 hours. We do not store, host, or redistribute your raw video content.
Forensic Intelligence Database
To power source-matching, we permanently retain each video's perceptual fingerprint — a mathematical hash of visual content that cannot be reversed into a viewable video — alongside the best source URL identified during your analysis. This data contains no personally identifiable information.
When a future user uploads the same video, they are shown the source URL found at original indexing — not your identity, filename, or anything about you as the submitter.
What is never stored: your raw video file, your identity linked to a specific submission, or any personal context about why you searched.
What ClipTrace is: a forensic intelligence platform, not a video hosting platform. Our database stores fingerprints and source intelligence — never videos themselves.
Search History
If you are signed in, we store a record of your previous traces (file name, date, source URL found) so you can review them. You can delete your history at any time from your account settings.
Third-Party Services
We query the following third-party search engines with extracted video frames: Google, Yandex, Bing, and TinEye. Each operates under their own privacy policies. We share only anonymised image frames — no account information is transmitted.
Cookies
We use session cookies only for authentication. We do not use tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or any analytics that identify you personally.
Your Rights
You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data at any time. To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@tracemyclip.com.
Security
All data is transmitted over HTTPS. Passwords are hashed using bcrypt and never stored in plain text. Our infrastructure runs on Railway and Supabase, both of which maintain SOC 2 compliance.
Contact
For privacy enquiries: privacy@tracemyclip.com