Last updated: October 23, 2024

1. Introduction

Tube2Sheet ("we," "our," or "us") operates the websites https://www.tube2sheet.com/ and https://documentation.tube2sheet.com/ and provides the Tube2Sheet Google Sheets add-on (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. Tube2Sheet does not sell or share your personal information with any third parties, except as described in this Privacy Policy. This policy is designed to meet the requirements of the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Tube2Sheet is operated by Hauke Henning Selke. This Privacy Policy applies to all services provided by Tube2Sheet.

2. Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service with our payment service provider Paddle.com.
• Application refers to Tube2Sheet, the Google Sheets add-on provided by us.
• Operator (referred to as either "the Operator", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy) refers to Hauke Henning Selke.
• Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
• Service refers to the Application or the Website or both.
• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Operator. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Operator to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Operator, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Operator in analyzing how the Service is used.
• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Website refers to our Tube2Sheet website, including https://www.tube2sheet.com/ and https://documentation.tube2sheet.com.
• You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

3. Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

3.1 Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Billing information (collected and processed by Paddle.com)

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Tracking, Cookies, and Analytics Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

Tube2Sheet uses the following cookies:

1. Cookie Consent Cookie (Cookie and Pixel tracker): This cookie stores your preference regarding our use of cookies. It remembers whether you've accepted or declined the use of cookies through our cookie banner. This helps us respect your choice on subsequent visits. This is a necessary cookie and the maximum storage duration is one year. The pixel tracker is used to count the number of sessions to the website, necessary for optimizing CMP product delivery.
2. Google Analytics Cookies: These two cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our Service. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the Service. The cookie collects information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. The maximum stoarge duration is two years.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Importantly, rejecting cookies will not affect your user experience with our Service. You will still be able to use all features and functionalities of Tube2Sheet even if you choose to reject cookies.

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our Service is used. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

For more information about cookies, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

To learn more about how Google uses data when you use our Service and how to control the information sent to Google, please visit Google's Privacy & Terms site.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website. In the Cookie Declaration you can also find your consent Id. Please state your consent ID and date when you contact us regarding your consent. To see the cookie content declaration, please visit the Tube2Sheet Cookie Declaration.

3.2 Use of Data

Tube2Sheet uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service
• To notify you about changes to our Service
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
• To monitor the usage of our Service
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues
• To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information

4. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Tube2Sheet's legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

Tube2Sheet may process your Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you
• You have given us permission to do so
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and it's not overridden by your rights
• For payment processing purposes
• To comply with the law

5. Retention of Data

Tube2Sheet will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Tube2Sheet will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

6. Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you choose to provide information to us, please note that we may transfer and process it globally, including in countries that may have different data protection rules than in your country.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Tube2Sheet will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

7. Disclosure of Data

7.1 Legal Requirements

Tube2Sheet may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of Tube2Sheet
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal liability

7.2 Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

7.3 Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g., payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processor, Paddle.com, whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. You can view Paddle's privacy policy at https://www.paddle.com/legal/privacy. Paddle.com adheres to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

8.1 GDPR Data Protection Rights

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Tube2Sheet aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us at contact@tube2sheet.com.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you
• The right of rectification
• The right to object
• The right of restriction
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent

8.2 CCPA (CPRA) Privacy Rights

Under CCPA (CPRA), California residents have the right to:

• Know what personal information is being collected about them
• Know whether their personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom
• Say no to the sale of personal information
• Access their personal information
• Request deletion of their personal information
• Not be discriminated against for exercising their privacy rights

To exercise your rights under CCPA (CPRA), please contact us at contact@tube2sheet.com.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

10. Third Party Services including Google User Data

Tube2Sheet uses various third-party services to enhance its functionality and provide a better user experience. By using our Service, you acknowledge and agree to the terms and policies of these third-party services.

10.1 YouTube API Services

Tube2Sheet makes use of YouTube API Services. By using our Service, you agree to be bound by:

• YouTube's Terms of Service (https://www.youtube.com/t/terms)
• Google's Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy)
• YouTube Terms of Service (https://www.youtube.com/t/terms)
• YouTube API Services Terms of Service (https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms/api-services-terms-of-service)

10.2 Google Services

With respect to Google Analytics, YouTube, and any other Google services, we encourage you to read Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.

You have the right to revoke Tube2Sheet's access to your data via Google's security settings page: https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions

10.3 Data Usage and Retention

Tube2Sheet's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy (https://developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy), including the Limited Use requirements.

10.4 Google Apps Script and Data Handling

Tube2Sheet uses Google Apps Script service to automate data handling within your Google Sheets. It's important to note that:

• Tube2Sheet runs encapsulated and entirely within Google Sheets.
• None of your Sheets data is accessed, viewed, or stored by our servers.
• All data processing occurs within the Google Sheets environment, ensuring your data remains within Google's secure infrastructure.

Upon installation, the Tube2Sheet Add-on will require the following permissions:

This approach ensures a high level of data privacy and security, as your sensitive information never leaves the Google ecosystem during the use of our Service.

11. Your Control Over Third-Party Data Access

You have the ability to control and revoke access to your data for various third-party services:

1. For Google services: Visit https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions
2. For YouTube: Go to https://www.youtube.com/account_sharing

We recommend reviewing these settings periodically to ensure they align with your preferences.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

• Email:contact@tube2sheet.com