TrendToReel — Privacy

Privacy Policy

TrendToReel turns trending stories into short, factual explainer videos and publishes them to the social accounts you connect, after you review them. This policy explains what data we collect, why, who else is involved, and how to have it deleted.

Effective 2 October 2026 Operated by Archana Pant Contact: aifobeeta@gmail.com

Privacy Policy

What we store, why, who else is involved, and how to have it deleted.

1.1 Who we are

TrendToReel is operated by Archana Pant, Mahendranagar, Nepal, who is responsible for your personal data under this policy. You can reach us at aifobeeta@gmail.com.

1.2 What we store about you

  • Your account: name, email address, and a securely hashed password. We never store your password itself.
  • Keys and connections you add: API keys for AI and media providers, and access tokens for the social accounts you connect. These are encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM) and used only to act on your behalf.
  • What you create: trend items, ideas and their scores, scripts, the source articles and facts they were written from, voiceover audio, thumbnails, videos, captions, and your settings and prompts.
  • Publishing and performance: what you published, where and when, and the statistics we read back for your own posts (views, likes, comments, watch time).
  • Technical data: a session cookie that keeps you signed in, and server logs and error reports, which can include your IP address and browser type, used to keep the service running and secure.

We don't use advertising trackers or third-party analytics, and we don't sell or rent your data.

1.3 Public content we read

To find trends, the service reads public signals from sources such as Google Trends, Reddit, Product Hunt, Hacker News, and news feeds. To write a script, it fetches the public article or page behind a trend and keeps its text with the script, so the facts can be checked and quoted accurately. This is public content; it is not data about you.

1.4 How we use your data

Only to provide the service to you: running your research, writing and producing your videos, publishing where you ask, and showing you how they performed. Performance statistics for your own posts are summarised by an AI provider into suggestions that shape your future ideas. We use your email address to send account messages such as password resets. We don't use your content to train AI models.

1.5 Services we share data with

The service works by calling other providers. Each receives only what its task needs and is governed by its own terms and privacy policy. Providers used with your own key receive data under your account with them.

  • AI text: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, or OpenRouter (your choice), which receive idea details, source article text, and scripts to write and plan your videos.
  • Voice and timing: OpenAI, which receives script text to produce the voiceover, and the voiceover audio to time captions word by word.
  • Stock footage and photos: Pexels and Wikimedia Commons, which receive short search phrases only, never personal data.
  • Publishing and analytics: YouTube/Google, and TikTok, Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads) where available, which receive the video and its title and description when you publish. YouTube also returns your post's statistics.
  • Email: Resend, which receives your email address to deliver account messages.
  • Operations: our hosting provider Hostinger, and Sentry for error reports when enabled.

1.6 Google user data (YouTube)

If you choose to connect a YouTube channel, TrendToReel asks Google for these permissions, and uses each one only for the purpose given:

  • Manage your YouTube videos (youtube.upload): to upload the videos you choose to publish, with the title, description and thumbnail you approved. Nothing is uploaded unless you click Publish or schedule it.
  • View your YouTube account (youtube.readonly): to show which channel is connected and to find the videos you published through TrendToReel.
  • View YouTube Analytics reports (yt-analytics.readonly): to show views, likes, comments and watch time for videos you published through TrendToReel.

What we store: an access token for your channel, encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM); the IDs of videos you published through TrendToReel; and the performance statistics of those videos. We don't access or store any other videos, comments, subscribers or account details.

Who it's shared with: no one, with one exception you control: the statistics of your own published videos are sent to the AI provider you chose in Settings, only to write suggestions for your next videos. We don't sell Google user data, use it for advertising, use it to train AI models, or let anyone read it, except with your permission, for security or legal reasons, or to fix a problem you reported.

Keeping and deleting it: disconnect YouTube in Settings to delete the token immediately. You can also remove access at any time at Google Account → Third-party connections. Statistics and published-video IDs are deleted with your account.

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

TrendToReel uses YouTube API Services. By connecting YouTube you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service, and Google's handling of your data is covered by the Google Privacy Policy.

1.7 Facebook, Instagram and Threads data (Meta)

If you choose to connect a Facebook Page, its linked Instagram professional account, or a Threads account, TrendToReel asks Meta for these permissions, and uses each one only for the purpose given:

  • List your Pages (pages_show_list) and read Page details (pages_read_engagement): to find the Page you manage and get the access it needs to post there.
  • Find Pages managed through a business (business_management): to find your Page when it is owned by a Meta business portfolio. We don't change any business settings.
  • Post to your Page (pages_manage_posts): to publish the videos you choose as Facebook Reels, with the caption you approved.
  • Read your Instagram account (instagram_basic) and publish to it (instagram_content_publish): to find the Instagram account linked to your Page and publish the videos you choose as Reels.
  • Read your Threads profile (threads_basic) and publish to it (threads_content_publish): to publish the videos you choose as Threads posts.

Nothing is posted unless you click Publish or schedule it.

What we store: the access tokens for your Page, Instagram account and Threads account, encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM); the IDs of that Page and those accounts, and your Meta user ID, so we can delete your data if you remove the app; and the IDs of posts you published through TrendToReel. We don't read or store your other posts, messages, followers, friends or profile details.

How Threads receives a video: Threads can't accept an upload, so when you publish there we give Meta a private link to that one video. Only Meta has the link, and it stops working after one hour.

Who it's shared with: no one. We don't sell data received from Meta, use it for advertising, or use it to train AI models.

Deleting it: disconnect the account in Settings to delete its token immediately. If you remove TrendToReel in your Facebook settings (Settings & privacy → Settings → Apps and websites) or in Threads (Settings → Account → Website permissions), Meta tells us and we delete your tokens and IDs straight away; you can also ask for deletion there, and Meta gives you a link to confirm it is done. To delete everything else, see section 1.8.

Meta's handling of your data is covered by the Meta Privacy Policy.

1.8 Retention and deletion

We keep your data while your account is open. You can disconnect a social account or delete an API key at any time in Settings, which deletes the stored credential immediately. To delete your account and everything in it, email aifobeeta@gmail.com from your account's address; we delete it within 30 days, apart from anything we must keep by law. Published videos stay on the platforms you posted them to until you remove them there.

1.9 Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, and to object to or restrict how it's processed. Email aifobeeta@gmail.com and we'll respond within 30 days. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.

1.10 Security

Credentials are encrypted at rest, passwords are hashed, and connections use HTTPS. No system is perfectly secure; if we learn of a breach affecting your data, we'll tell you without undue delay.

1.11 Children

TrendToReel is not for anyone under 16, and we don't knowingly collect data from them.