YT Pitch Shifter Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2026-09-20

Overview

YT Pitch Shifter is a Chrome extension that controls playback speed, pitch, optional Reverb, looping, and A/B repeat for YouTube videos. Audio processing runs locally on your device. We do not send audio or viewing information to developer servers.

Information handled

• Playback preferences: Speed, manual pitch, playback enablement, speed-pitch sync, video loop, and Reverb settings are stored in chrome.storage.local.
• Temporary session state: Non-sensitive state needed to recover audio processing and remember which tabs were enabled may be stored in chrome.storage.session.
• Current tab audio: The selected YouTube tab's audio is transiently routed to local Web Audio processing only after you click the extension icon to enable the current tab and enable manual pitch shifting or Reverb. Audio is not recorded, retained, or transmitted. Relevant Side Panel settings may retry processing after activation.
• A/B points: Points are held in memory only while the current video element exists and are never stored.

Information we do not collect or transmit

We do not collect or transmit account information, cookies, credentials, audio samples, video URLs, video titles, viewing history, search history, stream IDs, telemetry, analytics, or advertising identifiers. We do not use external APIs, advertising, analytics, or remote code.

Permission use

• activeTab: Identifies the controllable video in the YouTube tab you operate.
• tabCapture: Connects user-initiated tab audio to local pitch shifting or Reverb processing.
• offscreen: Runs local Web Audio, pitch shifting, and Reverb processing after the Side Panel is closed.
• sidePanel: Displays playback, pitch, Reverb, loop, and A/B repeat controls in Chrome's Side Panel.
• storage: Saves playback preferences and non-sensitive recovery state.

Limited use

YT Pitch Shifter uses current-tab audio only to provide its user-facing audio and playback controls. It does not use or transfer user data for advertising, profiling, personalized advertising, or any purpose unrelated to the extension's stated functionality.

Retention and deletion

Playback preferences remain on your device until you change or reset them. A/B points are discarded when the video changes. Audio recovery state is discarded when processing stops, and enabled-tab markers are discarded when the tab closes or Chrome restarts. Removing the extension also removes extension data managed by Chrome.

Changes and support

We will update this page and its effective date when this policy changes. See the Support page for usage and recovery instructions.