What data we collect
Below is every category of data AetherCut collects. If something exists in our database that isn't on this list, treat it as a bug and report it to AethercutAdmin@gmail.com.
Account data (only if you sign in)
- Your email address (from Google OAuth).
- Your Google account ID (an opaque string we use to match you to your sessions).
- Your display name and avatar URL (used to show 'Hi, [name]' in the header).
- The date you signed up.
- Your tier (free / Pro) and Stripe customer ID if you've paid.
Payment data (only if you upgrade)
- Stripe
payment_intent_id,session_id, andcustomer_id. We never see your card number — Stripe handles that directly. - Purchase amount, currency, and timestamp.
- Refund / dispute status (so we can revoke Pro access on refund — see /api/webhook/stripe).
Analytics data (anonymous)
- The path you visited (
/,/security-video- editor,/about, etc.). - The referrer host (e.g.
google.com,news.ycombinator.com). - UTM tags from the URL, if present.
- User-agent bucket (
desktopormobile— not the full UA string). - Timestamp.
We do NOT store the full IP address. We do NOT set cross-site tracking cookies. The page-view row is not joined to your account record.
Optional AI feature data
When you trigger an AI feature, the relevant input is sent to a third-party model. We retain only the OUTPUT (e.g. the generated subtitle text), not the input.
- Auto-captions: extracted audio → Whisper → text result. The audio file is deleted within seconds. The text is saved to your project if you keep it.
- AI Director: timeline metadata → Claude → suggestion text.
- AI B-roll: text prompt → Sora 2 / Nano Banana → generated clip URL.
Privacy Mode disables all of these at the toggle.