1. Overview
This Privacy Policy explains how livdub handles information when you use our website, Chrome extension, and related services.
livdub is a free bring-your-own-key (BYOK) live dubbing product. There is no Livdub account, login, paid tier, or payment processing. Live dubbing runs in the Chrome extension: tab audio is captured on your device and sent from the extension to Google Gemini Live Translate using your Gemini API key. livdub servers are not on the live translation path and do not store arbitrary-site audio for replay or reuse.
livdub is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google. Google and Gemini are trademarks of Google LLC.
2. What livdub servers do not receive
For live dubbing and anonymous usage sharing, livdub servers do not receive:
- your Gemini API key (it stays in Chrome extension storage on your device);
- tab audio or dubbed audio;
- full page URLs or page titles in usage events;
- precise location;
- a Livdub user identity (we do not operate accounts).
Separately, when your browser or the extension talks to our website or APIs, our hosting provider may process ordinary network request metadata such as IP address and user agent for security and reliability. A coarse country code may be derived from that request geography and rolled into anonymous public stats (for example, which country contributes the most minutes for a language). We do not publish IP addresses or install identifiers in those aggregates.
3. Information We Collect
- Audio (on your device → Google only). When you start a dub, the extension captures active-tab audio and streams it from your device to Google Gemini under your API key. livdub does not relay that audio through our servers for translation. Google processes it under Google's terms and privacy policies for your Gemini relationship.
- Local extension settings. Stored on your device in Chrome extension storage, including your Gemini API key, selected language, a random device identifier, local session history, telemetry detail preference, and related UI metadata (for example a site domain or host, and while a session is active an optional tab title for the popup). Your Gemini API key is never sent to livdub.
- Anonymous usage events. When an eligible dubbing session
ends (generally at least five seconds), the extension may send an
anonymous summary. These events are not tied to a Livdub account or
login. They may use a random device identifier stored on your device only.
Events include event type, a session ID, target language, UTC day and hour,
and duration. At ingest, we may also attach a coarse country derived from
request geography (not precise location) and store it only in anonymous
day-level rollups.
- Less detail: language, session length, and timing — no website domain.
- More detail (default): the same fields, plus the website registrable domain (for example, youtube.com), not the full URL.
- Website and API request metadata. Visiting the marketing site or calling our APIs may generate standard hosting logs (IP, user agent, timestamps) as described above. The marketing site may also use Google Analytics and/or Cloudflare Web Analytics (or a similar analytics service) to collect site usage data such as page views, approximate visitor country or region, and performance metrics; see Cookies and Local Storage and How We Share Information. Website analytics are separate from anonymous usage events from the extension and do not receive tab audio or your Gemini API key.
- Communications. If you email us, we keep what you send and related support records.
4. Chrome Extension Data Handling
Capture starts only after you begin a dubbing session. An offscreen document handles tab capture, the Gemini Live connection with your key, and playback. Preferences and your Gemini API key remain local unless you clear extension storage or uninstall. You can stop dubbing from the extension at any time.
5. How We Use Information
We use information to:
- operate the marketing website and optional public aggregate stats;
- receive and roll up anonymous usage events from the extension;
- debug, secure, maintain, and improve the service;
- detect abuse and enforce policies;
- comply with legal obligations;
- respond to support requests.
6. AI Translation Providers
Live dubbing sends audio from your device to Google Gemini using your API key. Free-tier Gemini usage may be used by Google to improve products as described in Google's policies. We do not use arbitrary-site live audio to build a shared livdub replay or translation cache.
7. How We Share Information
livdub does not operate user accounts and does not build a personal profile about you. We do not collect names or emails for accounts, and anonymous usage events are not tied to a Livdub login. In the ordinary course of running a free BYOK tab dubber, we are generally not in the business of holding personal information about users. Limited exceptions include ordinary hosting logs (such as IP address) when you visit the site or call our APIs, site usage data processed by analytics providers on the marketing website, and information you choose to send us by email.
Where we do hold or process limited information, we may share it as follows:
- Service providers that host our infrastructure or help with support.
- Analytics providers. When you visit the marketing website, Google Analytics and/or Cloudflare Web Analytics (or a similar provider) may receive site usage data — for example page views, approximate country or region, device or browser information, and performance metrics — under those providers' policies. That path does not include tab audio, Gemini API keys, or anonymous usage events from the extension.
- Google (your BYOK path). When you dub, audio goes from your device to Google Gemini under your API key. That is your relationship with Google, not livdub sharing personal information from our systems.
- The public, in aggregate. The website may show rollups from anonymous usage events — for example total minutes and sessions, language totals, activity by UTC hour, (when enough data exists) top domains, and which country has the most minutes for a language (from request-geography country codes, not precise location). These aggregates are not tied to a Livdub account or install id.
- Legal and safety recipients when required by law or reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, or the service.
- Business transfers. If we ever transfer assets in a merger or sale, limited information we hold may move with the service, subject to appropriate confidentiality where applicable.
We do not sell personal information. We do not create shared reusable dubbed output from arbitrary captured tab audio. We do not process payments.
8. Cookies and Local Storage
The marketing website may use standard browser storage or cookies needed for security, reliability, or basic site function. The marketing website may also use Google Analytics and/or Cloudflare Web Analytics (or a similar analytics service) to understand traffic, performance, and improve the site. Google may set cookies or collect usage data as described in Google's Privacy Policy. Cloudflare Web Analytics typically uses a privacy-oriented beacon and does not rely on cookies for that measurement. Website analytics apply to the marketing site only; they are separate from anonymous usage events sent by the extension, and they do not receive tab audio or your Gemini API key.
The extension uses Chrome extension storage for local preferences (language, Gemini API key, random device identifier, session history, and Less / More telemetry detail).
9. Retention
We retain server-side information only as long as reasonably needed to operate public stats, debug issues, comply with law, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and enforce agreements. Aggregate anonymous telemetry may be retained longer than ephemeral live audio processed on your device and by Gemini.
Live tab audio is processed ephemerally by the extension and by Gemini under your key. livdub does not retain that audio as a shared cache. Local session history stays on your device until you clear it or uninstall.
10. Security
We use measures designed to protect information, including a design that keeps live arbitrary-site audio and Gemini API keys off livdub servers. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. You are responsible for safeguarding your Gemini API key.
11. International Transfers
livdub and its providers may process information in the United States and other countries. Google may process Gemini audio in locations described in Google's policies.
12. Your Choices and Rights
Most privacy controls are self-service on your device:
- stop a live dubbing session anytime from the extension;
- switch Less / More detail for anonymous usage sharing on the extension Usage stats page;
- clear Chrome extension storage to remove your Gemini API key, local session history, and the random device identifier on that device;
- uninstall the extension or stop using the website.
livdub does not operate accounts and generally does not hold personal profiles. Your Gemini key and local history stay on your device until you clear them. Because of that, there is typically nothing account-like to access or delete on our servers. Local data is cleared by you through the steps above.
13. California and Other State Privacy Notices
If applicable privacy laws give you additional rights, we will honor those rights as required. We do not knowingly sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are commonly defined under California privacy law. If that changes, we will update this Policy and provide required choices.
14. Children
livdub is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Contact legal@livdub.com if you believe a child provided personal information to us.
15. Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Material changes may include additional notice as appropriate.
16. Contact
Contact: legal@livdub.com.