Privacy Policy

Last updated: 23 August 2026

ClipGrow ("ClipGrow", "we", "us") operates the website clipgrow.in, a performance-based clipping platform that connects creators ("Clippers") with brands ("Clients"). Clippers post short videos on their own social media accounts, and ClipGrow measures the views those videos receive in order to calculate what each Clipper is paid.

This policy explains exactly what data we collect, why we collect it, how long we keep it, who we share it with, and how you can have it deleted. It applies to everyone who uses clipgrow.in, including Clippers, Clients, and visitors.

The short version. We collect the minimum needed to count your views and pay you: your login, your connected social account, and public performance statistics about the specific videos you submit to a campaign. We never read your private messages, we never post anything on your behalf, we do not sell your data to anyone, and you can disconnect an account or delete your ClipGrow account at any time.

1. Who we are and how to contact us

ClipGrow is operated from Kerala, India, and serves Clippers and Clients across India.

Privacy contact: support@clipgrow.in
WhatsApp: +91 80865 55528

You can use either channel for any question about this policy, to request a copy of your data, or to request deletion. We aim to respond within 7 days, and we act on deletion requests within 7 days of receiving them.

2. What data we collect

2.1 Data you give us directly

Data	Why we need it
Username and password	To create and secure your account. Passwords are never stored in readable form — we store only a salted cryptographic hash, which cannot be reversed back into your password.
Display name	To identify you in your dashboard and on our internal payout records.
Your social media handle (Instagram username, or the Google account email that owns your YouTube channel)	To confirm which account you intend to post from, and — while our apps are still in Meta and Google review — to add that exact account to the platforms' approved tester lists so you are able to connect at all.
Links to videos you submit	These are the specific videos you are asking us to track and pay you for.
Payout details you send us (for example a UPI reference)	To pay you. We record the amount paid, the method, and a payment reference against your account so both sides have an accurate history.
For Clients: company name and contact name	To operate your campaign and give you a login to your campaign dashboard.

2.2 Data we receive from Instagram when you connect an account

If you choose to connect an Instagram Professional (Business or Creator) account, we use the Instagram API with Instagram Login. You are shown Instagram's own permission screen, and you must approve it before we receive anything. We request exactly two permissions and no others:

instagram_business_basic — gives us your Instagram account's ID, username, account type, and the list of media you have posted, so we can find the videos you submitted to a campaign.
instagram_business_manage_insights — gives us the view count and related performance statistics for those media, which is the number your payout is calculated from.

We also receive and store an access token, which is the credential that lets us make those requests on your behalf until you disconnect or it expires.

2.3 Data we receive from YouTube when you connect a channel

If you choose to connect a YouTube channel, ClipGrow uses YouTube API Services. You are shown Google's own permission screen and must approve it before we receive anything. We request a single, read-only scope:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly — lets us read your channel's ID and title, the list of videos on your channel, and each video's public statistics (primarily the view count) and basic details such as its duration and publish time.

This scope is read-only. It does not allow us to upload, edit, delete, or hide anything on your channel, and it does not give us access to your Gmail, Drive, contacts, or any other Google product. We also store the OAuth access and refresh tokens Google issues, which are what let us refresh view counts without asking you to sign in again every hour.

Required YouTube disclosures. By connecting a YouTube channel to ClipGrow you are also agreeing to the YouTube Terms of Service. Google's handling of the data it receives is governed by the Google Privacy Policy. You can review and revoke ClipGrow's access to your Google account at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.

2.4 Data generated by using the site

Video performance records. For each video you submit, we store its platform ID and URL, its view count and how that count has changed over time, its thumbnail image, its duration, whether it is a Reel or a Short, and when it was posted.
Session cookies. A single cookie that keeps you logged in. It is essential to the site working and is not used for advertising or cross-site tracking.
Standard server logs. Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, records request-level information such as IP address and timestamp as part of delivering and protecting the site.

2.5 What we do not collect

We do not collect or store your bank account number, card details, PAN, Aadhaar, or any government identifier.
We do not have access to, and never request, your Instagram or Google password.
We do not read your direct messages, comments, private albums, email, or files.
We do not track you across other websites, and we run no advertising or third-party analytics trackers.
We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. ClipGrow is not intended for children.

3. How we use your data

We use your data only for the following purposes:

To count views and calculate earnings. This is the core function of the service. We periodically re-check the view count of each active video you have submitted, and recalculate what you have earned under the campaign's rate.
To show you your own performance in your Clipper dashboard.
To report campaign performance to the Client who is funding it. See section 4 for exactly what a Client can and cannot see.
To pay you and to keep an accurate, permanent record of what has already been paid.
To keep the service secure and working — for example, detecting when a connected account has stopped authorising us so we can ask you to reconnect.

We do not use your data to train machine-learning models, we do not use it for advertising or profiling, and we do not make automated decisions that produce legal effects about you.

4. Who we share your data with

We do not sell your data. We do not share it with data brokers, advertisers, or any party for their own marketing.

4.1 Clients running a campaign

A Client whose campaign you have joined can see the videos submitted to their campaign and the performance of those videos — the video link, its thumbnail, and its view count. They can see which social account posted it, because that is inherently public information attached to the post itself.

Clients cannot see your ClipGrow login, your payout amounts or payment history, your earnings, your contact details, or anything about videos you posted for a different campaign or outside ClipGrow entirely.

4.2 Service providers

Provider	Role
Cloudflare, Inc.	Hosts the website, the database, and the stored thumbnail images, and delivers all traffic. Data is processed on Cloudflare's global network.
Meta Platforms, Inc.	Source of Instagram account and media-insights data, only for accounts you have explicitly connected.
Google LLC / YouTube	Source of YouTube channel and video statistics data, only for channels you have explicitly connected.

4.3 Legal

We may disclose data if we are required to by law, a court order, or a valid request from a public authority, or where it is necessary to protect our rights or the safety of others.

5. How long we keep your data

Data	Retention
Instagram and YouTube access tokens	Deleted immediately when you disconnect the account, delete your ClipGrow account, or revoke access on the platform's own settings page.
Video statistics for videos still being tracked	Kept and refreshed while the video is active in a campaign, so your earnings stay accurate. Deleted on request or on account deletion.
Records of videos that have already been paid out	Retained as part of our financial records, because they are the evidence of what we owed and paid you. On a deletion request these are anonymised — the payout amount and date are kept for accounting, and the link to you as an identifiable person is removed.
Account details (username, display name, handle)	Kept for as long as your account exists. Deleted within 7 days of a deletion request.
Server logs	Retained by Cloudflare under their standard retention periods.

6. Your choices and your rights

6.1 Disconnecting a social account

You can disconnect any connected Instagram account or YouTube channel from your ClipGrow dashboard at any time. When you do, we delete the stored tokens for that account and stop collecting any further data from it. For YouTube, we additionally send a revocation request to Google so the authorisation is withdrawn on Google's side too, not just ours.

6.2 Revoking access directly on the platform

YouTube / Google: myaccount.google.com/permissions — find ClipGrow and choose "Remove access".
Instagram: Instagram app → Settings → Website permissions → Apps and websites → remove ClipGrow.

Revoking on the platform immediately stops any further data reaching us. To also have the data we already hold erased, send us a deletion request as described below.

6.3 Access, correction and deletion

You can ask us at any time to show you the data we hold about you, to correct anything inaccurate, or to delete it entirely. Full instructions are on our Data Deletion page. We act on deletion requests within 7 days.

Deleting your data ends your ability to be paid for views we can no longer evidence, so if you have unpaid earnings we will tell you the amount before we proceed.

7. Security

All traffic to and from clipgrow.in is encrypted in transit using HTTPS.
Passwords are stored only as salted hashes and are never recoverable, by us or anyone else.
Access tokens are stored in our database and are used only by our server, never sent to your browser or to any third party.
Only ClipGrow administrators can access the underlying database, and only for the purposes described in this policy.

No system is perfectly secure. If we ever become aware of a breach affecting your data, we will notify affected users without undue delay.

8. International transfers

ClipGrow operates from India. Our hosting provider and the platform APIs we use are global services, so your data may be processed on servers outside India. We rely on those providers' own contractual and technical safeguards for such transfers.

9. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy we will update the "Last updated" date at the top. If a change materially affects how we handle your data, we will tell you directly through your dashboard or on WhatsApp before it takes effect.

10. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, contact us first at support@clipgrow.in — we would much rather fix it directly. You also retain any right you have under Indian law, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, to escalate the matter to the relevant authority.