Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 9, 2026
Short version: we collect only what we need to run ShortBeast, we never sell your data, and you can ask us to delete it at any time. Right now the only thing we collect is the email address you give us when you join the waitlist.
1. Who is responsible
ShortBeast is responsible for the personal data described in this policy. For anything in it, email hello@shortbeast.com or write to ShortBeast, 605 W 9th Street, Unit #1001, Austin, TX 78701, United States.
2. What we collect
Today (waitlist and website)
- Your email address, when you join the waitlist, so we can confirm you are on the list and tell you when ShortBeast is ready.
- Basic technical data that our hosting provider records when you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, used to keep the site secure and working.
We do not use advertising or tracking cookies, and we do not currently run analytics on this site.
When you have an account
- Account details: your name, email address and login information.
- Your content: the videos, audio, text and images you upload, and the posts, clips, captions and thumbnails we create from them.
- Connected social accounts: when you connect YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest or another platform, the platform gives us your account name or username, profile picture, the list of channels or boards you can post to, and a permission token that lets us publish the posts you approve. We also receive the result of each post, such as its link or any error.
- Billing details, once paid plans exist, handled by our payment provider. We do not store full card numbers.
3. How we use it
- To provide ShortBeast: create your posts, let you review and edit them, and publish or schedule them to the accounts you connect.
- To email you about the waitlist, your account and important service updates.
- To keep the service secure, fix problems and prevent abuse.
- To meet legal obligations.
We do not sell your personal data, we do not use your content or your social account data for advertising, and we do not use your content to train our own AI models.
4. Information from Google, Instagram and Pinterest
We only ask for the permissions we need to show your connected accounts and publish the posts you approve. We use data from those platforms only for that purpose, and we do not transfer it to others except to the service providers listed below that help us do it.
Google / YouTube. ShortBeast’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. We use YouTube access only to upload and manage the videos you approve. We do not use it to serve ads, and humans do not read your YouTube data except with your consent, to investigate abuse or a security issue, to follow the law, or when the data has been aggregated and anonymised.
Instagram and Facebook (Meta) and Pinterest. We use what these platforms give us only to publish the content you approve to the accounts you chose, and to show those accounts back to you.
5. Who handles your data
We use these service providers to run ShortBeast. They process data on our behalf and only for that purpose.
| Provider | What they do | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | Hosts the website and app | United States |
| Cloudflare | Domain, security and email forwarding for hello@shortbeast.com | United States |
| Resend | Stores the waitlist and sends our emails | United States |
| bundle.social | Connects your social accounts and publishes your posts. It holds the permission tokens for the accounts you connect. | European Union (Poland) |
When accounts launch we will add providers for sign-in, payments, file storage and AI processing. We will add each one to this list before we use it, and we will send your content only to the providers needed to produce your results.
We may also share information if the law requires it, to protect people or the service, or as part of a sale or merger (and we would tell you first).
6. Where your data goes
ShortBeast is run from the United States, and some of our providers are in the European Union. By using ShortBeast you understand your information may be handled in these places. Where required, we rely on the safeguards our providers offer for international transfers.
7. How long we keep it
- Waitlist email: until you ask us to remove it, or until we launch and you choose to create an account.
- Account and content: while your account is open. When you delete your account, we delete your content and account data within 30 days, except what we must keep by law (for example, payment records).
- Connected accounts: until you disconnect them or delete your account. Disconnecting removes our permission to publish.
- Backups and logs: short-lived copies may remain for a limited time before they are removed.
8. Delete your data or disconnect an account
You can do any of these, at any time:
- Ask us to delete everything. Email hello@shortbeast.com with the subject “Delete my data”, from the email address you used with ShortBeast. We will confirm and delete your data within 30 days.
- Disconnect an account in ShortBeast. This removes our permission to publish to it.
- Revoke access on the platform itself. For Google and YouTube, go to myaccount.google.com/permissions, choose the app and remove access. For Instagram and Pinterest, open your account settings, find the connected or authorised apps, and remove ShortBeast or its posting provider.
- Leave the waitlist. Email us and we will remove your address.
9. Your rights
Depending on where you live (including the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and California), you may have the right to see the personal data we hold about you, correct it, delete it, receive a copy of it, object to or limit how we use it, and withdraw consent you have given. Email us to use any of these rights. We will respond within 30 days. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
10. Security
We use encrypted connections (HTTPS), limit who can access data, and choose providers that protect it. No service is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. If a breach affects you, we will tell you as the law requires.
11. Children
ShortBeast is for people 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has given us information, email us and we will delete it.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. If a change is significant, we will tell you by email or in the product before it takes effect. The date at the top shows when it was last updated.
13. Contact
Questions, requests or concerns: hello@shortbeast.com, or write to ShortBeast, 605 W 9th Street, Unit #1001, Austin, TX 78701, United States.