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Last updated: May 2025

What We Collect

When you use TraceMyClip, we collect only what is necessary to provide the service: your email address and name if you create an account, and the video files or URLs you submit for analysis. We do not sell, share, or monetise your personal data.

How We Use Your Data

• To process your video and deliver forensic results
• To maintain your account and search history
• To enforce daily usage limits on free accounts
• To improve our detection models (anonymised, never linked to you)

Video Storage

Video Files
Uploaded video files and submitted URLs are processed temporarily and deleted within 24 hours. We do not store, host, or redistribute your raw video content.

Forensic Intelligence Database
To power source-matching, we permanently retain each video's perceptual fingerprint — a mathematical hash of visual content that cannot be reversed into a viewable video — alongside the best source URL identified during your analysis. This data contains no personally identifiable information.

When a future user uploads the same video, they are shown the source URL found at original indexing — not your identity, filename, or anything about you as the submitter.

What is never stored: your raw video file, your identity linked to a specific submission, or any personal context about why you searched.

What ClipTrace is: a forensic intelligence platform, not a video hosting platform. Our database stores fingerprints and source intelligence — never videos themselves.

Search History

If you are signed in, we store a record of your previous traces (file name, date, source URL found) so you can review them. You can delete your history at any time from your account settings.

Third-Party Services

We query the following third-party search engines with extracted video frames: Google, Yandex, Bing, and TinEye. Each operates under their own privacy policies. We share only anonymised image frames — no account information is transmitted.

Cookies

We use session cookies only for authentication. We do not use tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or any analytics that identify you personally.

Your Rights

You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data at any time. To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@tracemyclip.com.

Security

All data is transmitted over HTTPS. Passwords are hashed using bcrypt and never stored in plain text. Our infrastructure runs on Railway and Supabase, both of which maintain SOC 2 compliance.

Contact

For privacy enquiries: privacy@tracemyclip.com

Last updated: May 2025 · Effective immediately

Acceptance

By using TraceMyClip ("the Service"), you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

Permitted Use

TraceMyClip is a forensic research and fact-checking tool. You may use it to:

• Verify the origin and authenticity of video content
• Detect AI-generated or manipulated video
• Conduct journalistic, academic, or personal research
• Support legal or evidentiary investigations

Prohibited Use

You may not use TraceMyClip to:

• Harass, stalk, or surveil any individual
• Infringe copyright or intellectual property rights
• Upload videos containing child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or abuse our API
• Circumvent usage limits through automated requests

Accounts and Usage Limits

Free accounts are limited to 2 traces per day and 18 traces per calendar month. Pro accounts include 40 traces per calendar month. You must not create multiple accounts to circumvent these limits. We reserve the right to suspend accounts that abuse the service.

Fair Use Policy

Pro accounts are subject to a fair use limit of 40 traces per month. Accounts found to be using the service in an automated, bulk, or abusive manner — including scripted requests, API hammering, or systematic crawling — may be suspended without refund. If you require higher volume, contact us at hello@tracemyclip.com to discuss an enterprise arrangement.

Payments and Refunds

All payments are processed securely by Paystack. Subscription fees are charged at the start of each billing period and are non-refundable once service has been accessed. If you have not used any traces in your current billing period, you may request a full refund within 48 hours of payment by contacting hello@tracemyclip.com. One-time payments for fixed-term access are non-refundable after the access period begins. We reserve the right to modify pricing with 30 days' notice to active subscribers.

Results Disclaimer

TraceMyClip provides analytical results as informational tools, not legal conclusions. Confidence scores and AI detection probabilities are estimates. We make no warranty that results are 100% accurate. Do not rely solely on our results for legal or medical decisions.

Intellectual Property

You retain ownership of any video you upload. By submitting content, you grant TraceMyClip a temporary, limited licence to process it for the purpose of analysis only.

Service Availability

We aim for maximum uptime but do not guarantee uninterrupted service. We may modify or discontinue features at any time with reasonable notice.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, TraceMyClip shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the service.

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Kenya. Disputes shall be resolved in the courts of Nairobi.

Contact

For legal matters: legal@tracemyclip.com

Integrate ClipTrace's forensic video pipeline directly into your application — newsroom tools, content moderation systems, fact-checking platforms, or anything that needs to trace video origins and detect AI manipulation programmatically.

Base URL

Authentication

Every request must include your API key in the Authorization header:

Endpoints

Example Request

Rate Limits

100 requests per calendar month, resetting on the 1st. Every response includes X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining headers so you can track usage without an extra call. Exceeding your limit returns a 429 status.

Contact

API questions: api@tracemyclip.com