TubeLM Link Picker - Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2026 · Maintained by Bakhtier Sizhaev

TubeLM Link Picker ("TubeLM", "the extension") is a free-to-use proprietary Chrome extension by Bakhtier Sizhaev that helps you select YouTube videos and Shorts on youtube.com and copy clean URLs to your clipboard for pasting into NotebookLM or other research tools.

This privacy policy explains how the extension handles your data. The short version: TubeLM processes website content locally in your browser to identify YouTube video cards and copy only the URLs you explicitly select. It does not transmit, sell, share, or store this data on any server.

1. What data we collect

TubeLM does not collect, transmit, sell, or share personal information, browsing history, identifiers, authentication tokens, financial information, health information, personal communications, location, web history, or any other category of user data with the developer or a third party.

To provide its single purpose, TubeLM locally reads visible YouTube page content inside your browser, finds video and Shorts cards, stores your selected URLs in tab memory while the page is open, and writes the selected URL list to your clipboard only when you click "Copy selection".

2. How TubeLM works

• The content script runs only on https://*.youtube.com/* pages, where it adds checkbox overlays to video tiles.
• Your selection is held in memory inside the active YouTube tab while the page is open.
• The popup and optional Chrome side panel show the same local picker controls and selection count.
• When you click "Copy selection", the chosen URLs are written to your local clipboard via the standard navigator.clipboard / chrome.clipboardWrite permission.
• Nothing is sent to the extension developer or to any third-party server.

3. Permissions justification

• activeTab - check the active tab so the popup and side panel can confirm you are on YouTube and communicate with the local picker UI.
• scripting - support fallback injection of the local content script and CSS if a YouTube tab was opened before TubeLM was ready.
• clipboardWrite - write the list of selected URLs into your clipboard.
• sidePanel - open the same local TubeLM controls in Chrome's side panel for a persistent picker UI.
• host_permissions: https://*.youtube.com/* - the extension only operates on YouTube domains.

4. Remote code

TubeLM does not download, execute, or interpret remote code. All JavaScript is bundled inside the extension package and reviewable in the public source repository on GitHub. There is no eval(), no remote script loading, no remote configuration, and no auto-update of scripts at runtime.

5. Third-party services

TubeLM does not integrate any analytics, telemetry, error tracking, A/B testing, or advertising SDKs. It does not contact any backend service.

6. Children

TubeLM is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from anyone. Because no data is collected, no special handling for minors is required.

7. Source availability and license

The source code is publicly available for personal evaluation, security review, compatibility review, and educational reading at github.com/bakhtiersizhaev/tubelm-link-picker. The public install page is available on the Chrome Web Store. TubeLM Link Picker is proprietary software by Bakhtier Sizhaev. Copying, redistribution, modification, rebranding, resale, extension-store submission, or derivative products are not allowed without prior written permission.

8. Changes to this policy

If TubeLM ever changes how it handles data, this page will be updated and the "Last updated" date above will change. Material changes will also be reflected in the Chrome Web Store listing.

9. Contact

Maintainer: Bakhtier Sizhaev
Open an issue or a discussion on the GitHub repository for any privacy-related questions.