Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 7, 2026
Overview
BVF is a browser extension and companion web app that lets you apply real-time cinematic filters, color overlays, textures, and presets to any HTML5 video. We designed it to be privacy-first: all video processing happens locally inside your browser.
Information we collect
We do not collect, sell, or share personal information. BVF does not transmit the audio or video you play to our servers. Your preferences (filters, presets, textures, blend modes, and settings) are stored locally using your browser's storage and never leave your device.
Permissions
The extension requests access to the pages you visit so it can adjust the video elements on the active tab. These permissions are used solely to deliver the extension's features and for no other purpose.
Third parties
BVF does not include third-party advertising or analytics trackers. Any future optional integration that requires sharing data will be clearly disclosed and opt-in.
Custom video links
When you paste a video link into the dashboard player, the URL stays inside your browser. BVF does not log, store, or transmit the link, the video stream, or its audio. We never record what you're watching or what's being said — playback and any audio analysis happens entirely on your device, and the link is forgotten as soon as you clear it or close the tab.
Optional server-side link resolver
The dashboard has an off-by-default "Try harder" toggle that lets our server help resolve a normal page URL to its underlying playable video (using the publicly-advertised Open Graph / JSON-LD tags that any social-media preview also reads). When and only when you enable that toggle and click Load, the link you typed is sent once to our /api/public/resolve-media endpoint, which fetches the public HTML of that page, scans it for a media URL, and returns the result. We do not log the URL, do not store the response, do not authenticate to the destination, do not follow private redirects, and do not handle DRM-protected streams. Even with this option on, the video and its audio still stream directly from the source to your browser — never through us, and never recorded on our end. Anything else you paste into the source field (including the video you eventually play) stays entirely on your device.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Reach us at privacy@bvf.app.