Privacy Policy — Simple Video Editor

Last updated: June 29, 2026

Simple Video Editor is a Windows desktop video editor developed and distributed by an independent developer. This policy explains the only two things the app ever sends over the internet — optional, anonymized error reports and optional, anonymous usage statistics — and exactly what they do and don't contain.

In plain terms: the app runs entirely on your computer. Your videos, audio, projects, and files never leave your machine. Editing and rendering happen locally. The only data ever transmitted is (1) a small diagnostic report when something breaks, and (2) a small anonymous summary of which features were used — both stripped of anything that could identify you or your files, and both of which you can turn off.

1. Error reports (when something breaks)

The app collects diagnostic data in exactly one situation: when a render fails or the app crashes.

When a render fails, a report may include:

• The ffmpeg command that was run (the technical instruction list, not your files).
• The tail of ffmpeg's error output (the last portion of its log, where the failure is described).

When the app crashes, a report may include:

• The error/exception details, including the technical stack trace.
• A short excerpt of the app's crash log.

Every report — render or crash — also includes basic technical context: the app version, your Windows/OS version, the .NET runtime version, your CPU architecture (e.g. 64-bit), and the date and time of the failure.

What is removed before an error report is sent

Reports are scrubbed of personal information automatically, before they leave your computer:

• Your Windows account name is replaced with the placeholder <user>.
• Your home/user folder path is masked to …\<user>.
• The content of file and folder names is neutralized — letters are replaced with a, digits with 0, and other characters with a marker — so an actual name like MyClip_Final2.mp4 becomes something like aaaaaa_aaaaa0.mp4. The structure (folders, separators, file extension, and any unusual characters that can break ffmpeg) is kept, because that's what helps diagnose a problem — but the readable, identifying content is gone.

2. Usage statistics (how features are used)

To understand which features people actually use — so the app can be improved and problems can be spotted early — the app sends a single, small, anonymous summary once, when you close it. It is built up in memory while you work and contains only counts, categories, and broad ranges — never your files, their names, their contents, or anything you typed.

A usage summary includes:

• An anonymous install identifier — a random value generated once on your device. It is not your name, email, account, or device ID, and is not linked to any personal information. It only lets summaries from the same installation be grouped together.
• Basic technical context: the app version, your Windows/OS version, your CPU architecture, and whether your hardware supports GPU video encoding (NVENC).
• How long the session lasted (a duration).
• Counts of which editing actions were used — for example, how many times clips were imported, split, trimmed, moved, or deleted, and how many undo/redo, preset, and render-region actions occurred. These are tallies only (e.g. "split: 12"), with no reference to which clip, file, or content.
• Which optional "Pro" features were reached while not unlocked — so the lineup of paid features can reflect what people actually want.
• A technical summary of each render — the chosen resolution tier, frame rate, codec, container, output aspect, and a broad length range (e.g. "1–5 minutes"), plus whether it succeeded. No file names, paths, sizes, or content are included.

What usage statistics never contain

• No file names, folder names, or paths — of any kind.
• No contents of your videos, audio, images, projects, or any media.
• No text you type (such as text-overlay wording).
• No name, email, location, or any information that identifies you.
• No advertising identifiers, cookies, or cross-site tracking.

In short: the app learns that a feature was used and how often, never what it was used on.

What is NOT collected (either way)

To be explicit, the app does not collect, transmit, or store any of the following:

• The contents of your videos, audio, images, or any media you edit
• The contents of any of your files or documents
• File names, folder names, or paths in usage statistics (and only neutralized, non-identifying forms in error reports, as described above)
• Your name, email address, or contact information (unless you choose to email us — see below)
• Your location
• Advertising identifiers or any data used for advertising
• Cookies or tracking across other apps or websites

Your media never leaves your computer. The app does not upload your videos anywhere, ever.

A note on your IP address

Sending anything over the internet means contacting a server, so — as with visiting any website — the connection necessarily involves your device's IP address at the network level. We do not store your IP address alongside reports or usage summaries, use it to identify you, or build any profile from it. It is simply an unavoidable part of how internet connections work, and is not something the data itself contains.

This is optional, and you control it

Both kinds of data are off-by-one-click and disclosed up front:

• Error reports can be turned off in Settings ▸ General ("Send error reports automatically when something goes wrong"). When off, the app asks your permission each time something fails and lets you review the exact, scrubbed report before anything is sent.
• Usage statistics can be turned off in Settings ▸ General ("Send anonymous usage statistics"). When off, nothing about your usage is sent or stored, and any summary still waiting to be sent is discarded.
• By default both are on (so problems can be caught and the app improved), but each is an independent, one-click toggle — you can keep one without the other.
• The first time the app runs, it shows a notice explaining all of this.

Where data is stored, and for how long

When a report or usage summary is sent, it is transmitted over a secure (HTTPS) connection and stored using Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Amazon S3 storage buckets in AWS's US East (Ohio / us-east-2) region. AWS acts only as the storage and infrastructure provider on the developer's behalf.

• Error reports are automatically deleted after 90 days.
• Usage summaries are automatically deleted after 90 days. Aggregate, anonymous statistics derived from them (for example, "how many users use feature X") contain no individual record and may be kept to track trends over time.

Not sold, not shared

• Error reports and usage summaries are never sold.
• They are never shared with third parties for advertising, marketing, or any other purpose.
• The only third party involved is AWS, which stores the data on the developer's behalf as infrastructure (it does not use it for its own purposes).

This data is used for one thing only: finding and fixing problems and improving the app.

Children

Simple Video Editor is a general-purpose video editing tool and is not directed at children under 13. It does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Your choices and requests

Because nothing collected identifies you, there is typically nothing tied to your identity to look up or delete. If you would like the data associated with your anonymous install identifier removed, you can find that identifier in Settings ▸ General and email it to the address below, and the matching data will be deleted. For any other question or request about this policy, you can also reach the developer at that address.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated from time to time. The current version always lives at the canonical URL where you found it, and the "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent change.