Privacy policy

Last updated: November 9, 2026

Who we are

Capture is a screen recorder at capturer.netlify.app, run by Esther Mba. If you have a question about this policy or your information, kindly use the feedback form.

What we collect, and why

Recording as a guest

Your recordings, drawings, moments and settings are saved in your own browser on your own device. We don't receive them. Clearing your browser's data for this site deletes them.

Your account

• Name and email address, so you can sign in, and so people who watch what you share can see who sent it.
• Your password, which is stored only as a scrambled, one-way version (a salted hash) by our sign-in provider. Nobody, including us, can read it.
• Sign-in records, such as when you signed in and the email messages we sent you (confirmation and password-reset links), kept by our sign-in provider to keep accounts secure.

Recordings you share

When you get a share link, we store that recording's video file, title, description, thumbnail, moments and trim points, along with who you've allowed to watch it. That can be anyone with the link, people with an email address at one company, or email addresses you list. We also store your link settings: when the link stops working, and whether viewers can download the video. Each account can store up to 2 GB of shared recordings, and each recording can be up to 1 GB.

Comments

If you comment on a video, ask a question, or mark a step as unclear, we keep the name you post under (your account name, if you're signed in), your message, the moment in the video it refers to, and when you posted it. Everyone who can watch that video can see your comment and the name with it. To limit spam, we also keep a scrambled, one-way version of your network address for up to a day.

Watching a private video

If someone shares a video only with certain people, we ask for your email address and email you a link to click. That confirms the address is yours before the video plays. We keep the confirmed email address so you don't have to repeat this each time.

Feedback

If you send feedback, we keep your message, the mood you picked, a short description of your browser (for example "Chrome on Windows") to help fix problems, and your account if you were signed in.

Folders and preferences

If you're signed in, your folders, your choice of list or block view, which recordings you've saved to Google Drive, and the Google account you connected for saving (its email address and name) are kept with your account, so they follow you to other devices.

Google Drive

Saving to Google Drive is optional and only happens when you press Save to Google Drive. The first time, Google asks your permission and which account to use. Capture then remembers that account and saves there each time, until you change it or disconnect it from your profile in Capture.

• Capture asks only for the drive.file permission. It can create files in your Drive and see only the files it created. It can't see, change or delete anything else in your Drive.
• Capture puts your recordings in a folder called "Capture recordings" and remembers the folder's and files' Drive addresses so it can open them for you later.
• The recording goes straight from your browser to Google. The permission Google gives Capture stays in your browser, expires within an hour, and is never sent to or stored on our servers.
• You can remove Capture's access at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions. Files already saved stay in your Drive until you delete them.

Capture's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We use it only to save the recordings you choose to your Drive, and never for advertising. We don't sell it, and nobody reads it.

Who can see your information

• People you share with see the recording, its title and description, the name on your account, and its comments.
• People who run Capture (administrators) can't see, watch or download your recordings, and don't see their titles or who they're shared with. They see only totals (how many recordings are shared, by how many people, and how much storage they use), plus the feedback people send and the name of whoever sent it.

We don't sell or rent your information, and we don't share it with anyone else unless the law requires it.

Cookies and storage in your browser

Capture uses your browser's own storage, not advertising cookies. It uses it to keep you signed in, remember your settings, and save your recordings on your device. There are no ads, analytics or tracking tools.

How long we keep it

• Shared recordings stay until you stop sharing them or delete them. A link that has expired stays stored until then too, so you can turn it back on.
• When a shared recording is deleted, its video file is removed from storage, along with its title, description, picture, comments and the people it was shared with. We keep only a note that a recording existed: whose it was, its size, and when it was made and deleted.
• Comments stay until they're deleted, or the recording stops being shared.
• Your account stays until you ask us to delete it.
• Feedback stays until an administrator deletes it.

Your choices and rights

• Stop sharing or delete any of your recordings at any time from its page in Capture.
• Change the name people see from the account button in Capture.
• Delete comments you posted while signed in. A video's creator can delete any comment on it. To remove one you posted as a guest, ask the creator or use the feedback form.

Security

Shared recordings are stored privately. Each viewing uses a temporary link that stops working after an hour, and share links can't be guessed. You can replace a share link at any time, and the old one stops working at once. The database's own rules decide who can read or change what, so the website alone can't override them. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

Children

Capture isn't meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them. If you think a child has given us information, tell us through the feedback form and we'll delete it.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we'll update it here and change the date at the top of this page.