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Terms of Service

Updated September 6, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the YouTube Parental Control Chrome Extension and website. By accessing or using our Service, you agree to these Terms.

1. Introduction

YouTube Parental Control is provided by Inquiring Minds, LLC ("we", "us", or "our"). The Service combines a Chrome extension for supported desktop YouTube pages with a website and cloud analysis service. It uses available captions or transcripts, limited video context, AI classification, and a parent's selected policy to help decide whether a video should play.

2. Eligibility

You must be a parent or legal guardian who is at least 18 years old to create or control an account or purchase a subscription. Child profiles are settings managed within the adult's account; children do not independently create or control accounts. You are responsible for supervising use of the Service, choosing appropriate settings, and providing any notices or consent required for monitoring a child's activity.

3. Accounts and Registration

Register using an available email or sign-in provider option and keep your account information accurate. Protect your sign-in credentials and parental password, and contact support if you suspect unauthorized access. You are responsible for the child profiles and policy settings you manage. We may require account verification before making billing, privacy, or account changes; an email address alone does not authorize those actions.

4. Subscription Plans and Payments

Free access is available without a paid subscription. Paid plans can be purchased only when Checkout is available. Stripe hosts Checkout and processes payments; we store billing references and subscription status, but do not receive or store full payment-card numbers. Lifetime plans are not available.

  • Prices and renewal: The price and billing interval you select are shown before you pay. Paid prices are in USD and include applicable tax. Monthly subscriptions renew and charge monthly; annual subscriptions renew and charge the full annual amount each year, until you cancel. An annual plan's effective monthly price is a comparison, not a monthly payment option.
  • Child profiles and credits: Free includes one child profile and 25 analysis credits per calendar month. Premium includes 200 shared analysis credits and Ultimate 500 shared analysis credits per calendar month, with the number of child profiles selected at purchase. The displayed subscription price covers all selected profiles. Credits are shared across those profiles and reset each calendar month, independently of the billing interval; unused monthly credits do not roll over.
  • Cancellation: Sign in to My Account, open the subscription cancellation option, and complete the Stripe confirmation before your next renewal to prevent the next charge. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period, and access continues for that period. There is no automatic proration or refund for unused time. If you cannot access the cancellation option, contact support for help. Uninstalling the extension or signing out does not cancel a subscription.
  • Plan changes: Contact support to request a different tier, billing interval, or child-profile allowance. Approved changes take effect at renewal unless support confirms another arrangement with you. The billing portal does not offer self-service plan changes.
  • Refunds: Contact support within 14 days of your initial purchase or within seven days of a renewal to request a full goodwill refund of that charge. Requests are reviewed to verify the purchase and check for abuse. Outside those windows, refunds are not promised. Refunds required by applicable law remain available regardless of this goodwill policy. Requesting a refund does not itself confirm that renewal has stopped; also cancel your subscription if you do not want another renewal.

We will notify you before a subscription price change applies and explain when it takes effect and how to cancel. Availability may vary where Stripe, payment methods, platform support, sanctions, or applicable law restrict a transaction.

5. Affiliation with YouTube

YouTube Parental Control is an independent service and is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with YouTube, Google LLC, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. All users must comply with YouTube's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

6. Use of External Platforms

By using our Service, you acknowledge and agree to comply with the terms and conditions of third-party platforms, including but not limited to YouTube. Any use of YouTube, including the video blocking and content analysis features of our Service, must adhere to YouTube's Terms of Service.

7. Use of the Service

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in compliance with these Terms. You may not:

  • Tamper with the Service's functionality or access it in a way that violates its intended purpose.
  • Attempt to reverse-engineer or disassemble the software, including the Chrome Extension.
  • Use the Service for any illegal activities or violate any applicable laws.

8. Content Analysis and Accuracy

AI classification and captions can be incomplete or inaccurate. The Service checks available captions and limited video context; it does not inspect video images, uncaptured audio, or advertisements. It works on supported YouTube pages in desktop Chrome, not inside native mobile or television apps. Unavailable captions, connectivity problems, exhausted credits, browser changes, or a disabled extension can affect protection. Review your settings for unavailable analysis and quota limits, and continue supervising your child's viewing. No classification, allow decision, or tamper-protection feature guarantees that all inappropriate content will be blocked or that a device administrator cannot bypass the controls.

9. Privacy-First Data Handling

Detailed YouTube activity history is off by default. When detailed history is off, the Service uses a generated activity/video identifier instead of intentionally retaining the real YouTube video ID, title, or channel in account-linked operational analysis records. Those records can still retain quota usage, classification and decision outcomes, and content-derived analysis fields needed to provide and operate the Service.

  • Processes the active video's transcript or captions and basic video context for age-appropriateness analysis
  • Uses signed-in operational records for quota enforcement and the Service's classification and decision workflow
  • Uses identifiable YouTube activity history only when a parent enables the optional history setting

Premium users may optionally enable detailed history logging via the "Enable History" setting to access advanced dashboard and monitoring features. This is entirely optional and can be disabled at any time.

We do not sell personal information, use YouTube activity for targeted advertising, or use extension data outside the parental-control, security, support, billing, and reliability purposes described in our Privacy Policy. Disabling history stops eligible future history collection; it is separate from requesting deletion of previously stored data.

For complete details about our data practices, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

10. Intellectual Property

All materials on the Service, including but not limited to the software, code, graphics, and content, are the property of Inquiring Minds, LLC. and are protected by intellectual property laws.

11. Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. Use the account deletion option in Settings for supported accounts. Paid accounts, accounts with billing history, and other requests that cannot be completed through Settings require support review. A deletion request or blocked deletion message is not confirmation that a subscription has been canceled or that data has been erased. Cancel renewal through My Account and contact support to coordinate paid or complex account closure. We will explain the available next steps and verify account authority before making changes.

Eligible product data is handled through the supported deletion process described in the Privacy Policy. Financial, tax, dispute, security, or audit records may need to be retained for applicable obligations or documented holds. These Terms do not promise immediate removal of every provider record or backup.

We may restrict or suspend access to address misuse, security risks, nonpayment, legal requirements, or a material breach of these Terms. Where practical and legally permitted, we will explain the reason and available next steps. Suspension or termination does not remove any cancellation, refund, or other consumer rights you have under applicable law.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Inquiring Minds, LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential losses resulting from use of the Service. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability or limits remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including applicable consumer protections. The coverage limits in Section 8 describe how the Service works and do not remove those rights.

13. Changes to the Terms

We may update these Terms as the Service changes. We will publish the revised Terms with an updated date and provide notice of material changes through the Service or your account email before they take effect, where required by law. Changes do not take away rights that have already accrued. If a change requires your consent, we will request it.

14. Governing Law

Tennessee law governs these Terms, without applying its conflict-of-laws rules. Disputes arising from these Terms or the Service may be brought in the state or federal courts located in Tennessee, and you and Inquiring Minds, LLC consent to those courts' jurisdiction. This choice does not deprive you of mandatory consumer protections or a right to bring a claim in another court when applicable law provides that right.

15. Contact Us

For product, billing, refund, privacy, or deletion requests, contact our monitored support address at parental.controls.extension@gmail.com. We aim to respond initially within one business day, resolve ordinary requests within three business days, and resolve complex billing or deletion requests within ten business days. These are service targets, not guaranteed deadlines, and do not replace response periods required by law. If verification or investigation takes longer, we will explain the next steps. See Contact Us for request guidance.