TalkScribe AI — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2025-10-03

This Privacy Policy describes how the TalkScribe AI browser extension ("TalkScribe AI", "we", "our") handles information.

What We Collect

• Email (optional, user-provided)
  • Purpose: license verification; link your plan across Chrome profiles/devices.
  • Shared with: Paddle (payment provider) for purchase/activation linking.
• Device/installation identifiers (e.g., deviceId/cid/fingerprint)
  • Purpose: license/device association, abuse prevention, multi-device management.
  • Sharing: not shared with third parties (only our backend for license logic).
• Usage counters (e.g., daily dictation minutes)
  • Purpose: enforce the free-plan daily limit; improve reliability.
  • Contents: counters only; not page content or transcripts.
• Anonymous technical diagnostics
  • We may collect anonymous technical information related to installation, onboarding steps, generic error codes, and extension initialization status.
  • Purpose: identify why the extension may fail to start or complete setup for some users; improve stability and troubleshooting.
  • Data does not include personal information, browsing content, transcripts, audio, or identifiable behavior.
  • Collected solely for diagnostics and product improvement; not shared with third parties.

What We Do Not Collect

• Audio content: speech recognition runs in your browser; audio is not uploaded to our servers.
• Browsing history, visited URLs, page text, or form contents: not collected.
• Payment information: processed by Paddle; we do not collect/store card details.
• Any personal identifiers within diagnostic events: all diagnostics are anonymous and technical only.

How We Use Data

• Provide and improve core functionality (dictation, language switching, Dictation Pad).
• Manage licensing (trial, free, Pro) across devices.
• Prevent abuse (e.g., device mis-association).
• Improve reliability by analyzing anonymous technical diagnostics and resolving setup issues.

Sharing

• Paddle (payment provider): email and transaction metadata strictly for purchase/licensing.
• No ads, no analytics SDKs, no third-party sharing of diagnostic or technical data.

Storage & Security

• Local settings/state use browser storage.
• All communications use TLS/HTTPS.
• We apply the principle of data minimization.

Retention & Deletion

• Kept only as long as necessary for licensing, support, diagnostics, and legal requirements.
• You may request deletion of account/license data via our Support channel; we will respond within a reasonable timeframe.

Children’s Privacy

TalkScribe is intended for general productivity use and not directed to children.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be highlighted in the updated document.

Contact

Support contact is provided in the extension’s listing and on our support page.