Last updated: May 19, 2026
LocalScribe (“we”, “our”, or “the app”) is a meeting, lecture, and conversation recording, transcription, and AI-summarisation app developed by Secure and Alert (“the developer”). This policy describes what data the app handles, what we do with it, and what your rights are.
Audio recordings. The audio you capture is stored locally on your device in the app’s encrypted sandbox. Your audio never leaves your device unless you explicitly share or export it — on every tier. We never receive, store, or transmit your audio.
Transcripts. Transcription always runs on-device using Apple’s iOS 26 speech engine. The text is stored locally. There is no cloud transcription option — your speech is never uploaded to be transcribed.
AI summaries. The summary is a separate step from transcription. On the free tier it is produced on-device by Apple Intelligence. On Premium it can instead be produced by OpenAI’s GPT-4o — and when that happens, only the transcript text is sent, never your audio. Each recording has a “No ChatGPT / ChatGPT OK” toggle so you can keep any individual summary on-device even as a Premium subscriber.
References. When you use the optional “Add References” feature, the app identifies notable terms in your summary on-device, then sends each individual term (e.g. the word “Benzene”) to Wikipedia to verify a reference link. Only the term is sent — never your transcript, summary, or audio.
Calendar data. If you enable Calendar access, LocalScribe reads your upcoming events on-device only; calendar data is never transmitted. If you start a recording from an event, that event’s title and attendees are saved on the recording for searchability.
Speaker voiceprints. If you tag speakers, LocalScribe may store voice-feature data on-device to recognise the same speaker in future recordings. This data stays on your device and, if iCloud sync is on, travels only through Apple’s end-to-end-encrypted iCloud. We never receive it.
Subscription receipts. When you subscribe, Apple provides a signed StoreKit receipt. We forward it to our backend solely to verify you are an active subscriber before processing a Premium summary request. We do not store it; it is validated per request and discarded.
App Store data. Apple gives us aggregate, anonymised download, rating, and subscription metrics. This is never connected to individual identity.
When you generate a Premium summary, the transcript text passes through OpenAI’s API. Per OpenAI’s stated API data-usage policy: data submitted through the API is not used to train their models; it is held only long enough to return the result; OpenAI may retain submissions for up to 30 days for abuse monitoring, then deletes them.
If this is unacceptable for your use case (e.g. legally privileged or clinical conversations), use the free tier or set the recording’s toggle to “No ChatGPT” — either keeps the summary 100% on-device.
Our backend is a stateless Cloudflare Worker that holds the OpenAI API key and verifies your subscription. It does not log request bodies. We keep no databases — no user accounts, profiles, audio, transcripts, or summaries on our side.
If you have iCloud enabled, your recordings sync across devices signed into the same Apple ID. Apple end-to-end encrypts this data — not us, not Apple, not anyone else can read it. Disable it any time in iOS Settings → your name → iCloud → LocalScribe.
LocalScribe is not directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect data from anyone under 13.
If we change how the app handles data, we’ll update this page and the date above. Significant changes will be announced with an in-app notice.
For privacy questions, email jon@secureandalert.com. EU users may also contact their local data protection authority.
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