Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 2026

Magpie.chat ("we", "us", or "our") respects and protects the personal privacy of all users of our service. To provide you with more accurate and personalized services, we will use and protect your personal information in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy.

1. How We Collect and Use Your Information

Magpie.chat is a privacy-first product, and local-first (on-device) processing remains our design direction. In the current release, however, the speech-to-text pipeline is not fully on-device.

• Microphone, voice, and transcription: When you use recording, Voice Activity Detection (VAD) and related preprocessing run on-device where applicable. For now, speech-to-text (automatic transcription) is performed in the cloud using third-party transcription APIs. To produce transcripts, audio data needed for transcription is transmitted over encrypted connections to those service providers for processing, consistent with their privacy policies and terms. We do not use your recordings for purposes unrelated to providing real-time transcription and conversation assistance.
• Product direction (returning to local-first): After we complete the capabilities and experience goals for the current phase, we intend to shift core transcription back toward on-device-first processing. In future iterations, we will prioritize localized, high-quality approaches where feasible to reduce unnecessary cross-border processing and strengthen privacy boundaries and predictability.
• Conversation analysis: To extract card content and similar features, text produced from transcription may be sent to Large Language Model (LLM) APIs we configure. This data is used strictly for real-time content extraction and analysis, is not used for model training, and is handled after processing according to the service provider’s standard practices.
• Session Logs: All session records, generated cards, and logs are saved locally on your device by default. We only receive logs of a specific session if you actively tap "Help improve Magpie.chat" and send them to us via the system Share Sheet. These logs are used solely to improve the prediction accuracy of the product and for troubleshooting.

Marketing site (Magpie.chat): When you browse our public pages (such as the blog and download pages), we use analytics tools (including PostHog and Plausible) to measure visits, campaign links (UTM parameters), and download interest in aggregate so we can improve the product and content. Details are described in this Privacy Policy for the website.

2. How We Protect Your Information

We only acquire session logs when you actively share them, and we promise not to sell, rent, share, or trade this log information with any unrelated third parties.

3. Special Note for TestFlight Beta

During the TestFlight beta period, Apple may collect crash logs and usage data (if you have opted-in to sharing via iOS system settings). The collection of this data is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.

4. Your Rights

You are in complete control of your data. You can always:

• Revoke Magpie.chat's microphone access in system settings.
• Refuse to send any logs via the "Help improve Magpie.chat" button.

5. Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

• Email: [email protected]