Last updated 3 November 2026
Vaani privacy policy
Short version: your voice and the text you dictate never leave your Mac. We only handle what we need to sell and activate a subscription.
01What stays on your Mac
- Audio from your microphone is processed in memory on your Mac. It is not recorded or stored.
- Your text, dictation history, personal dictionary and usage statistics are kept only on your Mac, in ~/Library/Application Support/Vaani. You can clear them in the app.
- The optional cleanup step uses Apple's on device model.
02What we receive
- When you subscribe: Paddle, our merchant of record, collects your name, email, country and payment details under Paddle's privacy policy. We receive your email, plan and subscription status, never your card details.
- When you activate a licence: our licence server keeps the licence key, an anonymous device code (a one way hash, not your serial number), your Mac's name and when it last checked in, so the 3 Mac limit works. The app checks in about every 3 days.
- When you write to us: whatever you choose to send.
03What we never do
No analytics or advertising trackers in the app, and we do not sell or share data.
04Downloads the app makes
Speech models download on first use: Apple's from Apple, and the optional Indian language packs from Hugging Face. These downloads carry nothing you have said.
05Keeping and deleting
Licence records are kept while your subscription is active and up to 24 months after, for tax and support, then deleted. To see or delete your data, contact us.
06Who is responsible
Eagle Wing, 506-507, Solarium Business Center, Beside Times Corner, VIP Road, Surat 395007, Gujarat, India.
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