Your audio disappears
the moment it's transcribed.

Privacy isn't a feature we bolted on. It's how Buzz is architected — from the WebSocket stream to the database row.

Audio never stored
🔒 AES-256 encrypted
🚫 Data never sold

Three promises we keep
without exception

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Audio is never stored

Your microphone audio streams to our servers in real time and is immediately forwarded to the transcription provider. It passes through memory only — never written to disk, never logged, never retained. When your session ends, the buffers are cleared.

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Transcripts are encrypted

Every line of your transcript is encrypted with AES-256 before being stored in the database. The encryption key is held server-side and never exposed to the app. Even our own infrastructure can't read your transcripts in plain text without the key.

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Your data is never sold

We do not sell your personal information, audio, or transcript content to any third party — ever. Buzz has no proprietary AI models and cannot train on your data. We are actively working to formalise data-processing agreements with our third-party providers (Deepgram, Sarvam, Gladia, Google, DeepL) that prohibit training on your data. Your conversations are yours.

What happens to your
audio, step by step

Every millisecond of audio follows the same path — and disappears at the end of it.

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1
Microphone capture Audio captured on your device as PCM frames
2
Encrypted WebSocket transmission Streamed to Buzz servers over TLS — in transit, always encrypted
3
In-memory forwarding Server holds audio in RAM and immediately forwards it to the STT provider
4
Transcription returned STT provider returns text — no audio is retained by them beyond their own terms
5
Transcript stored (encrypted) Text is AES-256 encrypted and saved to Firestore under your account
Audio discarded permanently All in-memory audio buffers are cleared when the session ends

Store your audio

Audio is in-memory only and discarded immediately

Sell your data

We never sell or share personal data with advertisers

Train AI on your content

We have no proprietary models and cannot train on your data. We're working to formalise this with third-party providers.

Store payment details

All billing handled by Apple, Google, and RevenueCat

Encrypt in transit

HTTPS/TLS on every connection, always

Encrypt at rest

AES-256 on every transcript segment in our database

Auto-delete sessions

Sessions are deleted after 7, 30, or 90 days by plan

Honor deletion requests

Full account and data deletion within 7 days of request

Security at every layer

Transcript encryption
AES-256

Applied field-by-field before writing to Firestore. The key is never exposed to the client.

Transport security
HTTPS / TLS

All API calls and WebSocket connections are encrypted in transit. No plain HTTP.

API authentication
Firebase App Check

AppAttest (iOS) and PlayIntegrity (Android) block unauthorized API access.

Audio retention
Zero bytes

Audio is never written to disk. In-memory buffers are cleared at session end.

Session auto-delete
7 / 30 / 90 days

Sessions older than your plan's limit are automatically and permanently deleted.

Payment data
Never reaches us

Billing handled entirely by Apple App Store, Google Play, and RevenueCat.

Third-party providers we use

Audio and text are processed by leading AI providers. Here's who gets what, and why.

Provider What they receive Purpose
DeepgramAudio stream (live & file)Speech-to-text (Western languages)
Sarvam AIAudio stream; transcript textSTT & translation (Indic languages)
GladiaAudio streamSpeech-to-text (multilingual, code-switching)
Google CloudAudio stream; transcript textSTT fallback & translation
DeepLTranscript textTranslation (Western languages)
Firebase (Google)Account info, encrypted session dataAuthentication & database
RevenueCatAccount ID, subscription stateSubscription management

We are actively working to formalise data-processing agreements with each provider that prohibit training on your data. Refer to each provider's privacy policy for their current stance.

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Full privacy policy

Read the complete legal document covering all data practices.

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Delete your data

Request deletion of your account and all associated data.

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