Speaker First AidPrivacy Policy
The short version
- Microphone recordings, listening results and session history stay on your iPhone. They are never sent to us.
- There is no account, no advertising, and no tracking across other apps or websites.
- Usage events (PostHog) and crash reports (Sentry) are off until you choose Allow sharing, and you can turn them off any time in Settings → Share usage data.
- Apple handles purchases. We do not receive your payment details.
- We do not sell your personal data.
1. Who we are
Speaker First Aid is made by Sherin Benny Antony, an individual developer in India (“we”, “us”). We decide how the personal data described here is used. Under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 we are the Data Fiduciary, and under the EU and UK GDPR we are the controller.
Contact: speakerfirstaid@abeyio.com
2. What this covers
This policy covers the Speaker First Aid iPhone app, this website (speakerfirstaid.abeyio.com) and emails you send us. Apple’s privacy policy covers the App Store, payments and Apple services.
3. Data that stays on your iPhone
| Stored on your iPhone | Why |
|---|---|
| Microphone takes (Pro), up to 15 seconds each | To play them back and compare. Kept in temporary storage, at most two at a time, and deleted when you leave the microphone test or tap Delete takes. |
| Session history: completed Water Eject runs, reference tones and your listening answers, with time and output name | To show recent sessions and compare results. Up to 100 entries. Clear it in Settings → Privacy. |
| Saved Audio Lab setups, settings and whether you have seen the introduction | To remember your choices |
| Diagnostics: up to 30 recent errors, and crash or hang reports iOS provides | To help you report a problem. They stay on the device unless you share them from Settings → Diagnostics. |
| Counts of upgrade offers shown and tapped | Local totals in the app’s settings |
The app asks for microphone access only when you start a recording. Audio is analysed on your iPhone. If you export session history (Ultimate), the place you choose receives a copy. Your iPhone or iCloud backup settings may include the app’s local data in a backup.
4. Optional usage events and crash reports
After the introduction, the app asks whether to share usage data. Nothing below is sent unless you choose Allow sharing. Choosing Don’t share, or turning the setting off later, stops it. Every feature works the same either way.
Usage events (PostHog)
PostHog, Inc. (United States) receives events that help us understand which features are used:
- Which screen was opened, such as Water Eject, Speaker test or a troubleshooting guide, and which button was tapped.
- Water Eject started, completed or stopped, with Standard or Gentle and how far it played.
- The speaker test answer you pick: clear, distorted or no sound.
- That a microphone take was recorded (not the recording).
- Upgrade offers shown, and purchase or restore outcomes with the product name.
- Handled errors, as an operation name and a category only.
Events carry a random identifier PostHog creates for this installation, the app’s name and version, iOS version, and your device’s region setting (for example “US”). They are not linked to your name, email, Apple Account or advertising identifier. PostHog’s IP-based location lookup is turned off. We do not create person profiles. Screen recording, automatic tap capture, surveys and feature flags are off.
Crash reports (Sentry)
If the app crashes or hits a serious error, Functional Software, Inc. (Sentry, United States) receives a diagnostic report: the code location, app version, iOS version and device model. Before a report leaves your iPhone we remove error messages, file names and paths, breadcrumbs, request details, user fields and context. Screenshots and view hierarchies are never attached.
Legal basis and retention
We rely on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time in Settings. Usage events and crash reports are kept for no longer than 24 months and are then deleted. Both providers process data for us under their data processing terms and may store it in the United States.
Information from Apple
If you turn on Share With App Developers in your iPhone’s privacy settings, Apple may give us crash reports and usage statistics. Apple’s settings control this, not the app.
5. Purchases
Pro and Ultimate are one-time purchases made through the App Store. Apple processes the payment. The app reads the purchase status from Apple to unlock features. We do not receive your card details or Apple Account email.
6. This website and email
Cloudflare, Inc. hosts this website. To deliver and protect it, Cloudflare processes technical data such as your IP address, browser, the page requested and the time. The website has no analytics, advertising or tracking cookies.
If you email us, we receive your address and whatever you write, and use it only to reply and help. We keep support emails for up to 24 months after the conversation ends.
7. Sharing
We share data only with the providers above, to run the app and website, or when the law requires it. We do not sell or rent personal data or use it for advertising.
8. Your choices and rights
- Turn usage sharing on or off in the app under Settings → Share usage data.
- Clear session history in Settings → Privacy, delete microphone takes in the test, or delete the app to remove all of its local data.
- You can ask us to access, correct or delete personal data, or object to its use. Email speakerfirstaid@abeyio.com. Usage events are not linked to your identity, so we may ask for details that help us find them.
- You can complain to your local data protection authority. In India, you can contact the Data Protection Board of India.
9. Children
Speaker First Aid is a general-audience app and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
10. Security
Data sent to PostHog and Sentry is encrypted in transit. Recordings and history stay in the app’s sandbox on your iPhone, protected by iOS.
11. Changes
If we change this policy, we will update it here and change the effective date. Significant changes will also be noted in the app’s release notes.
Questions?
Email speakerfirstaid@abeyio.com.