Privacy Policy
Last updated: 25 April 2026
Overview
This privacy policy describes how this open-source application ("Natively") handles your data. Our philosophy is privacy-first: we believe your meeting data belongs to you. We do not operate a central server to store your personal meeting recordings or transcripts.
Data Collection
We do not collect, store, or transmit your personal data to our own servers.
The application functions as a local tool on your device.
- Audio & Video: The application captures audio and screen content only when you explicitly start a recording or session.
- Transcripts & Notes: All generated transcripts, summaries, and meeting notes are stored locally on your device.
- Telemetry: This application does not include third-party analytics or tracking SDKs (such as Google Analytics or Mixpanel).
Local Processing
The majority of the application's logic runs locally on your machine.
- Database: Meeting history and notes are stored in a local SQLite database file on your computer.
- Settings: Configuration preferences are stored locally using
electron-store.
Network Communication
The application communicates over the internet only for specific, user-initiated features:
1. Artificial Intelligence Services
To generate summaries and action items, the application sends text (transcripts) to the AI provider you have configured (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq).
- Data Transmitted: Anonymized text transcripts and prompts.
- Privacy: This data is subject to the privacy policy of the respective AI provider you have chosen. We encourage using providers that do not train on API data.
- Keys: Your API keys are stored locally on your device and are never sent to us.
2. Software Updates
The application periodically checks GitHub's servers to see if a new version of the software is available.
- Data Transmitted: Basic application version information and your operating system type (e.g., macOS, Windows).
Permissions
To function correctly, the application requires the following permissions on your device:
- Microphone: Required to record meeting audio for transcription.
- Screen Recording / Accessibility: Required to capture screen content or system audio if enabled.
- Notifications: Used to alert you when a summary is ready.
You may revoke these permissions at any time through your operating system settings, though this will limit the application's functionality.
Third-Party Services
This project allows integration with third-party Large Language Model (LLM) providers. We do not control how these third parties handle your data once it is sent to them explicitly by the application.
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- Google (Gemini)
- Groq
This project does not use third-party tracking or marketing cookies.
Data Retention
Since data is stored locally:
- You are in control: You can delete meeting logs, transcripts, and the application database at any time from your local file system.
- No Remote Retention: We cannot delete your data for you because we do not have access to it.
Open Source Transparency
This project is open-source. The full source code is available for inspection on our GitHub repository. You can verify the claims in this policy by auditing the code directly.
Contact
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us at: