What we do with your data

Last updated: May 6, 2026

1. Voice and recognized text

Recognition happens on your computer. Audio and the transcribed text are never sent to our servers or third-party servers. This data may be stored in the local dictation history (on your disk) — you can disable or clear it in settings.

2. Account

AuroraWhisp has no accounts. You do not register, do not enter an email at install, do not verify a phone. The app works without any identification.

3. Telemetry

Off by default. If you explicitly enable it, we receive only: app version, OS, language, GPU presence. No audio, no text, no device identifiers.

4. Crash reports

If the app crashes, it offers to send a technical report. This is your choice. The report does not contain what you dictated.

5. Cookies and analytics on the site

On aurorawhisp.com we use privacy-friendly analytics without cookies (Plausible) — it counts aggregated page views without tracking users.

6. Payments (for Pro)

When you buy Pro, payment data is processed by an external payment processor. We only receive an email to send the activation key. The license key is stored on your computer, not on our servers.

7. Changes to this policy

If we change anything — we tell you in advance. Old versions of the policy are archived so you can compare. If a change does not suit you — your current version of the app keeps working under the rules in force when you installed it.

8. Contact

Privacy questions — privacy@aurorawhisp.com. We reply within 3 business days.

9. How to verify we are not lying

For the technical skeptic: 1) Open Wireshark or Microsoft Network Monitor. 2) Run AuroraWhisp, dictate something, watch the network traffic from AuroraWhisp.exe. You will only see periodic HTTPS requests to api.aurorawhisp.com — that is the update check (every 24 hours) and licence activation (one-off). No outgoing audio. 3) Cut AuroraWhisp off from the internet via Windows Defender Firewall (Network and Sharing Center → Allow apps → uncheck) — the app keeps recognising. Only update checks and Pro activation stop working. 4) In Process Explorer open the AuroraWhisp.exe properties → TCP/IP — see active connections. Empty during dictation.

10. What goes into a crash report (if you send one)

A sample crash report JSON: { "version": "0.5.25", "os": "Windows 11 24H2", "ts": "2026-05-06T15:32:11Z", "stack": "Traceback (most recent call last): File audio.py line 47 in capture_chunk: PortAudioError: Stream is stopped", "model": "Zipformer English", "device": "cpu", "ram_total_gb": 16, "gpu": "NVIDIA RTX 3060" }. What does NOT go in: dictation text, your Windows username, paths containing your name, IP address, list of installed programs. If a stack trace happens to surface a string from your dictation (rare) — we redact it before reading. You can review and edit the crash report before sending.

11. Data deletion request

Since there are no accounts, the only thing we keep is the Pro purchase record (if you made one): email, licence key, hardware_id of bound devices, dates. To delete: write to privacy@aurorawhisp.com with subject "Delete my data" and the email used to buy Pro. Within 3 business days we wipe the DB record (this does not undo the payment in the payment system — they have their own retention rules — but disappears from our system). The licence then stops validating at the next background check, and Pro reverts to Free. If you only want to know what we have on you (not delete) — write the same address, we send a JSON dump within 3 business days.

This is a working version of the policy. The final edition will be prepared by a lawyer accounting for GDPR.