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Clarification of Privacy Policy ( audacity )
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https://github.com/audacity/audacity/discussions/1225         
Clarification of Privacy Policy #1225
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Clarification of Privacy Policy #1225
@workedintheory workedintheory
2 days ago ·
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workedintheory
2 days ago

A quick statement to address the concerns around our new Privacy Policy.

We believe concerns are due largely to unclear phrasing in the Privacy Policy, which we are now in the process of rectifying. In the meantime, we would like to clarify what seem to be the major points of concern:

    Selling Data & Sharing - We do not and will not sell ANY data we collect or share it with 3rd parties. Full stop.
    Data Collection - Data we collect is very limited.
        IP address - which is pseudonymised and irretrievable after 24 hours.
        Basic System Info - OS version and CPU type.
        Error Report Data (Optional) - Sent manually by users as part of an Error Report.
    Additional Data - We do not collect any additional data beyond the points listed above for any purpose.
    Compliance with Law Enforcement - We will not collect or provide any information other than data described above with with any government entity or law enforcement agency.
        Compelled by Court - Data is not shared upon an agency request; we will do so only if compelled by a court of law in a jurisdiction that we serve.
        Limited Window - After 24 hours the IP address being collected is irretrievably lost.
        Jurisdiction Requirements - We operate in many countries around the world and this is a standard policy requirement for providing services in many jurisdictions, regardless of the depth of data collected or nature of service.
    Offline Use - The Privacy Policy does not apply to offline use of the application.

We are working with our legal team to revise our privacy policy to more clearly communicate the above points and our intent.

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About the term 'Personal Data'

GDPR classifies an IP address as something that potentially counts as 'personal data', which is why we use that term in the Privacy Policy. This is necessary for two features being introduced in the next version of Audacity:

    Automatic Updates - checking to see if there is a new version available
    Error Reporting - an opt-in feature for users to send error reports to us

As mentioned in the Compliance with Law Enforcement above, we take steps so that the IP address we collect is non-identifiable after 24 hours.

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We do understand that unclear phrasing of the Privacy Policy and lack of context regarding introduction has led to major concerns about how we use and store the very limited data we collect. We will be publishing a revised version shortly.

In the meantime, the Privacy Policy doesn't actually come into force until the next release of Audacity (3.0.3). The current version (3.0.2) does not support data collection any data of any kind and has no networking features enabled.
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