1. Introduction

Speak Quieter is a voice monitoring application designed to help you maintain awareness of your speaking volume. The app monitors ambient sound levels using your device's microphone and provides real-time feedback and notifications when volume levels exceed your configured thresholds.

2. Privacy First: What We Don't Do

Speak Quieter is built with privacy as its foundation. Here's what we explicitly do NOT do:

• No Audio Recording: We never record, save, or store any audio data from your microphone.
• No Internet Access: The app does not connect to the internet or transmit any data whatsoever.
• No Analytics: We do not use any analytics tools to track user activity or behavior.
• No User Accounts: Speak Quieter does not require or support user accounts.
• No Third-Party Services: We do not integrate with any third-party analytics, advertising, or data collection services.
• No Personal Data: No personal or device information is collected or transmitted.

3. How the App Works

Speak Quieter operates entirely on your device using real-time audio level monitoring:

• The app accesses your microphone to measure ambient sound levels in real-time
• Sound level data is analyzed instantly and immediately discarded
• No audio is recorded or saved at any point
• Notifications are triggered locally based on your configured thresholds
• Your app settings and preferences are stored only on your device

4. Required Permissions

To function properly, Speak Quieter requires the following permissions:

• Microphone Access: Required to measure ambient sound levels. The app analyzes audio in real-time but never records or stores audio data.
• Notification Permission: Required to alert you when sound levels exceed your configured thresholds, even when the app is running in the background.

These permissions are used solely for the app's core functionality and no data collected through these permissions is ever transmitted off your device.

5. Local Storage

The only data stored by Speak Quieter is your app preferences and settings, which include:

• Volume thresholds for quiet, moderate, and high noise levels
• Alert configuration settings
• Notification preferences
• Sampling rate and timing preferences

All settings are stored locally on your device and are never synchronized, backed up to cloud services, or transmitted elsewhere. If you delete the app, all settings are permanently removed from your device.

6. Data Collection

Speak Quieter does not collect, store, process, or transmit any data. The app is completely offline and operates entirely on your device without any network connectivity.

7. Data Sharing

Since no data is collected, no data is shared with any third parties, services, or entities for any purpose whatsoever.

8. Children's Privacy

Speak Quieter is suitable for users of all ages as it does not collect any personal information, does not connect to the internet, and operates entirely on-device.

9. Third-Party Services

Speak Quieter does not use any third-party services, frameworks, or tools that collect, process, or transmit user data. The app is built using native iOS frameworks and operates completely offline.

10. Regional Compliance

Speak Quieter is available globally and adheres to GDPR, CCPA, and all other applicable privacy regulations by design. Since no user data is collected, processed, or transmitted, the app inherently complies with the strictest privacy standards worldwide.

11. Your Control

You maintain complete control over the app at all times:

• You can revoke microphone or notification permissions at any time through iOS settings
• You can delete the app at any time, which removes all settings from your device
• No account or registration is required, so there's nothing to cancel or delete elsewhere

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy to reflect changes in legal requirements or app functionality. Any updates will be effective immediately upon posting. Since the app does not collect data or connect to the internet, we cannot notify you of policy changes through the app. We recommend checking this page periodically for updates.

13. Contact Information

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:

14. Summary

Speak Quieter is designed to be the most privacy-respecting voice monitoring app available:

• 100% local processing - everything happens on your device
• Zero data collection - we don't know who you are or how you use the app
• No network access - the app never connects to the internet
• No audio recording - sound levels are analyzed in real-time and immediately discarded
• No third parties - no analytics, no ads, no tracking of any kind

Your privacy is not just protected—it's guaranteed by design.