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Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how SIM DAD LLC (“SIM DAD,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects information in connection with the Ibis desktop application and the Ibis website at useibis.app. Ibis is a local Whisper-based audio transcription desktop app that runs entirely on your machine.
1. Information the Application Collects
Ibis processes all audio files and transcription entirely on your local machine. We do not collect, transmit, or store any of your audio files, transcripts, or usage data.
The only information transmitted from the application is during license key activation, which includes:
- Your email address (as provided during purchase)
- A device identifier (used to enforce the activation limit)
This activation data is processed by SIM DAD LLC’s own licensing service. No other data leaves your machine through the application.
2. Information the Website Collects
The Ibis website at useibis.app may collect the following information:
- Email address. If you voluntarily subscribe to our waitlist or mailing list, your email address is received via a Cloudflare Worker form endpoint and stored by Brevo, our email service provider, on the Ibis waitlist.
- Analytics data. We do not use third-party analytics, and this site sets no analytics cookies. Each page sends a single, first-party, cookie-free page-view count to an endpoint we operate; it records only the page name and the date, is skipped entirely when your browser sends Do Not Track, and stores no IP address and no identifier.
3. No Telemetry or Cloud Processing
Ibis does not include any telemetry or usage analytics. All audio transcription and processing happens 100% locally on your device. No audio files or transcripts are ever sent to SIM DAD LLC or any third party. Ibis sends no crash reports or error reports.
4. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services:
- Gumroad. Payment processing only. Gumroad handles your purchase transaction. It does not issue, manage, or validate license keys, which are operated entirely by SIM DAD LLC. Their privacy policy is available at gumroad.com/privacy.
- Cloudflare. Form-handling Worker for waitlist sign-ups. The Worker receives your email address and passes it to Brevo; Cloudflare does not retain submission contents beyond the time needed to pass them on. Their privacy policy is available at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
- Brevo. Storage of waitlist sign-ups. Their privacy policy is available at brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy.
- Google Workspace. Hosts our email, including messages you send to a simdadllc.com address. Their privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
5. Data Retention and Deletion
License activation data is retained for as long as your license is active. Email addresses collected through the mailing list are retained until you unsubscribe or request removal.
To request deletion of your personal data, contact us at support@simdadllc.com. We will process your request within 30 days.
6. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the limited personal data we collect. Because Ibis processes all content locally, your audio files and transcripts never leave your device and are protected by your own system’s security.
Recordings can be encrypted at rest using age v1 (X25519 plus ChaCha20-Poly1305), with the X25519 secret key held in your operating system’s keystore rather than on disk. Settings shows a recovery key you can back up; it recovers your encrypted files if the keystore is ever lost, without any SIM DAD service. The encryption design, threat model and key-management approach will be documented in a substantiation paper published against the shipping build.
7. Children’s Privacy
Ibis is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us at support@simdadllc.com and we will promptly delete it.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. Your continued use of Ibis after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
9. Governing Law
This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
10. Contact
SIM DAD LLC
ibis@simdadllc.com
simdadllc.com