Biometric & Voice Data Notice
This notice supplements the Privacy & Local-First Guarantees page. It covers voice fingerprints specifically, because some privacy laws treat this data category separately.
What voice data Markdrip processes
Section titled “What voice data Markdrip processes”When you use the speaker-identification feature, Markdrip generates a voice fingerprint (a mathematical model derived from a speaker’s voice characteristics) for each person you choose to enroll. This fingerprint is used only to recognize that speaker across your own meeting notes.
Markdrip also retains short voice clips used during the enrollment process to confirm the fingerprint quality, and processes audio during each meeting to match speakers to known fingerprints.
Where your voice data lives
Section titled “Where your voice data lives”Voice recognition runs on your device. Markdrip does not send recordings, voice fingerprints or saved voice clips to AI providers, including when cloud text features are enabled. Voice data never enters licensing or product telemetry.
In versions with portable voice memory, samples and fingerprints are saved in your selected data folder after you accept the updated voice-memory notice. They travel with any backup, sharing or sync you use for that folder. Anyone with access to that folder may have access to its voice data. Opening the folder on another device does not automatically enable voice processing there.
Earlier versions keep voice references in the local app profile. The migration retains that original for recovery; it does not keep writing to both locations.
Purpose
Section titled “Purpose”The sole purpose is speaker identification within your own meeting notes — associating a recognized voice with a contact name so your notes say “Alice” instead of an anonymous label. Markdrip does not use voice data for authentication, fraud detection, analytics, or any purpose other than speaker matching you specifically select.
Retention
Section titled “Retention”Voice fingerprints and clips remain in their storage location until you delete them. They are not subject to any automatic expiry. You control the lifecycle entirely.
How to erase voice data
Section titled “How to erase voice data”- Erase all voice data: Settings → Privacy & storage → “Erase all voice data,” then confirm. This removes all voice fingerprints and clips from your vault. Uninstalling the app does not automatically erase voice data; use this control before uninstalling if you want a clean removal.
- Remove a single person’s voice data: open that contact in Markdrip and use the “Forget voice data” option. This removes only the fingerprint and clips for that contact.
Deletion removes the selected voice’s saved samples from the active data folder. Markdrip remembers the deletion so older synced records cannot restore that voice on devices that receive the deletion record. If sync has conflicting versions, recognition pauses until the conflict is resolved; cleanup then resumes without removing newly confirmed samples.
This does not erase separate backups, the retained pre-migration app-profile copy, or a source folder retained after moving your data. Remove those copies separately if you want them erased too. Restoring an entire older backup without its later deletion records can restore previously deleted voice data.
Enrolling someone other than yourself
Section titled “Enrolling someone other than yourself”The first time you choose Remember voice, Markdrip explains local voice memory and asks you to enable it. This is one global awareness step, not a separate participant consent collection for every person. Afterward, naming speakers can save their voices automatically while Remember voices remains on. Turn it off in Settings to stop new saving; erase saved voices separately.
You are responsible for obtaining any consent required by law before enrolling another person’s voice. Laws that may apply include:
- Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA): requires a written release before collecting biometric identifiers, including voiceprints.
- Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI): requires informed consent before capturing biometric identifiers.
- EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR/UK-GDPR): treats biometric data used for unique identification as a special category requiring explicit consent or another lawful basis.
- Other jurisdictions may have similar requirements.
The awareness step in the app is an aid, not a substitute for your own legal judgment. Where applicable law requires written consent, you must obtain it before enrolling.
Contact
Section titled “Contact”Questions about voice data or to request deletion: [email protected].