The question nobody asks out loud

If you're about to install an app that records your phone calls, you should be asking this question. Business calls contain pricing. Sales calls contain client names. Personal calls contain information you'd never share publicly. Giving any app access to that is a real decision — and it deserves a real answer.

So here's ours.

Six things that are true about your data — always

Your data is yours
Your recordings, transcriptions, and analyses belong to you. We never claim any ownership over your content.
No AI training
Your audio and transcriptions are never used to train or improve any AI model — ours or anyone else's.
Audio auto-deleted
Audio is permanently deleted from our servers the moment transcription is complete. We don't keep copies.
Local-first storage
Your recordings live on your phone. Our servers are used temporarily for processing — then the audio is gone.
No data selling
We do not sell, share, or monetize your personal data. Ever. Our revenue comes from subscriptions — not your data.
No payment data stored
Payments go through trusted external processors. We never see, store, or touch your card details.

Where your audio actually goes — step by step

Here is the exact lifecycle of a recording, from the moment your call ends to the moment your recap appears.

1 Call ends — recording stays on your phone. The audio file is saved to your phone's local storage. At this point, nothing has left your device.
2 Upload for processing. When your phone is online, the audio is uploaded to our secure infrastructure over TLS 1.3 encryption — the same standard used by banks.
3 Transcription. The audio is processed by our secure AI infrastructure for speech-to-text. This is fully automated. No human listens to it.
4 Analysis. The text transcript (not the audio) is analyzed to produce your summary, key points, action items, and follow-ups.
5 Audio permanently deleted. The moment transcription is confirmed complete, the audio file is automatically and permanently deleted from our servers. An audit trail is recorded. The audio is gone — not archived, not backed up, not held.
6 Recap stored securely. Your transcript, summary, and action items are saved to your account, encrypted at rest. Your local audio on your phone stays exactly where it was — under your control.

The audio that was on our servers for processing is gone. What remains is only the text-based recap — and only you can access it.

Technical security — the specifics

Data in transit
TLS 1.3
All connections between your device and our servers
Data at rest
AES-256
Database and storage encryption
Server location
European Union
Your data stays in EU-based infrastructure
Database access
Row-Level Security
Every query is scoped to your authenticated account only
Authentication
JWT tokens
Secure token-based auth with admin 2FA
Payments
External only
We never handle or store payment details

What we don't do

These are not hypothetical — they are the business decisions we've made and built into the product.

What you can do with your data — anytime

What about recording laws?

Recording laws vary by country and state. In some places, one party to the call (you) can record legally without notifying the other person. In others, all parties must consent. CallRecap operates as a tool — it doesn't make legal decisions for you.

Many professionals handle this simply: they mention at the start of a call that they use an AI recap tool. Most people don't mind — and it builds trust.

We built CallRecap for calls that matter. The security behind it reflects that. Your calls are private — and they stay that way.

Detailed policies

For the full legal language, see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. For a non-legal breakdown of all security practices, visit callrecap.app/trust.

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