Privacy Policy

1. Who we are and what this covers

Auldera is made by Alpine Intelligence. This policy covers the free Auldera beta for Mac and iPhone, the auldera.com website, and the Auldera waitlist. “We” means Alpine Intelligence.

The beta starts fresh on December 3, 2026. Nothing from earlier test versions carries over, and the periods for keeping data in this policy count from that date.

2. Your meetings stay on your devices

Auldera records, transcribes, and summarizes your meetings on your Mac or iPhone. Ask, projects, search, import, and export run there too. Your meeting content stays on your devices: audio, transcripts, notes, and summaries. We never receive it unless you send it to us yourself. This beta has no account and no sync.

Test builds from before December work differently. Their private beta builds upload every meeting they record, with audio, to us automatically for diagnostics. They can also use accounts, sync, sharing, and Enhanced, which sends audio to Google and text to Anthropic. The December build turns these off.

Your meeting content leaves your device only when you send it somewhere:

• If you add your own AI provider key, Auldera sends meeting text to that provider (section 3).
• If you choose Send Feedback and leave a meeting ticked, we receive that meeting (section 4).
• If you export meetings, or connect another app to Auldera on your Mac, that folder or app gets what you give it. A cloud folder or another app follows its own policy.
• Your own device backups can hold a copy (section 5).

3. What leaves your device, and why

A few things leave your device without meeting content, so Auldera can work and we can fix it. Like all internet traffic, each request carries your IP address.

Crash reports. When Auldera crashes, freezes, or hits an error, it sends a report to Sentry. A report says what went wrong and where in Auldera’s code. It includes your Auldera version, your device model, and your system version. Reports also show how long parts of the app took, and how often the app ran without crashing. Reports from the December beta builds don’t include audio, transcripts, notes, summaries, meeting titles, your name, or your email. Test builds from before December can also attach Auldera’s detailed logs to a report, and those can include participant names and text shown on screen. We keep them no longer than 90 days. Joining the beta includes these reports.

App activity log. Auldera keeps a log on your device of what the app does: which steps ran, how long they took, and what failed. The beta sends a copy of this log to us. The copy is tied to a random ID made for this installation, not to you or an account. Signed-in test builds from before December also tie it to your account and device. It holds no audio, transcripts, notes, summaries, or meeting titles. We store it with Google Cloud and keep it no longer than 90 days. Joining the beta includes this upload.

Update checks. Auldera on Mac checks once a day for a new version. It asks auldera.com, which answers from our copy on Google Cloud or sends it on to releases.auldera.com, where GitHub hosts our updates. The check sends your Auldera version. Auldera also asks auldera.com whether your version is still supported, and sends only its build number. Auldera asks before it installs an update. On iPhone, TestFlight handles updates.

Model downloads. Auldera downloads the AI models it runs on your device. It asks Hugging Face, Google Cloud Storage, or our own copy of the files for a model by name and version. Nothing about your meetings is sent.

Your own AI provider key. You can add your own OpenRouter key to use a hosted AI model. Auldera then sends OpenRouter the meeting text that feature needs, such as a transcript to summarize, or the meetings an Ask question draws on. OpenRouter passes it to the model provider you pick. Their policies apply, and we don’t see that text. Without a key, nothing goes to OpenRouter.

TestFlight on iPhone. The iPhone beta comes through Apple’s TestFlight. Apple may share crash reports, and any feedback you send through TestFlight, with us under Apple’s terms.

4. Feedback you send

If you choose Send Feedback, we receive your note, details about your app and device, a random ID for this install, and any files you leave ticked. Files can include logs, a screenshot of Auldera, and the open meeting with its audio, transcript, and summary. Other people’s voices and words are in a meeting you send. Untick anything you’d rather keep.

Files go to a private store only Alpine Intelligence can read. We delete them about 90 days after upload. Your note and details stay in a private issue until we remove them.

5. Backups

On iPhone, your Auldera data, including your meetings, is part of your iCloud and Finder backups today. An update will add Back up to iCloud to Auldera’s Settings, off by default. With it off, Auldera leaves your meetings out of backups, and a meeting kept only on your iPhone is lost if you replace your iPhone. Apple stores iCloud backups in your Apple Account, and we have no access to them.

On Mac, backups you make, such as Time Machine, include Auldera’s data.

6. The waitlist and email

When you join the waitlist on auldera.com, we collect your email address. We also record which page you joined from and when you agreed. We note which version of the sign-up wording you saw, and the page’s web address.

We send these to HubSpot, which stores your contact and sends our email. You’ll get one email to confirm your address. After you confirm, we may email you about Auldera, such as your beta invitation and launch news. Every email has an unsubscribe link.

Your sign-up goes only to auldera.com, and our server passes it to HubSpot. No HubSpot script or cookie runs on the page. To stop repeat confirmation emails, our server keeps a scrambled form of your email address for a short time. It can’t be turned back into your address.

We keep your waitlist contact until 90 days after Auldera’s public launch, then delete it. To be removed sooner, unsubscribe, or email support@auldera.com.

7. The website

auldera.com runs on Google Cloud, behind Cloudflare. Both handle each visit, including your IP address, to deliver pages and protect the site.

Pages also load scripts from Apple and Google, so your browser contacts them too.

If a page hits an error, Sentry gets a report: the page, your browser, our build, and what went wrong. It also gets a replay of the page around the error, with all text and form entries hidden and images blocked. Sentry also gets timings for a sample of page loads. If you’re signed in on the site, reports carry your account ID. We keep these no longer than 90 days.

auldera.com sets no advertising or tracking cookies. One cookie remembers whether you chose a light or dark look.

8. Calendars

If you turn on calendar access on your Mac, Auldera reads the Apple Calendar calendars you choose. It only reads. It never creates, changes, or deletes an event or a response.

Auldera uses each event’s title, times, and status to show upcoming meetings and match a recording to its meeting. If you turn on invitation details, it also reads the organizer, the invitees, the agenda, and the location. In the December build, this stays on your Mac. Test builds from before December include the calendar events around a recording in the meetings they upload.

Some test builds can also read Google Calendar in the same way. Auldera's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

We don’t sell calendar information, use it for ads, or use it to train general AI models. To stop, turn off calendar access in Auldera’s Settings or in your Mac’s Privacy & Security settings.

9. Who else is involved

• Apple: TestFlight for the iPhone beta, and iCloud backups.
• Cloudflare: carries traffic to auldera.com, including update checks.
• Google Cloud: runs auldera.com, stores the app activity log and feedback files, and serves some model downloads and updates.
• GitHub: hosts Auldera updates on releases.auldera.com and keeps feedback notes and details in a private issue.
• Hugging Face: serves most model downloads.
• Sentry: receives crash and error reports.
• HubSpot: stores waitlist contacts and sends our email.
• OpenRouter: only if you add your own key.

We use these services only for what this policy describes. We don’t sell your data.

10. Your choices, contact, and changes

Email support@auldera.com to see, correct, or delete what we hold about you. Don’t send recordings, transcripts, passwords, or keys.

When we change this policy, we post the new version here with a new version number and effective date.