Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 21, 2026
This privacy policy explains what information SaksiNotes collects, how it's used, and how it's protected.
1. What we collect
Content you capture: photos, voice recordings, typed notes, and files you attach (PDF, Word, Excel, and text documents) in the app. Optional information you add, such as captions, tags for people (name and role), report style selections, and location data (if enabled).
Automatically generated content: AI-generated descriptions, tags, and transcripts of your photos, voice recordings, and attached files, and AI-generated reports based on your captured content.
Technical information: basic device information needed for the app to function (for example, operating system version, for compatibility purposes), and a device identifier used to apply free and paid plan usage limits fairly (see Section 3a).
We do not collect your name, email address, or account information unless you choose to connect Google Drive for backup (see Section 3). No account or sign-up is required to use SaksiNotes.
2. How your content is processed
Photos, voice recordings, and attached files you capture are sent to two third-party AI providers for processing:
- Anthropic (Claude) — for photo analysis, text extraction, document summarization, and AI report generation. Text is first extracted from documents (PDF, Word, Excel, text files) using standard document-processing tools; for scanned documents with no readable text layer, page images are analyzed by Claude the same way a photo is.
- OpenAI (Whisper) — for voice note transcription
Neither Anthropic nor OpenAI uses this data to train their AI models. Anthropic retains this data for up to 7 days for safety and abuse monitoring purposes, after which it is deleted. OpenAI retains it for up to 30 days for the same purpose, after which it is deleted. Neither company has ongoing access to your data beyond these retention windows.
3. Where your data is stored
By default, everything you capture is stored locally on your device only. We do not operate a server that stores your captured content.
Cloud backup (optional): if you choose to enable cloud backup, your data is backed up directly to your own personal Google Drive account — not to any server we operate. (iCloud backup is planned for a future update and is not yet available.)
3a. Usage tracking
To apply free and paid plan usage limits fairly, and to prevent abuse of the free tier, SaksiNotes sends a device identifier to our own server (not a third party) along with each AI processing request. This is used solely to track how many captures and reports your device has used in the current period, and does not identify you personally.
This device identifier and its associated usage counts are stored on our server, separately from — and never linked to — the actual content of anything you capture. Your photos, voice recordings, notes, and documents are never sent to or stored on this server.
4. Location data
If you enable location capture, the app records the approximate location where a photo was taken, to help generate more accurate reports — for example, referencing a site address in a survey report. This location data is stored locally with your other content. By default, precise coordinates are not included in exported documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) — only a general place name is shown, unless you choose to enable precise location in exports.
5. What we don't do
- We do not sell your data to anyone
- We do not use your captured content for advertising
- We do not share your data with third parties other than the AI processing providers listed in Section 2, and your own cloud storage provider if you enable backup
- We do not access your device's camera roll/gallery except when you explicitly choose to import a photo from it
6. Your choices
- You can use the app without ever enabling cloud backup — all features work with local-only storage
- You can disconnect Google Drive (or other cloud backup) at any time from Settings
- You can delete any captured photo, voice note, note, or attached file permanently at any time within the app
- You can disable location capture in Settings
7. Children's privacy
SaksiNotes is not directed at children under 13 (or the relevant minimum age in your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect data from children.
8. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the app changes. Material changes will be reflected with an updated "Last updated" date above.
9. Contact
Questions about this privacy policy can be directed to support@wns-studio.com.