CatchLinePrivacy Policy
CatchLine shows live captions and translations of speech picked up by your device's microphone. We built it to collect as little as possible. There are no accounts, no ads, and no tracking.
Audio and transcripts
- While captioning is on, audio from your microphone is streamed directly from your device to our speech-recognition provider, Soniox, which returns the transcript and translation. It does not pass through our servers.
- We do not store your audio, transcripts, or translations on our servers. Transcripts stay on your device, and are only shared if you export them yourself.
- Keywords and background notes you enter are sent to Soniox with the audio to improve accuracy.
What our servers keep
- An anonymous ID: a random identifier created on your device (synced through your iCloud Keychain). It isn't linked to your name, email, or Apple ID.
- A device key from Apple's App Attest service, which proves requests come from the genuine CatchLine app.
- Usage time: how many seconds of captioning you used per day or billing period, plus your time zone so daily limits reset at your midnight.
- Subscription status: the signed transaction Apple gives the app, which we check to apply your plan. Payment details are handled entirely by Apple and never reach us.
- Standard server logs (request time and outcome) kept for 30 days for security and troubleshooting.
What we don't do
We don't sell or share personal data, don't use it for advertising, and don't track you across apps or websites.
Where data is processed
All processing happens in the United States:
- Soniox Inc. (1045 Helm Lane, Foster City, CA 94404, United States; support@soniox.com) receives microphone audio and the keywords and background you enter, over an encrypted connection, for speech recognition and translation. It returns results in real time, doesn't keep the audio or text afterwards, and doesn't use them to train its models. See its privacy policy.
- Amazon Web Services (us-east-1) hosts our servers, which keep the records listed above.
If you downloaded CatchLine from the China mainland App Store, the app asks for your separate consent to this transfer before captioning starts. You can withdraw it at any time in Settings; captioning then stops until you agree again.
Your choices
Deleting the app removes local transcripts. You can ask us to access, copy, correct or delete your usage records: contact us with the anonymous ID shown in the app's settings, and we'll reply within 15 working days. Because Soniox keeps nothing after returning results, there's no audio or text held there to request.
Contact
Lengjie (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. · lengjie@getbot.me
隐私政策
CatchLine 为设备麦克风听到的语音提供实时字幕和翻译。我们尽量少收集数据：不需要注册账号，没有广告，不做追踪。
音频与字幕
- 开启字幕时，麦克风音频从你的设备直接传输给我们的语音识别服务商 Soniox，由其返回字幕和翻译，不经过我们的服务器。
- 我们的服务器不保存你的音频、字幕或翻译。字幕只保存在你的设备上，只有你主动导出时才会分享出去。
- 你填写的关键词和背景说明会随音频发送给 Soniox，用于提高识别准确率。
我们的服务器保存什么
- 匿名 ID：在你设备上随机生成的标识（通过 iCloud 钥匙串同步），与你的姓名、邮箱或 Apple ID 无关。
- 设备密钥：来自 Apple App Attest，用于证明请求来自正版 CatchLine。
- 使用时长：每天或每个计费周期使用了多少秒，以及你的时区（让每日额度在你当地午夜重置）。
- 订阅状态：Apple 提供给 App 的签名交易凭证，用于确认你的方案。付款信息完全由 Apple 处理，我们接触不到。
- 标准服务器日志（请求时间和结果），保留 30 天，用于安全和排查问题。
我们不会做的事
不出售或共享个人数据，不用于广告，不跨 App 或网站追踪你。
数据处理地点与个人信息出境
CatchLine 的数据全部在美国处理。中国境内用户使用时，以下个人信息会提供给境外接收方：
- 境外接收方一：Soniox Inc.（美国加利福尼亚州 Foster City，1045 Helm Lane，邮编 94404；联系方式 support@soniox.com）。
提供的信息：开启字幕期间的麦克风音频，以及你填写的关键词和背景说明。
目的和方式：通过加密连接实时传输，用于语音识别和翻译；结果实时返回，Soniox 不保留音频和文字，也不用于训练模型。详见其隐私政策。 - 境外接收方二：Amazon Web Services（美国 us-east-1 区域）。
提供的信息：上文「我们的服务器保存什么」所列的匿名 ID、设备密钥、使用时长、订阅状态和服务器日志。
目的和方式：托管我们的服务器，用于计量使用时长和确认订阅。
通过中国大陆 App Store 下载的 CatchLine，会在首次开始字幕前单独征求你对上述出境的同意；不同意则无法使用字幕功能。你可以随时在「设置」中撤回同意，撤回后字幕功能停止，直到你再次同意。
你的权利
删除 App 即删除本地字幕。你可以要求查阅、复制、更正或删除我们保存的使用记录：请把 App 设置中显示的匿名 ID 发给我们，我们会在 15 个工作日内答复。你也可以通过我们向境外接收方行使上述权利；由于 Soniox 在返回结果后不保留任何音频和文字，那里没有可供查阅或删除的内容。
联系我们
棱界（北京）科技有限公司 · lengjie@getbot.me