Privacy Policy

We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information

Last Updated: March 17, 2025

1. Introduction

MilatuScribe ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website, mobile application, and services (collectively, the "Services").

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services.

Important Note: Our Services involve the transcription of audio content. By using our Services, you acknowledge that the audio you upload may contain personal information, and you are responsible for ensuring you have the appropriate rights and permissions to share this content with us for processing.

2. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services:

2.1 Information You Provide to Us

  • Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect your name, email address, and password.
  • Payment Information: If you subscribe to a paid plan, we collect payment details, billing address, and other information necessary to process your payment. We use secure third-party payment processors to handle payment transactions, and we do not store your full credit card information on our servers.
  • Profile Information: You may provide additional information such as a profile picture, job title, company name, and industry.
  • Audio Content: We collect the audio files you upload for transcription.
  • Transcription Content: We store the transcriptions generated from your audio files.
  • Communications: If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you, such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of your message, and any other information you choose to provide.

2.2 Information We Collect Automatically

  • Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, network information, and browser type.
  • Usage Information: We collect information about your usage of our Services, such as the time and duration of your use, the features you use, and your interactions with content and other users.
  • Log Information: Our servers automatically log information about your use of our Services, including your IP address, access times, pages viewed, browser type, and the website you visited before navigating to our Services.
  • Location Information: We may collect information about your approximate location based on your IP address.

2.3 Information We Collect from Third Parties

We may collect information about you from third-party services, such as social media platforms, if you choose to link your account with these services or otherwise provide us access to information from these services.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

  • Provide, maintain, and improve our Services
  • Process and complete transactions, and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices
  • Transcribe your audio content and provide you with the resulting transcriptions
  • Respond to your comments, questions, and requests, and provide customer service
  • Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages
  • Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, and events, and provide other news or information about us and our partners
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services
  • Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of MilatuScribe and others
  • Personalize and improve the Services, and provide content, features, or advertisements that match your interests and preferences
  • Facilitate contests, sweepstakes, and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards
  • Improve our machine learning models to enhance transcription accuracy (with your consent, where required by law)

Legal Basis for Processing (for EEA, UK, and Brazilian Users): If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or Brazil, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. We typically rely on the following legal bases:

  • Contractual Necessity: When we need to process your personal information to perform our contract with you (i.e., our Terms of Service)
  • Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for our legitimate interests and your rights don't override these interests
  • Consent: When you have given us specific consent to process your data
  • Legal Obligation: When we need to comply with a legal obligation

4. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

4.1 Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

4.2 Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of company assets, your information may be disclosed or transferred as part of such a transaction. We will notify you of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.

4.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if we believe that disclosure is necessary to:

  • Comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responses to government or regulatory requests
  • Enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements
  • Protect the rights, property, or safety of MilatuScribe, our users, or others

4.4 With Your Consent

We may share your information with third parties when you consent to such sharing.

4.5 Aggregate or De-identified Information

We may share aggregate or de-identified information about users for marketing, advertising, research, or similar purposes. This information does not identify you personally.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5.1 Security Measures

Our security practices include:

  • Encryption of personal information in transit and at rest
  • Regular security assessments and penetration testing
  • Access controls and authentication measures
  • Regular system backups
  • Continuous monitoring for potential vulnerabilities

5.2 Data Breach Procedures

In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you and the relevant authorities as required by applicable law.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

6.1 Account Information

We retain your account information for as long as your account is active. If you close your account, we will delete or anonymize your account information, unless:

  • We need to maintain this information to comply with our legal, tax, or accounting obligations
  • We need to maintain this information to resolve disputes or enforce our agreements
  • We have a legitimate business reason to retain some or all of the data

6.2 Audio and Transcription Content

By default, we retain your audio files for 30 days after transcription to allow for potential quality issues or reprocessing requests. Transcriptions are retained in your account until you delete them or close your account.

You can manually delete audio files and transcriptions from your account at any time.

7. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:

7.1 Access and Correction

You can access and update most of your account information through your account settings. If you need additional assistance, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section.

7.2 Data Portability

You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that information to another controller, where technically feasible.

7.3 Deletion

You can request deletion of your personal information. However, in some cases, we may need to retain certain information for legal, security, or fraud prevention reasons.

7.4 Objection and Restriction

You have the right to object to or request restriction of processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.

7.5 Withdraw Consent

Where we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

7.6 Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your personal information violates applicable law.

Note for California Residents: The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If you are a California resident, you have the right to request disclosure of what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell, and the right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.

7.7 How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section. We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 16, we will promptly take steps to delete such information.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected information from your child under the age of 16, please contact us so that we can delete the information.

9. International Data Transfers

MilatuScribe is based in the United States, and we process and store information on servers located in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers maintain facilities.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction.

We rely on legally provided mechanisms to lawfully transfer personal information across borders and will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal information when it is transferred internationally.

10. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We and our third-party service providers use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities on our Services.

10.1 Types of Cookies We Use

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
  • Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
  • Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.

10.2 Your Cookie Choices

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually set your browser to remove or reject cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

For more information about cookies and how to manage them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on our website prior to the changes becoming effective.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our data practices.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: privacy@milatuscribe.com

Address: 123 Transcription Way, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19801

For data subject requests or privacy-related concerns, please contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@milatuscribe.com.