Privacy Policy

Last updated: 15 June 2026

The short version: Dictera is designed to be private. Your speech is transcribed entirely on your Mac using on-device models — your audio recordings and the text they produce are never sent to us or to any third party. We don't run analytics or trackers inside the app, and Dictera does not require an account. The only personal data we handle is what's strictly needed to sell you a license and let you activate it.

1. Who we are (Data Controller)

Dictera (the "App") and the website at https://dictera.app (the "Website", together the "Services") are operated by Zahorulko Yevhen (TIE: Z2053423B), an independent professional (Autónomo) established in Spain ("we", "us", "our"). For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Spanish data-protection law, we act as the data controller for the personal data described in this Policy.

Business address: Calle Pla de la Ramona 4, 46500 Sagunto, Valencia, Spain.
Contact: info@dictera.app.

2. Information processed on your device only

The following is processed locally on your Mac and is never transmitted to us or to any third party:

• Audio from your microphone. Speech recognition runs entirely on-device (on the Apple Neural Engine). Audio is processed in real time to produce text and is not stored as a recording or uploaded anywhere.
• Transcribed text and history. Your transcriptions, history, custom replacements, and statistics are stored only in your Mac's local application-support folder. We have no access to them.
• AI cleanup. Optional text cleanup uses Apple Intelligence on-device; your text is not sent to us or to a cloud service for this feature.

Because this data never leaves your device, you control it entirely — deleting the App and its data removes it.

3. Information we do process

3.1 Licensing & activation data

To activate and validate your subscription, the App sends the following to our payment and licensing provider, Lemon Squeezy (see Section 5):

• Your license key;
• An instance name used to identify the activation — by default this is your Mac's name (e.g. "Yevhen's MacBook Pro"), which may include your name.

The license key, an activation identifier, and the date of the last successful validation are also stored locally on your Mac.

3.2 Purchase data

When you buy a subscription, the purchase is processed by Lemon Squeezy acting as the "Merchant of Record". They collect the data needed to complete the sale (such as your name, email address, billing country, and payment details) and provide us with limited order information (such as your email address, name, and country) so we can deliver your license and meet our tax and accounting obligations. We do not receive or store your full payment-card details.

3.3 Support communications

If you email info@dictera.app, we process your email address and the contents of your message solely to respond to you.

3.4 Website & update technical data

When you visit the Website or the App checks for updates, our hosting provider automatically logs standard technical data (such as IP address, browser/user-agent, and timestamps) for security and to operate the service. The Website does not use advertising or third-party tracking cookies.

4. How we use this information and our legal bases

• To provide the Services — activating and validating your license, delivering updates (legal basis: performance of a contract).
• To process payments and meet legal obligations — billing, tax, and accounting (legal bases: contract; legal obligation).
• To respond to support requests (legal basis: legitimate interests in assisting our users).
• To secure and maintain the Services (legal basis: legitimate interests in keeping the Services safe and reliable).

5. Third parties and sub-processors

We keep third parties to a minimum:

• Lemon Squeezy — payments (as Merchant of Record) and license activation/validation. See their privacy policy.
• Google Firebase Hosting — hosts the Website, the app download, and the update feed; processes server logs. See Google's privacy policy.
• Apple — provides the operating system and on-device intelligence features used by the App; on-device processing is not transmitted to us.

We do not sell your personal data, and we do not share it for advertising.

6. International transfers

We are established in Spain. Some providers above (e.g. Lemon Squeezy, Google) may process data outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States. Where this happens, such transfers are covered by appropriate safeguards (such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses). You may contact us for more information.

7. Data retention

• On-device data (audio, transcripts, history) — retained on your Mac under your control until you delete it; we never receive it.
• Licensing/activation data — retained for as long as your license is active and as needed to provide the Service.
• Purchase and tax records — retained by us and/or Lemon Squeezy for the periods required by applicable tax and accounting law.
• Support emails — retained for as long as needed to handle your request and a reasonable period afterwards.

8. Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, or object to the processing of your personal data, and to data portability. To exercise these rights, email info@dictera.app.

If you are in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you may also lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority — in Spain, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD, www.aepd.es). If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including the right to know and to delete; we do not sell your personal information.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. Because your voice and transcripts are processed on-device, they benefit from your Mac's own security. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Children

The Services are not directed to children. If you are in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland you must be at least 16 (or the minimum age in your country) to use the Services. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact info@dictera.app.

11. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. We will revise the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, provide additional notice. Continued use of the Services after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.

12. Contact

Questions, requests, or complaints about this Policy or our data practices:
Email: info@dictera.app
Zahorulko Yevhen (Autónomo) · Calle Pla de la Ramona 4, 46500 Sagunto, Valencia, Spain.