FlashBrief: AI Voice Notes

Data Handled On Device

• Microphone audio and recording duration
• Transcripts, segment text, idea titles, tags, and selected structured results
• Local app-language, output-format, and AI-analysis selection preferences
• Pseudonymous installation identifier, product, entitlement, and restoration status
• Successful transcription minutes and successful AI-result counters used for quota enforcement
• Feedback rating, message, optional email, and request identifier when you submit feedback

Storage and Collection

• Recordings and app records are stored in FlashBrief app storage on your device
• No account-based cloud recording or transcript library is provided
• Feedback drafts stay on your device until you send them. Successful submissions are recorded by the feedback service; failed drafts remain available for retry
• The FlashBrief service stores limited usage and operation records needed for quota, idempotency, and entitlement checks; those records do not contain the stored recording library
• Requests sent through OpenRouter are restricted to DeepInfra and request Zero Data Retention, denied data collection, and no provider fallback. These controls apply to audio transcription and Standard analysis, not to the separate DeepSeek official API
• DeepSeek processes text under its own terms and privacy policy. FlashBrief does not guarantee zero retention or exclusion from training on that route. FlashBrief does not log audio, transcripts, or generated content on its API server

Permissions

• Microphone access is used only when you start or continue a recording
• FlashBrief does not continuously listen in the background
• You can change microphone permission later in iPhone Settings
• Before AI processing, FlashBrief explains which audio or text will be sent, names the recipients, and asks for your permission. The updated disclosure requires fresh permission before sending text to the DeepSeek official API; an earlier permission for OpenRouter alone does not cover that recipient. Declining keeps the content on the device and blocks the request
• The current version does not require location, contacts, camera, health, or notification permission for its core capture flow

Framework and Third Parties

• FlashBrief uses iOS system microphone, file-storage, clipboard, browser, email, and share capabilities when you choose the related action
• OpenRouter, Inc. and DeepInfra, Inc. receive selected recorded audio for transcription with Qwen speech models only after you allow AI data sharing
• DeepSeek (Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.) receives transcript text directly through its official API for Quick and Deep results. FlashBrief does not send recorded audio to DeepSeek. OpenRouter, Inc. and DeepInfra, Inc. receive transcript text for Standard results with MiniMax models
• FlashBrief sends audio and transcript content to create the result you request. The separate provider retention terms are described above; OpenRouter controls are not a promise about DeepSeek's handling of data
• RevenueCat receives a pseudonymous app user identifier and purchase status to unlock and restore Pro. Vercel and Upstash support API delivery, short-lived audio transfer, abuse prevention, and usage limits
• The App Store processes purchases. FlashBrief receives product and entitlement status but does not receive full payment card details.
• If you choose Email support, your mail app and email provider process the message. The public website feedback form is hosted by SuperMaster Lab.

Sensitive Use Boundaries

• Do not record or submit confidential, regulated, legal, medical, financial, employment, or third-party information unless you have the right to process it and accept third-party processing risk
• Speech recognition and AI structuring can be inaccurate; review the recording, transcript, and output before relying on them
• FlashBrief does not provide legal, medical, financial, tax, employment, or other professional advice

User Controls

• You can record and review locally without requesting AI processing
• You can review or withdraw AI data-sharing permission in Settings > AI data sharing. With permission off, future audio and transcript requests are blocked before transmission. Requests already sent cannot be recalled
• You can edit transcript text and choose which AI result to keep or copy
• You can delete an individual idea or clear captured ideas and recordings from Settings
• You can clear local feedback drafts and receipts separately in Settings
• You can restore an eligible purchase in the app and manage or cancel an active subscription in Apple Account settings
• You can remove app data by uninstalling FlashBrief; App Store and service-side records require their separate controls or support process