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Privacy, Recording & Consent
What Sussur records, where it lives, what leaves your Mac, and how to handle recording consent.
Updated 2026-08-18
Sussur is built to keep your conversations yours. Here are the plain answers to the questions that matter most.
What is recorded?
During a session, Sussur transcribes the call on your Mac and can keep an audio recording and periodic screen captures locally so you can replay the conversation later. Transcription uses an on-device speech model — your audio never leaves your Mac to be transcribed.
What leaves my Mac?
Only what the AI needs to coach you:
- Transcript text and context go to the AI provider whose API key you configured, to generate coaching, summaries, and reports. This is the one thing that leaves, and it is text — never the audio, never the video, never a full session archive uploaded for storage. Run a local model with Ollama instead and even this stays on the Mac.
- Nothing goes to Sussur. There is no user account, no login and no server of ours in the request path, so we hold no email address, no usage counter and no copy of your transcripts. What the provider you chose does with the text is governed by their terms — read them.
- Anonymous, non-personal usage analytics (which features are used) unless you turn them off in Settings.
Nothing derived from a face or a voice leaves, because Sussur derives none. It makes no inference from facial expressions, emotion, or vocal tone — the coaching is read from the transcript, as text.
Where is my data stored?
Everything meeting-related lives in your Mac's Application Support folder for Sussur: the local database (contacts, sessions, transcripts), any recordings and screen captures, and automatic backups. You can export or delete it at any time — see Managing Your Data.
Who else can hear it?
No one, by default. Coaching is for you. The floating overlay can be hidden from screen-sharing tools so it isn't visible if you share your screen.
Do I have to tell the other person?
Heads up
Recording-consent laws vary by region (some places require all parties to consent). We recommend being transparent and disclosing when it helps to. Regardless of what you choose, Sussur keeps your audio and transcript on your device — the goal is to help you prepare and follow up, not to surveil anyone.
How do I delete everything?
Sussur includes a delete-all option, and you can remove the app and its data folder entirely. Step-by-step instructions are on Managing Your Data.
Note
For the formal policy and security posture, see Privacy Policy and Security.