Privacy.
Last updated 9 June 2026
Settle is built around the idea that you can leave a Mac listening for your dog without giving up your privacy — yours, your household's, or anyone passing through the room. This page is the plain version of how that works.
We never record, save, or transmit audio. The microphone stream is analysed on your Mac, one second at a time, and only the resulting summary numbers (was that second "bark" or "quiet" — and how confident) leave the audio pipeline. The raw audio is discarded.
What we collect
- Your email — when you sign up. Used to authenticate you and recover your account.
- Your dog's profile — name, an optional photo you upload, and the "how do they cope" answer from onboarding.
- Session summaries — for each listening session: start/end time, total length, how many seconds had any bark detected, how many distinct barking spells, longest quiet stretch, and a per-minute and per-second timeline of whether that second contained any bark sound. No audio.
- Anonymous diagnostics — if the app crashes, a stack trace and the macOS version go to Sentry so we can fix it. Email and dog info are scrubbed before sending.
What we never collect
- Audio bytes — not stored, not transmitted, not retained anywhere.
- What the audio sounds like beyond the dog/not-dog classification.
- Your location.
- Other apps on your Mac, what you type, or what you browse.
- Anyone else's voice or conversation in the room.
Where your data lives
Everything except the diagnostics above is stored in Supabase, hosted in the EU (Frankfurt region). Database rows are protected by row-level security — only the account that created a row can read it. The publishable API key embedded in the app cannot read other users' data; the only way to bulk-export anyone's history is via an admin key that lives on a single laptop.
How to delete your data
Two paths, both work today:
- In the app: Settings → Account → Sign out, then email feedback@settle.dog from the address you signed up with and we'll wipe the account inside 7 days.
- Specific sessions can be deleted in-app — Summary → Discard this session, or right-click a row in Progress and pick Delete. Cloud deletion is immediate.
Cookies and analytics
This site uses no cookies. We use privacy-friendly analytics (Plausible / Umami) to count page views — no individual visitor tracking, no fingerprinting, no GDPR banner needed.
Children
Settle isn't aimed at children, and we don't knowingly collect data from anyone under 16.
Changes
If we change this policy in a way that meaningfully affects what we collect, we'll update the "Last updated" date above and ping you by email if you have an account.
Contact
Questions or a deletion request: feedback@settle.dog.