Fact · Dictation software
Clovy's privacy policy says recordings stay on the device by default, unless the user sends them for model processing.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“Local Clovy app content, including the local app database, recordings, transcripts, files, sessions, and agent memory, remains on your device by default unless you send it to us for model processing”
Privacy Policy | OpenSoftware, Open Software Network, 2026, Data retention section.
Open the original- What it measures
- OpenSoftware's own privacy policy for Clovy, read in October 2026.
- What it does not show
- Audio sent for processing goes through the backend, which the policy says is designed not to show the request contents to Clovy.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Clovy: audio stays on device: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Clovy
- Feature
- Keeps audio on the maker's servers
- Detail
- On device by default
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not