Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Sufle: Video Teleprompter (also shown on the App Store as Teleprompter Sufle; the “app”) is operated by:

This Policy explains how information is handled in the app for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS and on this supporting website.

2. The short version

3. Information handled by the app

Scripts and app settings

Scripts you write or import, and your prompter settings, are stored on your device. When iCloud is available on the device, scripts are synchronized automatically through your private iCloud database (Apple CloudKit) across devices signed in to the same Apple Account, and small preference values may synchronize through Apple’s iCloud key-value storage. We operate no server of our own and cannot read this data; Apple processes the records and technical identifiers needed to synchronize it.

Text can also reach the app through the system share sheet or the sufle:// link scheme. Imported text is processed on the device only, like any other script.

Recordings and video projects

Videos you record and the projects you edit are stored locally in the app’s own storage on your device. They are not uploaded to us or to any third party by the app. A finished video is added to your photo library only when you choose to save it, and shared only when you choose to share it.

Camera, microphone and photo library

The app requests camera and microphone access to record your video, and photo-library access to save the result. These permissions are used only while you use the corresponding feature. The app does not scan your photo library and does not record when you are not recording.

Personal usage statistics

The app keeps simple lifetime statistics (for example, how much you have recorded) to show them to you. They are stored on your device and may synchronize through your iCloud key-value storage. They are not transmitted to us.

Remote control over the local network

The WiFi remote control connects your devices directly to each other over the local network using Apple’s peer-to-peer networking (Bonjour service _sufle-mpc._tcp). Prompter commands travel between your devices only; nothing is routed through us. The app asks for the local-network permission solely for this feature.

Purchases and subscriptions

Purchases are processed by Apple through In-App Purchase. We do not receive payment-card details.

RevenueCat helps the app validate purchases and determine which features are unlocked. RevenueCat processes a randomly generated, anonymous App User ID, purchase and subscription history, receipt and transaction status, trial, renewal and expiration information, and limited technical information needed to provide this service. Your scripts and videos are never sent to RevenueCat.

Notifications

The app may show local notifications (delivered quietly unless you opt in to prominent delivery) and uses silent CloudKit notifications to keep iCloud sync fresh. Silent notifications display no alert, sound or badge. We do not send marketing push notifications.

What the app does not do

The app contains no advertising SDK, no tracking SDK, no behavioural-analytics SDK and no social-network integration, and it creates no developer-operated account. It does not use voice recognition, transcription, or artificial-intelligence training on your content.

4. Support communications

You can contact us by email, or through Telegram or WhatsApp. We process the information you choose to provide — such as your contact details, message, and attachments — to answer the request and keep records reasonably required for support, security, or legal purposes. Telegram and WhatsApp handle messages under their own privacy terms.

5. Website information

This website is a static site. It uses no cookies, no advertising, no analytics, and no tracking technologies, and it sets no identifiers in your browser.

The hosting provider that delivers the site may process technical request information — such as IP address, browser and device information, requested URL, and request time — in server logs to deliver and protect the website.

6. How information is used

Information is used only to:

• store, synchronize, and restore your scripts and settings at your direction;
• record, edit, and save your videos on your device;
• deliver purchased features and restore purchases;
• maintain security, synchronization, and technical operation;
• answer support and privacy requests; and
• comply with applicable legal obligations.

Where EEA or UK data-protection law applies, processing is based, as appropriate, on providing a feature you request, our legitimate interest in securely operating the app and website, compliance with legal obligations, or consent where applicable law requires it.

7. Service providers and disclosures

Information may be processed by:

• Apple, for iCloud, CloudKit, silent notifications, In-App Purchase, subscriptions, and purchase restoration;
• RevenueCat, for purchase validation and access management;
• the website hosting provider, for delivery and security of this site.

We may disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect users, rights, safety, or the security of the service.

We do not sell personal information. We do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising, targeted advertising, or third-party marketing.

These providers may process information in countries other than your country under their own privacy terms and applicable transfer safeguards.

8. Retention and deletion

• Scripts and settings are retained until you delete them. Deleting a script in the app removes the local copy and requests removal of the synchronized iCloud copy.
• Recordings and projects stay on your device until you delete them in the app or delete the app. Videos saved to your photo library remain there under your control.
• Apple and RevenueCat retain purchase information as necessary to validate, restore, administer, and legally document transactions under their respective policies.
• Support correspondence and legally required business records are retained only as long as reasonably necessary for those purposes.
• The hosting provider retains technical website logs according to its service configuration and privacy policy.

Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription and does not delete scripts already synchronized to your iCloud. Delete scripts in the app first, or manage the app’s iCloud data in your device’s iCloud settings.

9. Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or objection, to withdraw consent, or to complain to a data-protection authority.

The quickest way to delete your content is directly in the app. Because the app has no account with us and your iCloud data is associated with your Apple Account, we generally cannot locate or delete that private data ourselves — it is under your control on your devices and in your iCloud.

You can exercise applicable rights by contacting obrienser@gmail.com. We may request reasonable information to verify the request. We will never ask for an Apple Account password. Requests concerning Apple’s transaction records or your Apple Account must be made directly to Apple.

10. Children

The app is a general-audience tool for recording videos and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children; as described above, the app does not collect personal information from anyone.

11. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards appropriate to the information handled by the app, including Apple’s private iCloud storage and iOS file protection for local content. No storage or transmission system can be guaranteed completely secure.

12. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy when the app, its providers, or legal requirements change. The revised Policy will show a new effective date. Material changes will be communicated in an appropriate manner before they take effect where required.

13. Contact