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Privacy Policy
EavesJam is a local-first song memory app for music people hear in real life. It uses the iPhone microphone and Apple's ShazamKit framework to identify songs during listening sessions the user starts.
Summary
EavesJam stores recognized song metadata and listening-session records locally on the user's device. EavesJam does not store raw microphone audio and does not operate a separate song-recognition server.
Data EavesJam Stores On Device
- Recognized song metadata, such as title, artist, artwork URL, Shazam or Apple Music links when provided, genres, match timing, and confidence when available.
- Listening-window records, including listening, no-match, unavailable, and interrupted periods.
- User-created folders, favorites, and notes.
- Listening settings, including the optional session timer and repeat-collapse window.
- Recent diagnostic events, including audio route, app background/foreground transitions, mic input level classification, interruptions, audio graph setup, matches, and no-match details.
- Battery measurement rows for listening sessions, including start/end battery level, charging state, and duration.
This data stays on the user's device. When the user chooses Share, EavesJam gives song links to the iOS share sheet.
Microphone Use
EavesJam asks for microphone permission so it can recognize songs physically reaching the iPhone microphone. Listening starts only after the user starts a session, and the app shows active listening state and a Stop control while listening is active.
While listening is active, the microphone stream is used for song recognition through ShazamKit and for local input-level diagnostics such as whether the signal was strong, usable, quiet, or very quiet. To identify a song, EavesJam converts short windows of microphone audio into a compact acoustic signature and sends that signature to Apple's ShazamKit service over the network for matching. Raw microphone audio is not stored by EavesJam and is not sent anywhere. Acoustic signatures are used transiently for matching and are not saved by EavesJam.
ShazamKit And Apple Services
EavesJam uses Apple's ShazamKit framework to match music. ShazamKit and related Apple services are provided by Apple. EavesJam does not control Apple's processing of ShazamKit requests or Apple's privacy practices.
If ShazamKit returns Apple Music or Shazam metadata, EavesJam may display that metadata and links in the app.
Data EavesJam Does Not Collect
- No EavesJam account is required.
- The user's local EavesJam library is not uploaded to an EavesJam server.
- Personal data is not sold.
- Users are not tracked across apps or websites.
- Raw microphone audio is not stored by EavesJam.
- Recognized music data is not used for advertising.
Permissions
EavesJam may request microphone permission, which is required for song recognition. Future versions may request additional permissions only if a user-facing feature needs them, such as export, backup, sync, location-based session labels, or companion-device listening.
Deleting Data
The Settings screen includes a local delete action that removes saved songs, folders, listening-window records, diagnostics, and battery measurements from the device. Deleting the app from the device also removes the locally stored EavesJam library.
Sharing
When you tap Share, EavesJam passes Apple Music or Shazam song links to the iOS share sheet. It does not include album artwork, personal notes, folder names, or listening times in the shared content. The service or receiving app may display its own link preview. EavesJam itself does not upload your library.
Children's Privacy
EavesJam is not designed for children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Website Analytics
The EavesJam website uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand page visits and page performance. Cloudflare receives analytics measurements from your browser. Cloudflare states that this service does not use cookies or track individual visitors across its customers’ websites. This website service does not receive your EavesJam song library or microphone audio.
Read Cloudflare’s Web Analytics documentation for details.
Changes
This policy should be updated whenever EavesJam changes its data practices, including adding accounts, sync, backup, export, analytics, crash reporting, cloud storage, location, Apple Music library access, or third-party SDKs.
Contact
Owner: INITIATOR LLC
Contact: support@initiatorworks.com