Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 7, 2026

This page describes what data Studio Buddy collects, where it goes, and how to remove it. The product handles audio-mixing conversations for individual Logic Pro users on macOS; the footprint is deliberately small. Studio Buddy is for adults — you must be 18 or older to use it, and we don't knowingly collect data from anyone under 18.

What we collect

  • Account data — email address, a Supabase-managed password hash, and a Stripe customer ID once you subscribe.
  • Chat content— the messages you send to the agent and the assistant replies, stored on your Mac. They're sent to our AI providers at request time to generate each reply (details below).
  • Screenshots— when the agent needs to see your Logic window, a screenshot is captured (with your macOS Screen Recording permission) and sent to our AI provider as part of that request. Screenshots are processed transiently to generate the reply; we don't store them on our servers.
  • Audio clips— if you ask Studio Buddy to listen and you've allowed audio analysis, short clips of your playback audio are sent to our AI provider for analysis. Processed transiently; we don't store the clips.
  • Usage counters — per-billing-period token counts and request counts, used to enforce the monthly plan budget.
  • Crash / bug reports — if you flag an assistant reply or submit a bug report, the flagged text (and any note you add) is stored server-side so we can investigate.
  • Shared conversations (default on; opt-out in Settings) — your messages, the assistant replies, and the tool-call summaries from each completed turn are uploaded so we can review them and improve the product. Screenshots and audio are not included in these uploads. When a tool call fails, the automatic error report includes the tool name and its input and output data. This is on by default for new accounts so we can learn what works while the product is early. You can turn it off any time in the Companion app under Settings → Privacy; once off, no further turns are uploaded.

Where it goes

We use a small set of service providers (sub-processors) to run Studio Buddy:

  • Google (Gemini API)— chat messages, mix context, screenshots, and (with your permission) audio clips are sent to Google's Gemini API at request time to generate replies and audio analysis. We use the paid API tier: Google does not use this data to train or improve its models, and retains it only briefly for abuse monitoring.
  • Anthropic (Claude API)— some requests are served by Anthropic's Claude models under the same pattern. Anthropic does not train on this data and deletes it within about 30 days (longer only if a request is flagged for a safety violation).
  • Stripe — billing identifiers and invoices. We never see your card number.
  • Supabase — account credentials, subscription state, usage counters, and shared conversations. US region.
  • Vercel— runs our API proxy and serves this website. Request metadata (IP, user-agent) passes through Vercel's edge logs per Vercel's standard retention. US primary region.
  • Your Mac — chat threads, conversation history, song briefs, and the plugin-streamed audio metrics live on-device at `~/Library/Application Support/StudioBuddy/`.

For users in the EU/UK: we process account and chat data to perform our contract with you, and product-security data under legitimate interest. Transfers to the US providers above are covered by their standard contractual clauses / data processing agreements.

Audio data

The Studio Buddy plugin computes metrics (loudness, spectral balance, stereo width, phase correlation) on your tracks and sends only those metrics to the companion app on your Mac. Those metrics never leave your machine.

Separately, when you ask Studio Buddy to listen, the companion can send short clips of your playback audio to our AI provider for analysis. This only happens after you explicitly allow it in an in-app permission prompt, and you can turn it off anytime in Settings → Privacy under "Audio analysis." We don't store the clips.

Analytics and cookies

This site uses Vercel Analytics for anonymous, cookieless page-view counts. No tracking cookies and no advertising pixels. Only the Supabase session cookie is set after you sign in, and it's required for the site to recognize you across pages. Because we don't track you, we don't respond to browser Do Not Track signals — there's nothing to turn off.

Your rights

You can request a copy of the data we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it — regardless of where you live. EU/UK users additionally have the rights to portability, restriction, and objection under GDPR, and can lodge a complaint with their supervisory authority. To exercise any of these, email support@studiobuddy.ai from the address on your account; we respond within 30 days.

Deleting your data

Email support@studiobuddy.ai from the address on your account. We remove your Supabase account, subscription record, usage history, shared conversations, and any flagged-reply notes within 7 days. Local on-device data you control directly — delete `~/Library/Application Support/StudioBuddy/` to wipe it.

Changes

If we change what we collect or where it goes, we'll update this page and note the new effective date above. Material changes will also be announced by email.

Contact

Questions, data requests, or concerns: support@studiobuddy.ai.