Desktop Privacy Notice

About the Privacy Notice Audacity versions 3.0.2 and earlier are not subject to the privacy notice below as they do not include networking features With this updated version of our privacy notice below (dated 28 August 2022), we (the Audacity Team) would like to outline the changes that will c

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@cypnk uff…

> "The App we provide is not intended for individuals below the age of 13. If you are under 13 years old, please do not use the App."

So no more audacity in schools now. Who would have thought of anything useful kids under 13 could do with audio recording and editing software…

And all to to happily collect data from users.

@cypnk So I asked the question officially: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1213#issuecomment-873615759

And I already know the unofficial answer "No worries, children will use it anyway" and it's true. Children will use it anyway. And the privacy policy only exists to satisfy the lawyers. Just like facebook or tiktok or twitter. I expect more from free software…

It might also be a sign, that there is no sense in providing privacy policies that can simply exclude children.

New privacy policy is completely unacceptable! · Issue #1213 · audacity/audacity

For anyone not yet aware the official privacy policy was updated on the 2nd of July and contains some very disturbing things, most notably under data collection is "Data necessary for law enfo...