Your data and privacy
Your conversations are personal. This page explains, in plain language, what TalkStik records, what happens to it, who can see what, and how to take your data with you or delete it entirely. No legal reading level required. The formal versions live in our Privacy Policy and U.S. States Privacy Notice, and this page will always match them.
What we record, and what happens to it
Section titled “What we record, and what happens to it”During a session, TalkStik captures audio. Your voices, nothing else. No video, ever.
That audio follows one path:
- Audio. Each phone records its own speaker during the session.
- Transcript. The audio becomes text.
- Reflection. AI reads the text and writes your reflections and your shared Field.
The raw audio is deleted within 24 hours of the recording. Every session, automatically, whether or not you ever touch a setting. What stays afterward are the transcript and the reports, and those live in your session history.
We do not use your conversations to train AI models, and we do not allow our providers to.
Who can see what
Section titled “Who can see what”The conversation belonged to both of you, so some things are shared. The private parts stay private.
| What | Who sees it |
|---|---|
| Transcript | Both of you. It is your shared conversation. |
| Your reflection | Only you. Your partner has their own. |
| Action plan | Only you. |
| The Field | Both of you see the same thing. |
No one else sees any of it. Transcripts and reports are not public, not shared with other users, and not browsable by anyone who is not in the session.
Export a copy of your data
Section titled “Export a copy of your data”You can download everything we hold about you, any time, right from the app:
- Open the menu and tap Profile.
- Tap Your data.
- Start the export. It gathers your account details, sessions, transcripts, and reports.
The download link it prepares expires after about 5 minutes, so grab the file when it is ready. You can export as often as you like. Details on the Profile guide.
Delete your account
Section titled “Delete your account”Deleting your account is permanent:
- Open the menu and tap Profile.
- Tap Delete my account.
- Confirm.
That removes your account details, your recordings, and the transcripts of what you said. It takes effect right away and cannot be undone, so if you want to keep anything, export first. It also deletes the record our subscription provider keeps of you.
What deletion cannot reach: the other person’s half. Every session had two people in it. The other person’s recording of their own side belongs to them, so their transcript of that session stays in their history, and so does the report for that session. Your name is replaced with “Deleted user” in the report and in the session record. We cannot edit what someone else actually said, so if they spoke your name out loud, it is still in their transcript. You can delete your side of a conversation. You cannot delete theirs.
Two things deletion does not do. It does not cancel an App Store or Google Play subscription, Apple and Google manage those, so cancel in your Apple or Google account settings. And we keep our own billing record with your personal details stripped out, because tax and accounting rules require it.
If you can’t use the app
Section titled “If you can’t use the app”No phone, can’t sign in, or the app is long gone? You can still exercise every right on this page by email. Write to [email protected] and tell us what you need: deletion, a copy of your data, or a correction.
You can write to us from any email address. It does not need to be the one on your TalkStik account.
We are required to verify that a request really comes from you, so we may ask a question or two before acting on it. We respond within the timelines your state’s law requires, which in most U.S. states is 45 days.
The documents behind this page
Section titled “The documents behind this page”Questions about any of this? Email [email protected]. A person reads it.