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Privacy Policy
The short version
Beam is provided by Hangzhou Flourish Network Technology Co., Ltd (“Beam,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). Beam works locally on your iPhone, requires no Beam account, contains no advertising or tracking technology, and does not send recordings, transcripts, meeting details, People profiles, or searches to a Beam-operated server. If you enable iCloud sync, supported Beam content is stored in your private iCloud database so it can appear on your supported Apple devices.
Information Beam handles on your device
Depending on how you use the app, Beam may store the following in its protected app container:
- audio you record or import;
- transcripts, timing, titles, participants, context, and important terms;
- markers, highlight notes, and Decision, Action, or Question labels;
- scheduled meetings and linked Calendar event identifiers;
- local People entries, aliases, Vocabulary Sets, model choices, and preferences;
- processing state, requested export files, and verified purchase status.
This information supports recording, playback, on-device transcription, search, scheduling, organization, and export. Beam does not use it for advertising or cross-app tracking.
Microphone and on-device transcription
Beam requests microphone access only when you start a microphone check, meeting recording, or private voice profile. Transcription and voice-profile processing run on the device. Apple may download or release language-model assets selected on your iPhone. Beam does not send the recording, voice profile, or meeting context to a Beam server for launch-version processing.
Imported audio
When you choose a file through Apple’s document picker, Beam receives temporary access to inspect and copy that file into protected app storage. Beam does not modify or delete the original and does not retain broad access to the document provider.
Apple Contacts and Calendar
Contact exchange is optional and initiated by you. Beam imports only contacts you select and opens an Apple contact card for your review when exporting. Calendar access is optional and used only when you choose to link a scheduled meeting. Beam does not continuously read, upload, or synchronize your address book or unrelated calendar events.
Optional iCloud sync
If you enable iCloud sync, Beam copies supported recordings, transcripts, meeting details, highlights, and sync metadata to your private CloudKit database. This keeps Beam records consistent across supported Apple devices signed in to the same Apple Account. The private database belongs to you, is not visible to us through Apple’s developer portal, and counts toward your iCloud storage. Apple processes and protects this data under its own terms and privacy practices. Beam does not operate a separate sync server.
Purchases
Lifetime Pro purchases are processed by Apple. Beam does not receive payment-card details and reads only Apple’s verified purchase status to unlock eligible features.
Exports and sharing
When you request an export, Beam creates a local copy for the iOS share sheet. You choose the destination. After a file leaves Beam, that destination’s privacy practices and your sharing decisions apply.
Collection, analytics, and tracking
Beam has no advertising SDK, third-party analytics SDK, cross-app tracking, production cloud transcription, cloud summary, or CRM synchronization. We do not receive or sell your private iCloud content. Beam does not sell personal information.
Retention and deletion
Local meeting content remains until you delete it or remove the app. When iCloud sync is enabled, a private iCloud copy may remain after the app is removed from one device; changes and deletions made in Beam can propagate to your other Beam devices and private iCloud database. Deleting a meeting removes its Beam-managed audio, transcript, processing data, and derived export files from the app’s managed storage. Separately exported files, Apple Contacts or Calendar entries, App Store purchase history, and Apple-managed model assets remain under your or Apple’s control.
Security and recording responsibility
Beam uses iOS sandboxing and file-protection classes appropriate to local recording and background operation. No storage system is perfectly secure. You are responsible for the rights and permissions required to record, transcribe, store, and share a conversation under applicable law.
Children
Beam is not directed to children under the minimum age required to consent to data processing in their location.
Changes
We may update this policy as Beam or applicable obligations change. If a future version adds Beam-operated cloud processing or analytics, this policy and the App Store privacy disclosure will be updated before release.
Contact
Privacy: privacy@trybeam.ai
Support: support@trybeam.ai
Hangzhou Flourish Network Technology Co., Ltd
426 Binwen Rd Wenyuandasha 20-2527, Binjiang District
Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311100, Mainland China