Acceptable Use Policy

Effective date: May 2, 2026 · What changed: section 4 now acknowledges that BYOK AI cleanup sends transcripts to the third-party LLM provider you configured, rather than asserting we never see your content. Abuse reports (section 5) and policy questions (section 7) now route to [email protected].

1. What this policy is

This Acceptable Use Policy describes the categories of behavior that are not allowed when using WhisprDesk. It is part of, and should be read alongside, our Terms of Service. If a situation is not explicitly covered here but clearly violates the spirit of the Terms, we reserve the right to act on it.

2. What you can do

• Use WhisprDesk for personal work, professional work, or any creative or productive purpose
• Transcribe meetings, lectures, voice memos, and dictation that you have the legal right to record
• Use the optional bring-your-own-key AI features with your own provider account
• Activate the app on multiple Macs you own or control, up to your license's activation limit
• Build automations or workflows on top of WhisprDesk via the local API gateway, for your own use

3. What you cannot do

3.1 Recording without consent

You are responsible for ensuring that any audio you record and transcribe was captured lawfully. Most jurisdictions require either one-party or all-party consent to record a conversation. Do not use WhisprDesk to capture audio of people who have not consented where that consent is legally required, including:

• Recording private conversations without the participants' knowledge in two-party-consent jurisdictions
• Recording calls without disclosing the recording where disclosure is required
• Recording in places where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy (changing rooms, bathrooms, private offices)

3.2 Unlawful or harmful content

Do not use WhisprDesk to transcribe, store, or process content that:

• Is illegal under the laws of your jurisdiction or the United States, including child sexual abuse material, material that incites violence, or material that infringes copyright you do not hold
• Violates any person's privacy, defames any person, or constitutes harassment, stalking, or threats
• Was obtained through unauthorized access to a system, network, or account

3.3 Software abuse

• Do not reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software except to the extent expressly permitted by law
• Do not attempt to circumvent the license activation mechanism or use a license key that was not issued to you
• Do not redistribute, resell, sublicense, rent, or transfer WhisprDesk or any license key
• Do not remove or modify any proprietary notices, trademarks, or copyright marks
• Do not use WhisprDesk, its outputs, or its model behavior to develop, train, evaluate, or benchmark a product that competes with WhisprDesk

3.4 Infrastructure abuse

• Do not use WhisprDesk in a manner that overburdens our license validation infrastructure or that of our processors (Lemon Squeezy, Cloudflare, Apple)
• Do not script or automate license activation, deactivation, or validation requests beyond ordinary single-user usage
• Do not expose the local API gateway over the public internet, and do not use it to provide transcription as a service to users other than yourself or members of your immediate household or team operating under your license. Internal automations on your own machines, and team-internal use within your license activation limit, are fine.

4. Recording consent is your responsibility

We provide a tool that runs on your Mac and transcribes the audio you choose to capture. WhisprDesk processes audio and transcripts locally on your device by default; we do not receive or store your recordings on our servers. The legal responsibility for what you record, transcribe, and store, including obtaining any consent required by the laws of your jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of every participant in a conversation, rests with you. If you enable optional BYOK AI features, transcripts are sent from your Mac to the third-party AI provider you configured; that provider's terms apply to that processing.

5. Reporting abuse

If you believe a license holder is using WhisprDesk in violation of this policy (for example, redistributing license keys or using the software to violate someone's privacy), email [email protected] with the subject line “Acceptable Use Report” and as much detail as you can provide. We investigate every credible report.

6. Consequences of violation

We may suspend or revoke a license that we determine, in good faith, has been used in material violation of this policy. We may also report serious violations to the appropriate authorities. License revocation does not entitle you to a refund.

7. Contact

Questions about this policy? Email [email protected].