Spool Privacy Policy
The short version. Spool has no account and no server of its own. Your thoughts live on your devices and in your private iCloud. We can't read them.
What the app stores, and where
- Your thoughts, the streams they're filed in, and the context captured with each thought (time, meeting title and attendees, the app, window title and page address in front, and places you saved) are stored on your device and synced through your private iCloud database, under your Apple ID. Apple's privacy policy covers iCloud. Mala Studio has no access to it.
- Your API key is stored in the system Keychain.
- Diagnostic reports (crashes and performance) are kept on your device. They're only shared if you choose to send them.
What leaves your device
- To file a thought and to answer questions, Spool sends the text of the thought and its context to Anthropic's API: the meeting title and attendee names (or email addresses where there's no name), the app, window title and page address, the names of your streams, people and saved places, and a few recent thoughts. Anthropic processes this to return a result, under its own terms and privacy policy.
- Location coordinates are never sent to Anthropic. They may be sent to Apple Maps to look up a place name.
- Nothing from the app is sent to Mala Studio. Spool has no analytics, no advertising and no tracking.
Permissions
Calendar, location, Accessibility and Automation access are each optional and are used only for the features described above. You can turn them off in system Settings at any time.
This website and the beta list
If you sign up for the beta, we keep the email address, the devices you picked and any note you wrote, so we can send you an invite and beta updates. It's stored with our web host, Cloudflare. We don't record your IP address with it, use tracking cookies, or share the list with anyone. To be removed, email [privacy email].
Deleting your data
Deleting a thought moves it to Recently Deleted for 30 days and then removes it from your devices and your iCloud. Deleting the app and its iCloud data (Settings ▸ your name ▸ iCloud ▸ Manage Storage) removes everything.
Children
Spool isn't directed at children under 13.
Changes
We'll update this page when the policy changes, and note the date above.