VTK Audio Culler Privacy Policy
Privacy and data handling

Privacy Policy for VTK Audio Culler

This Privacy Policy explains how VTK Audio Culler handles information when the app is used to review, mark, and export image files. It is written for a desktop workflow where users choose folders locally and use optional voice input while culling.

Effective date: May 30, 2026 Applies to: VTK Audio Culler

1. Overview

VTK Audio Culler is designed to help users review images, assign culling marks such as yes, no, or maybe, and export selected files into organized folders. The app is intended to work primarily with files that the user selects directly on their device.

In general: the app is designed around local file access and user-initiated actions. Folder access, speech features, and exporting only occur when the user chooses to use those features.

2. Information the app accesses

The app may access the following categories of information when used:

  • Selected file and folder data: image files and folder paths the user chooses to open or export to.
  • Culling decisions: marks such as yes, no, or maybe applied during the review process.
  • Speech input: short spoken commands when voice control is enabled by the user.
  • Basic app status information: transient information needed to display state, errors, and export results during use.

The app is not intended to collect personal profile data, account information, or unrelated device content beyond the folders and permissions explicitly chosen by the user.

3. How information is used

Information accessed by the app is used only to provide the app's core functionality, including:

  • Displaying selected images for review.
  • Tracking the current culling mark for each item in the active session.
  • Filtering image views by marked status.
  • Processing user voice commands for navigation and marking.
  • Copying marked images to export folders chosen by the user.

The app is not intended to use selected images or spoken commands for advertising, behavioral profiling, or unrelated analytics.

4. Speech and microphone access

If the user enables voice control, VTK Audio Culler requests access to speech recognition and microphone input so that spoken commands such as yes, no, maybe, skip, and back can be recognized while culling.

  • Voice features are optional.
  • Voice processing is used only to support command-based interaction in the app.
  • If permission is denied, the app can still be used with manual controls.

Speech recognition services may involve Apple platform services depending on system behavior and device configuration. Users should also review Apple's platform privacy information for speech-related services where applicable.

5. Data sharing

VTK Audio Culler is not intended to sell personal information or share user-selected image data with third parties for marketing purposes.

Data may be processed by operating system components or platform services when required for features such as speech recognition, file access permissions, app distribution, or purchase handling through the App Store.

6. Data storage and retention

The app is designed to operate mainly on local data chosen by the user during active use. Exported files are written to folders selected by the user, and any retained file organization created by the app exists in those user-selected locations.

  • Source images remain in their original location unless the user changes them outside the app.
  • Exported copies remain in the destination chosen by the user until removed by the user.
  • Temporary in-app state may be held only as needed during the active session.

7. Security

Reasonable efforts should be used to limit access to files and permissions to the scope required for the app to function. However, no software or storage environment can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Users are responsible for securing their own devices, storage locations, backups, and any folders chosen for export.

8. Your choices

Users can control privacy-related behavior in several ways:

  • Choose which folders to open.
  • Choose which export destination to use.
  • Allow or deny microphone and speech recognition permissions.
  • Stop using voice commands and continue with manual controls.
  • Delete exported files or reorganize output folders at any time.

9. Children's privacy

VTK Audio Culler is not directed to children under 13 and is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children.

10. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the app, legal requirements, or platform policies. When updates are made, the effective date should be revised accordingly.

11. Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or privacy-related requests, contact the app publisher using the support contact provided on the App Store listing or official support page.

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