Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2, 2026

Capito (“Capito”, “we”, “us”) turns audio you record into transcripts, study notes, and flashcards. This policy explains what we collect, why we collect it, how long we keep it, and the choices and rights you have. It applies to everyone who uses Capito, wherever you are in the world, and to every way of using it: the web app, the Capito app for Windows, and the Capito app for Android.

Capito is operated by an independent developer based in India. For any privacy question or request, contact us at contact@vitthalgoel.com.

What we collect

• Account information. Your email address and, if you provide it, your name. If you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email, and profile picture from Google.
• Audio you record or upload. The audio captured while you use Capito, from your microphone and, only when you choose it, from your computer’s own sound (for example an online class), plus any audio file you upload. It is held only long enough to transcribe it (see “How long we keep your data”). On a phone, a recording waits on your device until it has been uploaded, then is removed from it.
• Transcripts and derived content. The text transcript of your audio and the AI-generated title, notes, and flashcards produced from it, along with any notes you type, edits you make, and your flashcard scores.
• Your class schedule. If you use auto-recording, the timetable you set up so Capito knows when to record and remind you.
• Photos of your timetable. If you set up your schedule from a photo or screenshot, the image is sent to OpenAI to read your classes out of it. It is not stored.
• Billing information. If you buy credits, our payment processor (Razorpay) handles your card or payment details, we never see or store them. We keep a record of your purchases, credit balance, and payment references.
• Acceptance record. The date and version of the Terms and this policy you accepted, stored on your account.

We do not collect your location, your contacts, or an advertising ID, and Capito contains no advertising, analytics, or tracking software. Reminders and recording notifications are scheduled on your own device.

Permissions the apps ask for

Each one is asked for when you first use the feature that needs it, and only then.

• Microphone, to record. On Android, Capito shows an ongoing notification for as long as it is recording, so it can keep recording with the screen off.
• Notifications, for class reminders, the recording controls, and “your notes are ready”.
• Alarms and reminders (Android), so a class reminder arrives on time rather than minutes late.
• Photos or camera, only when you choose a picture of your timetable.
• Screen or tab sharing (browser), or computer audio (Windows app), only when you choose to record your computer’s sound. Capito keeps the audio and never records the picture.

How we use your data

• To transcribe your audio and generate notes and flashcards from it.
• To store your transcripts, notes, and folders so you can come back to them.
• To operate auto-recording against the schedule you set.
• To process payments, apply credits, and prevent abuse of the service.
• To respond to your support and privacy requests.

We do not sell your data, we do not use your recordings or notes for advertising, and we do not use your content to train our own models.

How long we keep your data

• Audio is deleted automatically. The moment a recording’s transcript is ready, the recording itself is deleted for good. We keep the words, not the audio. If a recording cannot be transcribed, or only part of it can, we hold on to the audio only so it can be tried again, and it goes when you delete the recording.
• Transcripts and notes are kept until you delete the recording or your account. Deleting a recording permanently removes its transcript, notes, and flashcards.
• Account and billing records (your balance and purchase history) are kept while your account exists and are deleted with it.

Who we share it with

Your recordings and notes are locked to your account. No other user can reach them, and nothing you record is ever made public. We share your data only with the companies that help us run Capito:

• Supabase stores your account, your notes, and your audio until it is transcribed.
• Vercel hosts the Capito web app and the servers it talks to.
• Groq and xAI turn your recording into words. Your audio is sent to one of them to be transcribed and the text comes back to us.
• OpenAI turns your transcript into notes and flashcards, reads the photo of your timetable if you send one, and transcribes audio when the other two are unavailable. Under the terms we work with them on, they do not use anything of yours to train their models.
• Razorpay processes payments if you buy credits.
• Google confirms who you are if you choose to sign in with Google.
• GitHub serves updates to the Capito app for Windows, which checks for them on its own. That check shares your IP address with GitHub and nothing else.

These companies process your data only to provide their part of Capito, on our instructions.

We may also disclose data if required by law, or to protect the rights, safety, and security of our users and the service.

Cookies and local storage

Capito uses no advertising, analytics, or tracking cookies, and nothing from another company follows you around the site. It stores only what it needs to work and the settings you choose:

• Sign-in cookies (sb-…-auth-token, on app.trycapito.com) keep you signed in. They are set when you sign in and removed when you sign out. While you sign in with Google, a short-lived cookie (sb-…-auth-token-code-verifier) makes sure the sign-in that comes back is the one you started.
• The cookie notice (capito-cookie-notice, on trycapito.com and app.trycapito.com) remembers that you closed it, for one year.
• Settings kept in your browser’s local storage, which stay on your device and are never sent to us: light or dark theme, whether you have picked between the web and Windows app, whether you have seen the welcome tour, which audio source you record from by default and for each class, and which scheduled classes were already auto-recorded today.
• Razorpay’s checkout loads only when you choose to buy credits. It may set its own cookies to process the payment and detect fraud, under Razorpay’s privacy policy.

Because each of these is needed for Capito to work, or only remembers a choice you made, they do not require your consent and there is nothing to switch off inside Capito. You can clear or block them in your browser’s settings at any time. If you block the sign-in cookies, you will not be able to stay signed in.

International transfers

Capito relies on the providers above, which may process and store data on servers outside your country, including in the United States. By using Capito you understand that your data may be transferred to and processed in countries whose data-protection laws differ from those where you live. We only use reputable providers that offer appropriate safeguards for this data.

Your rights and choices

Wherever you live, you can:

• Access and export. View your transcripts and notes in the app at any time, or email us for a copy of your data.
• Correct. Edit your notes and account name directly in the app.
• Delete. Delete any recording from the dashboard, this permanently removes its transcript, notes, and flashcards. You can delete your entire account and all associated data yourself, from your profile on the web or Windows app or from Account in the Android app, or by emailing us from the address on your account. Deletion is immediate and cannot be undone. Razorpay keeps its own record of any payment you made, as the law requires it to.

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in Europe or similar laws elsewhere), you may also have the right to object to or restrict certain processing, to data portability, and to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority. To exercise any of these rights, email contact@vitthalgoel.com.

Security

Data is transmitted over encrypted connections and access to your content is restricted to your own account. No online service can promise perfect security, but we work to protect your data and to keep only what we need for as long as we need it.

Children

Capito is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age of digital consent in your country), and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the service evolves. Material changes will be posted here with a new “Last updated” date, and we will ask you to accept the updated policy the next time you use Capito.

Contact

Questions or requests about your privacy: contact@vitthalgoel.com.