Privacy Policy

• You can make clips without an account. We give your browser an anonymous device id so it remembers them.
• We keep a scrambled (hashed) version of your IP address, not the address itself, in our own records.
• We don’t show ads, we don’t sell data, and we don’t share it with advertisers.
• Full episode audio we fetch to make a transcript is deleted within about 7 days.
• You can ask us to delete your account and clips at any time.

A device id cookie. The first time you visit, we set a cookie called qd holding a random id. It lasts up to two years, and it’s only readable by our servers. We use it to remember which clips are yours on this device, to apply fair-use limits, and to count how many people use Quoth. It isn’t used for advertising and it doesn’t follow you to other sites.

A hashed IP address. We run your IP address through a one-way function with a secret ingredient, and keep the result. We use it to limit abuse and to avoid counting the same listener twice. We can’t turn it back into your IP address. Our hosting provider may keep ordinary server logs with IP addresses for a short time (see Vercel below).

Your clips. For each clip: the show and episode, the start and end time, the quote text, the short audio excerpt we cut, when it was made, and the device or account that made it.

Plays and usage. When someone opens or plays a clip we record that it happened, how long they listened, which site referred them, and their hashed device and IP. We also record the steps people take in Quoth (searching for a show, picking an episode, publishing a clip, tapping “keep listening”) so we can tell what works. We do this with our own records, not third-party analytics or ad trackers.

If you sign in. You can sign in with Google or an emailed magic link. We store your email address, and your display name and profile picture if Google provides them. We use this to show “clipped by” on your clips and to keep your clips together.

If you contact us. When you send a takedown, an opt-out request or an email, we keep what you send, including your name and email address, so we can deal with it and keep a record.

Podcast audio and transcripts. To find a line, we fetch the episode’s audio from the show’s public feed and turn it into a transcript. The full audio is deleted within about 7 days. We keep the transcript (words and timings) and a searchable index of it, so the next person doesn’t have to wait. Clip audio is kept for as long as the clip is live.

• We don’t sell your data or share it for advertising.
• We don’t run ads.
• We don’t build profiles to follow you around the web.
• We don’t ask for your contacts, location or microphone.

These companies process data for us, only to provide the service. We choose them carefully and they’re not allowed to use your data for their own purposes beyond what their terms with us permit.

• Supabase. Our database, sign-in and file storage. Data involved: Everything we store: account details, clips, clip audio, plays and transcripts.
• Vercel. Hosts the website, the API and the background processing. Data involved: Requests to quoth.fm, including IP addresses in standard server logs.
• Upstash. Rate limiting, so no one can flood the service. Data involved: Device ids and hashed IP addresses, used as counters.
• Resend. Sends sign-in links and takedown confirmations. Data involved: The email address it is sending to.
• OpenAI. Turns transcript text into search embeddings, and may also transcribe audio. Data involved: Transcript text and public podcast audio.

To turn episode audio into words we use one or more of the speech-to-text providers below, and we may add or change them over time. They receive public podcast audio, not information about you.

• Groq. Speech-to-text. Data involved: Public podcast audio.
• Together AI. Speech-to-text. Data involved: Public podcast audio.
• Deepgram. Speech-to-text. Data involved: Public podcast audio.
• Mistral. Speech-to-text. Data involved: Public podcast audio.

Some of these companies are based in, or process data in, the United States and other countries. We also share information when the law requires it, or to protect people from harm.

• Full episode audio: deleted within about 7 days.
• Clips and clip audio: until the clip is removed, by you, by us, or because a show or rights holder asked.
• Transcripts and the search index: kept, so the next person can find the same line quickly.
• Play, usage and rate-limit records: kept as long as we need them to run, protect and improve Quoth, then deleted or anonymized.
• Account details: until you delete your account.

You can ask to see, correct or delete what we hold about you, including your account and any clips made from your device or account. Email privacy@quoth.fm and tell us the email address you signed in with, or the link of a clip you made. We may need to check it’s really you.

You can block or clear the qd cookie in your browser at any time. Quoth will still work, but it won’t remember which clips are yours, and you’ll get a new device id.

Depending on where you live, you may have more rights under local law, such as the right to object to or limit how we use your data. Ask us and we’ll help.

Quoth is not for children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect data from them.

If we change this policy, we’ll update the date at the top, and tell you on the site if it’s a big change.

Questions? Email privacy@quoth.fm. The rules for using Quoth are in our Terms of Service.