Privacy policy.
Your music is personal. Here's how we approach your information.
Fermata is a music accompaniment application in development for iPhone and iPad. This policy describes how this pre-launch website operates and our intended approach to audio within the future app. We will update this page to reflect the actual released app and any third-party services before launch.
1. What information this website collects
Browsing this static website does not require an account. We do not currently add advertising pixels or first-party analytics scripts. Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, may process technical information such as IP addresses and request details to serve the website and protect it from abuse, under its own applicable policies.
If you join the optional waitlist, you provide your name and email address, and any optional comments or feedback you choose to include, through a form provided by Google Forms. Google processes that information so we can maintain the waitlist and send Fermata development, beta, and launch updates. We do not sell waitlist information.
2. Microphone audio in the planned app
Fermata is designed to use the device microphone to detect a musician's playing and synchronize an accompaniment. Our intended architecture performs this analysis on the iPhone or iPad itself, rather than sending microphone audio to a server or third-party AI service for processing.
Microphone access will require your permission in iOS/iPadOS. The app is intended to use the microphone only during a practice session or other clearly disclosed audio feature. These statements describe our design commitments and will be verified and updated before the app is released.
3. Practice recordings and local storage
We may offer optional practice-session recording or playback. If offered, we intend to store those recordings on the device, with user controls for deletion and export. Details of recording behavior, retention, device backups (including possible iCloud backups), and file sharing will be confirmed in this policy before release. Recording will not be assumed merely because you use live accompaniment.
4. Email updates and your choices
Joining the waitlist is voluntary. You can withdraw consent for future promotional email updates at any time through the unsubscribe method included in such messages, or by emailing fermataaccompaniment@gmail.com or visiting our Support page. If you request removal from the waitlist, we will delete or suppress your details as appropriate, subject to any legal retention obligations.
5. Providers and sharing
We use Cloudflare to host and secure the website, and use Google Forms for waitlist submissions. If we connect the form to other services, such as an email delivery service or spreadsheet provider, we will update this disclosure as appropriate. We do not share your information with advertising networks for behavioral advertising.
6. Future purchases and optional services
Fermata may offer paid features or subscriptions through Apple's in-app purchasing system. If implemented, purchases will be processed by Apple under its own terms. We will update this policy if the app later adds accounts, analytics, crash reporting, cloud sync, or other services that handle personal data.
7. Children's privacy
The pre-launch waitlist is not intentionally designed to collect information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the waitlist, email fermataaccompaniment@gmail.com or visit our Support page.
8. Updates to this policy
We may update this policy as Fermata develops. Material changes to how personal information is handled will be reflected on this page with a revised date. We will not introduce server-side audio processing without corresponding changes to product disclosures and appropriate consent.
9. Contact and data requests
For privacy questions or requests regarding your waitlist information, email fermataaccompaniment@gmail.com or visit our Support page.