In short: your Licks and recordings stay on your device. We only receive anonymous error reports and website traffic statistics, which we use to fix bugs and see whether people use LickLog.
Last updated: November 5, 2026
Where your data is stored
- Licks and playlists : stored in this browser's IndexedDB, only on your device, and never uploaded. No account is needed.
- Recordings : sound from your microphone is analyzed and turned into notes only in the browser, and does not leave your device. Recordings are held temporarily in memory and discarded once you save, leaving only the notes. They also disappear when you close the page.
- Preferences : volume, layout switches, print options, your last backup time, recording gear latency (including microphone names) and similar settings are stored in the browser's localStorage.
- Clearing the browser's site data deletes all of the above, and we cannot recover it for you. Use Full backup in the Library to keep your own copy.
What data is sent
- Error reports ( Sentry ): when the app runs into an error, it sends the error message, the location in the code, your browser and operating system versions, and the page you were on. Reports do not include the titles, comments, notes or recordings of your Licks. IP addresses are not recorded, and your actions on screen are not recorded either.
- Problem reports (also sent to Sentry): sent only when you press Report a problem in the footer and submit. They contain the type you chose, your description, your email if you provide one, and the current page and your browser and operating system versions. They do not include Lick content. Your email is used only to reply to that report.
- Website traffic statistics ( Cloudflare Web Analytics ): which pages were viewed, which site you came from, your browser, your country or region, and page load speed. It uses no cookies, does not track individuals, and does not track you across websites.
- Website hosting : the website is hosted on Cloudflare. As with any website, the host receives connection information (such as your IP address) when a page loads. Cloudflare handles it under its privacy policy to deliver web pages and protect against attacks.
- Share links : created only when you press Share. The title, tags, comments, chords and notes of the Lick (plus the playlist name when sharing a playlist; comments can be left out) are first encrypted in your browser, and the encrypted content is then stored in our storage on Cloudflare. The key that unlocks the content exists only in the link and is not sent to the server, so we cannot read the content. A link stops working after 7 days without being opened, and its content is deleted from storage some time after that. To prevent abuse, your IP address is used to count uploads, but it is not stored. When uploading isn't possible (for example, when offline), the content is encoded directly into the link and does not pass through the server. Wherever you paste a link, that platform handles it under its own rules, and anyone with the link can see the content. A link cannot be taken back before it stops working.
- Donations : Donate lets you pick a platform: Ko-fi for most countries, or Portaly in Taiwan. Either one opens that platform's website. Payments and information you leave there are handled by the platform and its payment services (such as PayPal) under their privacy policies. LickLog itself does not receive your payment information.
What we don't do
- We don't require sign-up or collect names. We only receive an email address if you enter one in a problem report.
- We don't show ads, and we don't sell or share data with advertisers.
- We don't use tracking cookies.
Changes to this policy
If sign-in and cloud sync are added later, only then would Licks be uploaded to a server. We will update this policy and let you know in the app before that launches. When the content changes, the Last updated date above changes too.
Contact us
For any questions about privacy or your data, write to licklog.support@gmail.com