AirSound is provided by Claritas Technology, Ngeme Stadium Entrance, Limbe, Southwest Region, Cameroon. Contact us about privacy or support at [email protected]. Our company website is https://claritas.technology.
Scope
This policy covers AirSound Pro's Android app and its local audio-sharing features. AirSound Pro has no advertising SDK, developer account system or developer-operated audio upload service. Google Cast uses Google’s Cast SDK, which has its own technical data collection described below. An advertising-funded Free edition will need its own disclosures before advertising is enabled.
Audio and Android permissions
AirSound asks for Android audio access and screen-sharing authorization to capture audio from apps that permit capture. Although Android calls the consent screen sharing, this workflow does not capture or transmit screen images. Microphone is a separate source you may explicitly choose in General audio settings. It captures your voice and nearby sound with Android microphone permission; it is not equivalent to internal app audio. AirSound never switches to it silently. Audio is processed in memory, including your equalizer adjustments, then sent to the receiver or network player you choose. It is not saved as a new recording by AirSound. Source apps and protected content may prevent capture.
You can stop sharing in AirSound, tap Disconnect with the power icon in its notification, or use Android’s sharing controls. The notification Disconnect action ends both the receiver connection and capture. Disconnecting a receiver closes that transport but may keep the approved sharing session active for reconnection. After five minutes without a selected receiver, the session ends. Revoking Android permission also ends access. A new sharing session requires Android's authorization.
Local discovery and connections
With discovery enabled, AirSound uses local network discovery to find receivers. It processes advertised device names, local addresses, ports and supported services. DLNA discovery also requests a device's local description and control endpoints. Discovered entries are held in memory. Discovery can be disabled in Receivers; it does not alter your Wi-Fi configuration.
Audio delivery and recipients
Audio goes to the receiver or player you select on your local network. AirPlay 2 sessions use protocol encryption and authentication. Legacy AirPlay, AriaCast, DLNA/UPnP, Fire TV, Samsung MSF and HTTP/HLS links may carry unencrypted audio or control messages. Use a network you trust. HTTP/HLS links include a random session token: anyone who obtains a working link and can reach your phone on the network can listen while sharing is active. Stop sharing closes the server and invalidates the link. Stream buffers and HLS segments are bounded, held in memory and discarded as playback advances or sharing ends. AirSound does not configure router forwarding or publish your stream to the internet.
Google Cast
Google’s Cast SDK manages Cast authentication, session control and the standard media receiver. Google states that the SDK collects discovery/session events and technical device, SDK and client-app information, sends it encrypted to Google for aggregate analytics, and offers no SDK collection/deletion opt-out. This is separate from AirSound’s optional error-report setting. See https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/android_sender/data_disclosure and https://policies.google.com/privacy. Live audio is served to the selected receiver on your network, not uploaded to our reporting endpoint.
Optional technical error reports
Error reporting is off by default. If enabled, AirSound retains up to 20 recent technical reports in private app storage. Fields are a random event ID, event time, Android API version, app version, transport family and a fixed error category. Reports exclude audio, screen images, passwords, track names, notification content, receiver addresses and persistent device IDs. View or delete them in General audio settings. Disabling reporting stops new reports; Delete reports removes local history.
A build with no reporting-server URL saves reports only on the phone and labels the option accordingly. Once a verified Claritas HTTPS endpoint is configured, the option says Send automatic error reports and newly generated reports are sent there when enabled. A delivery failure keeps the local report without repeatedly retrying. Report buckets are scheduled for deletion after 14 days and daily keyed IP hashes used for abuse limits after two days. Daily hosting cleanup must be enabled before report sending is activated; request-triggered cleanup alone does not guarantee deletion during idle periods. Network connections inherently expose the source IP to the hosting provider, whose access logs and backups may have separate retention. We use reports to diagnose reliability problems. They are not used for advertising. You may disable sending without affecting playback; contact our privacy address about a report using its event ID.
Receiver manufacturers and music services may independently process information under their own policies. AirSound cannot control a receiver's own storage or network behavior.
Saved credentials and preferences
Accepted receiver passwords and pairing identities are encrypted in app-private storage with an Android Keystore key. They are used only for connecting to that receiver. Forget saved credentials removes the saved password and pairing identity; it does not change the receiver's own password. AirSound does not need your Apple account or music-service password.
Preferences, equalizer settings, a random local sender identifier and receiver-requested retry waits remain on the phone until changed or the app's data is cleared. Android backup is disabled. Older recordings or saved receiver entries from earlier development versions are preserved in private storage and are not uploaded by the current listening workflow. You can remove app-private data through Android's storage settings or by uninstalling. Exported copies outside the app are under your control.
Optional track details
Notification access is separate from permission to show AirSound notifications. Android describes notification-listener access broadly. AirSound uses that access to read active media-session title, artist and playback state, and to offer play/pause controls. It does not inspect notification message bodies, dismiss notifications or upload track information. Track information is held in memory and cleared when access is revoked. If you enable Pause music on disconnect, AirSound asks the active controllable media session to pause. This access is optional and does not override capture restrictions.
Notifications, background operation and battery
AirSound uses a foreground-service notification while sharing. Notification permission controls where Android displays it. Battery settings are optional system controls that may affect background reliability; AirSound does not change them without your action. Wi-Fi and permission shortcuts open Android settings.
Browser and support actions
Browser help opens an external browser and may copy a public web-player address at your request. Sign-in and cookies remain with that browser and music provider. Copy stream link and Copy connection details write the selected content to Android's clipboard; share it only with intended recipients. Connection summaries omit passwords and track titles. Optional technical error reporting is described below.
If you contact us, we receive the information you choose to include, such as your email address, message and technical details. We use it to answer you, investigate your request and meet applicable obligations. Do not send receiver passwords, payment details or private recordings. We retain correspondence only as long as needed for those purposes and applicable recordkeeping requirements. Email providers process delivery under their own terms; local playback does not send audio to them.
Your privacy choices and rights
Local permissions and storage controls let you stop access and delete app-held information directly. Depending on the law that applies to you, you may also have rights to access, correct, delete or receive information you supplied to us, object to processing, restrict it, withdraw consent, or complain to a relevant data-protection authority. Contact [email protected] to exercise rights or raise concerns. We may ask for information reasonably needed to verify a request. Withdrawal does not affect lawful processing already completed.
We use information you supply to provide requested support, maintain the app and meet legal obligations, with consent where required. The app does not sell personal information or use it for targeted advertising. It is not designed to collect personal information from children. A parent or guardian concerned about information a child supplied can contact us for assistance.
Updates
We will update this policy when the app's data practices change and show the effective date here. Material new access will be explained before it is enabled. This policy describes AirSound's practices; it does not change the policies of Android, your browser, music providers or receivers.