Privacy & Privilege
"Privilege is non-negotiable. It's the architecture."
Our Mission
VoicePrivate — Legal Edition exists because attorney-client privilege is the foundation of the legal profession. When you dictate case notes, client memos, or deposition summaries, every word is protected communication. No technology vendor should require you to waive that protection as a cost of doing business.
We built VoicePrivate — Legal Edition to prove that professional-grade legal transcription doesn't require cloud processing. Every word you speak is processed by AI models running directly on your hardware, with a 10,000+-term legal dictionary that ensures accuracy. Your audio never touches our servers because we don't have servers for audio processing.
Founded by engineers and legal technologists who understood that privilege isn't a feature to be toggled on — it's an architectural requirement.
Privilege Architecture
Here's exactly what happens when you use VoicePrivate — Legal Edition — and what doesn't happen.
Attorney-Client Privilege Statement
VoicePrivate — Legal Edition is designed to ensure that the use of voice-to-text technology does not compromise attorney-client privilege or work product protection.
Privilege Supported By Architecture
Audio data: Never transmitted. All speech processing occurs exclusively on the attorney's device using local AI models.
Transcription text: Never transmitted. All transcribed text is stored only in a local database on the attorney's device.
Client communications: Never exposed to third parties. No cloud servers, no API calls, no third-party AI services receive any privileged content.
Work product: All attorney work product created through VoicePrivate — Legal Edition remains exclusively under the attorney's control.
What we don't do
- ✗ We never transmit client audio to any server
- ✗ We never use privileged communications to train AI models
- ✗ We never share attorney data with third parties
- ✗ We never track dictation behavior or content
- ✗ We never embed third-party SDKs or tracking pixels
Network requests VoicePrivate — Legal Edition makes
License validation: A simple encrypted check to verify your subscription status. Contains only your license key — no audio, no text, no client data, no metadata.
Model downloads: One-time download of AI model files from our CDN. After download, everything runs offline.
iCloud sync (Team plan): End-to-end encrypted sync of transcription history. Encrypted on-device before upload — Apple cannot read your data.
Privilege by Architecture
Encrypted Backups
All iCloud backups and exports are encrypted using industry-standard AES-256-GCM encryption. Encryption keys are generated and stored locally on your device — never transmitted.
Local Key Management
Encryption keys are generated and stored locally on your device using platform-provided security APIs. Keys never leave your device.
Open-Source AI Models
The AI models that process your voice are open source. The underlying speech recognition models are fully transparent and publicly auditable.
Minimal Permissions
VoicePrivate — Legal Edition requests only the permissions it needs to function. Microphone access requires explicit user permission granted through macOS system prompts.
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