Who we are
Hudson is operated by Ahmet Ozan Yilmaz, based in Türkiye (“Hudson,” “we,” “us”). We are the data controller for the limited personal data described below. Contact: help@hudsonai.app.
The short version
Hudson is designed to keep your data on your own Mac. The activity Hudson records — on-screen content, app usage, and meeting audio and transcripts — is captured, stored, and processed locally on your device. It is not uploaded to us. Your information leaves your device only in the narrow cases described below: (1) your account, login, and license data, which we host with our providers; and (2) web searches the assistant runs on your behalf. We do not sell your data, and we do not use your content to train AI models.
What Hudson records on your device
When you enable capture, Hudson records, locally:
- On-screen text and content read through macOS Accessibility from the apps you use.
- Meeting audio and transcripts — when you use meeting features, audio you choose to capture and its transcription.
- Notes and content you create in Hudson.
This recorded content stays on your device and is not sent to us.
What Hudson never records
Hudson applies built-in exclusions that you cannot accidentally turn off, plus any you add yourself. By default Hudson does not capture:
- Password managers — Keychain Access, 1Password, LastPass, and Bitwarden.
- Sign-in pages — including Google and Microsoft sign-in.
- Banking sites — any address containing “bank.”
- Private and incognito browser windows.
You can exclude any additional app or website from Settings at any time; exclusions apply immediately, without a restart. Excluded apps and sites are never recorded.
Account information we hold
To run accounts, we process a limited set of account data: your email address, authentication credentials, a device identifier, and your license status. This account data is hosted on our behalf by Supabase (database and authentication) and is used to let you sign in, verify your purchase, and confirm the app is being used by the right person on an authorized device. It does not include your recorded activity, meetings, notes, or files.
Where your data is processed and stored
Capture, storage, and AI processing of your activity happen on your device. Your recorded activity, meeting audio, transcripts, and notes are stored locally on your Mac. We do not receive them, and they are not backed up to our servers.
When data leaves your device
Only in these cases:
- Account, login, and licensing. Your account email, authentication credentials, device identifier, and license status are processed and stored through Supabase to run your account and prevent abuse.
- Payments. When you subscribe, your payment is processed by Polar, which acts as the Merchant of Record for the transaction and handles billing and taxes. Polar processes the payment and billing details you provide at checkout.
- Web search. When you ask the assistant something that requires current information, the assistant may send a search query to our search provider, DuckDuckGo. Only the query the assistant forms is sent — not your recorded activity, files, or meeting content — and only when a search is performed.
That is the complete list of when your information leaves your Mac.
What we do not do
- We do not sell or rent your personal data.
- We do not use your recorded activity, meetings, notes, or queries to train AI models.
- We do not upload your captured content to our servers.
Service providers
We rely on a small number of providers, limited to the purposes above:
- Supabase — hosts your account data and handles authentication and licensing.
- Polar — Merchant of Record; processes purchases, billing, and taxes.
- DuckDuckGo — answers assistant search queries.
These providers process only the limited data described and are not permitted to use it for their own purposes.
International transfers
We operate from Türkiye, and our service providers (including Supabase and Polar) may process the limited account, licensing, payment, and search data described above on servers in other countries. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for these transfers. Your recorded content is not transferred, because it stays on your device.
Retention and deletion
Your recorded content stays on your device until you delete it. You can delete individual items, clear your data, or uninstall Hudson to remove local data at any time. We retain account and licensing records only as long as your account is active or as required for legal and tax purposes.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (including under Türkiye's KVKK, the EU/UK GDPR, and California's CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, export, or object to the processing of your personal data. Because your recorded content lives on your device, you exercise most of these rights directly in the app. For account and licensing data we hold, contact help@hudsonai.app. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority (in Türkiye, the KVKK Board).
Recording others
Some features let you capture conversations and meetings. You are responsible for obtaining any consent that the law requires from other participants before recording. See our Terms of Service for details.
Children
Hudson is not intended for anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly collect data from children.
Changes
We may update this policy. If changes are material, we will notify you in-app or by email. The “last updated” date above shows the current version.
Contact
Ahmet Ozan Yilmaz, Türkiye. help@hudsonai.app.