Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 1, 2025, and was last updated on January 15, 2025.

LeakGuard is designed with privacy as a core principle, not an afterthought. This Privacy Policy explains our approach to data handling, which can be summarized simply: we do not collect, store, or process any of your personal data or audio files.

Our service operates entirely within your web browser. All audio processing, including watermark embedding and detection, happens locally on your device using JavaScript and Web Workers. Your files never leave your computer and are never transmitted to any server.

LeakGuard does not directly collect any personal data. Specifically, we do not collect or have access to:

• Audio files you process (they remain on your device)
• Watermark identifiers you create or detect
• Personal information such as names, email addresses, or contact details
• Your specific usage patterns within the watermarking tool

Our commitment to privacy is enforced by our technical architecture. LeakGuard is a client-side web application that runs entirely in your browser. When you upload an audio file, it is processed using your computer's resources without any network transmission.

You can verify this claim yourself by using your browser's developer tools to monitor network activity. No requests containing audio data or personal information are sent when you use our watermarking features.

This architecture means that even if our servers were compromised, no user data could be exposed because no user data exists on our servers. We have designed a system where trust in our security is unnecessary because we simply do not have access to your information.

LeakGuard may use minimal browser storage (localStorage or sessionStorage) for application functionality such as remembering user interface preferences. This data is stored locally on your device and is never transmitted to our servers.

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymized information about page views and site usage. This data helps us improve the user experience but does not identify individual users.

If you use our site with advertisements enabled, third-party advertising networks may use cookies to serve relevant ads. These cookies are governed by the respective privacy policies of those advertising networks. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings or our cookie consent interface.

Our website may include integration with the following third-party services:

• Google Analytics for website traffic analysis (collects anonymized usage data such as page views, session duration, and general geographic region)
• Google AdSense for advertising (subject to Google Privacy Policy)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), users have certain rights regarding their personal data. Because LeakGuard does not collect or store personal data, many of these rights are satisfied by default.

If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal data we may hold. However, because we do not collect personal data, there is no data to access, correct, or delete.

For any questions about your rights under GDPR or other data protection regulations, please contact us using the information provided in our Contact page.

LeakGuard is designed as a professional tool for musicians and does not specifically target children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children. Because our service collects no personal data from any users, children's privacy is protected by the same technical architecture that protects all users.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of LeakGuard after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us through our Contact page. We are committed to addressing any concerns about privacy and data protection promptly.