Linen Privacy Policy

Nue Inc. ("we") does not collect your data in Linen, our app for Mac and iPhone. This page explains what data Linen handles, where it is kept, and when Linen goes online.

Data we collect

None. Linen has no accounts. Recordings, transcripts, translations, dictionaries, calendar events and settings are never sent to us or to any other company. Linen contains no advertising, analytics, tracking or crash-reporting services. When you sync with iCloud, your data is stored in your own iCloud, and we cannot read it.

Data kept on your Mac

Linen creates the following only on your Mac and keeps it on your Mac:

• Meeting audio (your voice and other participants in separate files)
• Transcripts, translations and rewritten text
• Projects, dictionaries, suggestions and pasted documents
• Settings

By default, everything is kept in Linen's own container, which other apps cannot read. If you choose your own folder in Settings > Storage > Where Meetings Are Kept, meetings (audio and text) move to that folder, on this Mac or on a disk connected to it. Whether other apps or users can read it then depends on that folder's permissions. Linen does not let you choose a folder synced by iCloud Drive or another sync service, or a network volume, because that would send your meetings off your Mac. Projects, dictionaries, documents and settings stay in Linen's container.

Transcription, translation, rewriting and punctuation cleanup run on your Mac using on-device speech recognition, translation and language models (Apple's SpeechAnalyzer, Translation and Apple Intelligence). Items you delete stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days and are then removed. You can choose how long to keep audio in Settings.

How Linen uses the microphone, meeting audio and your calendar

• Microphone: used to transcribe your own voice.
• Meeting app audio: to transcribe other participants, Linen receives only the audio output of the meeting app through a Core Audio process tap. Linen does not use screen recording and does not capture your screen.
• Notifications: used only to tell you that Linen stopped recording when a meeting ended, or to ask whether to keep recording.
• Linen decides when a meeting starts and ends by whether a meeting app is using the microphone. It does not read window titles or screen contents.
• Calendar: only if you click “Connect Calendar” does Linen ask for calendar access and read today’s events: event name, time, attendee names and the meeting link (from the event URL, location or notes). This is used to show your next event, notify you 1 minute before it starts, and let you record from it. The event name is saved as the meeting title, only on your Mac. Attendee names and meeting links are shown but not saved. Events never leave your Mac, and Linen never writes to your calendar. If you don’t connect (the default), Linen does not access your calendar.

Each requires macOS permission and are used only after you allow them. You can revoke permission at any time in System Settings > Privacy & Security.

Linen on iPhone

Linen for iPhone runs on your iPhone, and there is no account. Sync with Linen on your Mac runs only when you turn it on in Settings, as described in “Syncing with iCloud” below.

• Microphone: used only while you are recording (after you tap the red button), to transcribe the meeting in front of you. iOS asks for permission, and you can turn it off at any time in Settings > Privacy & Security.
• Data: meeting audio, transcripts and translations, projects, pasted documents and settings are created and kept in Linen’s storage on your iPhone. Transcription and translation run on your iPhone with Apple’s speech recognition and translation.
• Deleted items stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days before they are removed. You can choose how long audio is kept in Settings.
• Linen goes online only when iOS downloads Apple’s language data for speech recognition and translation, when you turn on iCloud sync, and when you buy Linen Pro from the App Store.
• Only when you tap “Share Markdown” does Linen hand the text of minutes or a document to the destination you choose (such as another app).
• Whether Linen’s data is included in your iPhone backups (including iCloud Backup) follows your iPhone’s settings. We never receive that data.

Syncing with iCloud

When you turn on iCloud sync in Settings, Linen stores meeting text and translations, minutes, projects and dictionaries in the private area of your iCloud (CloudKit), and keeps them in step across the Mac and iPhone signed in to the same Apple Account.

• Audio is never sent to iCloud. It stays on each device.
• Sync is off until you turn it on, and you can turn it off at any time. You can also delete Linen’s data in iCloud from Settings.
• Data in iCloud is held by Apple under Apple’s Privacy Policy and the iCloud Terms. We cannot read it.
• Sync is a Linen Pro feature. Sync does not share your data with other people.

Linen Pro purchases

Purchases, renewals and cancellations of Linen Pro are handled by the App Store. We do not receive your name, payment method or Apple Account details. Linen only checks with the App Store, on your device, whether you have purchased Pro.

When Linen goes online

Linen goes online only in the cases below. Downloads only receive files and never send your data.

• Apple language data: macOS downloads the data needed for speech recognition and translation from Apple.
• High Accuracy model: only when you press Download in Settings > High Accuracy Mode does Linen download a speech model from Hugging Face. If you never press it, Linen does not connect.
• iCloud sync: when sync is on, Linen talks to Apple’s iCloud.
• App Store: when you buy or restore Linen Pro, and when Linen checks your purchase.

As with any download, the server you download from receives your Mac's IP address. Each server's handling is governed by the privacy policies of Apple and Hugging Face.

Recording other people

When you record a meeting with other people, please let them know. Linen explains recording on first launch, shows an indicator in the menu bar while recording, and prepares a notice you can paste into the meeting chat.

Children

Linen does not collect data from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If a new feature changes the data Linen handles, we will update this page and its effective date.

Contact

Effective: October 30, 2026 (added iCloud sync, Linen Pro and Linen for iPhone; first published October 29, 2026)