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While previously the app was available for all ages to use, as per the GPL license, the privacy policy also includes language that says people under 13 years old to 'please do not use the app.' This is considered a violation of the GPL license that Audacity is released under.Д¬onversations on both Reddit and GitHub have include talk of a fork of Audacity into a new project, in a bid to eliminate it of the data collection and licensing alterations.

The personal data may also be shared with a long list of entities, including 'advisors' and 'potential buyers,' as well as law enforcement bodies, regulators, courts, and other third parties. The data is said to be stored within the European Economic Area, though the language of the policy also mentions that the company is 'occasionally required to share your personal data with our main office in Russia and our external counsel in the USA.' It is claimed the one day of storage is enough for a government entity to identify a user, with sufficient resources and legal authority. The hash is stored for one year before deletion, though the company also claims the salt 'is not stored on any database and cannot be retrieved after it has been changed.'

IP addresses are stored 'in an identifiable way only for a calendar day,' stored as a hash with a daily-changed salt.

#OPEN SOURCE AUDACITY AUDIO EDITOR NOT SOFTWARE#

Under data collected 'for legal enforcement,' the software collects 'data necessary for law enforcement, litigation, and authorities' requests (if any),' though no specifically what data is collected in such cases. The list of data includes the operating system and version, the user's country based on their IP address, non-fatal error codes and messages, crash reports, and the processor in use. Specifically, that the app collects a variety of details relating to the users Mac. The privacy policy page for Audacity was updated on June 2, reports Fosspost, with some additions relating to the collection of personal data. Since the purchase of Audacity, changes have been discovered in online support documents indicating that it is being used to perform data collection on its users. Audacity was acquired by Muse Group in May, a company that also controls Ultimate Guitar, MuseScore, and Tonebridge.

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