Privacy Policy

Article 1 (Purpose and Scope)

1. SEARED BONITO (hereinafter the "Studio") publishes the Windows desktop application Remora Recorder (hereinafter the "App"). This Privacy Policy (hereinafter this "Policy") describes how the Studio handles personal information in connection with the App, in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan (Act No. 57 of 2003, as amended; hereinafter the "APPI") and other applicable laws and regulations.
2. This Policy applies to the App and to no other product of the Studio. The website at searedbonito.com, including its contact form, is governed by a separate, studio-wide privacy policy, referenced in Article 17.
3. Where the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679; hereinafter the "GDPR") or the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter the "UK GDPR") applies, the provisions of Article 15 shall apply in addition to this Policy. Where the California Consumer Privacy Act (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.100 et seq., as amended; hereinafter the "CCPA") applies, the provisions of Article 16 shall apply in addition to this Policy.

Article 2 (Definitions)

For the purposes of this Policy, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below:

1. "Personal Information" means personal information as defined in Article 2, paragraph 1 of the APPI, and, where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, personal data as defined in Article 4(1) thereof.
2. "User" means any person who installs or uses the App.
3. "Recording" means an audio or video file that the App creates on a User's device while recording a meeting or other audio, together with any transcript (a text file) that the App makes from such a file on that device.
4. "Store" means the Microsoft Store, operated by Microsoft Corporation and its affiliates (together, "Microsoft"), through which the App is distributed and through which a User purchases the Pro Plan, and which acts as merchant of record for that purchase.
5. "Free Plan" and "Pro Plan" have the meanings given to them on the App's product page at searedbonito.com/remora-recorder/.

Article 3 (Identity of the Controller)

1. The entity responsible for the App and for the handling of Personal Information under this Policy is as follows:
   1. Trade name: SEARED BONITO
   2. Representative: Toshiyuki Maeda
   3. Location: 503, 5-8-4 Daizawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 155-0032, Japan
   4. Contact for privacy matters: support@searedbonito.com
2. Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, the Studio acts as the controller within the meaning of Article 4(7) thereof in respect of any Personal Information described in this Policy, save where Article 7 states that Microsoft acts as an independent controller.

Article 4 (No Collection of Personal Information by the App)

1. The App does not collect Personal Information of a User. In particular, the Studio does not collect, and the App does not transmit to the Studio or to any third party, a User's name, email address, location, contacts, device identifiers, or any record of how the App is used.
2. The App does not require, and does not offer, the creation of an account.
3. The App does not incorporate advertising or analytics software of any kind, and sends no telemetry. Recording, detecting a meeting, transcribing a Recording, and writing a Recording to disk all happen without any network connection.
4. The App does not use cookies or comparable tracking technologies, being a native desktop application rather than a website.

Article 5 (Recordings Are Local, and Are the User's Content)

1. A Recording is written only to storage on the User's own device (by default, the Videos folder, which the User may change in settings) and is never transmitted to the Studio or to any third party by the App. The App has no cloud storage, synchronisation, or upload function of any kind, and the Studio has no access to, and never receives a copy of, any Recording.
2. Because a Recording may capture the voice, image, or statements of people other than the User, the User — and not the Studio — determines the purposes and means of processing any Personal Information contained in a Recording, and may be a controller of that Personal Information within the meaning of applicable law. The Studio provides the App as a tool only, has no visibility into the content of any Recording, and plays no part in deciding what is recorded, kept, or done with a Recording thereafter.
3. A User who records other people should give effect to any notice or consent that applicable law, workplace policy, or agreement with those people requires, as described further where the App is used.

Article 6 (Information Stored on Your Device)

1. Beyond Recordings, the App stores the data described in the table below locally on the User's device. This data remains on the device at all times and is never transmitted to the Studio or to any other party.

2. This data is erased automatically when the App is uninstalled from the device. A User may also delete individual Recordings, or change any setting, from within the App or the operating system's file manager at any time, free of charge.

Article 7 (Payments — Free and Pro Plans)

1. The Free Plan requires no payment. The Studio requests and processes no billing information whatsoever in connection with a User on the Free Plan.
2. A purchase of the Pro Plan is made and processed entirely through the Microsoft Store, with Microsoft acting as merchant of record for that transaction. Microsoft collects, directly from the User and on its own account, the information needed to process payment and issue a receipt, which may include the User's name, email address, billing address, and payment method details. The Studio does not receive or store card numbers or other payment credentials, and receives only confirmation, through the Store's licensing service, that the Pro Plan has been purchased, which the App uses to unlock Pro features.
3. In respect of the information it collects to process a purchase, Microsoft acts as an independent controller (or, where the CCPA applies, as an independent business), and its own privacy statement, available at privacy.microsoft.com, governs how Microsoft handles that information. The Studio recommends a User review Microsoft's privacy statement before completing a purchase.

Article 8 (No Provision to Third Parties)

Other than the involvement of Microsoft described in Article 7, the Studio has no Personal Information to provide, sell, or disclose to any third party in connection with the App, and does not do so.

Article 9 (Entrustment)

The Studio does not entrust the handling of any Personal Information to any party in connection with the App. A purchase of the Pro Plan is handled by Microsoft, through the Store, as an independent controller as described in Article 7, and not as a processor acting on the Studio's behalf.

Article 10 (Retention and Deletion)

The Studio retains no Personal Information in connection with the App, and accordingly no retention period applies on the Studio's side. The data described in Article 6, and any Recording, is retained locally on the User's device until the User deletes it or uninstalls the App, at which point it is erased.

Article 11 (Security)

The App is designed so that no Personal Information is created or handled by the Studio in the first place, which the Studio considers the most effective safeguard available. Recordings and the data described in Article 6 are protected by the security features of the operating system and storage on the User's own device; a User is responsible for the physical and account-level security of that device.

Article 12 (Rights of Users)

Because the Studio holds no Personal Information in connection with the App, there is no Retained Personal Data, within the meaning of Article 16, paragraph 4 of the APPI, in respect of which to exercise a right of disclosure, correction, or deletion under Articles 33 to 35 of the APPI. A User who has a question about this Policy, or believes the App has behaved otherwise than as described here, may contact the address in Article 17 at any time, free of charge. A request concerning information Microsoft holds about a purchase should be directed to Microsoft.

Article 13 (Children's Privacy)

The App is a professional tool for recording meetings and is not directed at children. As described in Article 4, it collects no Personal Information from a User of any age.

Article 14 (Special Provisions for Residents of Japan)

A User resident in Japan may lodge a complaint with the Personal Information Protection Commission (ppc.go.jp), in addition to contacting the Studio under Article 17.

Article 15 (Special Provisions for Residents of the EEA and the United Kingdom)

1. Because the App itself collects no Personal Information, the Studio processes none, in connection with the App, on which the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, or data portability under Articles 15 to 21 of the GDPR or UK GDPR could operate. Such rights in respect of information collected by Microsoft should be exercised against Microsoft.
2. A User nonetheless has the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority of the User's habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, including the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés in France (cnil.fr) and the Information Commissioner's Office in the United Kingdom (ico.org.uk).

Article 16 (Special Provisions for Residents of California)

Because the App itself collects no personal information within the meaning of the CCPA, the Studio has none, in connection with the App, in respect of which the rights to know, delete, or correct under the CCPA could be exercised. The Studio does not sell or share personal information within the meaning of the CCPA, and has not done so in the preceding twelve (12) months. Rights in respect of information collected by Microsoft should be exercised against Microsoft.

Article 17 (Contact)

Enquiries and complaints concerning the App or this Policy shall be addressed to:

For matters concerning searedbonito.com itself, rather than the App, see the studio-wide privacy policy.

Article 18 (Amendment of this Policy)

The Studio may amend this Policy, in particular before introducing a feature that would change the information described in Article 4, 5, or 6. Where an amendment is made, the Studio shall update the date of last amendment stated above and, where the amendment materially affects the handling of Personal Information, shall give notice within the App or on this page prior to the amendment taking effect.

Established 17 September 2026 · Last revised 21 October 2026