Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-08-04

Who this is for

bandbench is a practice tool for a band: chord detection, a synced player, tempo/key tools, and syncing rehearsal recordings between a browser and the iOS and Android companion apps. This policy covers the bandbench service and its iOS and Android companion apps.

What we collect

• Email address. Your account identifier — used to sign in, and to let other band members share songs and playlists with you by typing your address. We do not use it for marketing and do not sell or share it with any third party.
• Password. Stored as a salted hash, never in plain text. We cannot see your password and cannot recover it for you — a lost password needs a reset by the account admin.
• Audio you upload. Song files, rehearsal recordings, and individual takes you or another band member upload. This is the core content of the service.
• A device name, if you pair a phone. A free-text label you choose (e.g. "Andrej's iPhone") so you can tell your paired devices apart. Visible only to you.
• A device token, if you pair a phone. A credential, not personal data about you beyond what's listed above — stored in the phone's Keychain (iOS) or Keystore (Android), and excluded from iCloud/Android cloud backups.

We do not collect location data, contacts, advertising identifiers, or analytics of any kind. No third-party SDK is embedded in either app or the server.

How we use it

Solely to run the service: authenticate you, show you the songs and playlists you own or that were shared with you, sync your library and rehearsal recordings to your paired phone, and let you play back and practice against them. Nothing here is used for advertising, and nothing is sold.

Sharing

We do not share your data with third parties. Content you upload is visible only to you, unless you explicitly share a playlist with another band member's email address.

Storage and retention

Your data is stored on the servers that run bandbench, encrypted in transit (TLS/HTTPS) between your device and the server. Audio, songs and playlists persist until you or an account admin deletes them — there is no automatic expiry.

Your rights

You can request deletion of your account and the content associated with it at any time: delete my account. Content only you can see is deleted permanently; content you've shared with other band members stays, so deleting your account cannot take something away from people currently using it — it's reassigned to an account admin instead. You can also ask an account admin to do this on your behalf.

Children's privacy

bandbench is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13 (or the relevant minimum age in your jurisdiction).

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes in a way that matters, we'll update the "last updated" date above and, for a material change, tell current account holders directly.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data: bandbenchapp+support@gmail.com