Audialta
Controller
The controller responsible for the Audialta app and the website audialta.app is:
Oliver Klassen
Chilmetweg 24
4464 Maisprach
Switzerland
feedback@audialta.app
This policy applies to the Audialta app on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch and to the website audialta.app.
No data with the developer
The developer runs no server for the app, collects no data from the app and can see neither your station list nor your history. Audialta has no sign-up and no account.
On the device and in your iCloud
Audialta stores on the device:
- your stations with name, subtitle, stream, website and logo address, logo, order and favorites;
- the history of played tracks and your saved tracks, each with artist, album, cover address, station and time;
- the settings and the last station played, so that Audialta can carry on playing the next time it opens.
This data is protected by the device’s encryption.
If you’re signed in to iCloud, Audialta syncs only the stations via CloudKit, Apple’s service for app data. They are kept in the private database of your Apple Account. This service is provided by Apple; Apple’s privacy policy applies, and Apple may also process data outside Switzerland. History, saved tracks and settings never leave the device. Without an iCloud sign-in, everything stays on the device. Whatever you delete disappears from all your devices.
Apple Watch: Your watch receives your station list, the logos and the playback status directly from your iPhone, over the connection between iPhone and watch (WatchConnectivity), with no server in between. Tracks you save on your watch reach your iPhone the same way. When your watch plays on its own with Audialta Pro, it connects directly to the station’s stream, as described under radio stations below.
Internet connections
For its features, the app retrieves data directly from the following parties. With each request, the other side necessarily learns the IP address of your internet connection and the time. Audialta does not send any identifier of your device or any information about you. What these parties do with the requests is governed by their own terms.
| Party | When | What is transmitted |
|---|---|---|
| Radio stations (the station’s own servers) | When playing and with Check Stream | The request for the stream or playlist at the address you entered or added. Some streams are unencrypted (http). |
| Station websites | When looking for a logo: when saving without a logo, when importing, with Fetch Logo Automatically and Reload Logo; in the radio directory when showing results | The request for the station’s homepage and logo. |
| radio-browser.info (open radio directory) | Only when you search the radio directory | Your search term, such as “SRF 3”. Audialta does not tell the directory which station you’re listening to. |
| Block list on audialta.app (Audialta’s website) | When you search the radio directory, at most every six hours | Only the download of a list of stations that are hidden from the directory at the rights holders’ request. Nothing about you, your stations or your search is sent; for the server log, see the website section below. |
| Apple, iTunes Search API and Apple’s image servers | For each newly recognized track with an artist | Artist and title as broadcast by the station, and your device’s region (CH, for example), so that the right store is searched. The cover is then loaded. The station name is not transmitted. |
| Cover art from the station | When a station sends its own cover | The request for that image at the address the station provides. |
If you tap Apple Music, the track opens in the Apple Music app or in your browser; Apple’s terms apply there.
Access on the device
| Access | What for |
|---|---|
| Photos (iPhone, iPad) | Only the picture you choose yourself as a station logo via Choose Image …. Audialta has no access to your whole library. |
| Files | Only files you choose yourself for import or hand over to Audialta, and the location you choose when exporting. |
| AirPlay | Choosing speakers is a system feature. |
| Siri and Shortcuts | Siri knows the names of your stations so that you can ask for them. Speech recognition is done by Apple; Audialta only receives the chosen station. |
| Login items (Mac) | Only if you turn on Open at Login. |
| Volume (Mac) | Audialta reads whether the Mac is muted or very quiet, to show this at the volume slider. The Mac’s volume is only changed when you click the speaker icon. |
Audialta uses neither the camera nor the microphone, location, contacts or calendar.
Purchases (Audialta Pro)
If you buy Audialta Pro, Apple handles the purchase through the App Store; Apple’s terms apply. Audialta only receives confirmation from Apple that Pro has been purchased for your Apple Account and remembers this status on the device. The developer does not receive your payment details, your Apple Account or your name; App Store Connect only shows him aggregated sales figures.
Station lists
If you export or share your station list, Audialta creates a file on the device. It contains your stations including logos, but no history and no saved tracks. It is not encrypted. You decide where it goes, for example by AirDrop, Mail or into the Files app; Audialta does not send it anywhere.
Crash reports and TestFlight
Audialta itself does not send any usage or crash data. If you have allowed sharing analytics with app developers in your device’s settings, Apple makes crash reports available to the developer. If you take part in a test via TestFlight, the developer receives, through Apple, the information that TestFlight provides for this and any feedback you send yourself.
Emailing us
If you write to feedback@audialta.app, we receive your email address and your message. We use them only to reply to you and to improve Audialta, and keep them only as long as necessary for that. The mailbox is hosted by cyon GmbH in Switzerland.
This website
The website audialta.app is hosted by cyon GmbH in Basel, Switzerland (web hosting). When a page is requested, the web server keeps a server log with IP address, time, requested address and browser identifier. This serves the operation and security of the website. The logs are kept in line with the hosting provider’s rules and then deleted.
The website sets no cookies, contains no trackers and loads no content, fonts or scripts from third parties.
No analytics, no ads
Audialta contains no analytics or advertising services, no tracking and no third-party SDKs. Data is not sold and not used for advertising.
Legal basis and your rights
The legal basis is the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). You can request information about your data and ask for it to be corrected or deleted; to do so, write to the address given above. You manage the data in the app yourself: you can delete stations, history and saved tracks in the app at any time, and deleting the app also deletes its data on the device. To remove the stations from your iCloud, go to Settings › [your name] › iCloud › Manage Storage on iPhone or iPad.
If you live in the EU or the EEA and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to you, you have the rights it grants, in particular the rights of access, rectification and erasure, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, for example in your country of residence. In Switzerland, the competent authority is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).
Changes
If Audialta changes in a way that makes this policy inaccurate, we will update it. The version published here applies. The German version is legally binding; translations are provided for your understanding.