Privacy notices

1. Controller

2. Data processing in the app

2nd Voice works out a second voice and chords for a MusicXML melody. The files you choose can contain personal information, such as the names of composers, lyricists or dedications.

This content is processed locally on your iPhone or iPad. The app does not transmit it to us or to any other service. The calculation runs without internet and without an AI service; no user account is required. 2nd Voice contains no advertising, no analytics or tracking services of its own and no cloud synchronisation of its own. Using the app gives us no access to your files. The app does not ask for permission to use the camera, microphone, location or contacts.

3. Files and import

When you import, the app opens the MusicXML files you choose (.musicxml, .xml, .mxl) through the standard iOS file picker, or when you hand a file from another app to 2nd Voice with “Share” or “Open in …”. If a file is stored in iCloud Drive or with another provider, the operating system may fetch it from there. The terms and privacy settings of that provider apply to this transfer.

4. Storage and deletion on the device

2nd Voice stores your songs (the imported MusicXML file, the chosen style, your choice of suggestions, changed notes, chord and tempo settings) as files in the app’s local documents folder; they appear in the Files app under “2nd Voice”. The data stays stored until you delete the song or the app. Deleted songs first go to the app’s trash.

Depending on your system settings, app documents can be included in iCloud or computer backups. Backups, original files and files you have already exported are not automatically deleted from other locations when you delete a song or the app. You manage those copies with the respective provider or on your computer.

5. Export and other services

When you export as PDF or MusicXML, you choose the location or destination in the iOS share sheet. If you pass files on, they can reach other apps, cloud providers or recipients and may contain the title, names and lyrics from the original. 2nd Voice runs no server of its own for this content.

For App Store downloads, purchases and any system diagnostics you have allowed, data processing by Apple applies. 2nd Voice includes no crash reporting or usage analytics SDK of its own.

6. This website and Cloudflare

These notices apply to the 2nd Voice pages at pauseink.app/2ndvoice/. The website is delivered through Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA). When you visit, Cloudflare processes information including your IP address, timestamp, requested address, browser and HTTP request data to deliver and protect the website. Recipients include Cloudflare and its subprocessors.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is providing a secure, reliably accessible website. Connection data is technically necessary; the website cannot be delivered without it.

Processing outside the EU or EEA, particularly in the United States, is possible. Cloudflare describes the safeguards it provides, including EU standard contractual clauses, in its Data Processing Addendum. Further information is available in Cloudflare’s privacy policy.

The supplied 2nd Voice pages use no advertising or analytics tools, externally loaded fonts, or cookies or local storage entries of their own. Depending on the Cloudflare security features enabled, technically necessary security cookies may be used; Cloudflare explains them in its cookie documentation.

7. Language selection

The language-neutral entry links select German or English based on your browser language. Detection happens in your browser without storing the choice. Each page lets you switch to its counterpart in the other language. Direct language links also work without JavaScript.

8. Email support

If you write to support@pauseink.app, we process your sender address, message and any attachments to answer your enquiry. Messages are delivered through Cloudflare Email Routing and the email mailbox provider in use. These service providers process the data required for transmission, storage and delivery. Please send only files needed for your enquiry and remove unnecessary personal information from scores or screenshots.

The legal basis for contractual enquiries is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR; for other enquiries it is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in handling your request. Contacting us is voluntary; we cannot reply without a means of contacting you.

9. Retention

You control the retention of your local app documents as described above. Support messages are deleted once the enquiry is resolved and the data is no longer needed for necessary evidence or statutory retention duties. Where a statutory duty requires further retention, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Technical connection and security data is processed for as long as needed to deliver the website, maintain security and investigate security incidents. Specific logging and deletion periods depend on the hosting or email service in use and its configuration.

10. Your rights

Subject to the applicable legal conditions, you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and data portability. Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future. Please use the contact details above.

Right to object: You may object to processing based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation (Article 21 GDPR).

You may also complain to a supervisory authority, particularly in the country of your habitual residence, place of work or the alleged infringement. For the provider in North Rhine-Westphalia, one contact is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW). We do not use profiling or automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects.

11. Changes

These notices will be updated when app features or the data processing of the website and its service providers change.