Your memories, your controls.

What Kioku records

The Mac records microphone and system audio, screenshots, app and window titles, and available browser context. The iPhone records microphone audio and photos you take in Kioku. It is in limited private testing.

You start and stop recording. Tell everyone who will be recorded and obtain their agreement before you start.

Cloud processing and encryption

Kioku uses cloud AI services to turn recordings into transcripts and memories. Audio, images, and related context are sent for processing. Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest; it is decrypted for processing, so Kioku is not end-to-end encrypted.

Authorized Kioku and cloud-service administrators may access structured data, including transcripts, memories, voice profiles, and retained backups. Access is restricted and audited.

Cloud processing needs an internet connection. During an ordinary outage, recordings can wait in an encrypted local upload queue.

The iPhone asks for AI processing permission before recording or uploading. Withdrawing it stops new capture and future uploads. Mac capture includes cloud processing.

Voice recognition and live captions

Kioku creates biometric voice profiles to recognize recorded participants. You can teach Kioku your voice with a short microphone-only recording, then re-record or forget it in Settings → My voice. Forgetting your voice keeps your recordings and memories; other participants can still be recognized.

Optional live captions require separate consent. Selected audio is sent to a live transcription service while the caption view is open. Closing it stops future streaming. Saved memories are processed separately.

Assistant access

Connecting ChatGPT, Claude, or another supported assistant lets it search and read your memories. It cannot record, edit, delete, or send email.

Kioku refuses assistant searches for payment-card data, health information, government identifiers, passwords, API keys, tokens, and authentication codes. Incidental matches are redacted before sharing.

Disconnect Kioku in your assistant’s settings to stop future access. Content already shared may remain in its chat history.

Retention and deletion

Raw audio, screenshots, and camera photos are scheduled for deletion after 30 days. Transcripts, memories, and voice profiles stay until you delete them or your account. Inactivity alone does not delete your archive.

In Settings → Data & Privacy, export account data or delete your account. Export includes structured data and a media inventory, not raw audio or image files. Deletion may take time; retained backups expire on their retention schedule.

Email and webhook notifications contain no memory content by default. Including full briefs shares them with the recipient or destination you choose. Deletion cannot retract content already shared with an assistant, email recipient, or webhook.

Our commitment

Kioku does not sell your personal information, use your private archive for advertising, or train a Kioku model on it.

See the Privacy Policy for processing services, data categories, and retention details, and the Terms of Service for service terms.

Report a problem

Security or privacy issue? Email security@kiokuu.com. For other help, contact support@kiokuu.com.