{"id":291685,"date":"2021-07-06T08:53:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T05:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/whats-up-with-auadacitys-new-privacy-policy\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T08:53:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T05:53:11","slug":"whats-up-with-auadacitys-new-privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-up-with-auadacitys-new-privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"#What\u2019s up with Auadacity\u2019s new privacy policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#What\u2019s up with Auadacity\u2019s new privacy policy?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>If you record music or podcasts on your computer, you might be familiar with Audacity. It\u2019s a free, open-source, and cross-platform <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> that helps you record and edit audio over multiple tracks.<\/p>\n<p>The software\u2019s new privacy policy \u2014 after <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mu.se\/newsroom\/tpost\/6dhedma301-muse-group-acquires-audacity-expanding-c\">the Muse group acquired it<\/a> in April \u2014 came into effect on July 2. The change notes that Audacity will collect more data from you, including\u00a0<span>operating system version, processor, country based on IP address, crash reports, and non-fatal error codes and messages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company is collecting all this information under the guise of \u201c<span>data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities\u2019 requests (if any).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1359334 js-lazy\" alt=\"Audacity's new privacy policy that collects multiple new data points from you\" width=\"796\" height=\"170\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek-796x170.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek-796x170.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek-280x60.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek-540x115.png 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek-270x58.png 270w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek.png 1083w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fplugged%2F2021%2F07%2F06%2Faudiacity-privacy-policy-change%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Audacity\u2019s new privacy policy that collects multiple new data points from you\" data-title=\"Share Audacity\u2019s new privacy policy that collects multiple new data points from you on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Audacity\u2019s new privacy policy that collects multiple new data points from you on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Audacity\u2019s new privacy policy that collects multiple new data points from you<\/figcaption><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1359334\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek-796x170.png\" alt=\"Audacity's new privacy policy that collects multiple new data points from you\" width=\"796\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek-796x170.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek-280x60.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek-540x115.png 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek-270x58.png 270w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/Audacity_Privacy_Derek.png 1083w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>As <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/audacity-privacy-policy-spyware-accusations-data-collection-210001803.html?src=rss\">Engadget<\/a> noted, the new privacy policy also stores your data for a day in an indefinable way, and ban under-13 users for unspecified reasons.<\/p>\n<p>After this change, community members of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/linux\/comments\/od3h8b\/audacity_may_collect_data_necessary_for_law\/\">the Linux subreddit<\/a>\u00a0angrily pointed out that these changes violate privacy and there\u2019s no solid ground for collecting this information.<\/p>\n<p>It also called to the community for developing a forked version of the app \u2014 as Audacity is open-sourced. Plus, you can always download older versions. You can also look at some <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/2021\/07\/04\/the-best-free-audacity-alternatives\/\">other alternatives such as Oceanaudio and Wavosaur<\/a>. Thank god for open-sourced software.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter all about consumer tech? 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It\u2019s a free, open-source, and cross-platform app that helps you record and edit audio over multiple tracks. The software\u2019s new privacy policy \u2014 after the Muse group acquired it in April \u2014 came&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":291686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/plugged?filter_last=1&fit=1280,640&url=https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/audacity.jpg&signature=3b91e6a38e68a02dfda1bbd3d53b97a3","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}