Understand where your work memory lives.

The Mac app keeps your work memory on your Mac. The web app at todo.qubitapp.live stores connected work data on Qubit’s servers on Google Cloud in Mumbai, India.

The two versions have different storage and capture models. The local-memory statements below describe the Mac app. Read the privacy policy for the full provider and retention details.

Qubit uses macOS permissions to read work context for your task list, dictation and meeting notes.

It can read on-screen text through macOS Accessibility. It does not need pictures of your screen to build work memory.

macOS may also ask for Screen Recording permission. For Qubit, that permission is used so the app can hear system audio during meetings. It is not used to save screenshots of your work.

Your Qubit work memory lives locally on your Mac in an encrypted store. The key lives in your macOS Keychain.

Encryption protects the local database if someone gets access to the file. Qubit itself still needs to decrypt the information it uses while it is working for you.

Some processing uses service providers. Audio may be sent to speech-to-text services for transcription. Captured work context is also sent to language-model services to produce features such as your To Do list and meeting notes.

This is different from storing your work memory in the cloud. In the Mac app, durable work memory stays on your Mac, while service providers process the context needed for features such as the To Do list and meeting notes.

The Mac app captures audio on your laptop without joining as a participant. The web app uses a Qubit notetaker bot that joins the meeting through Recall.ai.

You remain responsible for using meeting capture lawfully and respectfully, including getting consent where your situation requires it.

Qubit is meant to be controlled by the person using the Mac. Meeting capture can be controlled by platform where the app supports it, and the product is designed around clear permission moments rather than hidden capture.

Qubit is not built as an employer monitoring product. There is no team dashboard that lets a manager read your work through Qubit.

The web app reads Google and Slack accounts you choose to connect instead of reading your screen. Work data is stored on Qubit’s servers. Connection tokens are encrypted at rest.

New web accounts require an invitation. Open the web app or read the privacy policy for data handling, service providers and deletion controls.

Qubit is early software. It is improving quickly, and these pages will change as the product changes.

The rule we want to keep is simple: when a privacy or data-handling detail changes, the public explanation should change with it.