{"id":6322,"date":"2021-07-06T05:53:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T05:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1359332"},"modified":"2021-07-06T05:53:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T05:53:11","slug":"whats-up-with-auadcitys-new-privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=6322","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s up with Auadcity\u2019s new privacy policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you record music or podcasts on your computer, you might be familiar with Audacity. It\u2019s a free, open-source, and cross-platform app that helps you record and edit audio over multiple tracks.<\/p>\n<p>The software\u2019s new privacy policy \u2014 after <a href=\"https:\/\/mu.se\/newsroom\/tpost\/6dhedma301-muse-group-acquires-audacity-expanding-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">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&nbsp;<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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1359334 js-lazy\" 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\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" data-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 href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/audiacity-privacy-policy-change#\" 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\"><\/i><\/a>Audacity\u2019s new privacy policy that collects multiple new data points from you<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/audacity-privacy-policy-spyware-accusations-data-collection-210001803.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">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 href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/linux\/comments\/od3h8b\/audacity_may_collect_data_necessary_for_law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">the Linux subreddit<\/a>&nbsp;angrily 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 href=\"https:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/2021\/07\/04\/the-best-free-audacity-alternatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">other alternatives such as Oceanaudio and Wavosaur<\/a>. Thank god for open-sourced software.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a newsletter all about consumer tech? It\u2019s called Plugged In \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/1tNyJLC_3RjuVWih9ygK_6A47gef\">and you can subscribe to it right here<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/audiacity-privacy-policy-change\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you record music or podcasts on your computer, you might be familiar with Audacity. It\u2019s a free, open-source, and cross-platform app that helps you record and edit audio over multiple tracks&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}