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Privacy Policy

Privacy policy and data handling practices for Sidesly

Last updated Mar 1, 2026

1. Our Commitment to Actor Privacy

At Sidesly (sidesly.app), we understand the extreme confidentiality required during pilot season, episodic casting, and feature film auditions. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are standard in the acting community, and protecting your confidential sides is our highest priority.

2. Information We Process

  • Account Information: Your email and name when you register an account.
  • Audition Sides & Scripts: TXT or PDF script files uploaded for parsing into dialogue beats and cue lines.
  • Audio & Vocal Data: Your voice during listening turns, used only to detect when you finish delivering a line. While it is your turn, this audio is streamed live over an encrypted connection to our speech recognition provider, Deepgram, and Sidesly does not save it. If that connection is unavailable, pauses are detected on your device from audio volume alone. The microphone stream is opened strictly during listening turns and immediately closed otherwise.
  • Site Analytics: Page views and device and browser details, collected through Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics, which set cookies in your browser and identify visitors only by a random ID. We do not intentionally send your uploaded sides or script text to analytics.
  • Usage & Billing Data: Generated audio minutes, subscription status, and transaction references (processed securely via Stripe).

3. How We Use Your Data

  • To parse character names, scene headings, and dialogue.
  • To synthesize opposing cue lines through our voice engine.
  • To detect turn-taking during rehearsal sessions.
  • We do NOT sell, license, or publicly disclose your audition sides.
  • We do NOT train general public AI foundation models on your private audition text.

4. Data Retention & Deletion

You can delete your scripts and rehearsal history at any time from your account dashboard. Once deleted, associated cache records and dialogue entries are permanently purged from our servers.

5. Security

All communications between your browser and our servers are encrypted via HTTPS/TLS. Authentication credentials and session tokens are safeguarded using industry standard hashing.

6. Contact

For privacy requests or questions, please email hi@sidesly.app.