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Organisation Collection Notice

Last updated: 20 March 2026

This notice explains how VOICEi2a may be used by companies, charities, clubs, community groups, and other organisations to collect voice input, generate transcripts, and produce AI-assisted summaries, themes, and reports.

1. What is VOICEi2a?

VOICEi2a is a technology platform that records spoken input, converts it to text using speech-to-text technology, and generates summaries, themes, and reports using artificial intelligence.

Organisations use it to capture feedback, discussion, and insight from staff, members, participants, or communities — at a scale that would otherwise be difficult to manage manually.

2. Who is responsible for the information?

The organisation using VOICEi2a — whether a company, charity, club, or community group — is responsible for deciding what information is collected and why. That includes deciding whether collecting voice data is appropriate, what purpose it serves, and what notices or consents are required before collecting.

VOICEi2a provides the technology that processes information on the organisation's behalf to deliver the service. VOICEi2a does not determine the purpose of collection or use your organisation's data for its own independent purposes.

3. What information may be collected?

Depending on how the platform is used, information collected may include:

  • audio recordings of spoken input
  • transcripts generated from those recordings
  • AI-generated summaries, themes, reports, and analytical outputs
  • participant names or identifiers, if provided
  • technical and session metadata

4. What is the information used for?

The organisation using VOICEi2a decides how the outputs are used. Common purposes include:

  • capturing staff or member feedback
  • generating meeting summaries, themes, and action items
  • supporting community consultation or engagement processes
  • recording and analysing discussion in workshops or sessions
  • producing reports for internal review, planning, or reporting to stakeholders

VOICEi2a processes the recordings to deliver the service. It does not use the information for advertising, profiling, or sale to third parties.

5. What should not be included?

Participants and users should avoid including unnecessary personal or sensitive details in recordings. The following types of information should not be included unless the organisation has a clearly lawful reason and appropriate authority:

  • home addresses or residential details
  • dates of birth
  • names or contact details of family members not relevant to the purpose
  • passport, driver licence, or other government identifier details
  • banking or payment information
  • medical, health, counselling, disability, or clinical information
  • information about legal, disciplinary, or investigation processes
  • highly sensitive employment or safeguarding matters

VOICEi2a is designed to capture relevant voice and insight, not to store sensitive personal case records.

6. How does the technology work?

When a recording is submitted through VOICEi2a:

  • the audio is sent to a third-party speech-to-text service to produce a transcript
  • the transcript is sent to an AI model to generate summaries, themes, or reports
  • the outputs are stored and made available to whoever the organisation has authorised to access them

AI outputs can be inaccurate.

Transcripts may contain errors. Summaries may miss context or nuance. Reports may not fully reflect what was said. All AI-generated outputs should be reviewed by a person before being used or shared.

VOICEi2a should not be used as the sole basis for high-stakes decisions about an individual, including employment decisions, performance assessments, or formal investigations.

7. Is the information processed outside New Zealand?

Yes, in most cases. VOICEi2a uses technology providers that may process information outside New Zealand, including for transcription and AI analysis. This means recordings, transcripts, and outputs may be handled in overseas jurisdictions depending on the infrastructure of those providers.

Current core service providers include Base44 (platform infrastructure), Deepgram (speech-to-text), and OpenAI (AI analysis). These are US-based services.

We aim to work with providers that apply appropriate security and privacy protections, but overseas processing always carries some additional risk. Organisations with specific data sovereignty obligations should consider this carefully before using the platform.

8. How long is information kept?

Unless otherwise agreed, audio recordings, transcripts, and AI-generated outputs are generally retained for up to 90 days from the date of submission, after which they are deleted from the active application environment.

Some logs, backups, and technical records may remain for a limited period as part of normal system operations.

Organisations may request earlier deletion of specific records by contacting VOICEi2a directly.

9. Who can access the information?

Access is controlled by the organisation using the platform. Typically, access is limited to:

  • the account holder or administrator within the organisation
  • specific staff or team members given access by the organisation
  • VOICEi2a for the purpose of operating and supporting the platform
  • third-party service providers (transcription and AI) processing data to deliver the service

VOICEi2a does not share organisational data with unrelated third parties.

10. Questions or concerns

If you have a question about how your organisation is using VOICEi2a, contact your organisation's account holder or administrator directly.

If your question or concern relates to VOICEi2a as the platform provider, contact:

Christopher James Sullivan

18 Cardwell Street, Onehunga, Auckland 1061, New Zealand

Website: www.voicei2a.com

If you are not satisfied with the response, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at www.privacy.org.nz or by calling 0800 803 909.