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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 19 May 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how VOICEi2a handles personal information across the platform generally, including account information, uploaded content, service delivery, support, security, and third-party processing.

1. Who We Are

VOICEi2a is operated by Christopher James Sullivan, located at 18 Cardwell Street, Onehunga, Auckland 1061, New Zealand. Christopher James Sullivan is the data controller responsible for personal information held directly by VOICEi2a for its own operational purposes, including account management, platform security, and support.

We are committed to protecting privacy in accordance with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and its Information Privacy Principles.

2. Who This Policy Applies To

This policy applies to all users of the VOICEi2a platform, including:

  • school leaders, teachers, and educators
  • students and learners
  • parents and caregivers
  • staff members in organisations using the platform
  • community group members and participants
  • company and business users
  • anyone who submits a recording, transcript, or response through the platform
Note regarding minors: Where the platform is used with students under the age of 18, the school or education provider is responsible for obtaining appropriate consent from parents or caregivers before recordings or data are submitted. VOICEi2a provides the technology; the school determines the purpose and manages consent obligations.

3. What Information We Collect

Depending on how VOICEi2a is used, information collected may include:

  • audio recordings submitted through the platform
  • transcripts generated from those recordings
  • AI-generated summaries, themes, reports, and other analytical outputs
  • account details such as name, email address, and organisation name
  • technical and usage information including device type, browser, session data, and access logs needed to operate and secure the platform

In most cases, VOICEi2a processes this information on behalf of the organisation using the platform (such as a school, company, or community group) rather than for VOICEi2a's own independent purposes. VOICEi2a may also hold limited account, security, and support information directly for its own operational purposes.

4. Information That Must Not Be Uploaded Unless Clearly Approved

Users should avoid including unnecessary personal or sensitive details in recordings or uploads. The following categories of information should not be uploaded to VOICEi2a unless the organisation has a clearly lawful reason, appropriate authority, and explicit approval for doing so:

  • home addresses or residential location details
  • dates of birth
  • names or addresses of family members not directly relevant to the purpose
  • passport, national identity, or government identifier details
  • banking, credit card, or payment information
  • medical, health, counselling, disability, or clinical information
  • legal, safeguarding, or case-management information
  • highly sensitive employment, disciplinary, or investigation-related personal details

VOICEi2a is not designed or intended to be used as a repository for this type of sensitive data. If such information is inadvertently submitted, it should be reported so it can be reviewed and, where appropriate, deleted.

5. Why We Collect and Use Information

Information collected through VOICEi2a is used to:

  • provide transcription and AI-assisted analysis services
  • generate reports, summaries, themes, and insights
  • operate and maintain the platform
  • secure the platform and protect against misuse
  • provide account support and respond to enquiries
  • meet legal and compliance obligations

VOICEi2a does not use your information for advertising, profiling for commercial purposes, or selling to third parties.

Data reuse and model training are strictly separate from service delivery. Your data is never used to train AI models, improve VOICEi2a products, or for secondary analysis beyond your original session unless you have given explicit, separate, and informed consent for that specific purpose. See Section 5A below.

5A. Data Reuse and Model Training Policy

Updated 19 May 2026. This section supersedes any prior statements about data use for product improvement or model training. Where a contradiction exists between this section and any earlier version of this policy, this section applies.

VOICEi2a is committed to a trust-first, non-extractive approach to data. The following rules apply without exception:

Default position — all reuse is OFF

No recording, transcript, AI output, or any data submitted through VOICEi2a enters any reuse pipeline, model training pipeline, or product improvement process by default. All such uses are disabled unless a participant has given explicit, informed, and specific opt-in consent.

What "explicit consent" means

For consent to data reuse to be valid, it must be:

  • Explicit — a clear, active opt-in action (e.g. ticking a box), never pre-ticked or implied
  • Informed — the participant must understand what their data will be used for, by whom, and how
  • Specific — consent to one use (e.g. service delivery) does not imply consent to another (e.g. model training)
  • Revocable — participants may withdraw consent at any time by contacting VOICEi2a; withdrawal is honoured promptly
  • Separate — reuse consent is never bundled with terms of service or general privacy acceptance

Distinct reuse categories — each requires separate consent

  • AI model training or fine-tuning (VOICEi2a or any third party)
  • Product improvement, feature development, or quality benchmarking
  • Anonymised research, aggregated analysis, or publication
  • Sharing with third-party research partners or external organisations

Data sovereignty

VOICEi2a recognises that data from individuals, communities, and organisations — particularly Indigenous communities — carries cultural, relational, and political significance beyond its informational content. We are committed to ensuring that critical context and nuance are not stripped from data through processing, and that communities retain meaningful control over how their data is used.

Human-in-the-loop

Where AI processes data — particularly data relating to sensitive communities or high-stakes decisions — human review is required before any output is acted upon, shared, or used to inform decisions about individuals or groups. AI outputs are treated as drafts for human consideration, not authoritative conclusions.

Withdrawing consent

To withdraw consent for any data reuse, or to request that your data be removed from any pipeline, contact us using the details in Section 12. Withdrawal requests will be acted on promptly and confirmed in writing.

6. Overseas Processing and Third-Party Service Providers

To deliver the service, VOICEi2a uses third-party technology providers that may process information outside New Zealand. This means recordings, transcripts, and related content may be handled in overseas jurisdictions depending on the infrastructure of those providers.

Current core service providers include:

  • Base44 — platform infrastructure and data hosting
  • Deepgram — speech-to-text transcription
  • OpenAI — AI-assisted analysis and report generation

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

7. Data Retention

We aim to keep information only for as long as reasonably needed for the purpose it was collected for.

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.

Account information is retained for as long as the account is active or as needed to provide the service. Some logs, backups, and technical records may remain for a limited period as part of normal security and system recovery processes.

8. AI Use, Limits and Human Review

VOICEi2a uses AI tools to generate transcripts, summaries, themes, and reports. These outputs can be useful but are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Specifically:

  • transcripts may contain errors or misheard words
  • summaries may miss context, nuance, or important detail
  • reports may reflect bias or inaccuracies in the source material or AI model
  • outputs should always be reviewed by a human before being relied upon

VOICEi2a should not be used as the sole basis for high-stakes decisions about an individual, including decisions about employment, student wellbeing, assessment, clinical care, or legal matters.

9. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from loss, unauthorised access, use, modification, or disclosure. This includes encryption of data in transit and at rest through our platform provider, and access controls to limit who can view submitted data.

No method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Access, Correction and Deletion

Individuals may have the right to:

  • request access to personal information held about them
  • request correction of inaccurate or outdated information
  • request deletion of personal information where appropriate

In most cases, where information was collected by an organisation using VOICEi2a (such as a school, employer, or community group), that organisation should be the first point of contact for privacy requests. VOICEi2a can assist where the request relates to account or operational information held directly by VOICEi2a.

11. Privacy Incidents and Complaints

If you believe your personal information has been handled in a way that is inconsistent with this policy or the Privacy Act 2020, please contact us using the details in section 12.

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

12. Contact Details

Christopher James Sullivan

18 Cardwell Street, Onehunga, Auckland 1061, New Zealand

Website: www.voicei2a.com

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of material changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the platform after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.