Privacy
Last updated: November 10, 2026. This is a draft and will be reviewed before launch.
What we store
Your scripts and settings are stored on your device: in Chrome’s extension storage for the Chrome extension, and in your browser’s local storage for the phone recorder. cueduck has no accounts and no servers that receive your scripts.
Camera and microphone
The phone recorder uses your camera and microphone only while it is open, to show the preview and record. Recordings are created in your browser. Your last 10 takes are kept on your device (in your browser’s storage) so you don’t lose a good one; they are never uploaded. You can delete any take in the recorder, and clearing your browser’s site data removes them all. Saving or sharing a take puts a copy wherever you choose.
Voice scrolling (optional, beta)
If you turn on voice scrolling, cueduck uses your browser’s built-in speech recognition. Depending on your browser and device, audio may be processed on the device or sent to the browser maker’s speech service (for example Google or Apple). cueduck shows which mode is in use when your browser reports it. It is off by default.
Eye follow (optional, beta)
If you turn on Eye follow in the Chrome extension, cueduck uses your webcam to notice when you look away from your script, and pauses it. The video is analysed on your computer by a face-tracking model that ships inside the extension (Google’s MediaPipe Face Landmarker). No video, image or face data is recorded, stored or sent anywhere: only a few numbers per frame (which way your eyes and head point) are passed between parts of the extension, and discarded right away. The camera turns off when you switch Eye follow off, hide the prompter or close the tab.
Permissions in Chrome
The extension asks for “storage”, “activeTab”, “scripting” and “offscreen” (to run Eye follow’s camera in the background). It runs on a tab only after you click its icon or use its shortcut, and does not read or change other sites. If you turn on “Keep open after reload” for a site, Chrome asks you to allow access to that one site, so cueduck can reopen itself there; you can turn it off in cueduck’s settings.
When you uninstall
Chrome opens a short page asking why you removed cueduck. Answering is optional. If you answer, your choice and any comment you type are stored by our website host (Netlify) so we can read them.
Analytics
The extension and phone recorder include no analytics or tracking.