StreamTap privacy policy

Last updated: 18 August 2026

StreamTap is a Windows desktop application published by LTC Labs. The short version: your recordings never leave your computer.

What StreamTap stores on your computer

Data	Where it lives	Why
Recordings	Music\StreamTap (or the folder you pick)	The WAV or MP3 you asked for
Settings	%APPDATA%\StreamTap\settings.json	Format, devices, save folder, usage-data toggle
Telemetry queue	%LOCALAPPDATA%\LTCLabs\StreamTap\telemetry_queue.json	Offline buffer if a diagnostic POST could not be sent
Logs	%LOCALAPPDATA%\LTCLabs\StreamTap\Logs\	Diagnosing capture problems
Last update check	%LOCALAPPDATA%\LTCLabs\StreamTap\.last-update-check	So the app does not check more than once a day

StreamTap does not upload, transcode to a server, or back up your recordings.

What StreamTap sends to LTC Labs

Diagnostic and service-improvement data, anonymous. No personal files, content, names, or account identifiers. You can opt out of optional usage data. Crash reports and basic stability data stay on so we can fix issues.

When	What
Once a day at startup	App version, Windows version, and an anonymous machine ID, so we know whether you are on a current build
If StreamTap crashes	Error type and stack trace
On close	A small batch of events: app opened, app closed, and any recording failures

The machine ID is a one-way hash of a Windows identifier. It cannot be turned back into anything about you or your PC.

Every usage event is documented in Telemetry.

Optional usage data

With Send anonymous usage data on, StreamTap also reports when a recording finishes — format, bitrate, length in seconds, whether the mic was on, and file size in MB. Never the filename, never the contents, never what you recorded.

You choose this the first time you run StreamTap, on the welcome screen, and you can change it in Settings in the window header.

What is never collected

File paths or filenames
Audio content of any kind
Anything you type, except what you put in a support ticket
Your name, email, or account details — except the email you type into the support form, after on-screen confirmation

Support tickets

When you file a ticket you give us your email and, if you leave the box ticked, your diagnostic logs. That is you deliberately sending us something, not background telemetry.