Data Mycroft Collects

Email Address

When you created this account, you provided your email address. It is the method we use to identify users. It is also used to send you confirmation messages for account updates, like password changes. For example, a password reset request is sent to this email address.

We do not use your email address for marketing purposes, unless you used the same email address to sign up for our newsletter or other such mailing list. Your email address is never shared with third parties.

Geographical Location

When you register a device with Mycroft, the Add Device screen asks for the geographical location of yor device. This data is synchronized to your device when it is registered and when it is changed via the Edit Device screen. Your device uses this data for location-specific services such as date, time and weather.

Data Presentation

When you register your first device, you are asked for your preferred date format, time format, and measurement system. This data is synchronized to each of your devices when they are registered. If the values of these preferences change, the new values are synchronized to all your devices. Your device uses this data for when formatting data for presentation such as date, time and weather.

Data Sent to Third Parties

Speech Transcription

When you issue a command or request to your voice assistant, the audio data is transcribed into text. The transcription can be performed on your device, but on-device transcription software does not provide the best user experience. Transcriptions are more accurate when sent to a third party service provider over the internet.

Answering Queries

When you ask the Mycroft voice assistant a question that cannot be answered by one of the installed skills, a textual representation of the question is sent to services like Wolfram Alpha, Duck Duck Go and Wikipedia in an attempt to find the answer.