Calamus Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 2026
BrandCast Labs LLC (“we”, “us”), 127 West Hargett Street, Suite 301, Raleigh, NC 27601, makes Calamus. This policy says what data Calamus handles, where it goes and how long it is kept.
The short version
- Your stories stay on your device. They leave it only when you use Reed or sync, and only after you accept a notice on that device.
- We use no cookies, no analytics and no ads.
- We do not sell your data or share it for advertising.
- We do not use your stories to train AI models.
What we handle
| Data | Where it goes | How long it is kept |
|---|---|---|
| Stories, notes, backups and the app log | Stay on your device | Until you delete them |
| The parts of a story that Reed needs, on a trial or Pro | Calamus servers, then OpenRouter, then an AI model host that does not keep the text | Not stored by us, by OpenRouter or by the model host |
| The parts of a story that Reed needs, on Free | The AI provider that you set up | Under your own agreement with that provider |
| Email, name, card, billing address and tax ID | Stripe | Until you delete your account. Stripe keeps the payment records that the law requires. |
| License record: Stripe IDs, plan, credit balance and credit use | Calamus servers on Cloudflare | Until you delete your account |
| Synced stories, story titles and device names (Pro) | Calamus servers on Cloudflare R2. Not end-to-end encrypted. | The last 5 versions, 24 hourly and 7 daily snapshots. Deleted 30 days after you delete a story or Pro ends. |
| Email address in a lost-key request | Stripe, to find the account, then Brevo, to send the key | Not stored. A rate-limit record for the address is deleted after 15 minutes. |
| A Reed reply you report, your note, the app platform and version | Brevo, then our support inbox | Kept in our support inbox |
| Email address on the launch list | Brevo | Until you unsubscribe |
| IP address and app version, on each request to our servers | Cloudflare | In Cloudflare’s own logs. Our servers write no logs of their own. |
Reed and AI
Before Reed sends any part of a story, the app shows a notice that names where it goes. Nothing is sent until you accept. You can withdraw your acceptance in Settings.
On a trial or Pro, requests go through Calamus to OpenRouter, which sends them only to model hosts that keep no data. On Free, requests go straight from your device to the provider you set up. That provider’s own privacy policy applies.
Sync
Sync is a Pro feature. Before a device syncs for the first time, the app shows a notice, and nothing syncs until you accept. You can withdraw your acceptance in Settings. Synced stories are encrypted in transit and at rest on Cloudflare, but they are not end-to-end encrypted: our servers can read them. You can delete all your synced data from the app at any time.
Emails
We send email only to deliver your license key, to answer a lost-key request, and to send launch news if you joined the list. Stripe sends billing emails, such as the trial reminder.
Service providers
We use these companies to run Calamus. Each one handles your data only to provide its service to us.
| Provider | What it does |
|---|---|
| Stripe | Payments, subscriptions and billing records |
| Cloudflare | Hosting, license records and sync storage |
| OpenRouter | Routing of Reed requests to AI model hosts that keep no data |
| Brevo | License key, lost-key and report emails, and the launch list |
Your choices
- Delete your account on my.calamus.cc. This deletes your synced data, your license record and your Stripe customer record.
- Delete synced data from the app, and keep your account.
- Withdraw AI or sync acceptance in Settings on each device.
- Unsubscribe from the launch list with the link in any launch email.
- Ask for a copy of your data, a correction or a deletion: write to privacy@calamus.cc. We answer within 30 days.
Children
Calamus is for people 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13. If you think a child under 13 gave us data, write to privacy@calamus.cc and we will delete it.
Where data is processed
We operate Calamus from the United States. Our service providers can process data in other countries.
Changes to this policy
We post changes on this page and change the date at the top. If a change is important, we tell Pro subscribers by email before it applies.
Contact
privacy@calamus.cc, or BrandCast Labs LLC, 127 West Hargett Street, Suite 301, Raleigh, NC 27601.