Privacy Policy

Last updated: 25 September 2026

Best Free Teleprompter ("we", "us") is a free online teleprompter provided by Gillian Scharf (Vienna, Austria). This policy explains what data is, and more importantly is not, processed when you use bestfreeteleprompter.com or the App Store app "Teleprompter with Auto Scroll". Both are built to be private by design.

Who is responsible (Data Controller)

Gillian Scharf · Kudlichgasse 21/7, 1100 Vienna, Austria
Contact: [email protected]. Full details in the Impressum.

Your scripts and settings (stored only on your device)

Scripts you write or paste, and your display settings, are saved automatically in your browser's local storage, on your own device. This data is never transmitted to us or to anyone else; the server only delivers the app's static files. Your scripts persist across page reloads and restarts until you delete them, clear your browser's site data, or use a private/incognito window (which discards everything when closed). Note that Safari deletes a website's storage after seven days without a visit. In the App Store app, scripts and settings are stored in the app's own storage on your device and disappear only when you delete them or the app.

Local storage here is used solely to provide the function you explicitly request (keeping your scripts and settings). Under § 165 (3) TKG 2021 / the ePrivacy rules this is "strictly necessary" storage, which is why this site needs no cookie banner: there is simply nothing to consent to.

Voice tracking (optional)

The voice-controlled auto-scroll on the website uses the Web Speech API built into your browser. When you switch it on, your browser converts your speech to text and hands the text to the app locally, so it can follow your reading position. This site never records, stores, receives or transmits your audio.

Please note: depending on your browser, the speech-to-text conversion itself may be performed by the browser vendor on their servers, by Google if you use Chrome, or by Apple if you use Safari (Apple frequently processes speech on-device). This processing happens between you and your browser vendor under their privacy terms; we are not involved in it and receive nothing from it. The microphone is active only while voice tracking is switched on (your browser shows an indicator), and the manual scrolling mode never accesses the microphone at all.

In the App Store app ("Teleprompter with Auto Scroll" for iPhone, iPad and Mac), voice tracking uses Apple's Speech framework, the same technology as iOS dictation. iOS asks for your permission for the microphone and for speech recognition before the first use. Recognition runs on your device where iOS supports it for the selected language; otherwise Apple processes the audio on its servers under Apple's privacy policy. The app itself never records, stores or transmits audio, and it contains no analytics.

Anonymous usage statistics (Plausible)

To know roughly how many people use this teleprompter, the website (not the app) uses Plausible Analytics, an EU-made, EU-hosted analytics service designed for privacy. Plausible sets no cookies and stores no personal data: it counts page views in aggregate (visits, country, browser type, referrer source) without persistent identifiers, cross-site tracking or profiles. Individual visitors cannot be identified or recognized across days. Because no personal data is stored and nothing is placed on your device, no consent banner is required (legal basis: legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, knowing whether anyone uses the site). Details in Plausible's data policy.

The native iPhone/iPad/Mac app contains no analytics at all.

Server logs and network protection (hosting)

Like virtually every website, our web server (hosted by Hetzner Online GmbH in Germany/EU) keeps standard technical access logs, which include the requesting IP address, timestamp, requested URL and browser user-agent. We use these logs exclusively for security and error diagnosis (legal basis: legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), and they are automatically deleted after a short rotation period. They are not used to profile or track anyone and are not merged with any other data; there is no other data.

Requests to this website pass through Cloudflare, Inc. (San Francisco, USA), which we use as a reverse proxy for protection against attacks and for delivering the site's files quickly. Cloudflare therefore also processes your IP address, user-agent and the requested URL for the purpose of delivering and protecting the site (legal basis: legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Cloudflare acts as our processor under a data processing agreement, is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and uses the EU standard contractual clauses; see Cloudflare's privacy policy. Cloudflare sets no cookies on this site. On the legal pages it may insert a small script of its own that only protects our contact e-mail address from spam bots.

What we never do

• No cookies of any kind, no fingerprinting, no tracking pixels, no cross-site tracking.
• No ad networks, no social plugins, no external fonts, no third-party script libraries.
• No accounts, no email collection, no newsletters.
• No selling, sharing or monetization of data. There is no personal data to sell.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection. Since we hold no personal data about you (your scripts exist only on your device), most of these rights are fulfilled by design; for anything relating to server logs, contact us at the address above. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority (dsb.gv.at).

Changes

If the app ever changes in a way that affects privacy (it isn't planned to), this policy will be updated and the date above changed.