Privacy policy
Last updated 22 October 2026
In short: we collect your email address and the songs you save, so FirstTake can sign you in and keep your music. We don't sell your data, show ads, or use tracking or analytics. You can delete your account and songs at any time.
What we collect
| What | Why |
|---|
| Your email address | To sign you in (we email you a one-time link) and to tell you when someone invites you to a song. |
| Your display name | Shown to people you collaborate with, next to the versions you save. It starts as the part of your email before the @, and you can change it. |
| Your songs and recordings | To store them in your account, keep their version history, and play them for you and the people you share them with. |
| Email addresses you invite | To send the invitation and give that person access to the song. |
| Your IP address, when you ask for a sign-in link | To stop abuse (for example, someone requesting thousands of emails). Kept with the sign-in request. |
| Payment status (Pro plan) | To know whether your subscription is active. Card details are handled by Stripe and never reach our servers. |
Cookies and storage in your browser
- ft_session: keeps you signed in for up to 30 days.
- ft_verify: a short-lived cookie (15 minutes) that protects the sign-in link page.
- Your browser also keeps a working copy of your songs and a few settings (like your chosen microphone) so the app opens quickly and keeps working if your connection drops.
We don't use advertising or analytics cookies.
Who else handles your data
- Our web host stores the website, the database and your recordings.
- Stripe processes payments if you subscribe to Pro. Their privacy policy applies to the payment details you give them.
- Google Fonts supplies the typefaces on our home page, so your browser contacts Google when you open it. The app itself doesn't load anything from Google.
- People you share with. Anyone with a song's listen link can hear it and make their own copy. Collaborators see the song, its history, and the names and emails of the other people on it.
We never sell or rent your personal information.
How long we keep it
- Your songs stay until you delete them or your account. Each song keeps its 40 most recent versions.
- Deleting a song removes it and its versions. Its recordings are deleted too, unless a copy someone made of the song still uses them.
- Deleting your account (Account menu → Delete my account) removes your account, every song you own and your collaborator access. Songs other people copied from yours belong to them and are not removed.
- Sign-in requests are kept for a short time to prevent abuse.
Your choices
- Download any song as a project file (Song menu → Save project file) or as stems and MIDI (Export → Graduation pack).
- Change your name or delete your account from the Account menu.
- Turn off a song's listen link or remove collaborators from the Share dialog.
- For anything else, including a copy of your data, email hello@firsttake.online.
Children
FirstTake isn't meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has signed up, contact us and we'll delete the account.
Changes
If we change this policy in a way that matters, we'll update the date above and tell signed-in users in the app.