Privacy Policy

Effective: July 27, 2026. Operated by Meipath LLC ("we"). Applies to the berkshirescan.com website and the Berkshire Scanner iOS app.

What this service is

Berkshire County Scanner republishes automated transcriptions of publicly broadcast police, fire, and EMS radio in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Transcripts are generated by automated speech recognition and language models; they may contain errors and are not official records.

Information the WEBSITE collects

First-party usage analytics: when you use the website we record anonymized usage events (page views, tab switches, activity heartbeats, interactions). Each event carries a one-way anonymized visitor identifier derived from your IP address (your raw IP is not stored with analytics events), a random session identifier, and coarse location (city, region, country, and approximate coordinates) estimated from your IP address. We use this solely to understand site usage. We do not use third-party analytics, advertising networks, or tracking SDKs, and we do not sell or share this data.
Server logs: like nearly all web services, our servers keep standard access logs (IP address, user agent, request path including any query string, timestamps) for security, abuse prevention (including rate limiting), and operations. Logs are retained on a rolling basis and are not used for advertising.
Cookies: if password access is enabled, a single signed session cookie keeps you signed in. We set no advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.
Search queries: text you type into transcript search (on the site or in the app) is sent to our servers to perform the search. Queries are used to return results and are not linked to any account or identity. Because the query travels in the request URL, it also appears in the access logs described above and is retained on the same rolling basis.

Information the iOS APP collects

The app has no accounts, no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising, and no third-party SDKs, and it does not collect contact information, identifiers, or your location. It requests transcript, map, summary, and status data from our servers (those requests appear in server logs like any web request). The one thing it sends that originates with you is transcript search text, which goes to our servers to run that search; because our access logs record the request path, search text is retained in those logs on the same rolling basis as any other request. It is not linked to any account or identity — the app has none — and is not used for tracking or advertising. On your device the app stores three small items: a flag in the iOS Keychain recording that you have seen the first-launch content notice, a marker file recording that the first launch happened, and your chosen recap sort order. The app's App Store privacy label declares Search History, not linked to you and not used for tracking.

Audio and transcript content

All published content originates from publicly broadcast, unencrypted radio transmissions received via a legal scanner, consistent with federal law (18 U.S.C. § 2511) and Massachusetts law. Transmissions may incidentally reference members of the public; we publish only what was already publicly broadcast. To request review or removal of a specific transcript, contact us — see below.

Data sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share personal information with third parties. Our hosting providers process data on our behalf solely to operate the service. We may disclose information if required by law.

Children

The service is not directed at children and is rated 18+ on the App Store due to the nature of live public-safety traffic.

Changes

We will post any changes to this page and update the effective date above.

Contact

[email protected]. This is the same address the iOS app and our Legal page publish, and it is the route for transcript review or removal requests.

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