Recording and consent

Last updated July 4, 2026. Effective July 4, 2026. Recording in Slide Practice is consent first. Nothing records until you turn it on, and the people in a session are asked for their consent before anything is captured. This page explains how that works and gives you a plain English overview of the rules that may apply where you and your clients are located. It is guidance for practitioners, not legal advice.

Consent first by design

Slide Practice does not record anything on its own. Recording happens only when you start it for a specific session, and you stay in control the whole way through.

Auto Join, the feature that has a bot join your video calls on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, is off by default. It runs only when you enable it for a particular session. If you never turn it on, no call is ever recorded.
For in person or other sessions, you can upload your own recording. Those are recordings you made yourself, and it is on you to have captured them lawfully.
There is no always on listening and no background capture. If you do nothing, nothing records.

How consent is obtained in Slide Practice

Before a session is recorded, Slide Practice presents a clear on screen consent step to the client. The client sees that the session is about to be recorded and is asked to agree before any capture begins.

The client can decline. If they do not consent, you should not record. You can still run the session; you simply continue without recording, or you stop and discuss it with the client first. Consent is asked for plainly, in language a client can understand, so no one is recorded without knowing.

How consent is stored

When consent is given, Slide Practice keeps a record of it. That record notes who gave consent, which session it relates to, and when it was given. The point is a simple, honest log you can rely on later: a way to show that the people in a session agreed before it was recorded. This record is handled under the same terms as the rest of your data. See the Privacy Policy for how we store and protect it.

How consent is revoked

Consent is not permanent. A client can withdraw it, and you can act on that at any time.

You can stop recording during a session at any point.
You can delete a recording after the fact. Deleting a recording removes the recording and its transcript from Slide Practice.
If a client asks you to delete their recording, you should honor that request and delete it. If you need help, contact us at support@slidepractice.com.

When a recording is deleted, any AI recap that was drafted from it is based on content that no longer exists in Slide Practice, so review what you keep accordingly.

Know your local law

This section is a plain English overview to help you ask the right questions. It is not legal advice, and it is not a substitute for checking the rules that apply to you and your clients. Laws change, and your situation may differ. When in doubt, get advice from a qualified lawyer in the relevant location.

United States

Recording consent rules vary by state. Most states follow one party consent, meaning one participant agreeing is enough. Some states require all parties to consent. California, Connecticut, and Florida are all party (sometimes called two party) consent states, and they are not the only ones. When participants are in different states, the safest approach is to assume all party consent applies and get agreement from everyone before you record.

United Kingdom and the EEA

Recording someone involves processing their personal data, so you need a lawful basis and you must give clear notice of what you are recording and why. The cleanest basis for one-to-one sessions is usually explicit consent. Ask for it, make it clear, and record the fact that it was given.

Australia

Surveillance and listening device laws differ by state and territory, and several restrict recording a private conversation without the consent of the people in it. Get consent before you record, and check the rules for the state or territory you and your client are in.

The responsibility is yours

You, the practitioner, are solely responsible for obtaining every legally required consent from every participant in a session before you record it, and for knowing whether the law that applies to you and your clients follows one party or all party consent. Slide Practice gives you the consent step, the stored record, and the controls to stop and delete, but it does not and cannot decide what the law requires in your situation. Before you record, review the rules that apply to your location and your clients' locations, and when those locations differ, plan for the stricter rule.

Slide Practice is a tool that you operate. It is not a participant in your sessions and is not the party that decides to record. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Slide Practice, and Vikrant Singh trading as Slide Practice, is not responsible or liable for any recording you make, store, or share without the consent the law requires, or for how you use a recording. You are responsible for your own recordings and their consequences. This page is general guidance provided as is, without warranty of any kind, and it is not legal advice.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time as the product changes or the law changes. When we do, we will revise the dates at the top of this page, and the version shown there is the one that applies. Please check back so you are working from the current rules.

For how recordings, transcripts, and consent records are stored and protected, see the Privacy Policy. For the terms that govern your use of Slide Practice, including the warranty disclaimer, the limitation of liability, and your agreement to indemnify Slide Practice for your recordings and use, see the Terms.