Privacy policy
Occasio privacy policy
Last updated 9 November 2026
Occasio collects nothing about you. It sends song details to a few music services only to look things up for you, and with keys you choose to add.
Your music
- Occasio reads your library through Apple Music and controls Music with your permission (Automation in System Settings).
- It changes only your stars, favourite / dislike and a small [tags: …] block at the end of a song's Comments. Your own comment text stays.
- Occasio's own files are caches on your Mac. They can be deleted and rebuilt.
Your keys
- Last.fm and Anthropic keys are optional. They're stored in your Mac's Keychain, never in files, and never sent to us.
- Claude suggestions are billed to your own Anthropic account. Occasio shows an estimate before a batch and stops at your monthly cap.
What we receive
- Nothing. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking, no ads.
Services Occasio contacts
Only to look things up for you. None of them gets your name, email or anything that identifies you from Occasio; they do see your internet address, as any website would.
| Service | Gets | Why | Key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Music / MusicKit | Song and artist details, through Apple's own frameworks | Catalogue lookups, similar songs, adding songs to your library | None |
| iTunes Search API | Song, artist and album names | Artwork, release years and links for songs you stream | None |
| MusicBrainz | Song, artist and album names | Original release years | None |
| Last.fm | Song and artist names | Crowd ratings, vibes and similar songs | Your own, optional |
| Anthropic (Claude) | Song and artist names | Vibe suggestions you accept or reject | Your own, optional |
Who's responsible
Occasio is made by Eben Smit, trading as Howzit Labs, in Cape Town, South Africa. Questions about this policy or your data: support@howzitlabs.com.
Changes
If Occasio starts handling data differently, this page changes first, with a new date at the top.