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This is DeepL's privacy policy, covering how DeepL SE collects and processes personal data across its translation, writing, voice, and API products. The policy states that text submitted by free-tier users may be used to train and improve DeepL's AI models, while paid subscribers and API users have their translation inputs deleted after processing without use for training. The policy also discloses that account registration data, payment information, device identifiers, IP addresses, and usage analytics are collected and may be shared with third-party service providers including cloud hosting, payment processing, and analytics vendors.
This document is DeepL's privacy policy, governing the collection, processing, and retention of personal data across DeepL's translation, writing, voice, and API services, with GDPR as the stated primary legal framework and DeepL SE (Cologne, Germany) identified as the data controller. The policy states that text and document inputs submitted by free-tier users may be used to improve DeepL's machine learning models, while the terms assert that paid subscribers and API users have their input data deleted after translation without use for training purposes. The policy discloses collection of account data, payment data, device identifiers, IP addresses, browser information, usage data, and communication metadata, and authorizes sharing with third-party processors including cloud infrastructure, payment, analytics, and customer support providers; the distinction between free-tier and paid-tier data handling for training purposes is operationally significant and document-explicit. The policy engages GDPR (as the primary framework, given DeepL SE's German establishment), the UK GDPR post-Brexit, CCPA for California residents, and references data subject rights including access, rectification, erasure, objection, and data portability; applicable law or regulatory guidance may limit how asserted processing rights apply in practice depending on jurisdiction. Material compliance considerations include the adequacy of consent mechanisms for free-tier training use, the legal basis asserted for each processing activity, the sufficiency of data processing agreements with listed sub-processors, and cross-border data transfer mechanisms for data routed outside the EEA.
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13 versions captured · Last updated: June 2026
DeepL's privacy policy document header was updated on June 5, 2026, removing a promotional reference to 'DeepL Spring Launch: 3 breakthroughs to accelerate language workflows' and adding a new promotional …
View change record →DeepL updated their DeepL Privacy Policy on June 02, 2026. Change detected: 1 sentence(s) added, 1 sentence(s) removed, 1 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 634 sentences after update.
View change record →DeepL updated their DeepL Privacy Policy on May 29, 2026. Change detected: 1 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 634 sentences after update.
View change record →DeepL added a detailed table of contents to its Privacy Policy on May 22, 2026, restructuring how the policy is organized. The update adds 46 sentences of new section headers …
View change record →DeepL's Privacy Policy footer navigation was updated on May 11, 2026 to include a link to 'Community' in the Resources section. The previous version did not list this navigation item. …
View change record →DeepL's privacy policy page was updated on May 6, 2026 with minor changes to the header and navigation elements. One marketing tagline was added, and two sentences were modified, but …
View change record →DeepL updated a headline on their privacy policy webpage from 'This is a test' to 'The hidden cost of caption churn in multilingual meetings.' This appears to be a minor …
View change record →DeepL's privacy policy page was updated on May 5, 2026 with minor content changes to the introductory marketing text. The change removed some case study references and added a new …
View change record →DeepL's privacy policy was updated on May 1, 2026 to revise promotional messaging in the document header. Two sentences promoting DeepL's Spring Event were removed, and the remaining promotional language …
View change record →DeepL's privacy policy was updated on April 30, 2026 with a single sentence modification in the introductory marketing content. The change replaced a reference to 'DeepL's Flagship Report' with a …
View change record →DeepL updated its Privacy Policy homepage on April 29, 2026 by replacing promotional content in the header section. The previous version featured event promotion language; the updated version now directs …
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