86 Total
14 High severity
55 Medium severity
17 Low severity

Key Facts

Can DeepL share a user's business email address?
DeepL may share a user's business email address with the holder of the company email domain if the company has legitimate reasons to ask for this data.
With whom can DeepL share the email address?
DeepL may share a user's business email address with the holder of the company email domain if the company has legitimate reasons to ask for this data.
Must the company have legitimate reasons to ask for this data?
DeepL may share a user's business email address with the holder of the company email domain if the company has legitimate reasons to ask for this data.
Can DeepL share usage data associated with a user's account?
DeepL may share usage data associated with a user's account with the user's company to allow the company to assess its specific need for DeepL Pro licenses.
With whom can usage data be shared?
DeepL may share usage data associated with a user's account with the user's company to allow the company to assess its specific need for DeepL Pro licenses.
Are audio data, transcriptions, and translations deleted after complete performance of contractually agreed services?
DeepL deletes audio data, their transcriptions, and translations after complete performance of the contractually agreed services for DeepL Voice.
Does DeepL process content uploaded by free-version users?
DeepL processes content uploaded by free-version users and its translations or improvements for a limited period of time to train and improve its neural networks and algorithms.
Upon a user's selection of the marketing cookies category, what does DeepL do with that user's data?
DeepL, upon a user's selection of the marketing cookies category, sends that user's data to third parties outside the EU, including the storing or sharing of hashed email addresses with parties such as Google and Reddit.
Does DeepL send a user's data to third parties outside the EU, including the storing or sharing of hashed email addresses with parties such as Google and Reddit?
DeepL, upon a user's selection of the marketing cookies category, sends that user's data to third parties outside the EU, including the storing or sharing of hashed email addresses with parties such as Google and Reddit.
Must there be a justification under data protection law?
DeepL permits the use of DeepL Translator Pro, DeepL API Pro, and DeepL Write Pro for translating or improving texts containing personal data only if there is a justification under data protection law and a data processing agreement has been concluded.
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Summary

DeepL's privacy policy explains what it does with your data depending on whether you use the free or paid Pro version: free-version text submissions are used to train DeepL's AI, while Pro submissions are deleted after translation and never used for improvement. If you sign up with a work email, DeepL may share your email address and usage activity with your employer. If you start a free trial and do not cancel, your subscription automatically converts to paid and your payment method is charged.

Analysis

This privacy policy establishes DeepL's data collection, usage, sharing, and retention practices across its free and Pro service tiers. For free-version users, DeepL processes submitted content and its translations or improvements for a limited period to train and improve its neural networks, while Pro-tier users' submitted texts are deleted after complete performance of the contracted service and are not used for quality improvement. DeepL may share business email addresses and account usage data with a user's employer or domain holder under defined conditions, and transmits a range of personal and transactional data to the third-party fraud-detection provider Riskified, whose assessments may automatically decline subscription requests. Marketing cookie selection triggers international data transfers including the sharing of hashed email addresses with third parties such as Google and Reddit, and use of Pro services to process third-party personal data requires both a legal basis under data protection law and a concluded data processing agreement.

What this means for you

If you use the free version of DeepL, the text you submit is processed for a limited period to train and improve DeepL's AI systems; switching to a Pro plan means your submitted texts are deleted after the service is performed and are not used for improvement. If you register with a business email address, DeepL may share that address and your account usage data with your company's domain holder. Selecting the marketing cookies category causes DeepL to send your data, including hashed email addresses, to third parties outside the EU. If you start a free trial, you can avoid automatic conversion to a paid subscription by cancelling before the trial period ends.

Institutional Analysis
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26 important changes detected

26 versions captured · Last updated: July 2026

What changed DeepL's privacy policy was modified on July 29, 2026, involving a single sentence change within the document's navigation or header structure. The specific operational or substantive effect of this change cannot be determined from the provided diff, which shows only minor text formatting in a navigation menu rather than a substantive privacy, data handling, or user rights provision.
Why this matters The detected change appears to involve a minor formatting or navigation adjustment within DeepL's privacy policy rather than a substantive modification to data handling, disclosure, or user rights. No material change to what DeepL collects, uses, or shares with users is evident from the provided change context.
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What changed DeepL's privacy policy underwent structural reorganization in an update detected on July 24, 2026. The document removed 23 sentences containing the table of contents, section headers, and navigation elements that previously outlined coverage areas such as data controller information, scope of data protection, specific product-based data handling (Translator, Voice, API, Documents), cookies, user research, job applications, data security, user rights, and South Korean-specific provisions. The updated version retains the opening statement that protecting privacy and personal data is important to DeepL, but the substantive privacy policy sections are no longer visible in the detected change.
Why this matters The detected change removed the privacy policy's table of contents and section-header navigation. The opening statement that privacy protection is important to DeepL remains. The substantive privacy provisions themselves are not shown in this change, so the extent to which user data handling, security, or rights were modified cannot be determined from the detected change alone.
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July 22, 2026 low

DeepL's privacy policy was updated on July 22, 2026. The change involved a single sentence modification in the document's navigation or boilerplate section, adding 'AI agents' to a list of …

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July 21, 2026 low

DeepL's Privacy Policy was updated in an update detected on July 21, 2026, with one sentence modified in the navigation or introductory section. The change added a reference to 'How …

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July 11, 2026 low

DeepL's privacy policy was updated on July 11, 2026 with minor changes to page layout and navigation. One sentence was added and two sentences were modified, but the change appears …

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July 8, 2026 low

DeepL updated its Privacy Policy on July 8, 2026 with formatting and navigation changes to its public website. The policy itself contained 643 sentences after the update. The changes involved …

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July 1, 2026 low

DeepL's Privacy Policy was updated on July 1, 2026 to add navigation menu items and resource links in the document header. The updated policy added references to a 'Resources' section …

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June 28, 2026 low

DeepL's privacy policy underwent formatting and structural changes on June 28, 2026. The policy removed a large section of navigation and product marketing content that appeared in the document header, …

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June 26, 2026 low

DeepL's Privacy Policy was updated on June 26, 2026 with modifications to introductory and navigation text. The document removed a section titled 'Welcome to the new DeepL API experience: More …

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June 22, 2026 low

DeepL's Privacy Policy was updated on June 22, 2026 with a minor revision to the document's introductory header. The language 'Purpose-driven innovation and DeepL's hackathon culture' was removed and replaced …

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June 21, 2026 low

DeepL updated its privacy policy to clarify its corporate structure and data controller responsibilities. Previously, the policy identified only DeepL SE as the data controller responsible for processing personal data. …

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June 19, 2026 low

DeepL's privacy policy was updated on June 19, 2026 with two minor text modifications. The first change added a new introductory statement: 'The future of SEO is multilingual and AI-driven' …

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June 15, 2026 low

DeepL's Privacy Policy was updated on June 15, 2026 with minimal substantive changes to the policy itself. Two sentences were added to the document's introductory content referencing the integration of …

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June 10, 2026 low

DeepL's privacy policy was updated on June 10, 2026 with a single sentence modification. A new headline was added to the table of contents: 'Welcome to the new DeepL API …

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June 9, 2026 low

DeepL reorganized the navigation menu and table of contents structure in their Privacy Policy on June 9, 2026. The change reordered sections from a solutions-first layout (Teams, Localization, Legal, Marketing) …

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June 5, 2026 low

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 …

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June 2, 2026 low

DeepL updated promotional banner text in their Privacy Policy header on June 2, 2026. The previous banner promoted a Spring Launch Virtual Event focused on language solutions. The updated banner …

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May 29, 2026 low

DeepL's Privacy Policy underwent a minor formatting or navigation change on May 29, 2026. One sentence in the document was modified, replacing a reference to 'VLM: Major advances in document …

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May 22, 2026 low

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 …

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May 11, 2026 low

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. …

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May 6, 2026 low

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 …

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May 5, 2026 low

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 …

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May 5, 2026 low

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 …

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May 1, 2026 low

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 …

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April 30, 2026 low

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 …

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April 29, 2026 low

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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Complete Provision Index

Every distinct legal provision identified in this document. Featured provisions appear above with analysis.

86 provisions
12 featured
14 clause types
14 high severity
Restricted or Prohibited Content/Industries 1 1 high
Disclosure and Transparency Requirements 1
Policy Changes 1
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Archival ProvenanceSource & Archival Record
Last Captured July 29, 2026 00:52 UTC
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000448
Version ID CA-V-005341
SHA-256 2cf9014ae0cb825d9f82aa6cfb74ad53fbf4d5ba1c8a13576726e30af6bccc60
✓ Snapshot stored ✓ Text extracted ✓ Change verified ✓ Hash verified

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