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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.

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46 versions captured · Latest change detected by ConductAtlas: October 2026

What changed DeepL expanded its disclosure of payment data collection for Pro subscribers. The updated policy now explicitly lists payment method information received from its payment service provider (token, card brand, last four digits, BIN, country of issue, and card fingerprint) as data collected during Pro signup. The policy also adds disclosure that DeepL uses Payrails GmbH as a payment orchestration service, which stores payment methods and processes initial payments, with a data processing agreement in place.
Why this matters The updated policy clarifies what payment data DeepL collects from Pro subscribers during signup and how it is processed. The policy now explicitly discloses that payment method information (token, card brand, last four digits, BIN, country of issue, and card fingerprint) is collected from the payment service provider Payrails. DeepL states it has concluded a data processing agreement with Payrails that restricts Payrails to processing data solely according to DeepL's instructions. This is a disclosure clarification rather than a new collection practice.
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What changed DeepL expanded its privacy policy to add detailed disclosures about DeepL Voice and Voice-to-Voice services, including how audio data, transcripts, and translations are processed and retained. The updated policy now specifies retention periods (20 seconds to 30 days depending on organization settings), describes speaker matching and voice characteristic processing, and clarifies that audio is deleted after transcription and translation unless retention settings apply. The policy also discloses use of ElevenLabs as a subprocessor for backup voices in languages where DeepL does not have its own voice model.
Why this matters The updated policy discloses how DeepL Voice processes audio data during real-time translation. Audio, transcripts, and translations are deleted after use unless your organization sets a retention period (ranging from 20 seconds to 30 days). The policy also discloses that DeepL processes voice characteristics for speaker matching (up to 30 seconds per session) and may process tone and speaking style if voice matching is enabled. For languages without DeepL's own voice model, the policy now discloses that ElevenLabs processes backup voice data on DeepL's instructions. You can update voice matching settings at any time, and guests can opt out of voice matching or switch to pre-set voices on a per-meeting basis.
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September 5, 2026 low

DeepL's privacy policy was restructured to add three new sections describing customization features: Translation Memories (8.1), Translation Memory Generation (8.2), and Adaptive Translation (8.3). These sections explain how DeepL stores …

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June 21, 2026 low

DeepL restructured its privacy policy to clarify its corporate structure and complaint procedures. The policy now identifies DeepL as a group of legal entities across multiple countries (Germany, UK, Netherlands, …

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Archival ProvenanceSource & Archival Record
This version captured October 10, 2026 00:57 UTC
Last successful capture October 15, 2026 00:46 UTC
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000448
Version ID CA-V-007475
SHA-256 (extracted text, extractor v5) 5372795f2bb67ae1970ebb79fe41faf477fa5dd5c255bb234c5d25bba79e8484
Archived bytes SHA-256 (anchor) 540249cd1fb2069e8f73f3d861b1fabe887412ad8a252b2280bbf61dc9f5a9ba
✓ Snapshot stored ✓ Archived bytes anchored (verified Oct. 10, 2026)

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