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Users who process third-party personal data through DeepL Pro services must have both a legal basis under data protection law and a formal data processing agreement, or the use is not permitted.
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If you use DeepL Pro services to translate or improve texts that contain personal data, you are required to have a legal justification under data protection law and a data processing agreement in place.
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"using DeepL Translator Pro, DeepL API Pro and DeepL Write Pro for the translation or improvement of texts containing personal data of any kind is only permitted if there is a justification for this under data protection law...our Ts&Cs provide for the conclusion of a data processing agreement— Excerpt from DeepL's DeepL Privacy Policy
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Users who process third-party personal data through DeepL Pro services must have both a legal basis under data protection law and a formal data processing agreement, or the use is not permitted.
If you use DeepL Pro services to translate or improve texts that contain personal data, you are required to have a legal justification under data protection law and a data processing agreement in place.
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