“DeepL shall only make use of Customer Training Data exclusively in connection with the translations or improvements of the respective Customer.”
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The restriction prevents DeepL from pooling or cross-applying one customer's Training Data to benefit other customers or DeepL's general models.
The updated terms explicitly state that audio files are now included in the definition of 'Content' and that all Content is processed by DeepL's machine learning infrastructure. This formalizes what may have been implicit practice and clarifies the scope of data subject to machine learning processing. The terms also introduce a new access method through third-party AI assistant applications via DeepL's Model Context Protocol endpoint; usage through this pathway counts toward your subscription's usage limits and volumes. You can review the Service Specification for details on how third-party application access operates.
View change record →The customer's Training Data is contractually ring-fenced to their own use case and cannot be applied by DeepL to other customers or broader purposes.
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The restriction prevents DeepL from pooling or cross-applying one customer's Training Data to benefit other customers or DeepL's general models.
The customer's Training Data is contractually ring-fenced to their own use case and cannot be applied by DeepL to other customers or broader purposes.
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