Translation
DeepL privacy rating
Machine translation service from DeepL SE in Cologne, with a free web translator, paid DeepL Pro plans, an API, and desktop and mobile apps.
Summary
DeepL scores 31 out of 100 (grade F) on the translation criteria. It meets 2 of 10 criteria: no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It partly meets independent audit, security headers and text not kept. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report, tells users about requests and works offline. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.
Score 31 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
With consent, marketing cookies and conversion pixels from LinkedIn, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Reddit and others are loaded on the website.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by DeepL Pro and API subscriptions. The translator shows no ads.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Only the auditor's opinion from a SOC 2 Type 2 audit is public, not the full report.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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No
Works offline Weight 3 of 3
Can text be translated on the device, without sending it to a server?
Online only. Translation runs on DeepL's servers.
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Partial
Text not kept Weight 2 of 3
Is translated text deleted after translation and kept out of model training?
Texts sent to the free translator are kept for a limited time and used to train DeepL's models. With DeepL Pro, texts are deleted after translation and not used for training.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B+ (80/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.