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Kagi Translate privacy rating
Translation service from Kagi Inc. that uses large language models from several providers to translate text, documents and web pages. Free to use on the web and in mobile apps.
Summary
Kagi Translate scores 41 out of 100 (grade D) on the translation criteria. It meets 3 of 11 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and modern web standards. It partly meets transparency report, TLS configuration and text not kept. It does not meet open source, independent audit, tells users about requests, security headers and works offline. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B- and Internet.nl website score 93%.
Score 41 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
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?
Kagi's privacy policy states its websites load no analytics or telemetry.
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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 Kagi's paid subscriptions. Kagi Translate shows no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
The privacy policy includes a warrant canary, but no request counts are 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 third-party language models through Kagi'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?
Model providers do not train on the text, but most keep API requests for up to 30 days.
Automated tests
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Partial
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B- (65/100+)
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Yes
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Score 93%