Translator Pro: Privacy Policy
Last updated: 25 October 2026 · Bahasa Melayu
Translator Pro (“the app”) is made by Jeffrey Tan Wai Hock, an individual developer in Malaysia (“we”, “us”), who is responsible for this policy. Contact: cosmicbunny880@gmail.com.
In short: the app translates on your phone, has no accounts, and sends us nothing: not your text, voice, photos,
screen or messages. We have no servers that receive them. The app shows ads from Google, and Google receives some
information for them, as described below.
What stays on your phone
We don’t collect any of this; it is processed on your phone only.
- Text you translate, and your history. Translation, language detection, romanization and text reading run on
your phone with Google ML Kit’s on-device models. Your history is stored only on your phone and is left out of
Android’s backups and of copying to a new phone. You can delete entries or all of it in the History tab;
uninstalling the app removes it.
- Camera. The Camera tab reads text from the camera picture on your phone. Pictures are not saved or sent.
- Pictures you share to the app or pick in it. They are read on your phone; the app’s copy is deleted when you
close them.
- Translate screen (Accessibility). If you turn on “Translator Pro live translation” in Android’s Accessibility
settings, the app reads the text shown on your screen and takes screenshots of the app you are using, to read the
text in its pictures and show translations over it. It does this only while Translate screen is on (it stays on
until you turn it off, also when the app updates; its floating button shows it is on), and never in password or text
boxes. The text and screenshots are processed on your phone and are not stored or sent. You can
turn this off at any time in Android’s Accessibility settings.
- Sharing the screen instead. If you choose to share the screen, the same applies to the shared screen picture.
- Translated message notifications. If you turn this on and give the app Notification access, it reads the
notifications of the chat apps you pick, translates new messages on your phone and shows the translation in a
notification of its own, without the message on the lock screen. When the chat app removes its notification, the
translation goes too. Messages are not stored or sent.
- Built-in voices and speech recognition. The app’s own voices and speech recognition run on your phone. The app
does not record or keep audio.
What other companies receive
- Speech recognition by your phone. When the app uses your phone’s own speech recognition (for example
Google’s), your voice is handled by that service under its own privacy policy, which may process it online.
- Reading aloud by your phone’s voices. Your phone’s text-to-speech engine handles the text it reads aloud, under
its own policy.
- Language packs. The first time you translate a language, the app downloads its translation model from Google.
Google ML Kit may collect basic information about the device and the app for diagnostics; see
Google’s ML Kit data disclosure.
- Voice and speech files. They come with the app from Google Play. If the app was installed another way, it
downloads them from Hugging Face and GitHub, which, like any website, see your IP address (under their own privacy
policies). No text or audio is sent.
- Ads. The free version shows ads from Google AdMob. Google may collect and use your device’s advertising ID,
approximate location (from your IP address), and how you interact with ads, to show and measure ads and to prevent
fraud. Google decides how this information is used, as a separate controller; see
how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
Where the law requires it (the EU, the UK, Switzerland and some US states), the app asks for your choice first, and
you can change it any time in Settings → Ad privacy choices. You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in
Android’s settings, or buy Remove ads.
- Purchases. Remove ads is bought through Google Play. We receive confirmation of the purchase from Google Play,
not your payment details.
These companies may process information outside your country, including in the United States, under their own
safeguards for international transfers.
Why (legal bases, for the EU, the UK and similar laws)
We don’t process your personal data ourselves. For what Google receives through the app: personalised ads and the
use of your advertising ID rely on your consent, which you can withdraw in Ad privacy choices; non-personalised
ads, ad measurement and fraud prevention rely on legitimate interests (keeping the app free and safe); purchases
are needed to perform the contract you make with Google Play.
How long
Your history stays on your phone until you delete it or uninstall the app. We keep nothing. Google keeps ad and
purchase information under its own policies.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU and UK, the CCPA in California, or Malaysia’s
Personal Data Protection Act), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the use of
your personal data, to receive a copy of it, to withdraw consent, and to complain to your data protection authority.
As we hold no data about you, the data on your phone is yours to delete in the app or by uninstalling it, and Google
handles requests about ad data (Google’s privacy controls). You can
still contact us with any question or request.
Sale and sharing (US state laws). We don’t sell personal information. Showing personalised ads with Google AdMob
can count as “sharing” or “targeted advertising” under some US state laws: you can opt out in Ad privacy choices
(where shown), by deleting your advertising ID, or by buying Remove ads.
Artificial intelligence
Translations, the built-in voices and speech recognition are made by AI models on your phone. The built-in voices
are computer-generated, and translations can be wrong: don’t rely on them where a mistake could cause harm.
Children
The app is not directed to children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect information from children.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.
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