Privacy Policy

Mirko Translation — Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 24, 2026

Last Updated: October 8, 2026

Thank you for using Mirko Translation (the "App"). Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy

Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share and protect your information. By using the

App, you agree to this Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Translation Content: Text, voice, and images you submit in the Translate, Conversation, and

Photo features are used solely to provide translation services to you.

Microphone & Speech Recognition: When you use "Hold to Speak" for voice translation, we

access your microphone and use speech recognition to convert speech to text for translation.

If you use voice translation, the voice recording you submit is sent to the third-party AI

service you have selected, as described in Section 4.

Camera & Photo Library: When you use camera translation or import images from your album, we

read the selected images for text recognition (OCR) and translation. If you use image

translation, the image you select is sent to the third-party AI service you have selected,

as described in Section 4.

Keyboard Extension: When you translate via the keyboard extension, we process the content you

type and explicitly submit. We do not log or transmit any keystrokes unless you explicitly

submit them.

Usage Data: We may collect anonymous usage statistics (such as feature usage frequency and

crash logs) to improve the product experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

To provide, maintain, and improve translation features;

To process your translation requests and return results, including sending your content to

the third-party AI service you have selected;

To analyze usage trends and optimize performance;

To troubleshoot issues and ensure security.

3. Permissions

The App may request the following system permissions, all of which can be disabled at any

time in your device settings:

Microphone - for voice input and translation;

Speech Recognition - to convert speech to text;

Camera - for photo translation;

Photos - to select images for translation;

Keyboard Full Access - to enable translation from the keyboard in any app.

Disabling permissions will not affect your normal use, but the corresponding features will

not be available.

4. Storage & Sharing of Information

4.1 Storage on your device

Your translation history is stored only on your device, shared between the App and the

keyboard extension via the system App Group.

4.2 AI service providers you select

To complete an AI translation, your content is sent to a third-party AI service. You choose

which provider receives it. The App does not choose a provider for you, and it never

substitutes another provider automatically - if the provider you selected is unavailable, the

request fails and the App asks you to choose again, rather than silently sending your content

elsewhere.

What we send: the text you enter or paste; the voice recording you submit (when you use voice

translation); the image you select (when you use image translation); the source and target

language; the tone and scene you select. We send only this content.

Where it goes: three providers are selectable. Your content is sent only to the provider you

choose.

- OpenAI OpCo, LLC - OpenAI API, model GPT-4o - processed in the United States

Terms: https://openai.com/policies/data-processing-addendum

- Google LLC - Gemini API, model Gemini 2.5 Pro - processed in the United States and other

regions

Terms: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms

- Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd. - DeepSeek Open Platform, model

DeepSeek V3 - processed in mainland China (Hangzhou)

Terms: https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/zh-CN/deepseek-privacy-policy.html

If you are in the EEA or Switzerland, the contracting entity for OpenAI is OpenAI Ireland

Ltd. If you are in the EEA or the United Kingdom, the contracting entity for Google is Google

Ireland Limited.

Purpose: solely to generate the translation you requested. We do not use it for advertising,

and we do not use it to train our own models.

Retention: OpenAI and Google process the data under their own terms, with a default retention

of up to 30 days for service delivery and abuse detection. DeepSeek does not publish a fixed

retention period. Request logs on Mirko's servers are deleted after 30 days.

Protection by provider: for OpenAI and Google, our data processing agreements require a level

of protection for the data they receive that is equal to this Policy, and prohibit using the

data to train their general-purpose models or for purposes unrelated to the service. For

DeepSeek, we have disabled the option in our open-platform account that allows our data to be

used for model training and service optimization, and have requested in writing that the data

be used only to complete the translation; the effectiveness of that request depends on the

provider's actual practice.

4.3 What we never send

Our requests to AI providers contain no device identifier: no device ID, no advertising

identifier (IDFA / IDFV), no Mirko account identifier, and no authentication credential.

These are used only between your device and our servers, and are stripped before a request is

forwarded, so they never reach a provider. Because your content is relayed through our

servers, a provider sees our server's egress IP address, not your IP address.

4.4 Your control and consent

Before your content is first sent to an AI provider, the App shows you what is sent, who

receives it and where it is processed, and asks for your explicit consent. You can turn this

authorization off at any time in Settings - Privacy & Data. Once off, we immediately stop

sending content to AI providers; AI features become unavailable, but on-device basic

translation continues to work. You can change the provider at any time in Settings. If we add

a selectable provider, or a provider's legal entity or processing location changes, we ask

for your consent again before sending anything to it.

4.5 International transfers

Because you choose the recipient, whether a transfer takes place depends on your choice. Each

provider's processing location is shown on every option in the App. Choosing OpenAI or Google

means your content is processed in the United States (and possibly other regions in the case

of Google), i.e. transferred outside mainland China; those transfers rely on the applicable

data processing agreements and standard contractual clauses. Choosing DeepSeek means your

content is processed within mainland China.

4.6 What we do not do

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share your personal data with third

parties for advertising purposes. Apart from the AI service providers you select, as

described above, we do not disclose your personal information to any third party unless

required by law.

5. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information against

unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or loss. However, no method of transmission over

the Internet is completely secure.

6. Children's Privacy

The App is not directed to children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have

inadvertently collected personal information from a child, we will delete it as soon as

possible.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with

a new effective date. Where a change concerns the AI service providers, we will also ask for

your consent again in the App before sending anything to a newly added provider. We encourage

you to review this Policy periodically.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]