Privacy
Privacy Policy
This policy explains how the Atom Translate website and iOS app process information, including what remains on your device and what cloud features transmit.
01Scope and controller
This Privacy Policy applies to the Atom Translate website and iOS app. Will CloudTech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is the developer, operator, and data controller for the processing described here. In this policy, “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to that company.
02Website information
The website is an informational site. It has no user accounts, contact form, advertising, analytics, or marketing cookies, and we do not intentionally collect personal information through the website itself.
Your language choice is stored only in your browser's local storage. Website hosting and network security systems may automatically process routine request data such as IP address, browser type, requested page, and time to deliver and protect the site. If you email us, we receive the address and content you choose to send.
03Information processed by the app
The app processes only the information needed for features you choose, account security, purchases, service operation, and support.
- Account data: email address, password hash, optional username, display name or avatar value, Apple sign-in identifier, user ID, session data, device name, and app version.
- Translation content: text and language selections; live microphone audio, transcript, translation, and synthesized audio; PRO photos and recognized text; and text submitted for online speech playback.
- Purchase and usage data: App Store product and transaction identifiers, subscription status and dates, entitlement state, and aggregated live-minute and PRO-photo usage.
- Technical data: IP address for rate limiting and security, request or session identifiers, language codes, content sizes, response times, and error information. We minimize operational logging and do not use it for advertising.
04How each translation mode works
- Text translation sends the text, language pair, and optional context to our server and Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope/Qwen). It requires internet access.
- Live voice translation streams 16 kHz microphone audio through our authenticated service to Alibaba Cloud Model Studio for speech recognition and translation, and returns text and translated audio. Live content remains in current-session memory on the app and our service.
- Standard photo translation uses Apple Vision and Apple Translation on your device. The photo and recognized text are not uploaded. Once the required Apple language model is installed, this mode may work offline.
- PRO photo translation requires an account, quota, internet access, and a separate upload confirmation. An optimized copy of the selected image is sent through our server to Alibaba Cloud Model Studio for layout OCR and cloud translation. Erasure and translated-text composition occur on your device.
- Online text-to-speech may send the selected text and language through our service to Microsoft's online speech service. If that service is unavailable, the app may use iOS system speech instead.
05Purposes and legal basis
We use information to provide translations and speech, authenticate accounts, maintain sessions, verify purchases, enforce feature quotas, prevent abuse, diagnose failures, respond to support requests, and comply with law. Depending on applicable law, processing is based on performing the service you request, your consent for permissions and optional uploads, our legitimate interests in security and reliability, or legal obligations.
06Service providers and disclosures
We disclose data only as needed to operate the selected feature or comply with law. We do not authorize these providers to use Atom Translate data for advertising or cross-service tracking.
- Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope/Qwen): online text translation, PRO image OCR and translation, live speech recognition, live translation, and translated audio.
- Microsoft online speech service: online text-to-speech when that playback path is used.
- Apple: Vision and Translation on-device frameworks, Sign in with Apple, StoreKit purchases, subscription management, and App Store distribution.
- Infrastructure and security providers: hosting, database, network delivery, and abuse prevention under service agreements and access controls.
- Authorities or transaction parties: only when legally required, to protect rights and safety, or in a corporate transaction subject to appropriate safeguards.
07Storage and retention
App preferences and consent choices may be stored in UserDefaults, and authentication credentials are stored in the device Keychain. Text and live conversations are held in the current app session and are not written to a translation-history database by us.
Live audio buffers are cleared after a turn ends, is cancelled, or fails. Our service may use short-lived memory caches for reliability, including online speech output for up to about one hour and, when enabled, PRO OCR idempotency results for up to about five minutes.
Account, session, subscription, and aggregated usage records are retained while the account is active and as needed for security, transaction integrity, legal obligations, and dispute resolution. Provider-side processing and retention follow the provider configuration, contract, and applicable policy.
08Permissions and your choices
Camera access is used to capture content you choose to translate. The system photo picker gives the app only the image you select. Microphone access is used for live voice translation. You can deny or later change these permissions in iOS Settings, but the related feature will not work.
You can avoid cloud photo processing by using Standard photo mode. You can stop further cloud processing by not submitting text, live audio, or PRO photos. The app records your PRO upload confirmation locally so it can respect your choice.
09No advertising or tracking
The reviewed app and website contain no advertising SDK, third-party analytics SDK, or cross-app and cross-website tracking. We do not sell personal information.
10Security and international processing
We use transport encryption, password hashing, token protection, access controls, and data minimization appropriate to the service. No system can guarantee absolute security.
Cloud features may process data in locations where we and our service providers operate. When required, we use contractual and technical safeguards for cross-border processing. Avoid submitting highly sensitive material unless it is necessary and you are authorized to do so.
11Access, correction, and deletion
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information by contacting us. Registered users can initiate account deletion in the app at Settings, Account, Delete Account and Data. This removes the user profile, linked identities, sessions, subscription association, and usage records from our active account database, subject to records we must retain for transaction integrity or law.
Deleting an Atom Translate account does not cancel an App Store subscription. Cancel it separately in your Apple account settings. Removing the app clears app data according to iOS behavior; data handled by Apple or other providers remains subject to their policies.
12Children and policy changes
Atom Translate is not directed specifically to children. A user who has not reached the age required to consent under applicable law should use the service only with a parent or guardian's authorization.
We may update this policy as the product or law changes. We will change the date above and provide additional notice when a material change requires it. Contact the email listed above for privacy questions or requests.