Bilargo Translate — Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2026-06-15

This Privacy Policy explains how Bilargo — Michał Lipski, a sole proprietorship (jednoosobowa działalność gospodarcza) registered in Poland, with registered address at Aleja Partyzantów 51A, 24-100 Puławy, Poland, NIP 7161515351, REGON 061686949 ("Bilargo", "we", "us" or "our"), handles information when you use the Bilargo Translate macOS application (the "App") and related support materials.

Bilargo is a trade name of the sole proprietorship operated by the natural person Michał Lipski. For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), Bilargo / Michał Lipski is the data controller for personal data we process.

1. Summary

Bilargo Translate is designed to process translations locally on your Mac.

As currently offered:

• translation content is processed locally on your Mac; we do not intentionally send source text, translated text, or translation history to our servers or to a cloud AI inference service;
• translation history is stored locally on your Mac;
• we do not require user accounts;
• the App includes a locally managed 7-day free trial;
• the only paid product is a Lifetime unlock handled through Apple's In-App Purchase system;
• the principal network activity is the optional, user-initiated download of model files from a third-party host such as Hugging Face;
• standard Apple / App Store flows (purchase, restore, updates) and voluntary support communications may involve network activity outside our control.

For details about the AI models used by the App, see the AI & Model Notice.

2. Information processed locally

The App may process and store locally on your Mac:

• source text;
• translated text;
• translation history;
• local settings and preferences;
• model selection and prompt settings;
• downloaded models;
• local trial state.

This local information remains on your device unless you choose to copy, export, back up, sync, delete or otherwise move it outside the App.

3. Trial and purchase information

To manage the 7-day trial, the App may store limited local trial state, such as whether the trial has started, the trial start date, the trial end date, and whether the App is in trial mode, locked mode, or lifetime-unlocked mode.

If you purchase or restore Lifetime access, Apple processes the transaction. We do not receive your full payment card details. We may receive or process limited entitlement information from Apple, such as whether Lifetime access is active on the Apple Account used for the purchase. Apple's processing is governed by Apple's own terms and privacy policy.

4. Model downloads and third-party network metadata

If you choose to install an optional AI model, the App may connect to a third-party model hosting service, such as Hugging Face, to download model files to your device.

This may involve standard network metadata required for the download request, such as:

• your IP address;
• general request metadata;
• the requested model repository;
• timestamps and technical logs handled by the third-party host.

We do not use your text as prompts for a cloud AI translation service. After a model download completes, translation is intended to run locally on your device.

Third-party model hosts process data under their own privacy policies and terms. We do not control their data practices.

For more information about the models available in the App, see the AI & Model Notice.

4a. Optional user-configured cloud providers (Bring Your Own Key)

The App optionally lets you connect your own API key for a third-party AI provider (for example OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Google, or OpenRouter). This feature is off by default and only active for a backend you explicitly configure.

If you select such a cloud backend:

• the text you submit for translation or improvement is sent to that provider, under your own account and API key, at your own cost;
• the App marks cloud backends with a visible "CLOUD" label and shows a one-time notice before first use;
• cloud backends are blocked while the App's offline mode is enabled;
• your API keys are stored only in the macOS Keychain on your device; we never receive or store them;
• the provider processes your text under its own privacy policy and terms. We are not a party to that processing and do not receive your text.

If you never configure a cloud backend, no translation content is sent to any cloud service.

5. Support communications

If you contact us for support or privacy requests, we may process the information you provide, such as your name or email address, the content of your message, device/app details you choose to include, and attachments or logs you voluntarily send.

Please do not send sensitive personal data unless it is necessary for your request.

6. Data we do not intentionally collect

As of the effective date of this Policy, we do not intentionally collect your source text, translated text, or translation history on our own servers for cloud inference, analytics profiling, advertising, or resale.

We do not sell personal information and we do not use the App for advertising tracking.

7. Purposes and legal bases for processing

Where GDPR applies, we rely on the following legal bases:

Purpose	Data involved	Legal basis
Providing local translation, history, settings, model management and App functionality	Information processed locally on your Mac	Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and our legitimate interest in operating the App (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
Managing trial and Lifetime access	Local trial state and Apple entitlement information	Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR); legitimate interest in preventing abuse of the trial and licensing features (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
Downloading optional AI models at your request	Network metadata sent to the model host	Performance of a contract / steps requested by you (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR); where required for transfers, your explicit consent to the download (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)
Handling support and privacy requests	Contact details and message contents you provide	Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR), legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR), and legitimate interest in customer support (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
Compliance, legal claims and App Store obligations	Records necessary to comply with law or defend claims	Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) and legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)

8. Data sharing

We do not sell your personal data.

Relevant third parties may include:

• Apple, for App Store distribution, billing, purchase restoration and App Store operations;
• model hosting providers, such as Hugging Face, if you choose to download optional models;
• email or support providers, if you contact us by email or through a support channel;
• professional advisers or public authorities, where required by law or necessary to protect legal rights.

We do not intentionally send your translation content to a third-party AI inference API.

9. International data transfers

Some third parties involved in App distribution, support or optional model downloads may be located outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States.

When you choose to download an AI model, your device may connect to a third-party hosting service such as Hugging Face, Inc. in the United States. This connection may involve the transfer of network metadata (such as your IP address and requested model repository) outside the EEA.

Where such transfers occur, they are made using an applicable transfer mechanism, which may include:

• an adequacy decision such as the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, where the recipient is certified;
• Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission;
• or, where you explicitly choose to initiate a specific model download and no other mechanism is available, your explicit consent to that transfer for the requested download.

10. Local storage and retention

Because the App is local-first:

• translation history remains on your device until you delete it or remove the App's local data;
• downloaded models remain on your device until you delete them;
• settings remain on your device until changed, reset or deleted;
• trial state may remain locally so the trial is not trivially reset on the same environment;
• support messages are retained only as long as necessary to handle your request and maintain reasonable business/legal records.

If you uninstall the App or remove local data, some or all local information may be deleted, subject to macOS behavior, backups, iCloud/device backups you control, and other system-level storage.

11. Clipboard, export and other apps

If you copy, export, or otherwise move content out of the App, that information may then be handled by other apps, services, clipboards, backups or destinations outside our control.

12. Security

We use a local-first architecture to reduce unnecessary data transfer, but no software environment can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure. You are responsible for securing your Mac, your Apple Account, your exported files and any third-party storage you choose to use.

13. Your choices

You may be able to:

• delete local history;
• delete downloaded models;
• change local App settings;
• remove the App and its local data;
• restore Lifetime purchases through Apple;
• contact us about privacy questions at privacy@bilargo.com.

14. Your GDPR rights

If you are in the EU/EEA or GDPR otherwise applies, you have the right to:

• access personal data we hold about you (Art. 15 GDPR);
• rectify inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR);
• erase personal data ("right to be forgotten") (Art. 17 GDPR);
• restrict processing (Art. 18 GDPR);
• data portability (Art. 20 GDPR);
• object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21 GDPR);
• withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR), without affecting processing before withdrawal;
• lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

For Poland, the supervisory authority is:

Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (PUODO)
ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warszawa, Poland
https://uodo.gov.pl

To exercise your rights, contact us at privacy@bilargo.com. Because most App data is stored only on your device and not on our servers, we may not be able to access or delete local data for you; you can delete it directly on your device.

15. Children

The App is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum digital-consent age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal data through a support or privacy request, contact us at privacy@bilargo.com.

16. Automated decision-making

We do not use personal data for automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR.

17. Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do, we will update the effective date above and publish the current version at https://translate.bilargo.com/privacy. Where required by law, we will provide appropriate notice.

18. Contact

If you have privacy questions, contact:

• Bilargo — Michał Lipski
• Aleja Partyzantów 51A, 24-100 Puławy, Poland
• NIP: 7161515351
• REGON: 061686949
• privacy@bilargo.com
• support@bilargo.com
• https://translate.bilargo.com