LanguageBridge helps students learn. We don't sell data, track browsing, or create profiles. This policy explains exactly what we do and don't do with information.
We do NOT collect:
When schools purchase LanguageBridge:
LanguageBridge does not retain translation text. Microsoft Azure may retain limited transient logs strictly for abuse prevention, security, and service reliability under its enterprise privacy commitments, and does not use customer data to train its translation models.
Why we need clipboard permission:
Google Docs blocks normal text selection. When you copy text in Google Docs, we read it from your clipboard to translate it.
What we do NOT do:
Same as translation: text is sent to Azure Speech Services over encrypted HTTPS and synthesized audio is returned. LanguageBridge does not store the text or the audio. Audio is played in your browser and discarded.
You tap to record, speak, and tap to stop. Your recorded audio is sent over encrypted HTTPS to Microsoft Azure Speech Services, transcribed into text, and immediately discarded. That text is then translated and read aloud in the other person's language. The audio is never saved.
We NEVER:
Used for:
Processes selected text (to generate read-aloud audio) and, in Talk to Teacher, your spoken audio (to transcribe it into text). Audio and text are used only to produce the translation or transcription and are not retained by Azure or by LanguageBridge.
What they get:
Selected text only (no student names/IDs)
Storage:
LanguageBridge does not store translation requests or audio. Microsoft Azure may keep short-lived operational logs for abuse prevention, security, and service reliability under its enterprise privacy commitments, and does not use customer data to train its translation models.
Privacy:
Microsoft Privacy PolicyMinimized breach exposure: Because LanguageBridge does not store student personally identifiable information or education records, the scope of any potential breach involving student data is structurally limited.
LanguageBridge is offered to schools as a classroom tool and may be used by students under 13. We comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC's COPPA Rule (16 CFR Part 312).
Data Minimization:
School Authorization (COPPA School Exception):
LanguageBridge is provided to K-12 schools and districts for use solely in a school-authorized educational context. Consistent with the FTC's longstanding guidance on COPPA and schools, the school or district may provide consent on behalf of parents for the limited collection of student information needed to deliver the service, in lieu of obtaining direct parental consent, when:
Schools and districts are responsible for providing required notices to parents and for managing parent opt-outs in accordance with their local policies and applicable law.
No Direct Marketing to Children:
LanguageBridge does not display advertising, market to students, or use any student information to contact a child directly.
Talk to Teacher Voice Feature:
The Talk to Teacher voice feature records audio only while a student is actively speaking, uses it solely to produce a transcription, and never stores it. No voice recordings of children are retained by LanguageBridge.
LanguageBridge complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA):
No Education Records Created:
Legitimate Educational Interest:
Microsoft Azure as School Official:
Delete All Extension Data:
chrome://extensions/Clear Settings Only (Keep Extension):
To prevent settings from syncing across devices:
We'll notify schools 30 days before changes. Updated policy posted at languagebridge.app/privacy.
Continued use = acceptance. Schools can cancel if they disagree with changes.
We commit to:
FERPA:
We act as "school official" with "legitimate educational interest" (34 CFR § 99.31(a)(1))
LanguageBridge Student Data Privacy Pledge
We make the following commitments to schools, students, and families:
Federal & Other State Laws:
We also comply with:
File a complaint:
U.S. Department of Education
Family Policy Compliance Office
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-5920
Website: studentprivacy.ed.gov
Privacy Questions:
privacy@languagebridge.app (2 business day response)General:
info@languagebridge.appSupport:
support@languagebridge.appCompany:
LanguageBridge, LLC
Northeast Ohio
What happens when I use LanguageBridge:
If you use Talk to Teacher:
We record your voice only while you're speaking, send it to be turned into text, and then delete it — we never keep voice recordings.
We don't:
Questions? Email privacy@languagebridge.app
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