Vtt Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-06-04

This policy explains how Vtt (a macOS app) handles data when you use the product. Vtt follows a strict data-minimization approach: no ads, no tracking or analytics, and no data sales.

1. Privacy commitments

No advertising and no ad profiling
No tracking instrumentation, no analytics collection
No selling, renting, or trading user data

2. Data we process

To provide translation, OCR, and AI conversation features, Vtt may process:

Text you select in your system
Screenshot OCR region content and recognized text
Text you manually input
Your configured API Key, model name, and service endpoint
Local preferences and shortcut settings
Local history and favorites
Permission status required by app features

3. Purpose of processing

Translation, OCR, and AI conversation features
Launch at login when you enable the option
Permission requests and permission-state checks for feature availability
Saving preferences, local history, and favorites on your device

4. Local storage and security

Your API Key is stored only in the local macOS Keychain. Local history, favorites, and preferences are stored only on your device.

5. Third-party services

Vtt sends content to third-party services only when you configure and use those services yourself, and only with data necessary to fulfill your request.

DeepSeek
Alibaba Cloud Bailian
Baidu OCR
macOS System Translation

6. Data lifecycle

Local history and favorites remain on your device until you delete them
API Keys stay in your local macOS Keychain until you replace or remove them
Uninstalling the app does not upload your local data to any remote server
To fully clean up, remove local history/favorites and clear related configuration in the app

7. Your controls

You can disable features or permissions at any time
You can clear or replace API Keys at any time
You can delete local history and favorites at any time

8. Contact

For privacy-related questions, please contact us via: https://www.yuzhaoye.com