← NotchLingoPrivacy Policy
Last updated: November 10, 2026
NotchLingo is a Mac app for translating selected text, keeping clipboard history and notes on the notch, and capturing screenshots and screen recordings. We built it so that your data stays on your Mac. We do not run analytics, ads or tracking, and we do not sell or share personal data.
Data stored on your Mac
Clipboard history, pinned items, notes, screenshots, screen recordings and settings are saved only on your Mac (in the app's own folder, and in Pictures/NotchLingo and Movies/NotchLingo for captures). They are never uploaded by NotchLingo. You can delete them at any time from the app or by deleting those folders.
NotchLingo skips items marked as passwords by password managers and apps you choose to exclude.
Text you translate
When you ask NotchLingo to translate, only that text is sent over HTTPS to Google Translate to get the translation, and is subject to Google's privacy policy. Nothing else (no clipboard history, no files, no identifiers) is sent.
Text recognition in images (OCR), background removal and face/email detection run on your Mac using Apple's Vision framework.
Permissions
Accessibility is used only to read the text you select and to paste the clipboard item you pick. Screen Recording is used only when you take a screenshot or record your screen. Neither is used to collect data.
Purchases
In the Mac App Store version, purchases and the free trial are processed by Apple; we never see your payment details.
In the version downloaded from our website, buying a license is processed by our payment providers (Polar or bank transfer). To activate a license the app sends the license key, an anonymous device identifier and your Mac's name to our server so the key can be limited to your devices. Your email is used only to deliver the license and support you.
Children
NotchLingo is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect data from them.
Changes
If this policy changes we will update this page and the date above.
Tiếng Việt (tóm tắt)
Lịch sử clipboard, ghi chú, ảnh chụp, video và cài đặt chỉ lưu trên máy Mac của bạn. Khi dịch, chỉ đoạn chữ cần dịch được gửi tới Google Translate. Không có quảng cáo, theo dõi hay bán dữ liệu. Thanh toán trên App Store do Apple xử lý.