Privacy policy

Who is responsible

Meer Development, based in the Netherlands, is the controller for the personal data described here.

Contact: zander@meerdevelopment.nl

What we process

• The audio from your microphone, but only while a conversation is running.
• The transcripts of what is said and the AI translations of it.
• In group mode, the speaker labels (for example Speaker 2) and any names the host types for speakers.
• The languages you chose and the date and time of the conversation.
• A flag when you use Report translation, stored with the conversation.
• Your browser user agent, and your IP address only as a salted, keyed hash (HMAC) that cannot be turned back into the IP address without our secret key. We use it to apply usage limits and to investigate misuse.
• In the Android app, a random install ID that the app creates on your phone (it is removed when you uninstall the app). We keep it only as a salted, keyed hash, together with the minutes used today, to apply the daily free minutes per device and to prevent abuse. Google Play Integrity can confirm to our server that the app is the genuine Play version on a genuine device; we do not store that result.
• If you subscribe in the Android app: whether you have an active subscription and which plan, and the minutes you used this month. Payment is handled entirely by Google Play (or Apple on iOS), we never see your card or payment details. The purchase status is checked through RevenueCat and linked only to the anonymous install ID, never to your name or email.

Why we process it

• To provide the live translation you asked for.
• To keep recordings (audio as MP3, plus the transcript and the translation) so translations can be checked later and misuse can be investigated.

How long we keep it

Recordings (audio, transcripts and translations) are kept until they are deleted. We do not delete them automatically yet. You can ask us to delete them at any time.

To request deletion, email zander@meerdevelopment.nl with the approximate date and time and the language pair of the conversation. There are no accounts, so we cannot find your recordings without these details.

Who else handles your data

• Mistral AI: speech recognition and translation. Audio and text are processed with zero data retention enabled, so Mistral does not keep our API data.
• Ploi Cloud: hosting, within the EU (Amsterdam region).
• RevenueCat, Inc. (United States): checks the status of subscriptions bought through Google Play or Apple, using the anonymous install ID and the purchase receipt. It acts as our service provider. Because it is based in the United States, transfers rely on the standard contractual clauses or the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
• Google Play (and Apple on iOS): process the payment and manage your subscription under their own privacy policies.

We do not sell data and we do not share it with anyone else.

Accounts, ads and cookies

There are no accounts, no advertising and no tracking cookies. Your browser storage (localStorage) holds only your language and interface preferences and whether you accepted the recording notice, on your own device.

Website statistics

On the website we count visits with Umami, privacy-friendly and cookieless statistics that we host ourselves in the EU. It stores no personal data, uses no cookies, does not follow you across other sites and respects your Do Not Track setting. We only use the numbers to improve the site. The Android app does not include these statistics.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to access your data, have it deleted, object to its use, and complain to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).

To use any of these rights, write to zander@meerdevelopment.nl

Age and other people

Kohtaa is not meant for anyone under 18. The microphone also picks up the person you are talking to, so tell them before you start.

Changes

If we change this policy, the date at the top changes too.