Privacy Policy

Flashlator · Last updated: April 25, 2026 · Version 1.0

One-line summary Flashlator collects no personal data. All translation, speech recognition, and text-to-speech happen entirely on your device. Nothing is transmitted anywhere.

1. Who we are

Flashlator (hereinafter, "the App") is developed and operated by Ingeniería.dev, led by Chris Flores (hereinafter, "we", "the Developer").

Contact: christian@irack.mx
Address: Av. Javier Barros Sierra 495, Santa Fe Lomas de Santa Fe Zedec Santa Fé, Álvaro Obregón 01219, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

2. What data we collect

None. Flashlator was built with privacy by default. The App:

Does not require registration or an account of any kind
Does not ask for your email, name, phone number, or any personally identifiable information
Does not transmit the text you type, the audio you speak, or the translations you receive to any server
Does not include any third-party SDKs for analytics, advertising, tracking, or crash reporting
Does not send telemetry, usage metrics, or any data to any server we control or to any third party
Does not track you across apps or websites

3. What is stored on your device

The App stores the following data locally on your device using SwiftData. Nothing in this table is ever sent off-device:

Data	Purpose	Location
Bookmarked translations (source text + translated text + language pair)	Let you access your favorite translations offline, instantly	Device (SwiftData)
Last selected language pair	Restore your last session when you reopen the App	Device (UserDefaults)
App preferences (e.g., text size, TTS speed)	Personalize the App experience across launches	Device (UserDefaults)

This data is never sent to the Developer's servers or to any third party. If you delete the App, all of this information is removed with it.

4. External services used

None. The App makes no network requests of any kind.

All translation is performed on-device using Apple's Translation framework (iOS 18+). Speech recognition is performed on-device using SFSpeechRecognizer with requiresOnDeviceRecognition = true where available. Text-to-speech is rendered on-device using AVSpeechSynthesizer (system). No text, audio, or any other content is sent to external servers — not even to Apple's servers — during translation or speech processing.

The App does not integrate any of the following:

Analytics SDKs (Firebase, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Segment, etc.)
Crash reporting services (Sentry, Crashlytics, Bugsnag, etc.)
Advertising networks (Google AdMob, Meta Audience Network, etc.)
Remote translation APIs (Google Translate, DeepL, Microsoft Translator, etc.)
Cloud storage or sync services

5. System permissions

Flashlator requests exactly two system permissions:

Permission	Why it is needed	Audio/data destination
Microphone (`NSMicrophoneUsageDescription`)	Capture your voice when you tap the mic button to perform voice-to-text translation	Processed entirely on your device by `SFSpeechRecognizer`. Audio is never recorded to disk and never transmitted anywhere.
Speech Recognition (`NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription`)	Convert your spoken words to text so Apple's Translation framework can translate them	Processed on-device when `requiresOnDeviceRecognition = true`. No audio or transcript is sent to any server.

If you deny Microphone or Speech Recognition permission, the App remains fully functional for typed input — only the voice input feature is unavailable. You can grant or revoke these permissions at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security on your iPhone.

The App does not request access to your camera, contacts, calendar, location, photos, health data, Bluetooth, or any other system resource beyond those listed above.

6. Marketing and advertising

The App displays no ads. We do not collect data for remarketing, profiling, segmentation, behavioral analysis, or any promotional purpose. We do not participate in ad networks, and we do not sell or share information with any third party.

7. Minors

The App is rated 4+ and is suitable for all ages. We do not knowingly collect information from minors. Because the App requires no registration and transmits no data, it complies with COPPA (US), LGPD Infantil (Brazil), and GDPR-K (EU) by design.

8. User rights (GDPR, CCPA, LFPDPPP)

Even though we collect no data, the following rights are guaranteed by design:

Right to access: All your data (bookmarks, preferences) lives on your device and is accessible from within the App.
Right to rectification: You can edit or delete any bookmark at any time.
Right to erasure: Uninstalling the App deletes all associated data from your device.
Right to portability: Not applicable — no data exists on external servers.
Right not to be subject to automated decisions: The App does not use algorithmic profiling of any kind.

For any questions about your rights, please email christian@irack.mx.

9. Security

Local data is stored inside the iOS app sandbox, protected by the operating system and by device-level disk encryption (Apple's Data Protection API). Microphone audio captured during voice input is held transiently in memory only for the duration of the recognition request and is never written to disk.

10. International transfers

We do not perform international transfers of personal data because we do not store personal data on any server. The App operates entirely on-device and makes no outbound network connections.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the App or to applicable law. The current version will always be published at this URL, along with the date of the last update. Material changes will also be announced inside the App.

12. Governing law

This Policy is governed by the laws of the United Mexican States, in particular the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties (LFPDPPP). Any dispute will be submitted to the competent courts of Mexico City.

13. Contact

Privacy Officer: Chris Flores
Email: christian@irack.mx
Postal address: Av. Javier Barros Sierra 495, Santa Fe Lomas de Santa Fe Zedec Santa Fé, Álvaro Obregón 01219, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico