TalkTool Europe / Privacy

EU privacy & GDPR overview

Clear information. Less retained data. A considered European launch.

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TalkTool Europe is being built for businesses that want live translation with clear control over their information. Our approach combines a separate European application, minimal conversation storage and documented provider responsibilities.

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European application infrastructure

The EU website, primary application database and temporary application state are hosted in Frankfurt, separately from the original TalkTool application.

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Conversations stay temporary

TalkTool does not save recordings or transcripts from the current browser demo. The planned EU call service also has recording and transcript persistence disabled.

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Control for your organization

Access is tied to organization membership. Administrators can download stored organization settings, the member directory and usage records from the dashboard.

The voice demo available today

The optional browser demo uses Soniox's EU regional project and endpoints for speech recognition, translation and voice generation. It starts after your processing acknowledgement and microphone permission. Press Stop to end the session; sessions are capped at 60 seconds. Use sample conversations without personal or sensitive information. EU customer phone calling is not yet enabled.

Who is responsible for your information?

CareRates LLC dba TalkTool, a California business, operates TalkTool Europe. We are responsible for our own account, demonstration and business administration activities. For the planned business call service, the customer normally determines why its calls are processed and TalkTool acts on its documented instructions. The customer agreement will define the applicable roles and processing details.

Where your information goes

Current services and the planned EU call service are listed separately below.

Fly.io

Application hosting and network traffic

Frankfurt application server

DPA signed and returned. Account coverage, log and retention details awaiting confirmation.

MongoDB

Organization settings and stored usage records

Frankfurt primary database

Separate database with restricted access. Account agreement review and recovery arrangements in progress.

Upstash Redis

Temporary state and abuse prevention

Frankfurt application state

Fly-managed service. Backup locations, expiry and agreement coverage awaiting confirmation.

Clerk

Sign-in, sessions and organization membership

United States identity processing

Separate EU app identity configuration. Published DPA reviewed; account and deletion details awaiting confirmation.

Soniox

Speech recognition, translation and voice generation

EU regional speech endpoints

EU endpoints verified. Signed DPA retained; legal-entity coverage, processing roles and transfer wording under review.

Twilio

Planned phone connections and call routing

Ireland voice processing planned

Regional routing and carrier data flows must be verified before customer calls are enabled.

Resend

Internal email alerts containing lead form details, source pages and contact preferences

United States email sending region; no EU-only email residency commitment

Uses a dedicated sending credential for the existing verified TalkTool sender. Lead records remain in the separate EU database; notification copies are sent to the founder mailbox.

Google Workspace

Business email and privacy enquiries

No EU-only email residency commitment

Email is handled through our business mailbox. Agreement and retention review remains in progress.

DB-IP (database copy only)

IP-to-country database used by our own EU web server to derive a visitor's country for marketing analytics

Database file stored on the Frankfurt application server; no visitor data is sent to DB-IP

Free IP to Country Lite edition under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (IP Geolocation by DB-IP). Refreshed when the application image is rebuilt.

European hosting and international processing

European servers do not mean every provider or copy of data stays in the EU. Clerk identity processing and access by our US business involve international processing. Soniox account, usage and billing data may be processed outside the EU; its DPA also allows limited processing elsewhere for operation, security or support. We are clarifying that scope and documenting applicable DPAs and transfer safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses or an applicable adequacy framework. Ask for the confirmed processing schedule before onboarding. EDPB transfer guidance.

A documented provider relationship

Our provider register records purposes, locations, agreement evidence and outstanding confirmations. Fly's DPA has been signed and returned. Soniox's signed DPA and subprocessor list are retained, with coverage and scope questions under review. A submitted request alone is not shown as an approved control.

What we keep, and for how long

Guide requests and internal lead alerts
Form details, source page, contact preference and notification delivery state are stored in the EU database. An internal alert is sent through Resend to the founder mailbox. This does not subscribe the visitor to marketing emails. Email copies are outside the EU database and must be included when handling access or deletion requests.
Website visit records
When a browser opens a page on eu.usetalktool.com, our EU web server records the page address, the time, the IP address, the country derived from it with a database held on the server itself, the page it came from and any campaign (UTM) parameters, the browser's user agent string, and a first-party cookie (eu_vid) that links one browser's page views into a sequence. We use these records to understand where visitors come from and which pages they read (marketing analytics). They stay in the EU database for 90 days and are then deleted automatically; the cookie also lasts 90 days. On signed-in dashboard pages a record is linked to the user and organization. No visitor data is sent to an analytics or geolocation service. You can object to this processing or ask for your records through the privacy contact below.
Demo audio and conversation text
No TalkTool recording or persistent transcript storage. Displayed text remains on your device until cleared, replaced by another test or the page is closed.
Demo security controls
Daily counters use a protected hash of your IP address and expire within 48 hours of the last update. Short-lived session tokens and used-token markers expire within two minutes.
Organization and identity records
Stored to operate your account. Contact us about access, correction or deletion. Automatic account closure and provider backup expiry are still being finalized.
Planned call and usage records
Configured retention is 30 days for minimal call records and 90 days for usage receipts. These settings apply to the planned call service and require live validation.
Backups and provider records
Managed MongoDB backups are not enabled. Recovery procedures and provider log/backup locations and retention are being finalized; no blanket backup-expiry promise is made.
Translation context
The glossary and description your administrators enter are stored with your organization settings, sent to the EU speech service on each of your calls to improve recognition and translation, included in the administrator export and deleted with the workspace. Do not enter health or other sensitive personal information.
Call transcripts and recordings
Stored only when your administrators switch them on, for the retention period you choose (up to 365 days), with a recording notice played on each call. Recordings stay with the carrier in Ireland. TalkTool support staff may open a call's transcript or recording for support during that period; each access is logged and listed in the administrator audit trail.

Your choices and privacy requests

Email quinn@usetalktool.com to request access, correction, deletion or restriction, and where applicable portability or objection. You can also withdraw consent where processing relies on it and complain to your data protection authority. Tell us which account or organization is involved; do not send passwords, API keys or call recordings.

We verify identity and authority proportionately. Where a business customer controls the call data, we help route the request to that customer. The GDPR normally requires a response within one month; where a permitted extension is needed, we must explain it within that month. The dashboard export is an immediate organization tool; other requests are handled through our privacy contact.

Read the EDPB guide to your rights

Preparing for customer launch

Our intended position for EU customer launch

We are preparing for positive provider confirmations and a launch with agreed processing terms, verified EU speech and phone routing, documented international transfers, tested retention and recovery, and clear notices for everyone joining a translated call. These are launch commitments under preparation, not statements that every step is complete today. Sensitive or regulated use cases need a separate assessment before support is agreed.

Your privacy contact

Let’s make the details clear.

Request the processing schedule and provider information relevant to your business.

quinn@usetalktool.com
CareRates LLC dba TalkTool
1420 N Elderberry Ave, Ontario, CA 91762, United States
Michael Quinn Stewart, Founder
+1 310 947 7217