Official documentation
Privacy policy: OpenSubs
OpenSubs, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 22, 2026
- What it is
- The privacy policy of OpenSubs, a browser tool that transcribes speech into subtitles, translates them and burns them into a video. Last updated September 15, 2026. It states where subtitle cues are kept on the user's device, which data leaves the device and what the maker keeps for paid translation.
- How much weight it carries
- The maker's own privacy policy, read on 2026-10-22 from its own address. The app is open source, so the claims about the video can be checked in its code. The policy gives retention in terms of local storage and paid translation only, and says nothing about human review of transcripts.
Facts taken from this source
- OpenSubs's privacy policy says subtitle cues are kept in the browser's local storage for 24 hours, so they survive a sign-in, and that the user can discard them at any time.
“The cues are kept in local storage for 24 hours so they survive that, and you can discard them at any time.” (What's stored locally, on your device only)
- OpenSubs's privacy policy says the subtitle lines sent to its backend for paid translation are not retained by it afterwards, and are not used to train anything.
“They are not retained by us afterwards, and they are not used to train anything.” (Paid translation)