The Short Version
We don't collect your personal data. We don't store the text you type. We don't track you across the internet. We don't sell anything to anyone because we don't have anything to sell. If every company's privacy policy was this simple, the world would be a slightly less annoying place.
But since we need to cover all the bases properly, here's the full breakdown.
What Information We Collect
Information You Provide (Basically Nothing)
FreeTTS does not require you to create an account, provide an email address, enter a name, or hand over any personal information. You can use the entire tool without telling us a single thing about yourself. That's intentional.
If you choose to contact us via email at [email protected], we'll obviously have your email address from that exchange. We use it only to respond to your message. We don't add it to a mailing list, we don't share it with third parties, and we don't send you marketing emails. You email us, we reply. That's the full lifecycle of that data.
Text You Enter Into the Tool
When you use FreeTTS to convert text to speech, your text is sent to our server for processing. Here's exactly what happens:
- Your text is received by our server
- It's processed through our speech synthesis engine
- An audio file (MP3) is generated
- The audio file is made available for you to listen to and download
- Both the text and audio are temporarily stored for a maximum of one hour
- After one hour, temporary files are automatically and permanently deleted
We do not read your text. We do not log your text. We do not analyze your text. We do not use your text to train AI models. We do not share your text with anyone. The text exists on our server only for the brief time needed to generate your audio, and then it's gone.
Automatically Collected Information
Like virtually every website on the internet, our server logs basic connection information when you visit. This includes:
- Your IP address (logged by the web server, not by us specifically)
- The page you requested
- Your browser type and operating system
- The date and time of your visit
These are standard server logs that every web server generates automatically. We don't actively analyze these logs to identify individual users. They exist primarily for security purposes (detecting attacks, diagnosing errors) and are rotated regularly.
Cookies
FreeTTS uses minimal cookies. Here's what's stored in your browser:
- Theme preference: If you switch between light and dark mode, that preference is saved in your browser's localStorage (not even a cookie, technically). This data never leaves your device.
That's it. We don't use tracking cookies. We don't use marketing cookies. We don't use those "cookie consent" banners that ironically use more cookies to remember that you declined cookies. Your browser, your preferences, your business.
Third Party Services
We want to be transparent about what third party services FreeTTS uses:
- Cloudflare: We use Cloudflare as a CDN and security layer. Cloudflare may process your IP address and request data as part of delivering our website to you. Cloudflare has its own privacy policy governing this processing.
- Speech Synthesis Engine: The text to speech conversion uses neural voice technology. The text you submit is processed to generate audio but is not stored or used for any other purpose.
We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or any other tracking/advertising platform that follows you around the internet. If we add advertising in the future to sustain the service, we will update this policy accordingly and ensure any advertising is non-invasive and does not involve personal data tracking.
Data Sharing
We don't share your data with anyone. We don't sell data. We don't have data brokers on speed dial. We don't have a "partners" section in this policy because we don't share your information with partners. The data you generate on FreeTTS stays on FreeTTS (briefly) and then gets deleted.
The only exception would be if we are legally compelled to share information by a valid court order or law enforcement request. In such a case, we would comply with the law, but given that we don't store user data, there would be very little (if anything) to provide.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect the FreeTTS service and any data that passes through it:
- All connections to FreeTTS are encrypted via HTTPS/TLS
- Our server uses industry standard security configurations
- Temporary audio files are stored in a restricted directory and auto deleted
- We don't store sensitive personal information because we don't collect it in the first place
The most effective data security measure is not collecting data you don't need. We follow that principle religiously.
Children's Privacy
FreeTTS does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. Since we don't collect personal information from anyone (no accounts, no signups, no data collection), this concern is largely academic. The tool is safe for users of all ages.
Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have various rights regarding your personal data under laws like GDPR (EU), CCPA (California), or similar regulations. These rights typically include:
- The right to know what data we collect about you (answer: essentially none)
- The right to request deletion of your data (answer: there's nothing to delete)
- The right to opt out of data sales (answer: we don't sell data)
- The right to non discrimination for exercising your rights
If you have specific questions about your rights or want to make a formal request, email us at [email protected] and we'll help you out.
GDPR Compliance (European Users)
If you're visiting from the European Union or European Economic Area, here's how FreeTTS complies with the General Data Protection Regulation:
- Legal basis for processing: The minimal data processing we do (generating audio from your text) is based on your explicit consent. You type text, you click generate, you're consenting to that text being processed into audio. That's the full extent of it.
- Data minimization: We collect the absolute minimum amount of data needed to provide the service. In practice, this means we collect almost nothing. Your text is processed and deleted. No profiles, no identifiers, no behavioral data.
- Right to erasure: Since we auto delete everything within an hour, your right to erasure is exercised automatically before you'd even think to request it.
- Data portability: You can download your audio files immediately after generation. That's your data, exported, in a standard format. Done.
- Data Protection Officer: Given the minimal nature of our data processing, we have not appointed a formal DPO. For any data protection inquiries, contact [email protected].
- Cross border data transfers: Our servers are located in Germany (Hetzner data center, Falkenstein). If you're in the EU, your data stays in the EU. For users outside the EU, data is processed in Germany under GDPR protections regardless.
CCPA Compliance (California Users)
For California residents under the California Consumer Privacy Act:
- Right to know: We've detailed everything we collect in this policy. Spoiler: it's almost nothing.
- Right to delete: Auto deletion within one hour handles this for you.
- Right to opt out of sale: We do not sell personal information. Period. There's no "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link because there's nothing to sell.
- Non discrimination: We don't discriminate against users who exercise their privacy rights. Everyone gets the same free service regardless.
- Categories of personal information collected in the last 12 months: None, beyond standard server logs (IP addresses, request data) which are automatically generated and regularly rotated.
International Users
FreeTTS is used by people in over 100 countries. Regardless of where you're located, we apply the same privacy standards to everyone. We don't have different privacy tiers based on geography. EU users don't get better privacy protections than users in Asia or Africa. Everyone gets the same "we don't collect your data" treatment.
That said, if your country has specific privacy regulations that you believe aren't addressed here, please email us and we'll work with you to address any concerns.
How Our Audio Processing Works (Technical Details)
For the technically curious (or the privacy auditors), here's exactly what happens to your data when you use FreeTTS:
- Client side: Your browser sends an HTTPS encrypted POST request containing your text, selected voice, speed, and pitch settings to our API endpoint.
- Server side: Our FastAPI application receives the request. The text is passed directly to the speech synthesis engine. No logging occurs at this step.
- Audio generation: The speech synthesis engine processes the text and generates an MP3 audio file. The file is saved to a temporary directory with a randomly generated UUID filename.
- Response: The server returns a URL pointing to the generated audio file. Your browser fetches and plays the audio.
- Cleanup: A background task runs every 30 minutes and deletes all temporary files older than 1 hour. This process is automatic and cannot be overridden.
At no point in this process is your text logged to a database, written to a permanent file, transmitted to a third party, or used for any purpose other than generating your requested audio. The text exists in server memory during processing and in the temporary file system for up to one hour. Then it's gone.
Advertising (If/When We Add It)
FreeTTS currently does not display advertising. If we add advertising in the future to help sustain the free service, we commit to the following:
- No targeted advertising based on your personal data or browsing behavior
- No advertising networks that track you across websites
- No pre-roll or mid-roll audio ads injected into your generated speech
- Any advertising will be clearly labeled and non-deceptive
- This privacy policy will be updated before any advertising is implemented
Our philosophy is straightforward: if we ever need to show ads to keep the lights on, they'll be simple, transparent, and respectful. No dark patterns, no tracking, no "personalized ad experience" nonsense.
Changes to This Policy
If we change this privacy policy, we'll update the "last updated" date at the top. For significant changes (like if we started collecting new types of data, which we don't plan to), we'll make it obvious on the website. We're not going to sneak changes past you. That would be a really crummy thing to do.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Concerns about privacy? Want to verify that we actually practice what we preach here? Shoot us an email:
Email: [email protected]
We'll respond within 24 hours. And unlike most privacy policy contact sections, someone will actually read your message and write a real reply.